AI Marketing: Strategy, Use Cases, Tools + 90-Day Plan (2026)

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How to Get Started with AI Marketing

“I’ve never used AI to improve my marketing. I’ve played a bit with a couple of AI Tools. I could never go back to a pre-AI age.”

In which category do you fit?

For me, I definitely fit in the ‘I’m in love with AI’ category.

In this guide, I want to share how to make good use of AI tools so you can bridge the gap as fast as possible.

The more complex a tool, the more powerful it is.

It’s easier to learn to ride a tricycle, but a bicycle is much faster after you’ve mastered it.

I’ve spent hundreds of hours (maybe even thousands of hours), and I’m the co-founder of StoryLab.ai, A future-proof AI Marketing Toolkit with almost 100,000 users, and I discovered years ago how powerful AI Tools ar,e and I’m constantly learning how to apply it to the best of my abilities to help reach my goals.

Because… O boy! This tech is going FAST!

When we started StoryLab.ai and the AI Marketing Copy Generators were running on GPT3, the ability for AI to help was cool, but when we went to GPT 3.5 and now GPT5, my goodness. What a difference. The same goes for AI Text To Image Generators, and I’m really looking forward to improvements in the AI Text To Video space.

In this guide, I want to help you apply AI Marketing Tools to help achieve your goals much faster than ever before.

Chapters

AI Marketing Starter Kit

AI Marketing Starter Kit

Future-Proof Your Strategy

What's your goal?

Find the right AI tool for your specific marketing need.

AI-Powered Content Creation Tools

AI Content Creation Tools

AI Content Creation Tools are getting more powerful month-over-month and are helping marketers to create more and better content faster than ever before.

Sure, some people use AI Content Creation Tools to create sub-standard content, but the trick is to get AI to help you create variations so you can pick the best one and perfect that. More on that later in this guide. Let’s first look take a helicopter view on how AI Content Creation Tools help:

AI Content Creation Tools help to:

  1. Overcome writer’s block;
  2. Create variations so you can select and perfect the best one;
  3. Scale Content Production.
Overcome Writers Block With AI Powered Content Creation Tools

Overcome Writer’s Block With AI-Powered Content Creation Tools

AI Copywriting Assistants have been helping marketers overcome Writer’s Block even in the GPT3 age. If you’re stuck on your blog outline, your social media caption, or your ads, type a couple of keywords in an AI Copywriting assistant, and within seconds you’ll get the ball rolling.

Let’s say you’re starting a new blog post. Let’s say it’s about ‘How to start with AI Marketing’. Geezz. Blanck page. There we go… Start writing, please… Let’s make a new cup of coffee first. Ah, maybe open a window. Ok, let’s start writing.

Or. Simply enter ‘How to start with AI Marketing’ in a Blog Intro Generator. Here’s what it looks like when we enter those keywords in StoryLab.ai’s Blog Intro Generator:

StoryLab AI Blog Intro Generator Overcome Writers Block

Blog Intro Generator Outputs:

  • The marketing world is changing and if you’re not already using artificial intelligence (AI) in your business, you could be missing out on a lot of opportunities. AI technology can help marketers deliver more personal experiences to their customers through trends, data and predictive analytics. It can also save time by automating mundane or repetitive tasks or allow them to develop strategies faster. So how do you get started?
  • With the right tips and tools, any marketer with a bit of technical know-how can quickly learn how to succeed with AI marketing. Today’s article will cover the basics for those who are new to this technology—from understanding what it is about Artificial Intelligence that makes it unique for marketing applications, to choosing an AI platform that fits your budget and skill level. Ready? Let’s dive in!
  • Driving revenue growth today means accessing data points from all sorts of sources — website visits, customer interactions over email or social media channels — as well as anticipating changes in customer behavior based on patterns identified by AI algorithms. That kind of insight requires more than just basic techniques like A/B testing; it requires leveraging advanced technologies like artificial neural networks (ANNs), natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning (ML). But don’t worry if these terms look intimidating – with the right context they’re actually quite easy! In this post we’ll teach you all the basics so you too can start implementing successful artificial intelligence initiatives into your digital marketing strategy

If I’d like, I can re-run the AI Tool and get more inspirational pieces. Or, I can select one of the outputs and perfect it. Beats staring at a white screen, right?

As mentioned above. You can do this for your social media posts, articles, product descriptions, ads, YouTube titles or descriptions, you name it.

Here are a couple of cool AI Marketing Copy Generators you can try out:

Create variations with AI so you can select and perfect the best piece

One of the cool powers of AI is that it can help you come up with variations from different angles.

Regardless if you’re a seasoned copywriter or not a copywriter at all; producing good, sticky, punchy copy from a variety of angles can get pretty exhausting.

Think about your Google ads. How difficult it is to come up with 5 headline variations. What if you’re running dozens of Google ads? Would it not be awesome to get help from AI to come up with variations and you simply select the ones you love most and perfect those?

Creating variations and getting insights from different angles is not just great for ads. Also for your headlines, your social posts, your email subject lines, and even email body text. AI can do it. AI can help you brainstorm. 24/7. Whenever you need it.

And here’s the cool thing.

AI can not just help to come up with Marketing Copy Variations. Also Visuals! 

