In 2025, people aren’t just searching for answers anymore. They’re looking for genuine responses from the people they trust most:  Creators. Communities. Fellow brand supporters.  In many ways, community has become an algorithm of its own. AI-powered tools like Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity have made knowledge more accessible than ever.  But in doing so, […]

Link building services are SEO-focused agencies that help businesses earn relevant, high-quality backlinks — an important factor in improving visibility, building brand authority, and increasing discoverability online. Backlinks have long been a driver of traditional search visibility, and many SEO professionals believe they may also play a role in how emerging AI-powered search experiences surface […]

Account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns make it easy to precisely target the brands in your ideal customer profile (ICP) without a pricey martech platform. LinkedIn’s native targeting capabilities let you avoid third-party fees and keep your budget focused on the accounts that matter most. The tradeoff is cost: LinkedIn ABM campaigns can be expensive to run, […]

We’ve reached an inflection point in how people find and trust information.  AI-powered search, instant answers, and LLM assistants are reshaping discovery at a pace that forces companies to rethink long-standing business models. Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl initiative provides a timely case study of how a tech brand can respond to this shift – using […]

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Take the right steps — and avoid common mistakes — when facing account suspensions advises Microsoft Ads Liaison Navah Hopkins. Hopkins stresses that Microsoft takes security “very seriously,” applies a three-strike system for policy violations, and has humans review every appeal. Why we care. Microsoft suspends accounts for severe or repeated policy violations. That includes […]

You’ve probably seen the headlines: Sam Altman recently announced that GPT-5 can write complete computer programs from scratch.  That’s pretty impressive!  For PPC marketers who have been struggling with the difficulty of writing Google Ads scripts, this may signal a shift in how we approach automation. The idea that we can generate software from a […]

The local SEO playbook that worked for years no longer delivers. Even businesses with strong rankings and steady traffic are disappearing from a critical slice of search results. Here’s what happened to one of my clients last month:  For two years, their moving company held Position 1 for “moving to Birmingham, AL.”  Traffic was steady […]

Meta is arming advertisers with fresh AI-powered features ahead of the holiday season, aiming to help brands “sleigh” sales with creators, video, and smarter merchandising. The updates span Reels, creator partnerships, creative insights, and omnichannel ads, all designed to improve performance and product discovery. Meta says the enhancements build on its investments in AI infrastructure […]