{"id":21084,"date":"2026-10-19T19:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/?p=21084"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:52:37","slug":"please-stop-chasing-prompts-featuring-dan-baptiste-of-skyword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/please-stop-chasing-prompts-featuring-dan-baptiste-of-skyword\/21084\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Stop Chasing Prompts, Featuring Dan Baptiste of Skyword"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Content marketing has developed a habit of answering the same questions in the same ways, then measuring how much traffic comes through the door. As search increasingly delivers answers without the visit, that arrangement is getting uncomfortable. This episode explores what happens when brands have to offer something worth being known for, with a few pointed observations about safe content, familiar metrics, and the temptation to put a new name on an old habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/danbaptiste\/\">Dan Baptiste<\/a>, Executive Vice President, Skyword, joins Modern Marketing and Measurement to discuss how brands can build authority through original expertise, a clear point of view, and teams that actually work together. Drawing on his experience helping companies tell their stories, Dan explains how a Vegas resort can accidentally become known for gambling instructions, why being cited is different from being recommended, and what marketing departments might learn from looking beyond their own org charts. He brings humor to a serious question: What does a brand contribute that customers cannot get everywhere else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-five-talking-points\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Five Talking Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The org chart should not write the marketing.<\/strong> Separate teams can each follow a sensible plan while producing a fragmented story together. Dan discusses the collaboration, shared direction, and trust needed to bring those efforts into alignment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The traffic bargain has changed.<\/strong> Dan traces how brand storytelling became an exercise in filling keyword lists. When people can get answers without visiting a website, generic content has less to offer either the customer or the business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expertise needs something original behind it.<\/strong> Firsthand experience, original research, and informed perspectives give a brand something specific to contribute. His Vegas resort example shows how broad educational content can leave a company known for the wrong thing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visibility needs a better follow-up question.<\/strong> Dan challenges the move from counting search rankings to counting AI citations. He argues that marketers need to examine whether their content shapes the conversation and helps earn recommendations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A point of view requires a choice.<\/strong> Rather than assembling executives for a round of Post-it notes and hot takes, Dan suggests revisiting why the company began. 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