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Dave McAnally

Dave McAnally

SEO veteran and founder of DMac Consulting, previously Product Marketing Consultant at BrightEdge with 25+ years leading digital marketing for brands like Disney, Pepsi, State Farm and McDonald's.

Sep 23, 2026

8:25
one of the
8:25
things that I find myself talking to a lot of companies about is what AI is doing is kind of compressing the sales funnel, which, you know, what I mean by that is right now and kind of like Alan, I work with a couple of platforms that are measuring this stuff.
8:46
But I just did a study with one, one of the bigger players.
8:50
And if you ask ChatGPT a question like, what are the best hiking boots for a rainy season? I don't know if any listeners sell hiking boots.
9:02
97% of the time, if you ask a question like that, ChatGPT is gonna give you brands.
9:08
So you're going from that real high level, just kind of exploring, learning about a product to a short list.
9:16
Um, and if you're not on that list, you know, and this applies just e-commerce, this applies to B2B, applies to healthcare, but that compression is going to take us from, you know, somebody who asks a question like that isn't going to.

15 MINS LATER

24:36
Yeah.

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