#350 AI-Powered Advertising: Matt Swalley on Personalization and Scalability

The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu

In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, Matt Swalley, co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Omneky, joins us to explore the transformative power of AI in marketing. Matt shares his journey from a 13-year tenure at AT&T, leading sales teams and corporate strategy, to co-founding Omneky, an AI-powered marketing platform. He discusses how Omneky leverages data and generative AI to create personalized and scalable advertisements, addressing the challenges posed by today’s fragmented and fast-paced digital environment. Matt explains the importance of integrating AI with human creativity to enhance the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and how this approach can significantly shorten the creative cycle.

Matt also provides insights into the evolving sales landscape, emphasizing the shift from outbound to inbound strategies and the unique advantages that startups have in adopting new technologies. He shares his thoughts on the future of AI in customer interactions, including the potential use of AI avatars to personalize customer experiences. Throughout the conversation, Matt highlights the importance of rapid iteration and multivariate creative testing to stay ahead in the competitive marketing space.

Tune in to gain valuable insights on how AI is revolutionizing marketing and sales, and learn practical tips on leveraging these technologies to drive performance and innovation.

More about Matt:

Matt Swalley is Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Omneky, an AI marketing technology platform that generates and optimizes personalized ad creatives at scale. Powered by Omneky’s proprietary generative AI algorithms and other generative AI technologies, Omneky’s platform empowers customers to analyze performance data and design preferences of customer’s target audiences and generate and manage thousands of AI-generated ads designed to drive conversions for each product and customer profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-swalley-59249533

https://www.omneky.com/

01:09 Meet Matt Swalley: Co-Founder of Omneky

01:44 The Journey to Omneky

04:04 The Power of Data in AI Marketing

08:39 Generative AI in Advertising

14:47 The Evolution of Sales with AI

19:27 Challenges and Opportunities for Startups

21:49 Integrating AI Across Business Functions

24:52 The Future of AI in Sales and Marketing

28:32 From Corporate to Startup: Lessons Learned

34:41 Final Thoughts and Farewell