How an AI-First Company Builds Its Marketing Strategy Around AI
In this session, Vendavo CMO Lindsay Duran joins Docket’s Head of Marketing Lauren McHugh to explore how she’s rethinking marketing strategy with that AI First responsibility in mind.
- 0:00 – Why AI-first companies get held to a higher standard: Vendavo sells AI-powered pricing, so its marketing has to meet the same bar. Where Lindsay started and what she set out to change.
- 0:08 – Strategy vs. tool list: How Vendavo’s strategy shifted, where AI changed planning and budget, and where it only changed execution.
- 0:17 – What stays human: Where Lindsay keeps people in front, how the team has evolved, and what she chooses to change or keep.
- 0:26 – The website as a conversation: How Vendavo uses an in-page AI agent, what it does that other channels can’t, and what to consider before moving early.
- 0:34 – Advice for the CMO who feels behind: Practical next steps for marketing leaders at complex, long-cycle B2B companies.
- 0:39 – Live Q&A: Your questions answered.


