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JULY 24, 2026
AI IN MARKETING AUTOMATION — ISSUE #3 JULY 24, 2026

SUBJECT: ChatGPT just got your Yelp reviews

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Yelp is piping reviews, photos, ratings, and quote requests directly into ChatGPT. Search Engine Land has the details. Yelp gets branded links back to its platform. OpenAI gets real-time local data that makes ChatGPT actually useful for "find me a plumber near me" queries. Even if local isn't your thing, this is the pattern. Every data source that used to sit behind a website is getting wired directly into AI agents. Your reviews, your pricing. The middleman (your…

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MARTECH PRODUCT OWNER · IF INSURANCE

20 years in marketing automation and product ownership across Nordic insurance and enterprise. Currently leading the marketing platform team at If Insurance, where AI-driven lifecycle orchestration, data activation, and agentic workflows are the daily reality — not buzzwords. PSPO I certified. Writes from the trenches, not the analyst bench.