Cofounder, Codec
Search every verified Martin Adams interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In November 2017, Martin Adams, co-founder and CEO of Codec, spoke at the ADV Future of Media conference in Moscow about the role of artificial intelligence in content marketing and creative decisions. He described Codec as a subscription platform that provides intelligence to brands and agencies, telling them "exactly what content marketing their audiences want them to make before they have to guess, before they have to make it." Adams argued that traditional advertising is no longer sufficient and that brands must "think and act like a publisher." He stated that AI helps "put audiences first" by understanding what they want, allowing branded content to be "pulled in by what the audience wants rather than traditional advertising." Adams cited a case study involving Eve mattresses, where Codec's analysis of audience interactions with third-party content led to a creative rebrief. He said the company "doubled their revenue in 30 days and tripled brand awareness from 13 to 41." He emphasized that AI is not about replacing human creativity, stating, "This is not about taking oxygen out of the air for creative people — this is not 'content by numbers.'" He concluded that while search data is useful for e-commerce, understanding audiences through their content interactions is essential for brands aiming to be "part of the cultural lives of their audiences."
“We are a subscription platform — we deliver intelligence for brands and agencies to tell them exactly what content marketing their audiences want them to make before they have to guess, before they have to make it.”
“Ad tech doesn't really help so they have to guess — when you guess, when you scatter content out there across all the different platforms one of two things happens: it just gets lost, or we invest millions and billions into forcing audiences to watch the results of our guesses.”
“This is Cortana, Microsoft — this is just a couple of pages of the 7,000 negative comments on Twitter after they did a piece of content marketing in 2017. It is not enough, I submit to just reach your audience; you need to do more.”
“What does AI do? The answer is: it helps us put audiences first — it understands what they want and then you put the brand in there, kind of like a Trojan horse; the branded content gets pulled in by what the audience wants rather than traditional advertising.”
Martin Adams, CEO and co-founder of Codec speaks on how AI can influence content marketing and creative decisions at ADV Future of Media conference in Moscow. Мартин Адамс, основатель Codec в рамках конференции АДВ Future of Media в Москве рассказывает от том как искусственный интеллект повлияет на контент-маркетинг и креатив.
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