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How AI is transforming the consumer journey - with Debra Aho Williamson Part 1

How AI is transforming the consumer journey - with Debra Aho Williamson Part 1

August 31, 2026

AI is beginning to change the way consumers discover products, evaluate brands and ultimately decide what to buy.

In Part 1 of our conversation with Debra Aho Williamson, founder and principal analyst at Sonata Insights and author of The AI Ad Economy, we explore what this shift means for the consumer journey.

Debra has spent more than 20 years studying changes in digital media and consumer behavior, from the early days of the internet through the rise of social media and now AI.

Debra takes us through how consumers are beginning to use AI differently from traditional search, how AI is compressing the journey from discovering a brand to actually buying it, and why what consumers do with AI may tell us more than what they say about how much they trust it.

Part 2 arrives in two weeks, when the conversation shifts to what these changes mean for advertisers.

https://www.debrawilliamson.net/

https://www.sonatainsights.com/

https://substack.com/@debraahowilliamson

August 31, 2026

AI is beginning to change the way consumers discover products, evaluate brands and ultimately decide what to buy.

In Part 1 of our conversation with Debra Aho Williamson, founder and principal analyst at Sonata Insights and author of The AI Ad Economy, we explore what this shift means for the consumer journey.

Debra has spent more than 20 years studying changes in digital media and consumer behavior, from the early days of the internet through the rise of social media and now AI.

Debra takes us through how consumers are beginning to use AI differently from traditional search, how AI is compressing the journey from discovering a brand to actually buying it, and why what consumers do with AI may tell us more than what they say about how much they trust it.

Part 2 arrives in two weeks, when the conversation shifts to what these changes mean for advertisers.

https://www.debrawilliamson.net/

https://www.sonatainsights.com/

https://substack.com/@debraahowilliamson

All episodes copyright © 20?? RealityMine Limited. All rights reserved.

How AI is transforming the consumer journey - with Debra Aho Williamson Part 1

August 31, 2026

AI is beginning to change the way consumers discover products, evaluate brands and ultimately decide what to buy.

In Part 1 of our conversation with Debra Aho Williamson, founder and principal analyst at Sonata Insights and author of The AI Ad Economy, we explore what this shift means for the consumer journey.

Debra has spent more than 20 years studying changes in digital media and consumer behavior, from the early days of the internet through the rise of social media and now AI.

Debra takes us through how consumers are beginning to use AI differently from traditional search, how AI is compressing the journey from discovering a brand to actually buying it, and why what consumers do with AI may tell us more than what they say about how much they trust it.

Part 2 arrives in two weeks, when the conversation shifts to what these changes mean for advertisers.

https://www.debrawilliamson.net/

https://www.sonatainsights.com/

https://substack.com/@debraahowilliamson

AI is beginning to change the way consumers discover products, evaluate brands and ultimately decide what to buy.

In Part 1 of our conversation with Debra Aho Williamson, founder and principal analyst at Sonata Insights and author of The AI Ad Economy, we explore what this shift means for the consumer journey.

Debra has spent more than 20 years studying changes in digital media and consumer behavior, from the early days of the internet through the rise of social media and now AI.

Debra takes us through how consumers are beginning to use AI differently from traditional search, how AI is compressing the journey from discovering a brand to actually buying it, and why what consumers do with AI may tell us more than what they say about how much they trust it.

Part 2 arrives in two weeks, when the conversation shifts to what these changes mean for advertisers.

https://www.debrawilliamson.net/

https://www.sonatainsights.com/

https://substack.com/@debraahowilliamson

All episodes copyright © 20?? RealityMine Limited. All rights reserved.