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SEO KPIs that show whether search is working for your B2B business

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026 AI, ROI, SEOby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

What are SEO KPIs? SEO KPIs (key performance indicators) are measurable signals that tell you whether search is actually doing its job for your business: how often buyers find you, whether they take action once they land, and whether those actions ever turn into pipeline. They’re a subset of search engine optimization metrics; every KPI […]

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AI search visibility: where your budget actually belongs

October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 AI, B2B, Blogby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Most small and mid-sized businesses don’t have an AI visibility problem. They have a pipeline problem, and there’s no AI visibility score they can chase that’s going to fix it. As an agency that sells AI search optimization services, I can say two things are true at once: AI search is real, it’s growing fast, […]

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Small Business Marketing Strategies for 2026

June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 AI, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Trends, SEO, SMBby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Small business marketing strategies for 2026 center on AI search visibility, owned audience channels, and high-intent local content. The businesses gaining ground are the ones building their own marketing systems rather than renting attention through paid ads alone. For a B2B SMB with 10 to 50 employees, the highest-return moves in 2026 are getting cited […]

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How AI Search Optimization Tools Increase Organic Traffic

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 AEO/GEO, AI, Blogby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

AI search optimization tools increase organic traffic by showing you where your business appears in AI-generated answers, identifying why competitors get cited when you do not, and pointing to the specific fixes that improve your visibility. They turn AI search from a black box into something you can measure and act on, which is what […]

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What Is AI Search Optimization? A Practical Guide for B2B SMBs

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 AEO/GEO, AI, B2B, Blogby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

AI search optimization is the practice of structuring your content and brand so that AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Gemini cite your business in their answers. It combines answer engine optimization (AEO), generative engine optimization (GEO), and traditional SEO into a single approach focused on visibility within AI-generated responses, not […]

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Loop Marketing: Why Funnels Are Fading — and Loops Are Winning

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 AI, B2B, Blog, HubSpot, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Trendsby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

For years, marketing teams have relied on the funnel model: Awareness → Interest → Evaluation → Purchase → Done. Clean. Linear. Predictable. But real buyers don’t behave like that anymore—especially in B2B SaaS markets. They compare providers. Read reviews. Leave. Come back weeks later. Download something. Ignore you for a while. Then return the moment […]

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B2B SEO in 2026: How to Rank in Google and AI Search

May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 AEO/GEO, AI, B2B, SaaS, SEOby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Search isn’t one system anymore. When a buyer types a question into Google, two things now happen at once. The familiar list of blue links still loads, ranked the way SEO has always worked. Above it, an AI-generated answer pulls from a different set of sources, summarizes them, and often resolves the buyer’s question without […]

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3 Ways B2B SaaS Startups Can Optimize for AI Search — No Developer Required

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 AI, B2B, SEOby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Something shifted in how your buyers find you. It didn’t happen all at once. But over the past 18 months, a growing percentage of B2B research now starts with a question typed into ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google’s AI Overviews, rather than with a keyword search and a list of blue links. For B2B SaaS startups, […]

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Answer Engine Optimization: The Complete AEO Guide for 2026

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 AEO/GEO, AI, B2B, Blog, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Trendsby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Answer Engine Optimization: The Complete AEO Guide for 2026 Search has changed. Users don’t type keywords anymore. They ask questions.Search engines have evolved to match. Google’s AI Overviews, featured snippets, and voice assistants now deliver direct answers instead of links. This shift requires a new approach: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). This guide covers what AEO […]

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Best LLM AI for Business (Including Marketing): A Practical Guide

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 AI, B2B, Blog, Business Growth, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Trendsby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

Artificial intelligence has officially moved from experimentation to execution. For business leaders and marketers alike, large language models (LLMs) are no longer a “nice to have” — they are becoming core infrastructure for how teams research, plan, create, and scale. But with so many options available, one question comes up constantly: What is the best […]

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