The Future of Digital Marketing: Where AI Meets Authenticity with Dave Parkhurst | Episode 246

The Future of Digital Marketing: Where AI Meets Authenticity with Dave Parkhurst | Episode 246

December 22, 2025 · 44 min · Season 6 · Episode 249

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In this episode, Claudia Garbutt talks with Dave Parkhurst about the intersection of AI and authenticity in digital marketing.

EPISODE SUMMARY What happens when a lifelong technologist who helped build the early internet now leads the AI revolution in digital marketing? In this episode, I talk with Dave Parkhurst, founder of GreenHaven Interactive, one of the first full-service digital agencies in the Pacific Northwest. Dave shares how he went from his days at Apple to helping companies blend AI-driven SEO with genuine human storytelling — without burning out their teams or losing their purpose. We explore the future of AI marketing and the art of building trust in a machine world. We talked about… ... How AI is changing SEO & marketing ... Lessons from past tech revolutions ... Why the human voice matters in an AI-driven world EPISODE NOTES A serial entrepreneur and life long technologist, Dave Parkhurst spent much of his early career with Apple. In the early 90s, when the commercial internet was emerging, Dave saw an opportunity and so started GreenHaven Interactive to see if there was money to be made on the web. Apple was gracious in not minding if team members had side gigs, so GreenHaven grew from website development into a one of the first full service digital marketing agencies in the northwest…

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Host: Claudia Garbutt

Guest: Dave Parkhurst

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Organizations: GreenHaven Interactive, Apple

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