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AI chatbot adoption surged 81% in 2025, fundamentally changing how people search and discover brands. Here's what shifted—and what your brand needs to do to stay visible.

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How AI and Chatbot Use Changed in 2025 (And What Brands Need to Do About It)

Picture of Cassandra Mellen Cassandra Mellen: Dec 14, 2025 4:09:22 PM

At the start of the year, 81% of U.S. adults had used AI search tools in the past three months. By now, that number has only grown. And the way people are using these tools has fundamentally changed.

Research Business Chatbot
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AI automation promises efficiency, but most implementations fail. Here are the four critical prerequisites you need in place before investing in AI tools—or you'll waste time and money.

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The 4 Prerequisites to Success for AI Automation Implementation

Picture of Ross Henderson Ross Henderson: Dec 14, 2025 3:43:28 PM

A lot of companies will go out there and say, "Okay, which AI tool am I gonna buy? How am I gonna use it?" They'll get way ahead of themselves and...

AI Automation AI Adoption
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Most companies are still using outdated go-to-market strategies from a decade ago. Here's the fundamental difference between traditional and modern GTM—and why it matters for your bottom line.

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Traditional vs. Modern Go-to-Market

Picture of Ross Henderson Ross Henderson: Dec 14, 2025 3:39:11 PM

I'm going to start by getting on my soapbox: by and large, our clients don't have particularly strong go-to-market functions. Most of them are lower...

Sales Business Growth Go to Market
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People don't search to be educated or entertained anymore. Discover the three actual motivations driving search behavior in 2025—and how to create content that matches.

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The Three Real Reasons People Search (And Why HubSpot's Framework Is Outdated)

Picture of Lauren Keller Lauren Keller: Dec 14, 2025 3:14:37 PM

I remember the foundational HubSpot framework from fifteen years ago, when they said the reasons why people search something on the internet. That...

Lauren seo GEO AI search
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People trust experts, not brands. Discover why individual voices are replacing corporate content—and what that means for your marketing strategy in 2026.

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From Company to Creator: Why Expert-Led Content Will Dominate 2026

Picture of Faith Cedela Faith Cedela: Dec 14, 2025 2:43:13 PM

There's a shift away from the company as the expert to the people who power the company as the expert. And going into 2026, it's going to be even...

Branding Representation Public relations
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Topic clusters aren't cutting it anymore. Discover why concept coverage is the evolved approach to SEO content that actually competes

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Why Traditional Topic Clusters Are Dead

Picture of Lauren Keller Lauren Keller: Dec 14, 2025 2:33:07 PM

I've been saying for a long time that the traditional topic cluster probably isn't going to work as well anymore. And I know some people disagree...

Lauren seo Content strategy
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SEO isn't dead—it's evolving. Cut through the sensationalism to understand what's actually changing in search and why Google still matters for your marketing strategy in 2025.

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The Death of SEO: Debunking the Internet's Favorite Marketing Myth

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Dec 14, 2025 2:20:30 PM

I can't tell you how many YouTube videos I've seen with gravestones and people dramatically falling backwards onto the grave of SEO. It's become the...

Lauren seo Technical SEO Website Keywords
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Discover how applying digital minimalism principles to your marketing—from websites to emails to social media—creates stronger engagement and better results through radical simplicity.

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Digital Minimalism Meets Marketing: Less Is Actually More

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Dec 8, 2025 7:59:59 AM

Every marketing team operates on the same assumption: more touchpoints equal more engagement.

Social media Niche marketing Website Email Marketing B2B Marketing
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Discover why traditional volume-based content strategies are failing and how to adapt your marketing approach for audiences experiencing genuine attention scarcity.

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The Attention Recession: Marketing in an Overwhelmed World

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Dec 8, 2025 7:59:59 AM

We're not in an attention economy anymore. We're in an attention recession.

Marketing Digital marketing Communication
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Google's 2025 Year in Search shows

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Google's 2025 Year in Search: Hot Honey and Onyx Storm FTW

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Dec 4, 2025 1:22:21 PM

Google released its 2025 Year in Search data, and the top trending search term globally wasn't a celebrity death, political crisis, or cultural...

seo Research Google
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