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Inside the 2025 AI Search Trends Report

Inside the 2025 AI Search Trends Report

Update: 2025-08-04
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Mallory Willsea sits down with Mike Bell, Chief Marketing Officer at Everspring, to explore the disruptive impact of AI search tools on college discovery and decision-making. Drawing from Everspring's just-released 2025 AI Search Trends report, they unpack how platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity are reshaping the higher education marketing funnel. With over 450,000 student interactions analyzed, the data reveals a major shift in student behavior—and a warning for marketers who aren’t ready. If you're a higher ed CMO wondering where your institution stands in AI-generated search results, this episode is your wake-up call.

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2025 AI Search Trends Report by Everspring
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Inside the 2025 AI Search Trends Report

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