After years of focusing on podcasts, teaching, and newsletters, Meg just released her first blog in three years. In this episode, Meg and Jessica talk about why it’s time to come (back) to blogging—and why it matters more than ever in a world of shifting platforms and AI-driven search results.

They share the practical and philosophical reasons behind the shift: protecting your intellectual property, proving you got there first, and creating a timestamped body of work that can be found, cited, and built upon. It’s how you build a business on rock instead of the sand of social media and shifting algorithms.

From domain authority and discoverability to Substack cross-posting and AI parsing, they look at what it means to write for durability, not trends. They also explore how written assets double as onboarding tools, teaching material, and long-lasting content that can be reused across your ecosystem—bricks in a foundation that lasts.

(Plus, hear Meg sing a song that totally relates!).

* Why Meg is returning to blogging after three years focused on other platforms

* The “sandy land” metaphor and what it means to build your house on a rock

* How blogging establishes topical authority and protects your IP

* Why timestamps matter: AI can’t cite a TikTok, but it can cite a post with a publication date

* The danger of building on rented land (Substack, LinkedIn, social media)

* How written work creates a paper trail for your thought leadership

* Blogging as both visibility strategy and proof of ownership

* How AI and search engines reward structured, linked, human-written content

* Turning blog posts into reusable assets for onboarding and education

* Why a durable body of work outlasts any short-form content trend

“If you build your house on sand, you’ll have to build it twice.” - Meg

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