AI is terrible at coming up with actually creative ideas

Most LLMs default to the statistical average of their training data, which means standard prompts like "give me creative campaign ideas" almost always return cliché, predictable fluff.

How are you currently pushing past the "generic AI fluff" wall when brainstorming? Have any specific prompting techniques or workflows worked for you?

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u/sparta_reddy — 3 days ago

What is the ONE marketing channel that is actually crucial for success in the next 5 years?

In the new AI era which channel do you think will be most crucial. For me it is definitely organic Reddit presence, what do you guys think?

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u/sparta_reddy — 17 days ago

Let's take a quick poll. What do you do for a living?

Share:

  • Job function (e.g. Marketing Manager, Product Manager, Designer, Accountant)
  • Industry (e.g. SaaS, Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing)

Please don't mention company names or links. Just curious to see what this community is made up of.

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

Is anyone else seeing better results from Reddit ads lately?

We started putting a more serious budget behind Reddit ads this year, and lately we’ve been seeing surprisingly good results for niche products.

Curious if others are noticing the same.

Do you think this is because Reddit usage has gone up with its growing importance in AI/search visibility, or has Reddit simply improved ad relevance and feed placement?

One thing we’ve noticed from our own campaigns: feed ads seem to perform much better, while comment ads have been much harder to justify. In our tests, they’ve driven lower-quality traffic compared to feed placements.

Would be interesting to hear what others are seeing.

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

What's a marketing "best practice" you think is complete BS in 2026?

What's a marketing "best practice" you think is complete BS in 2026? Or atleast no more relevant.

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

How much ethanol is in HP Power 95? Seeing upto 20% online but Outlet says only 5%

So I went to HP COCO bunk and asked for Power 95, initially the worker said it is 100% petrol, but I asked her to check with manager as there is definitely Ethanol mixed in it as per online, she comes back saying 5% ethanol. Is it true? Most online forums and AI says 20% Ethanol.

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

Is Organic Traffic from Search Engines slowly dying?

I manage multiple sites and most are seeing their organic search traffic tank. While traffic from LLMs is up, it’s nowhere near offsetting what we're losing from traditional search. Do you see traditional search traffic rebounding in the future, or is GEO/AEO the definitive future where we just have to make do with the minimal traffic LLMs send to websites?

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

Best AI Tool for B2B Lead Gen in 2026?

If you had to strip your tech stack down to just one AI tool for generating B2B leads right now, what are you keeping?

Looking for battle-tested recommendations based on real daily use, not marketing fluff.

Mainly interested in how you're solving for:

  • Prospecting & Lead Qualification
  • Cold Outreach & Email Personalization
  • LinkedIn Automation & CRM Enrichment

If you can, please share your quick workflow and what kind of response/conversion rates you’re actually seeing.

Avoid link spam please.

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

Did we hit an AI capability ceiling, or are companies restricting our access to better models?

Lately, it feels like the big AI updates are just minor tweaks, speed optimizations, or better UI rather than actual leaps in intelligence.

Are LLMs hitting a hard technical wall (data scarcity, compute limits, diminishing returns on scaling)? Or do tech giants already have far superior models behind closed doors that they're withholding due to safety concerns, server costs, or monetization strategies?

What’s your take? Is the hype slowing down, or are we just being fed the watered-down versions?

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u/sparta_reddy — 1 month ago

What’s up with the sudden explosion of outbound sales automation tools?

Every day I see at least 2 new products claiming to automate cold email, LinkedIn outreach, lead enrichment, follow-ups, personalization, or the entire SDR workflow.

Is the market really that big, or are we just watching every AI wrapper become a “sales automation platform”?

Curious how people here are thinking about this. Are any of these tools actually improving outbound, or is it just making everyone’s inbox noisier?

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago

Top dogs of marketing world, what is your AI stack looking like today?

We all started with GPT, then Claude, but I feel now we have slightly matured products out there that are of actual use. Share your stack here, please avoid links or self promotion.

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago

Top 3 tools I’d use for AI visibility right now:

  1. Otterly AI / Profound To monitor where your brand shows up across AI answers.
  2. GSC / Bing Webmaster Tools To understand which queries, keywords, and topics are already bringing visibility.
  3. Spredditor To build genuine Reddit discussions and comments from real users, since AI engines often pick up brand perception from community conversations.

Curious, what other tools are you guys using for AI visibility?

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago
▲ 300 r/MarketingandAI+1 crossposts

I let Google's "Optimization Experts" optimize my ads, so you don't have to

I was doing a fair amount of research on whether or not I should opt into Google's free consultation. My ads were doing terribly, and despite seeing all of the complaints, I figured they couldn't get much worse. As it turns out, it could get much worse. I let them have free rein to do whatever optimization they thought would be best. When it was done, they sent an email with some blanket statements about what was done. My spend went up over 300%, and my sales increased 0%. This is with a daily budget of $1,150 over a period of 1 week each. They stated that my budget was too low, and tried convincing me to bump it up to $2,950/day.

This is with the xWF contracting team, but I have a call scheduled on Monday with the New York Business Development team, and will see how much damage they can do.

u/auscribner — 2 months ago

Any Claude Skills you built that are genuinely useful for marketing?

We have built few skills for

  1. SEO report with Ahrefs, GSC and GA4 connections
  2. AI brand sentiment/perception report
  3. PPC reporting and analysis

and few more. I want to understand what are you guys doing?

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago

Claude's current usage limits are actively driving me back to GPT.

Anthropic is going to lose the marketing community if they don't fix these restrictive usage caps immediately.

Trying to build out a complex campaign or refine a long client brief completely breaks Claude. You get maybe 10-15 deep messages back and forth before you're locked out for 4 hours. Starting a new chat completely defeats the purpose of maintaining a continuous brand voice context.

ChatGPT handles the heavy lifting without the constant babysitting and countdown timers. Anyone else officially throwing in the towel on Claude and moving back to GPT for daily client work?

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago

Will Semrush and Ahrefs stay relevant 6 months from now, or is AI making them obsolete?

With LLMs and AI-driven search engines completely shifting how people look for information, the traditional SEO landscape is changing fast. Do you think legacy giants like Semrush and Ahrefs can adapt quickly enough to stay relevant over the next 6 months, or are we moving toward entirely new AI-native marketing tools? They did launch AI visibility tools etc but I feel they are way too expensive now for the value they offer. What do you guys think?

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u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago

Waaree vs Adani, which solar panels are better?

I keep seeing claims that solar panel quality is degrading across the board and that the standard 25-year warranty is mostly a marketing hoax. Because of this, everyone advises buying "premium" quality panels.

While Waaree and Adani usually top the quality test reports in India, can we actually trust these findings - especially when it comes to Adani? Given the amount of conflicting information out there, should Waaree realistically be considered the better and more reliable option? I'd love to hear your experiences or any insights on this.

u/sparta_reddy — 2 months ago