You have no idea how many visuals we’ve generated for this blog post. At the end of the day, we’ve selected just a handful. The best ones 😉

Use one of the AI Marketing Copy Generators we shared above to create awesome copy variations and try one of the AI Tools below to create awesome visuals. Some AI Platforms (like StoryLab.ai, Writersonic, etc. offer both in one platform).

Scale Content Production with AI

Of course, the coolest thing (in my opinion) is the fact that AI can help you achieve your dreams much faster.

When I have a plan, it’s never; ‘I need to create this one piece of content’. It’s a much bigger plan / strategy and I need quite some pieces of content and it’s quite daunting just thinking about it.

For instance.

The guide you’re reading right now is just one small piece of the bigger strategy of helping people to become more effective with their marketing. AI is just a part of that yet again.

With the help of AI, I can achieve my dream a lot faster because creating a piece of content can be 10x faster. And the quality will be even better than if I would not use AI.

In my book ‘How to get 1,000,000 website traffic with the help of AI‘ I go over how AI can fit into your overarching Content and SEO Strategy. Be sure to check it out! Simply creating more content (even with the help of AI) will not mean you’ll achieve your goals if the pieces of content you’re creating do not fit into your SEO strategy. 

How To Get 1000000 Websites Visits With The Help Of AI Strategies, Tips, Tools, And Daily Rituals Book

When we talk about scaling content with the help of AI, we’re not simply talking about written articles. It’s also your YouTube videos and getting AI to help your write or refine your script. Create variations for your YouTube Titles, Write YouTube Descriptions faster than ever before so you can get back to creating your next video faster, and much more.

Next to your articles and video content, AI can also help with content distribution so you can get back to creating more content faster and so you can engage on Social Media instead of wasting time on creating social media captions and visuals. The opportunities are endless.

Achieve your Goals with AI

Achieve your Goals Faster with the Help of AI

There is a lot more we can discuss to help you achieve your goals faster with the help of AI. We’ll be sure to update this guide and consider joining our community. You can ask us anything and the moderators of the community are seasoned marketers and have not just played around with AI, they’ve also created AI Tools. Check out the community here. 

Free AI Content Creation, Marketing & Growth Masterclass [Video]

One of our community moderators, Erwin Lima, recorded a free AI Content Creation Masterclass.

This free Masterclass is a 90-minute introduction to the world of AI copywriting and content creation, and how to think about, work with, and implement AI content tools into your marketing strategies, tactics, and processes to maximum effect.

Watch the Full AI Content Creation, Marketing, and Growth Masterclass for free:

AI Marketing Use Cases (What to Use AI for First)

If you’re new to AI marketing, start with these use cases. They give quick wins without a heavy tech setup.

Use case What AI does Best starting point
Content ideation + drafting Creates titles, outlines, intros, and variations Blog + social drafts
Ad copy variations Generates headline/description options for testing Google + social ads
Email personalization Writes subject lines and segment-specific angles Welcome + nurture sequences
SEO support Helps structure pages, FAQs, and internal links Refresh top pages
Analytics summaries Turns dashboards into plain-English insights Weekly performance review
Personalization Helps tailor content/offers to audiences Homepage or landing page tests

AI Marketing Strategy (A Simple Framework)

1) Pick one business goal
Examples: more qualified leads, higher conversion rate, lower CPA, better retention.

2) Choose one channel to improve first
Email, paid ads, SEO content, or social. One channel keeps the rollout manageable.

3) Add AI where it saves time or improves decisions
Drafting, variations, audience insights, reporting, and routine workflows are good starting points.

4) Create a “human + AI” workflow
AI generates options. A human selects, edits, adds proof, and approves.

5) Measure, learn, repeat
Run small tests weekly. Keep what works. Drop what does not.

90-Day AI Marketing Plan

Timeline What you do Output
Days 1–30 Pick 1 channel + set baseline KPIs. Build prompt templates. Create variations for 3 campaigns or 3 posts. Repeatable workflow + first tests
Days 31–60 Scale what worked. Add a content repurposing flow. Create a weekly reporting summary with AI. More volume + consistent measurement
Days 61–90 Improve targeting and personalization. Tighten brand voice guidelines. Document your process. Smoother execution + better ROI signals

Copy/Paste Prompt Templates

Content brief prompt

Create a content brief for: [topic] Audience: [who] Goal: [traffic/leads/sales] Primary keyword: [keyword] Include: [3 key points] Tone: [tone] Output: title ideas, outline (H2/H3), intro options, and 5 FAQs.

Ad variation prompt

Write ad copy variations for:
Offer: [offer] Audience: [who] Proof: [metric/review/differentiator] Platform: [Google/Facebook/LinkedIn] Give me 10 angles. Include CTA options. Keep it compliant and clear.

Email subject line prompt

Write 15 subject lines for:
Email topic: [topic] Audience: [who] Tone: [tone] Avoid: spammy words
Give me 5 curiosity, 5 benefit, 5 short and direct.

FAQ

What is AI marketing?

AI marketing is using AI to improve marketing planning, execution, personalization, and measurement based on data and feedback.

What should I use AI for first?

Start with drafting content, generating variations for ads and emails, and summarizing performance reports.

Will AI replace marketers?

AI speeds up tasks and improves decision-making, but humans still own strategy, positioning, and final judgment.

Is AI marketing only for big companies?

No. Small teams often benefit most because AI helps them move faster with fewer people.

What are the risks?

Brand voice drift, inaccurate claims, privacy issues, and over-automation. Use human review and clear guidelines.