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Notes, analysis, and observations on digital marketing, A.I., search, and the tools that actually move the needle for businesses.

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A.I.

I Cut a 7-Hour Legal Task to 30 Minutes. The AI Couldn't, So I Built the Tool.

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Marketing

Why Your Best Leads Are Fake, and the Platforms Charging You Know It

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A.I.

The Lazy Genius in the Room: What 74 AI Projects Taught Me About the Mess Underneath the Magic

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Technology

Killing the Robocall Cash Drain: How I Built a $0.00 Spam Firewall for AI Voice Agents

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Technology

The Coming Reckoning in Private Aviation Software

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Technology

Rest In Peace, Adobe and WordPress

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A.I.

Adversarial Agents: How I Build AI Systems That Argue Before They Decide

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Technology

Why I Built SimplyTalk: Local Dictation Without the Subscription or the Spying

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Marketing

Google Just Lost the Search Ad Throne It Held for 20 Years

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DIY

SkipCut.com: How to Watch Longform YouTube Videos Without Commercials

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Marketing

Google's August 2025 Spam Update: What It Means for Websites

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Marketing

YouTube Just Shattered 2025 Records: What It Means for Small Business

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Technology

Not All WordPress Stacks Are Created Equal: Why Bloat Can Make You Invisible

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A.I.

Cutting Through the Hype: What the GPT-5 Disappointment Teaches Us

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A.I.

The AI Mirage: When Automation Gets Mistaken for Innovation

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Marketing

Why Most Paid Ads Don't Actually Make You Money

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A.I.

A.I. Agents: Cutting Through the Hype to Real Wins in Business

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A.I.

Prompts vs. Netflix: How I Whipped Up Angry Jets with Grok

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Marketing

How I Took FlyUSA's Web Traffic from Meh to Hell Yeah in Five Months

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Insights

From Employment to Side Hustles to Solutions: How You Benefit

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Marketing

What is Ad Rank?

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Technology

7 Ways SearchGPT is Different and How It Will Change Online Search

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A.I.

The Interface is Fading: How AI Agents Will End the Web and Remake Our World

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Business

That's Too Much. I Know a Cheaper Guy

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A.I.

Addressing Misconceptions About AI Assisted Software Development

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Marketing

What is a Growth Marketing Manager?

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Marketing

When Marketing Gurus Yell "Optimize for LLMs," It's Mostly Hype Today

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Insights

A Fond Farewell to a Beloved Client: Larry Keckler's Journey to Retirement

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Technology

WordPress Plugin Bloat: The Silent Killer of Your Website's Health

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Marketing

Google Ads is Stealing Your Money: The "Other Search Terms" Scam

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Technology

Why You Should Avoid Using .NET as Your Web Domain Extension

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Insights

I Did Not Leave Marketing. I Changed the Way I Create Value

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Marketing

Why Every Business Owner Should Start a Podcast

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A.I.

How I Built a Custom AI Agent to Fix the Real Estate Closing Cost Nightmare

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Marketing

Key Takeaways From Google's Search Algorithm Leak

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Marketing

Martech Mosaic: Building Blocks of a Digital Marketing Team

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Marketing

The Destruction of Google Continues: What It Means for Your Business

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Marketing

How to Lose Money with Google Ads: The Perils of Auto-Recommendations

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Marketing

Creating an Effective Social Media Marketing Plan

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Marketing

Direct Mail Surpasses Top Digital Mediums in ROI

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Marketing

Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing: Understanding the Differences

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Marketing

How Google PPC Lost Trust in Marketing

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