Human-First AI Marketing®
Amplify your voice.
Engage your audience.
We use artificial intelligence to amplify your unique voice, empower your marketing team, and enable your scaling business to achieve big-brand success.
Who we work with
Turn your expertise into content, conversations, and clients.
We love working with small and medium-sized, scaling B2B organizations across professional services, consulting, SaaS, IT, and forward-thinking startups.
Why invest
Why invest in AI marketing?
AI marketing is like rocket fuel for your business. By integrating AI into your strategy, you’ll be able to:
- Streamline your marketing efforts
- Personalize your content
- Improve customer engagement
- Boost results with data-driven insights
AI lets you scale with ease, adopt new marketing strategies, and future-proof your business in a fast-moving digital landscape.
Artificial Intelligence is fast. Trust is slow.
AI can accelerate marketing production times, but it can’t accelerate the trust-building process with your clients.
Mike Montague, Founder of Avenue9
The framework
We call it the A9^Factor.
It’s a 9-part marketing system that helps businesses like yours go to market with the clarity, confidence, and capability of a big brand without burning out your team, burning bridges with your audience, or blowing out your budget.
We don’t do random acts of marketing. We help you scale what works, in your voice, across the channels that matter most.
Three pillars
Human-First Strategy
Real language from leadership, sales, and clients becomes the brief every asset is built from.
AI Marketing Systems
Custom GPTs, automations, and a living knowledge base that carry the busywork.
Scalable Storytelling
One concentrated source becomes a podcast, a post, a page, and a proof point.
The method
What is Human-First AI Marketing®?
Human-First AI Marketing® uses automation to amplify authenticity. At Avenue9, we combine smart tools with smarter strategy to help small businesses market like big brands. It’s about building trust at scale by putting real people, real stories, and real value at the center of every AI-powered marketing tactic.
We’re not just another AI company trying to build robots to replace you. We will help make you the hero. We’re marketers too, and we get how important creativity, empathy, and human insight are when connecting with your ideal clients.
No matter where you’re starting from or how big your goals are, we turn modern marketing challenges into exciting opportunities.
What you get
- Unlock sustainable growth with AI-powered strategies tailored to your business.
- Achieve more with less by automating time-consuming tasks and focusing on what truly matters.
- Minimize your risk by leveraging Avenue9’s sales, marketing, and technical expertise.
- Outpace your competition by tapping into the latest AI-driven marketing technology.
Questions
Frequently asked questions about AI marketing
Artificial intelligence can be scary, but don’t worry. We are building the Iron Man version of AI, not the Terminator. We empower humans to reach their full potential with the most advanced technology available.
What exactly is AI marketing, and how can it help my business?
AI marketing uses artificial intelligence to automate and optimize tasks like content creation, audience targeting, and data analysis. It helps your business work smarter by personalizing messages, saving you time, and increasing the effectiveness of your marketing without losing the human touch. It’s like adding a turbo boost to your marketing efforts.
What is Human-First AI Marketing®?
Human-First AI Marketing® is a marketing methodology that uses artificial intelligence to amplify authentic human voices rather than replace them, developed by Avenue9 for scaling B2B businesses. Read the official definition and the A9^Factor framework that puts it into practice.
Will AI replace my marketing team?
Not at all. AI is here to enhance what your team does best. Think of AI as a helpful assistant that takes care of the repetitive, time-consuming stuff, like automating emails or analyzing data, so your team can focus on strategy, creativity, and big-picture ideas. It’s the perfect partnership.
Is AI marketing only for big companies with huge budgets?
Definitely not. AI marketing has become accessible for small to medium-sized businesses. Whether you’re a growing small business or already have a marketing team and budget, there are AI tools designed to fit your needs, and AI can save you money and time by automating tasks. We typically start with a $5,000 project minimum. If that number makes your eyes bulge a bit, keep in mind that we are human-first and produce custom, hands-on solutions for your business.
How soon can I expect to see results with AI marketing?
Some improvements like time savings or streamlined workflows happen quickly. You’ll typically start seeing noticeable results within a few months, especially in audience engagement, lead generation, or better targeting. AI marketing is a long-term investment that keeps paying returns for years to come.
Will AI understand my industry and my brand’s unique voice?
Human-First AI Marketing® by Avenue9 isn’t robots marketing for you. Our team takes the time to learn your brand’s personality and tone. We build machine learning databases and Custom GPTs filled with your company and industry information, then use the right tools and data to keep a consistent, authentic brand voice and create hyper-personalized content for your audience. Every piece gets a final edit and review by our sales and marketing experts.
Don’t take our word for it
See what our partners say.
“Mike is brilliant at seeing the bigger picture. Being able to put himself in another’s shoes allows him uncanny insight into how a message will be received. Public speaking, social selling, or marketing, Mike is a true professional.”
Nathan Clausen · VP, JR & Co.
“Engaging. Thoughtful. Original thinker. From time to time in life, we all need that guide to help us look at something from a new perspective. With Mike’s easy-going style, he’s able to bring your full mind into a conversation that always sheds light on a new possibility. That’s a value-add that cannot be overstated.”
Tim Roberts · Principal, Trustpointe
“Cheers to an unbelievably hard-working, sharp marketer who isn’t afraid to tackle any challenge! Mike comes to the plate with a number of great, useful, powerful functional and technical skills, including project management, content writing, selling, and much more. It’s never hard to work with someone who’s so easy to like and work with!”
Denni Griffith · CEO, Marketing Efficiency Consultants
“Mike is outstanding when it comes to internet marketing. He is an expert in this field. He can work with any budget to create a custom internet marketing plan to help you reach your goals. He is great to work with, and I recommend him to anyone who needs help increasing their online visibility.”
Brady Cromwell · Ad Trends Advertising
Human-First AI Marketing Podcast
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