
AI Thought Leadership: What's Missing and What Works
From Lay of the Brand by Merritt Group
March 17, 2026 · 37 min · Season 4 · Episode 39
About this episode
The episode discusses the shortcomings of AI-generated content in establishing thought leadership and features insights from Raj Khera on improving trust and discoverability.
When AI puts out generic surface level content, it doesn't build credibility and it doesn't sound like an actual person. And it absolutely doesn't deliver fresh ideas. So it's not really thought leadership. It's just more words. So what can marketers do? Well, that's why we're talking with Raj Khera, CEO of Make Media, to talk about why thought leadership, especially AI-generated content, misses the mark way too often, and what trust and discoverability look like now, and especially how you c...
People in this episode
Guest: Raj Khera
Topics covered
- AI
- thought leadership
- content marketing
- credibility
- trust
- discoverability
Keywords
- AI-generated content
- marketing strategies
- content credibility
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Make Media
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