Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast

Community involvement remains an underleveraged career accelerator for SEOs. Sophie Logan, Community and Editorial Manager at BrightonSEO and Hero Conference, shares how practitioners can build visibility and authority through conference participation. The conversation covers positioning speaker submissions for 2026 selection, integrating AI as a discussion layer rather than a standalone topic, an...

Most conference attendees leave without a clear takeaway plan. Sophie Logan, Community and Editorial Manager at Brighton and Hero Conference, shares how first-time attendees can structure their approach for maximum value. Learn how to build a session-mapping strategy against the agenda, prioritize panels and topics aligned to your objectives, and schedule deliberate breaks to sustain focus and ret...

Conference programming faces AI-topic saturation heading into 2026. Sophie Logan, Community and Editorial Manager at Brighton SEO and Hero Conference, brings a front-row perspective on what practitioners actually want from session content. Learn why standalone AI talks are losing relevance, how to integrate AI naturally across broader strategic discussions, and what conference attendees are signal...

Industry connection drives measurable career and skill growth. Sophie Logan of Rough Agenda brings hands-on experience organizing SEO conferences and building practitioner communities that translate networking into professional advancement. The conversation covers strategic frameworks for maximizing conference ROI—including agenda prioritization and session mapping—alongside practical approaches t...

AI adoption is reshaping how SEO professionals learn and connect. Sophie Logan of Rough Agenda brings deep expertise in building search communities and orchestrating industry events that drive real practitioner value. The conversation covers structuring conference attendance for maximum ROI, from agenda mapping and session prioritization to strategic networking, and why in-person community connect...

Agent adoption is outpacing governance frameworks across search. Danny Goodwin, Editorial Director of Search Engine Land and SMX, brings editorial oversight spanning SEO, PPC, and AI search to the question of how marketers should manage autonomous agents. The conversation examines treating agents as proxies for human intent rather than standalone technology, separating genuine capability from curr...

Agentic AI is reshaping how search marketing work gets executed. Danny Goodwin, Editorial Director of Search Engine Land and SMX, shapes editorial coverage and conference programming across SEO, PPC, and AI search at one of the industry's leading search marketing platforms. Goodwin frames AI agents as proxies that act on a person's behalf, requiring governance approaches that treat them as account...

AI search hype outpaces measurable disruption to Google's dominance. Danny Goodwin, Editorial Director of Search Engine Land and SMX, draws on his oversight of editorial coverage spanning SEO, PPC, and AI search to separate signal from noise in the future of search. The conversation examines AI agents as proxy actors operating on behalf of users, the governance frameworks required to manage agenti...

AI agents are generating significant industry hype, but Google isn't going anywhere. Danny Goodwin, Editorial Director of Search Engine Land and SMX, draws on his oversight of editorial coverage across SEO, PPC, and AI search to separate signal from noise in the future-of-search conversation. He reframes AI agents as functional extensions of human intent rather than autonomous replacements, examin...

Most SEOs never apply their expertise to their own brand. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization, shares the career-rebuilding strategy he'd execute if starting from zero today. The conversation covers self-application of SEO skill sets as a competitive differentiator, ranking for your own name to validate expertise, and recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities in search softwa...

Building a personal brand in SEO doesn't require a massive following. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization and a 15-year enterprise SEO veteran from Workday, Stripe, and Anaplan, shares how he ranked a prospective employer #1 for a target term in 24 hours to land contract work during a two-year unemployment stint. The conversation covers applying SEO skills to your own name fo...

Content freshness now outranks new content production for AI visibility. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization and a 15-year enterprise SEO veteran behind growth at Workday, Stripe, and Anaplan, shares how he ranked a company number one for a target term within 24 hours. The conversation covers building a metric stack beyond traffic to insulate reporting from AI Overview erosio...

Organic traffic is collapsing as AI answers replace clicks. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization and a 15-year enterprise SEO leader behind growth at Workday, Stripe, and Anaplan, explains why traffic should no longer anchor your reporting and what to track instead. The conversation covers building a metrics stack around indexation, crawlability, and impressions rather than su...

