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How to Strengthen Your Brand’s Authority — Whiteboard Friday

Discover proven strategies for strengthening your brand’s authority in 9 easy steps. From product excellence (featuring Tony’s Chocolonely) to customer service mastery (like Amazon), learn how successful brands maintain their edge. This guide covers essential elements, including brand identity, omnichannel content strategy, customer advocacy, and adaptable marketing approaches. Perfect for marketing leaders looking to enhance their brand’s presence and authority across digital channels.

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Content marketing success falls to 12-year low: Survey

Content marketing console

AI isn’t hurting content performance. Dropping proven content strategies is the bigger reason content isn’t delivering, survey suggests.

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Amazon pilots ChatGPT Ads through its DSP

Amazon is piloting access to ChatGPT Ads through Amazon DSP, letting U.S. advertisers extend campaigns into conversational ads.

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Posted in AEO Marketing

AI search tools marketers should know in 2026

Something big just shifted in how people find answers online.

More buyers are skipping the investigation and deliberation of clicking through blue links on Google, in favor of asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the like for one direct answer.

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Google’s top ranking factors, according to 131 SEO professionals

Google ranking factors survey

Search intent ranks highest, backlinks remain influential, and original research outperforms scaled AI content in perceived ranking impact.

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Google’s target bidding shake-up: Why PPC marketers have been here before

Reva Minkoff explored Google’s target bidding changes and why lessons from a decade ago could help PPC marketers adapt.

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Posted in AEO Marketing

How to optimize your website for AI search

Learning how to optimize your website for AI search is one of the hottest skills for marketers right now, because the audience for these tools is growing fast. Monthly unique visitors to the major answer engines climbed from 634 million in Q1 2025 to 904 million in Q1 2026, up more than 40% in a year, according to Wix Studio.

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Two Truths and a Lie About Digital PR

You don’t need an agency for digital PR. Debbie Chew shares her CIDER framework, a real $1M campaign recovery, and how to get your brand cited by AI.

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Posted in AEO Marketing

How much does AEO cost? Pricing by agency, tools, and software

How much does AEO cost? The short answer is roughly $30 a month for a monitoring tool you run yourself to over $15,000 a month for a full-service agency program that handles everything for you — with a wide middle in between.

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AI Overviews may be affecting Shopping ad CTR and impressions

AI Overviews may be reducing Shopping ad impressions while concentrating clicks among higher-intent searches.

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