AI Didn’t Break B2B Copywriting — It Exposed a Trust Problem

Описание: Everyone is producing more content than ever — and trusting it less.

In this episode, we sit down with copy strategist Lauren Jefferson, co-founder of Focus Copy, to talk about what’s actually going wrong with B2B messaging right now — and why AI didn’t break copywriting, it exposed deeper problems around trust, clarity, and strategy.

We dig into:
• Why copywriting is no longer about persuasion
• How AI raises the baseline but doesn’t improve outcomes
• Where B2B companies are quietly leaking trust and revenue
• Why “good enough” messaging is more expensive than it looks
• How internal teams confuse activity with effectiveness
• What it really means to reduce uncertainty for buyers

This conversation is for founders, marketers, creatives, and operators who feel like they’re doing “everything right” — but still questioning whether their messaging is actually working.

Guest: Lauren Jefferson
Company: Focus Copy
Website: https://focuscopy.com
LinkedIn:   / laurenjefferson  


0:00 – Introducing Lauren Jefferson & today’s conversation
0:32 – What Focus Copy does (and why messaging leaks revenue)
1:23 – Starting a company the hard way
3:12 – What copywriting actually is today
4:07 – AI as the “Canva of copywriting”
5:24 – Copywriting across the full customer journey
6:23 – Why copywriting is about trust, not persuasion
7:02 – How Lauren actually uses AI
7:41 – AI as an unpaid intern
8:07 – Choosing tools vs choosing strategy
8:30 – How clients find and hire Focus Copy
9:50 – “You don’t have a conversion problem”
10:11 – Copywriting beyond words (P&L, invoices, systems)
11:17 – How communication has changed in B2B
12:42 – Narrowing focus and disqualifying clients
13:19 – Why companies won’t hire copywriters
14:14 – Inconsistent messaging kills trust
14:41 – Video, AI, and the illusion of “good enough”
15:44 – The danger of outsourcing thinking to AI
16:45 – Messaging as business optimization
17:16 – Why internal teams struggle with metrics
18:12 – Tracking what actually matters
18:44 – Final thoughts on trust and clarity


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