by Jake Zufelt | Oct 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Half of all teens use AI companions regularly. The companies building them are just now adding guardrails.Meta announced parental controls for AI interactions rolling out early last year. Parents can disable one-on-one chats between teens and AI characters, block...
by Jake Zufelt | Sep 9, 2025 | Digital Marketing Sucks
AI chatbots grew 81% last year.That single statistic reveals something most marketers haven’t grasped yet. While we obsess over Google rankings and social media algorithms, AI systems quietly accumulated 55.2 billion visits.Meanwhile, major publishers watched...
by Jake Zufelt | Sep 3, 2025 | Digital Marketing Sucks
Every expert I know is wrong about this.They see complexity in digital marketing and think the answer is more specialization. Deeper expertise. Narrower focus.The data tells a different story.The Complexity Crisis Is RealMarketing fatigue will hit 67% of consumers by...
by Jake Zufelt | May 13, 2025 | Digital Marketing Sucks
If your contact list is sitting in a dusty spreadsheet somewhere labeled “leads-final-FINAL2-revised,” you’re not alone. But you are leaving money on the table. Your database is like that old car in the garage. It might not look like much, but if you fix it up and...
by Jake Zufelt | May 6, 2025 | Digital Marketing Sucks
SEO: Your Silent Salesperson Imagine having a salesperson who works 24/7, doesn’t take breaks, and tirelessly directs traffic to your business. That’s what SEO does. It’s not just about being found; it’s about being found by the right people at the right time. Why SEO...
