BRANDBrand positioning strategy: how to own your market in 2026
Brand positioning is the 30-word claim that separates you from every competitor — and the entity clarity that earns AI citations. The brief and archetypes.
JUL 4, 2026
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PLAYBOOKConversion rate optimization: the 2026 CRO playbook
CRO is the highest-ROI investment most teams underrun. The audit framework, the five levers that move conversion, and how to test when traffic is too low.
JUN 30, 2026
SEMPerformance Max, honestly: when it works and when it burns budget
Performance Max is Google’s black-box campaign. It can crush, or quietly cannibalize branded traffic. When to use it, how to fence it in, how to read it.
MAY 29, 2026
SOCIALReddit for B2B marketing in 2026: the community playbook
83% of B2B buyers research on Reddit before talking to a vendor, and AI engines pull from it constantly. The community-first playbook that earns citations.
JUN 27, 2026
GEOllms.txt explained: the one-hour setup that gets you cited by AI
llms.txt is a plain-text index that tells AI engines which pages are canonical and what each covers. It takes an hour and costs nothing. How to build one.
MAY 29, 2026
PR · GEODigital PR for SEO in 2026: earn links and AI citations
Digital PR is the only link-building tactic that survived Google’s spam updates — and it now earns AI citations too. Formats, pitching, and measurement.
JUN 25, 2026
AI-AGENTSBuilding an AI content engine that ranks AND gets cited
The AI content engine we actually run: a human-gated pipeline of research, drafting, and editing agents that makes work good enough to rank and get cited.
MAY 30, 2026
SEOLocal SEO in 2026: ranking in Maps, Google, and AI answers
Local search has three surfaces to win: the Map Pack, classic organic, and AI answers. The 2026 playbook — fundamentals that still rank, plus the AI layer.
MAY 30, 2026
SEMSEM in 2026: paid search when the SERP is half AI
AI Overviews pushed paid results down the page and changed which queries are worth bidding on. Where paid search still wins, and where it bleeds money.
MAY 29, 2026