Category: Marketing

  • So What? What’s New with the LinkedIn Algorithm?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down what's new in the fifth edition of the LinkedIn Algorithm Guide from Trust Insights and explain how LinkedIn's ranking system really works. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear picture of how two separate language models decide which posts reach you and what specific levers…

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  • How to Make AI Truly Creative: Leverage Cross-Domain Data for Breakthrough Ideas

    AI doesn’t naturally see across domains. Generative AI by its very nature is a probability engine. It returns the highest likely probabilities based on its inputs. That’s part of the reason it struggles with creativity, with true ideation, because it tends to stay in domain. Ask it for marketing ideas, it will return marketing ideas,…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Defending Pricing Against AI Discount Demands?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how agencies and consultants should respond when clients demand massive fee cuts because they assume AI does all the work. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that transparency and working visibly in public is the most effective defense for your pricing. You'll also learn these concepts: why…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Can AI Solve Marketing Attribution?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why AI cannot solve marketing attribution and what marketers should do instead. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear path to genuine customer insight that no analytics dashboard can deliver. You'll also learn these concepts: how cookie deprecation and bot traffic have gutted the data…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: AI to Map Buying Committees?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how AI can help B2B marketers identify the buying committee within a target enterprise while keeping human judgment at the center. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical workflow that combines AI-powered research with the contextual awareness only your sales team and you can provide.…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: How to Reach Buyers Past AI Firewalls?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how sales teams can reach decision makers now that prospects use AI agents to screen their emails. Here's what this means for you. You learn to find non-traditional channels where human judgment outperforms AI automation. You'll also learn these concepts: why understanding where prospects spend their time outside work…

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  • Why Reddit AI Citations Dropped: The robots.txt Reality and Your Next Move

    Everyone in AEO/GEO/AIO/GAIO/LLMO/EIEIO is losing their mind about Reddit AI citations dropping like a rock. There’s a super simple explanation, folks. Look at Reddit’s robots.txt: User-agent: * Disallow: / If you’re unfamiliar, robots.txt tells search engines and AI robots how to crawl a site and what to do on the site. Reddit’s basically says “GO…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Does A/B Testing Survive AI Personalization?

    Summary In today's episode, I tackle whether traditional A/B testing becomes obsolete in an era of AI-generated hyper-personalized landing pages. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that effective evaluation still requires guardrails, consistency in offers, and robust tracking of what visitors actually see. You'll also learn these concepts: why business constraints prevent truly…

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  • So What? Nontraditional Podcast Analytics

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why traditional podcast analytics miss the mark and how to measure the entire content ecosystem around your show. Here's what this means for you. You gain a framework for tracking performance across every platform your podcast touches so you can stop making decisions based on incomplete download data…

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  • Transform Your Marketing Data with Generative AI at MAICON26: Workshops, Podcasts & Networking

    In 48 days – 7 weeks – I and a bunch of other folks are making our annual pilgrimage to Cleveland for #MAICON26, the SmarterX Marketing AI Conference. What’s on tap this year? Katie Robbert and I will be recording an episode of our In-Ear Insights podcast live from the show floor on Wednesday, 14…

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