“The Double-Edged Sword of ChatGPT”: Examining the Benefits and Drawbacks for Marketing Agencies

Author: Hailey Huffman
March 12, 2023
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Is ChatGPT as innovative and groundbreaking as Google, the iPhone, or even the internet? We’ve heard for years that AI (artificial intelligence) would change the landscape of many industries and make many jobs obsolete. With its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has disrupted the creative space drastically. However, while the benefits of ChatGPT are clear, its use also poses some potential drawbacks. In this blog post, we will examine both the benefits and drawbacks of using ChatGPT for marketing agencies, exploring the double-edged sword of this powerful AI technology.

Benefits:

  • Content creation: ChatGPT can help marketing agencies in generating high-quality content, such as blog posts, social media updates, and email marketing campaigns. The model can suggest creative ideas, write engaging headlines, and even provide entire paragraphs that can be used as a starting point for content.
  • Customer engagement: ChatGPT can assist marketing agencies in engaging with customers more effectively by providing instant responses to customer queries and feedback. The model can help businesses in handling customer complaints, answer frequently asked questions, and provide personalized recommendations.
  • Time-saving: ChatGPT can significantly reduce the time and effort required to create content or communicate with customers. This frees up marketers to focus on other aspects of their campaigns, such as strategizing, analyzing data, and testing new ideas.
  • Cost-effective: ChatGPT can help businesses save money on hiring additional staff, outsourcing content creation, or investing in expensive marketing automation tools.

Drawbacks:

  • Quality assurance: While ChatGPT can generate high-quality content, it is not perfect. The model may sometimes produce grammatical errors or provide inaccurate information. Marketing agencies will need to have a thorough quality assurance process in place to ensure that the content is error-free and meets their brand standards.
  • Limited domain knowledge: ChatGPT may not have specialized knowledge about specific industries or businesses. Therefore, it may not be able to provide accurate or relevant information related to certain topics.
  • Lack of personal touch: ChatGPT can provide generic responses that may not have the personal touch of human interaction. This may impact customer satisfaction levels and hinder the development of long-term relationships with clients.
  • Dependence on technology: ChatGPT relies on technology and may be subject to technical errors or glitches. This can lead to delays in response times or errors in content creation, which can negatively impact customer experiences.

Real-time instances where ChatGPT is helpful but realistic in its usage. 

  • Recently, Syzmic was tasked with a project taking a 200+ page website and reducing it down to 80-85 pages. The project required a content writer to consolidate hundreds of pages into more precise and accurate content. While ChatGPT, or AI specific to content writing such as Jasper.ai, can help improve the content it’s fed, a content writer is still required to ensure the success of the project. 
  • Graphic design, while various AI tools such as Designs.ai can help speed up the graphic design process & give clients a jumping-off point, the need for customization and tailored design still requires the human mind. 
  • Many marketing professionals have expressed concern that AI will allow their customers to bring their marketing in-house and reduce the need for a paid professional. While this may affect the small business owner in some capacity, the need for execution remains. ChatGPT can offer a very basic marketing strategy but can’t implement, retarget, and grow a business. 

In conclusion, we share these benefits and drawbacks with you in hope that it presents a complete picture of what AI means to your industry. Will it change things? Absolutely. Is it something to fear? No. Syzmic encourages the use of AI because it allows us to expand our capabilities and serve our customers better. 

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