Your next customer may not be making the decision

May 30, 2026 8:01 pm

Most businesses still think they’re competing for attention.


They’re not.


Increasingly, they’re competing for selection.


That sounds similar on the surface, but it changes almost everything about how marketing works online.


As AI systems like ChatGPT shopping tools and Google’s emerging commerce infrastructure become part of the buying process, more purchasing decisions are starting to happen before a customer ever reaches your website.


Not emotionally.


Not impulsively.


Structurally.


An AI agent doesn’t care how clever your headline is.


It doesn’t care how cinematic your brand video looks.


It doesn’t care how much time your team spent “building awareness.”


It cares whether your offer is easy to understand, compare, and evaluate at speed.


That changes the game.


In our newest article, we break down:

  • Why traditional “attention-first” marketing is becoming less reliable
  • How agent-driven commerce changes online discovery
  • Why machine readability is becoming a competitive advantage
  • What kinds of brands are most likely to disappear in AI-driven comparison systems
  • Why clarity is starting to outperform cleverness


The brands that win in this next phase of commerce will not necessarily be the loudest.


They’ll be the easiest to trust quickly.


Read the full article here:

https://marketerontherun.com/your-next-customer-might-not-be-human-it-might-be-an-algorithm/



— Remso Martinez

Founder & Fractional CMO

Marketer on the Run

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