The BEACON Framework for AI Search and Modern Discoverability

In 2023, things started getting weird. Some of my clients who had been long successful with ranking #1 in specific search results started seeing a drop in traffic. Some of it was from zero-click search — AI summaries that answered the query. But there didn’t...

What Is Semantic Territory (And Do You Own Any)?

Here’s the question I ask clients before we touch their website: xIf you could only be found for one thing — and that one thing would fill your pipeline with perfect clients — what would it be? Not everything you’re capable of. Not every service you’ve ever provided....

YouTube for Podcast Discoverability

If you’ve got an audio-only podcast, you’ve probably already dismissed YouTube as “not for me” — no video, no point, right? I know I did, for a while anyway. When Jessica & I launched Aggressively Human, she didn’t want to do any...

4 Reasons a Transcript Makes Your Podcast More Findable

Originally published in January 2020, last updated July 2026 I work on SEO strategies with a lot of podcasters, and one of the topics that repeatedly comes up is how to get your podcast show notes to rank in Google search results.That’s also why I developed the...
3 podcast keyword research tips to grow your listening audience

3 podcast keyword research tips to grow your listening audience

Originally published in June 2021, last updated in July 2026 Here’s something that’s stayed true since 2021 even as almost everything else about SEO changed underneath it: podcasts are one of the few places where old-school keyword matching still works the...

The Expert Homepage: What AI Needs to See (And How to Structure It)

For most experts i work with, your homepage is the most important page on your website. It’s the place where you explain what you do, orient potential clients to your services. In short, the purpose of your website is to tell the reader who you are, who it’s for, and...