The digital marketing landscape is undergoing a seismic shift — and the brands dominating in 2026 will be those mastering three critical pillars: traditional search, AI Search, and brand experience.

While Google maintains its dominance with 98 billion monthly visitors and over 90% market share, smart marketers are already positioning themselves for the rapidly approaching AI-powered future.

In this episode, I reveal:

• The "topic-first SEO" strategy that generated a 288% revenue increase for Golf Course Lawn Store — and why keyword-only approaches are leaving money on the table

• How we transformed The Ordinary's blog from a brand-led resource into a revenue machine, driving 451% more revenue and 5.5x traffic in just five months

• Why Hargreaves Lansdown (UK's market leader) is invisible in AI search results while our client ZUGU dominates — and the exact playbook we used to achieve this

• The emergence of "agentic AI commerce" and why businesses need structured product data, real-time inventory feeds, and the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) by 2026

• How DSLD Mortgage generated 11,410 qualified leads in 12 months using our Brand and Positioning Accelerator framework

• Why 287% more customers purchase when brands use three or more channels — and how to create consistency across all touchpoints

I'll share the exact frameworks we're using at Exposure Ninja, including how we're helping clients appear in AI Overviews, ChatGPT recommendations, and Perplexity results.

If you're planning your digital marketing strategy for 2026 and want to stay ahead of competitors still stuck in 2020's playbook, this episode provides your complete roadmap for dominating both traditional and AI-powered search channels.

If you're interested in using our Brand and Positioning Accelerator for your business, get in touch with our team today: https://exposureninja.com/services/branding/brand-accelerator/

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https://exposureninja.com/podcast/369/

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