CMO Growth Guide Blog by Andrea Palten

How to Build a Business Flywheel (and Why It Beats Funnels)

TL;DR: A business flywheel is a self-reinforcing system where each action strengthens the next, creating compounding momentum. Unlike funnels (linear and draining), flywheels are circular and sustaina...

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Startup Marketing, AI SEO, and the Future of Marketing

I was invited to the Clarity Digital Podcast with Al Sefati.

We talked about startups, agencies and consultants. How we deal with SEO and the future of AI Search plus all the marketing stuff in between...

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Google’s AI Overviews Are Gutting Your Web Traffic, And Here's the Data to Prove It

If you’ve noticed a quiet drop in organic traffic over the past year, you're not alone, and it’s not your SEO strategy that's failing. It's Google itself.

Last week, the Pew Research Center released ...

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NEWS 7/26/25: AI Visibility Just Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.

 Summary:
AI search just crossed a major threshold. Platforms like Wix are now building AI visibility tools directly into their dashboards. The GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) market is exploding...

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How I Outranked the #1 Brand in AI Search (Without Ads or Big Budgets)

Summary:
This blog post breaks down how a small brand beat one of the most well-known brand names in an AI search result. It explains the emerging practice of GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), why...

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Top 5 AI Marketing Prompts for Startup Founders

Here are 5 high-impact AI marketing prompts tailored for startup founders, crafted to help you move faster, stay clear, and get results:


âś… 1. Clarify Your Message for Ideal Customers

Prompt:

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Quicker Marketing with Repurposing using AI Tools

How to repurpose your content

Repurposing is so important! With AI what used to take hours, even days, you can now do in minutes!

In this video, I dive into the concept of repurposing content using ...

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Is Traditional SEO Dying? Here's GEO!

TL;DR:

Search is evolving fast, with AI-powered engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity replacing traditional search results with direct answers and recommendations. To stay vis

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