CMOs: Help AI Understand Who Your Product is For
How cmos can identify and solve the problem of ai misunderstands your target audience. Role-specific strategies and action items.
Why This Matters for CMOs
For CMOs, aI recommends your product to the wrong audience or misrepresents who you serve. Clarify your ideal customer for AI. This directly impacts your ability to succeed in your role as AI becomes a primary discovery channel.
Signs CMOs Should Recognize
AI recommends you for wrong use cases or audiences
Your product is suggested for markets you don't serve
AI doesn't mention your actual target customers
Wrong buyer personas are associated with your brand
Solutions for CMOs
Strategies tailored for cmos:
Add explicit 'Who this is for' sections on key pages
Create audience-specific landing pages
Include customer profile information in content
State who you serve (and don't serve) clearly
Use audience-specific language and examples
Implement audience targeting in schema markup
Action Items for CMOs
Start with these concrete steps:
Run test queries on ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity to assess current visibility
Add AI visibility metrics to your marketing dashboard this week
Brief your content team on AI-optimized content creation
Schedule quarterly AI visibility audits
Review robots.txt configuration with your technical team