Optimizing a Google Business Profile: The Complete Guide for Higher Local Rankings

A well-optimized Google Business Profile can dramatically increase your local visibility and bring in more customers. After optimizing over a thousand business profiles, I’ve seen businesses jump from page three to the top of local search results by following the right strategies. The most impactful optimizations focus on your business name, primary category, and review […]
How I Get Clients From Video Without Going Viral

I want to share something that might surprise you: 90% of my clients have come from YouTube and TikTok over the past year, even though most of my videos get less than a thousand views. You don’t need to go viral to get customers from video. You just need to understand how to use video […]
Best Strategy for Ranking in LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) in 2025

Right now, there are about a dozen ways to trick ChatGPT into recommending your business. Hidden prompt injections, spammy press releases, fake top-10 lists posted on obscure social media channels. But here’s the truth: these tricks won’t last. The best long-term strategy for getting recommended by large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini is […]
How to See Your Google Quality Score in 2025

Google doesn’t publish a direct “quality score” for organic search results, but recent revelations from the Department of Justice antitrust case have shown us how to see whether Google considers your website high quality. The answer lies in your crawl frequency data, which you can access through Google Search Console. After five years of legal […]
How to Use Reddit to Rank in ChatGPT in 2025

Most small businesses need to be on Reddit at this point. For many industries, Reddit is the number one site referenced by large language models like ChatGPT before recommending a specific business. This means that for many prompts, the primary factor determining if your brand gets recommended by ChatGPT is whether you’re present on specific […]
Does Your Website Have an LLMs.txt File?

Most websites don’t have an LLMs.txt file yet, but that might need to change. This new web standard could become essential for getting large language models like ChatGPT and Claude to properly crawl and understand your website’s content. LLMs.txt is a proposed web standard that helps AI models find your most important content. While major […]
Gen Z Will Replace Digital Marketing Agencies – And It’s Happening Faster Than You Think

Traditional digital marketing agencies are facing their biggest existential threat yet. As AI transforms how businesses are discovered online and how marketing gets done, a new generation of tech-native entrepreneurs is building agencies from the ground up with artificial intelligence at their core. This isn’t just another industry trend. Based on current market dynamics, most […]
Google Search is Changing Fast in 2025: What Business Owners Need to Know

Google search results are changing faster than ever, and it’s not just about AI. Google’s June 2025 core algorithm update has fundamentally shifted how pages rank, with changes continuing to ripple through search results weeks after the initial rollout. The biggest trend? Pages loaded with keyword-optimized text are losing rankings, while quality content and strong […]
Are Automations Still a Waste of Time in 2025?

A few months ago, I made a video explaining why I think most business automations are a waste of time. My main point was that people spend more time setting up automations than they actually save. That’s still true for complex automation platforms like n8n and Make.com. But Google just released Opal, and it’s completely […]
Is Your Marketing Agency Ripping You Off?

I talk to business owners paying marketing agencies every week, and when I ask what their agency is doing for them, the most common response I get is “I don’t know.” This should terrify you. If you’re spending thousands of dollars monthly on marketing but can’t explain what you’re getting for that money, you’re likely […]