What every Marketer needs to know about the future of search - Google’s Sophie Neary

AI is rapidly changing how people search, shop and discover new brands. So what does that mean for marketers?

Sophie Neary has spent the past few years inside Google, giving her a front-row seat to some of the biggest shifts in consumer behaviour and advertising. In this episode, she joins Jon to explore what she's learned, the assumptions marketers still get wrong about Google, and the surprising ways consumers are already using AI.

They discuss how brands can show up in AI-powered search, the evolving relationship between advertisers and creators, how to make the most of the crucial golden quarter, and what AI commerce could mean for the future of shopping.

Plus, as AI becomes capable of doing more of the work, Sophie and Jon ask a bigger question: which uniquely human skills will become even more valuable to marketers?

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Timestamps

00:00 - Start

01:12 - What has Sophie learned in the past few years at Google?

03:07 - CMO lessons from being inside Google

05:11 - What assumption marketers have about Google would Sophie challenge

08:07 - A surprising consumer pattern with AI

11:17 - How brands can show up in AI searches