S2 Ep 58: How to Think Like AI
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Content Without Context? You’re Invisible.
Why Your Business Is Invisible Online – Season 2, Episode 1
🔍 Key Themes & Insights
- Content ≠ Just Showing Up: Too many businesses still treat content as a checkbox—something to “get done.” But in today’s AI-powered search landscape, that approach makes you invisible.
- The Rise of AI Discovery: Traditional SEO rules have changed. If your content isn’t timely, specific, and structured for context, AI won’t surface it—period.
- Why Context Is the New Competitive Advantage: Content without intent, audience relevance, and situational awareness won’t cut through the noise—or the algorithm.
- How to Think Like AI: It wants answers, not fluff. The clearer and more structured your content is (especially around FAQs and top-line value), the more likely it gets picked up and served.
- Content Audits Are Non-Negotiable: From broken links to outdated offers and expired advice, old content can actively harm your brand and suppress discovery.
🎯 Strategy Breakdowns
- Relevance, Intent, Timing: The three pillars of contextual content. Understand what your audience is searching for, why they’re searching, and when.
- Quality > Quantity (Still): More posts don’t mean more visibility. Stale, unfocused, or misaligned content gets ignored—by both humans and machines.
- Answer-First Structures Win: Blogs that mimic FAQs or lead with direct answers perform better in AI summaries and featured snippets.
- Internal Data = Differentiation: Use your own customer insights, surveys, or even reviews to create context no one else can replicate.
- Evergreen ≠ Untouchable: Even your best posts need revisiting. “Technically live” content can be “contextually obsolete.”
💬 Memorable Quotes
“You wouldn’t keep expired milk in your fridge—don’t keep expired advice on your website either.” – Kelly
“Your content might be technically live… but if it’s contextually dead, it’s invisible.” – John
“If you're not updating your content, AI puts you on the bench. You're done.” – Jim
“Lead with value. Nobody is scrolling to paragraph ten anymore.” – Kelly
👥 Guest Mentions
- Jim Falotico: Breaking down why outdated or untargeted content gets skipped by AI and customers alike.
- Kelly Biggs: Championing the shift from “get it done” content to strategy-driven, answer-ready assets that connect and convert.
- John Maniatis: Anchoring the conversation around brand credibility, AI impact, and how to stand out in a sea of sameness.
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