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Louder Than Words 8/27/26 Louder Than Words 8/27/26

The fastest way to lose at AI visibility

The fastest way to lose at AI visibility is to start with AI visibility.

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Louder Than Words 8/24/26 Louder Than Words 8/24/26

Getting Found ≠ Getting Chosen

A couple of weeks ago a VP of Marketing asked me this after they learned a direct competitor was posting 4(!) videos every day on YouTube.

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Louder Than Words 6/16/26 Louder Than Words 6/16/26

Your content is doing too much (and yet, not enough)

Let me take you inside a conversation I have, in some form, from time to time...

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Louder Than Words 6/10/26 Louder Than Words 6/10/26

You don't have a content strategy (you just have a content person...)

Early in my consulting work, I'd occasionally get pulled into a client engagement with a quiet secondary assignment.

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Louder Than Words 5/28/26 Louder Than Words 5/28/26

Stop asking your internal SMEs to write (do this instead)

Almost every company I talk to has the same instinct right now.

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Louder Than Words 4/2/26 Louder Than Words 4/2/26

How to write a newsletter people reply to

A client sent me this Slack a message last week...

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Louder Than Words 11/13/25 Louder Than Words 11/13/25

2 big additions to every editorial calendar I work on

Two things I’ve added to the editorial calendar this year that have made a big difference.

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Louder Than Words 10/21/25 Louder Than Words 10/21/25

Your story is the strategy

A few weeks ago, Sylvia LePoidevin sent me this picture from her Pavilion talk...

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Louder Than Words 10/1/25 Louder Than Words 10/1/25

Blogs are broken...

I’m sorry, I didn’t recognize that. Please choose from the following optio...

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Louder Than Words 9/17/25 Louder Than Words 9/17/25

What if most of the stuff we’re trying to optimize AI for are dead ends?

I was on my way to pick up my kids from school yesterday, ruminating on an idea I couldn't quite articulate.

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Louder Than Words 8/19/25 Louder Than Words 8/19/25

You're different from everyone else...

Every agency says they’re going to drive revenue, increase pipeline, power growth, etc.

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Louder Than Words 7/16/25 Louder Than Words 7/16/25

What's in your drafts folder?

Here’s a fun, quick exercise: What’s in your drafts folder right now?

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Louder Than Words 7/10/25 Louder Than Words 7/10/25

You're skipping the best content

I know it’s the popular thing to crap all over, but I have no beef with AI or even SEO. No direct beef, that is.

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Louder Than Words 5/13/25 Louder Than Words 5/13/25

Referrals are not a marketing strategy

...Referrals are not a marketing strategy.

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Louder Than Words 4/23/25 Louder Than Words 4/23/25

The silent killer(s) of actual thought leadership

"This is working just like you said it would..."

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Louder Than Words 1/23/25 Louder Than Words 1/23/25

The end of a (golden) era for SEO?

The way some people are trying to explain away this trend is more concerning than the trend itself.

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Louder Than Words 1/15/25 Louder Than Words 1/15/25

It’s not just you. Organic is down for (almost) everyone.

Last week my old boss, Pete Caputa (CEO at Databox), called me to catch up and talk shop.

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Louder Than Words 1/9/25 Louder Than Words 1/9/25

Why you’re having such a hard time finding good writers

One of my biggest observations from working with clients in ’24 was just how difficult it still is for them to find and execute good writing.

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Louder Than Words 10/10/24 Louder Than Words 10/10/24

What do we do with our blogs?

Just this week I was talking with a prospect and realized...

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Louder Than Words 9/26/24 Louder Than Words 9/26/24

It's not you...it's me (but really...it's you)

For years we were told to focus on the customer.

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