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GEO Vs SEO In The AI Era With Callum Kennard

SEO strategies that worked five years ago may actually be holding brands back today. Matthew Bertram sits down with Calum Kennard, Head of Sales at…

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Episode · 46 min · Transcript

Personal Branding For AI Search

We talk with Karen Tiber Leland about how AI search changes personal branding, rebranding, and what it takes to stay findable when machines summarize…

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Better Conversion Goals In Google Ads

We get back to paid ads fundamentals and why AI automation only works when we set clear, revenue-connected conversion goals. We share practical ways…

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Episode · 47 min · Transcript

Digital PR For AI Search

AI watermarking and AI search make third-party trust the new battleground for SEO and brand visibility. Host, Matthew Bertram, talks with Austin…

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Episode · 55 min · Transcript

When PR Meets SEO

We dig into how podcasting, digital PR, and SEO now reinforce each other, especially as AI search tools pull answers from trusted third-party…

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Episode · 45 min · Transcript

SEO Works If You Measure The Right Things

We get brutally honest about why traffic is a vanity metric and how SEO only earns budget when it ties to real business outcomes. We lay out the data…

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Episode · 54 min · Transcript

Traffic Times Conversion Equals Customers

Join us for a special episode hosted by Geoff Campbell who is standing in for Matthew Bertram, we focus on the part of marketing most teams ignore:…

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Episode · 51 min · Transcript

How LLM Search Changes SEO And E-Commerce

We talk through what “AI visibility” really means and why marketers are racing ahead of the data, even as consumer behavior shifts toward AI search…

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Episode · 63 min · Transcript

Bad Data Breaks AI More Than Bad Models

We talk about the real shift happening as AI moves from chatbot to teammate, and why persistent memory is the make or break layer for useful…

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Episode · 59 min · Transcript

How An Agency Uses Podcasts To Grow

Rate the show in your podcast app. Apple ratings are how new listeners decide whether to press play, an honest one takes about thirty seconds.

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Episode · 60 min · Transcript

How SEO Grew Up

We get real about what AI search changes and what it does not, then map SEO back to fundamentals like attribution, buyer intent, and revenue. We also…

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Episode · 42 min · Transcript

Content First In The AI Era

In this episode of the Best SEO Podcast, hosted by Matthew Bertram, Zara Carbonell joins the show to talk about why AI makes content more important,…

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Episode · 55 min · Transcript

Agentic AI For Marketers

We map the shift from chat-based AI to real agentic systems that can run workflows, manage memory, and publish results without constant human…

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Episode · 47 min · Transcript

How To Build An AI First Agency

We talk with Lynn Ward about why marketing is shifting from search and retrieve to solve my problem, and why speed is becoming the moat for agencies…

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Episode · 44 min · Transcript

Stop Paying For SaaS You Never Use

Matthew Bertram sits down with David Albert of CRO Metrics to unpack what is actually changing across SEO, AEO, GEO, LLM visibility, and the modern…

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Episode · 48 min · Transcript

Why AI Overviews Changed Your Traffic

We trace the fast shift from link-based search to AI-generated answers and show how that change reshapes content, measurement, and strategy. Connor…

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Episode · 34 min · Transcript

AI, IP, And The New Marketing Rules

We dive into how AI is reshaping marketing law and what agencies can do today to protect work, clients, and brand trust. Sharon Toerek shares a…

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Episode · 43 min · Transcript

What Actually Scales A Marketing Team

We cut through AI hype to show what actually scales: disciplined ops, brand-led content, and a practical framework for awareness, nurturing, and…

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Episode · 66 min · Transcript

SEO’s New Frontier

We push past rankings and traffic to map the real skills SEOs need to influence AI answers. Duane Forrester explains the machine layer, vector…

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Episode · 55 min · Transcript

Which SEO Metrics Actually Matter Now

We unpack how search is changing as LLMs reshape discovery and why revenue, not rankings, should anchor your strategy. Corey Morris joins Matt to map…

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Episode · 50 min · Transcript

Why Traffic Is Down But Leads Are Up

We unpack how AI finally lets marketers count what matters, why attribution is broken across platforms, and how to use behavioral insight and…

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Episode · 39 min · Transcript

What Actually Drives Citations in LLMs

We unpack how search is shifting from blue links to AI-driven answers and why clean data, focused positioning, and public citations now decide who…

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Episode · 54 min · Transcript

SEO Isn't Dying, Bad SEO Is

Matthew Bertram sits down with Krešimir Ćorluka. We argue that SEO isn’t dying; bad SEO is.

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Episode · 65 min · Transcript

The New Rules of Authority in an AI World

Matthew Bertram sits down with Dmitrii Kustov. We dig into how AI reshapes SEO work, why trust beats volume, and how remote teams stay tight without…

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Episode · 49 min · Transcript

Using AI Without Wrecking Quality Or Trust

We dig into why traffic is fragmenting, why single-channel expertise won’t cut it, and how expert generalists, stronger offers, and brand strategy…

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Episode · 41 min · Transcript

How To Turn Google Reviews Into Profit

We unpack how AI turns Google reviews into real revenue by cutting leakage, lifting ad performance, and converting bottom-of-funnel readers with…

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Episode · 47 min · Transcript

From Silos To Revenue With Luis Baez

We explore how to align sales, marketing, and operations so growth becomes predictable, not chaotic. Luis Baez shares practical frameworks to…

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Episode · 49 min · Transcript

Pairing SEO With Automation With Steven Werley

We reframe SEO for an AI-first world and show how agentic workflows turn messy sales processes into predictable follow-through. Matthew Bertram and…

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Episode · 46 min · Transcript

Be Calm and CRO on with Talia Wolf

The key to standing out in a world overrun with AI tools and generic marketing is getting back to the fundamentals of emotional targeting and…

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Episode · 52 min · Transcript

AI Revolution in Marketing with Kevin Surace

Kevin Surace, known as the father of virtual assistants, shares his insights on how AI is revolutionizing marketing and business operations. We…

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