AI search now pulls from every channel, not just web pages. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization and a 15-year enterprise SEO leader who drove growth at Workday, Stripe, and Anaplan, explains why the T-shaped marketer has become the industry's most valuable profile. The conversation covers building a metric stack that moves beyond traffic dependence, executing content refreshe...

Layoffs hit even the SEOs who survive every prior cut. Paul Andre de Vera, founder of Answer Engine Optimization and a 15-year enterprise SEO leader at Workday, Stripe, and Anaplan, spent two years rebuilding after a startup layoff—landing his next role by ranking a target keyword number one within 24 hours during an interview. He breaks down using your own SEO skill set to build a personal brand...

Career transitions in AI-driven industries create unprecedented uncertainty for executives. Jennifer Doty, former Fortune 100 VP with over two decades leading customer success and partnerships, has successfully transitioned from corporate leadership to building an independent advisory practice focused on executive presence and career renovation. The discussion covers mindset frameworks for navigat...

Career transitions require strategic leadership guidance during industry transformation. Jennifer Doty, former Fortune 100 VP with over two decades leading customer success and partnerships, now runs an independent advisory practice helping executives navigate change and uncertainty. The discussion covers question-based coaching methodologies for role alignment assessments and frameworks for guidi...

73% of executives struggle with AI integration leadership challenges. Jennifer Doty, former Fortune 100 VP with over two decades leading customer success transformations at enterprise organizations, shares proven frameworks for navigating organizational AI adoption. The discussion covers question-based coaching methodologies for role alignment assessment, strategic approaches to career transition...

AI is reshaping careers across digital marketing, leaving professionals questioning their relevance. Jennifer Doty, former Fortune 100 VP and current executive mentor who led 1,400+ employees at MetLife before building her own advisory practice, shares frameworks for navigating industry transformation. The discussion covers her "Swiss Army Knife" leadership approach for managing teams through unce...

Enterprise teams waste 53% of go-to-market spend because buyer journeys have fundamentally changed in the AI era. Liza Adams, AI advisor and go-to-market strategist at Growth Path Partners, brings 25+ years of marketing leadership experience from companies like Pure Storage, Smartsheet, and Juniper Networks to address this critical challenge. Adams introduces her visibility-sentiment-recommendatio...

Enterprise marketing teams waste 53% of their go-to-market spend chasing outdated buyer behaviors. Liza Adams, AI Advisor and Go-to-Market Strategist at Growth Path Partners, brings two decades of CMO-level experience from companies like Pure Storage and Smartsheet to address this crisis. She introduces the visibility-sentiment-recommendation framework for AI search optimization and outlines the t...

Go-to-market efficiency has declined from 78% to 47%. Liza Adams, AI Advisor and Go-to-Market Strategist at GrowthPath Partners, brings 25+ years of CMO-level experience across Silicon Valley tech giants including Juniper Networks, Pure Storage, and Smartsheet to address this critical challenge. Adams introduces her visibility-sentiment-recommendation framework for AI marketing success, emphasizin...

Enterprise marketers struggle with AI visibility despite 47% go-to-market efficiency decline. Liza Adams, AI advisor and go-to-market strategist at GrowthPath Partners, brings 25+ years of Silicon Valley marketing leadership experience across major tech companies including Juniper Networks, Pure Storage, and Smartsheet. The discussion reveals Adams' three-layer framework for AI marketing success:...

Enterprise marketers struggle with declining go-to-market efficiency—now just 47% effective. Liza Adams, AI advisor and former CMO at major tech companies including Pure Storage and Smartsheet, shares proven frameworks for rebuilding customer trust in the AI era. The discussion covers her three-layer trust framework (visibility, sentiment, and recommendation), strategic approaches to ungating cont...

AI search has fundamentally altered buyer behavior, with 47% of go-to-market spending now yielding diminished returns. Liza Adams, AI Advisor and Go-to-Market Strategist at GrowthPath Partners, brings enterprise marketing transformation expertise from leadership roles at Pure Storage, Smartsheet, and major tech companies. The discussion covers her three-layer GEO framework addressing visibility, s...