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
Playbook essays.
End-to-end operator-grade playbooks: the actual marketing systems we run on our own brands and our clients', documented step by step so you can copy them.
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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 produces work good enough to rank and get cited.
MAY 30, 2026
BRANDHow to promote a pickleball facility: the Pickleland playbook
Pickleball facility marketing is local SEO and community building, not paid ads. The playbook we ran for Pickleland from soft launch to known local brand.
MAY 12, 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
CONTENTContent repurposing: the hub-and-spoke system for 2026
One long-form piece should yield 10–15 distribution-ready fragments. The extraction playbook, including the GEO layer that turns each fragment into a citation.
JUN 23, 2026
BRANDHow to actually build trust in your brand (post-AI-spam edition)
Testimonials and security badges still matter, but the AI-spam era added requirements. Specific dates, named operators, and dated original work now win.
MAY 16, 2026
SEOHow to write a blog post that ranks and gets cited by AI
How we structure every post across an 11-brand portfolio so it ranks in Google and gets pulled into AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity citations.
MAY 24, 2026
BRANDBrand personality in the age of AI homogeneity
Every brand voice sounds the same because everyone uses the same AI to write it. Specific points of view and named operators stand out more than ever.
MAY 13, 2026