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From Blog Post to AI-Cited Brand: How to Surviv...

From Blog Post to AI-Cited Brand: How to Survive in the AI Era

How a solo or small-team blogger turns expertise into content that performs across Google, AI Overviews, newsletters and brand partnerships without becoming generic AI output. This session gives independent creators a practical survival map: choose topics machines can cite but audiences still crave, turn lived experience into E-E-A-T, and decide when to allow, block or optimise for AI extraction. At the end of this session you will understand how AI systems interpret authority, clarity, experience, and trust—and how you can compete without large marketing budgets. Judith cuts through hype with SEO, AI and creator-economy pragmatism, including explanations on how the technology works. Attendees can expect to learn: How to make content citeable by AI systems and Google. How to avoid AI slop signals. How to measure success beyond pageviews. How to stay discoverable, useful and paid when platforms increasingly answer, recommend and remix before anyone reaches a site. And most importantly how to future-proof content for evolving AI systems. Plus this session will include what methods stop (as much as possible) content from being included in LLMs.

How a solo or small-team blogger turns expertise into content that performs across Google, AI Overviews, newsletters and brand partnerships without becoming generic AI output. This session gives independent creators a practical survival map: choose topics machines can cite but audiences still crave, turn lived experience into E-E-A-T, and decide when to allow, block or optimise for AI extraction. At the end of this session you will understand how AI systems interpret authority, clarity, experience, and trust—and how you can compete without large marketing budgets. Judith cuts through hype with SEO, AI and creator-economy pragmatism, including explanations on how the technology works. Attendees can expect to learn: How to make content citeable by AI systems and Google. How to avoid AI slop signals. How to measure success beyond pageviews. How to stay discoverable, useful and paid when platforms increasingly answer, recommend and remix before anyone reaches a site. And most importantly how to future-proof content for evolving AI systems. Plus this session will include what methods stop (as much as possible) content from being included in LLMs.

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Judith Lewis

July 16, 2026

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  1. #waypoint26 Emcee and compère, expert trainer, speaker, fractional CMO, and

    strategist Runs DeCabbit Consultancy specialising in global digital marketing consultancy Non-Executive Director (NED) of the Academy of Chocolate Technical Lead of the WBA think tank in Switzerland working on AI in viticulture Contact: [email protected] Who I Am & What I Do
  2. #waypoint26 LLMs do not store facts the way we assume

    they do images in this style by ChatGPT
  3. #waypoint26 Building ‘Brand’ Trust Through AI Readiness Generally on Site

    https://www.aleydasolis.com/en/ai-search/ai-search-winning-brands-characteristics/
  4. #waypoint26 It helps to have answers to popular questions already

    within content, structured to make it easy to understand and deliver in a result https://alsoasked.com/
  5. #waypoint26 This is taking keyword research and turning it into

    question research https://alsoasked.com/
  6. #waypoint26 E-E-A-T Experience First-hand experience but not necessarily an expert

    with credentials. Expertise Based on qualifications and recognised knowledge related to the topic area. Authoritativeness Reputation and recognition of the author within the industry by peers (awards, etc) as trusted source Trustworthiness Relates to transparency of author/site, accuracy of content, and objectivity. • Each of these elements are inter-related and essential for ranking. • Sites can rank without EEAT in verticals where there is little to no competition or little to no EEAT generally.
  7. #waypoint26 Ways to rework existing content and restructure it to

    perform better in AI results Topically focused Structured paragraphs Top lists FAQs
  8. #waypoint26 FAQs Just like the rest of the site, FAQs

    need to be specifically on the topic for the page they are on. Content needs to be relevant. Should be optimised towards the topic of the page. Requires schema to be implemented. Must be focused, not broad (just like the page).
  9. #waypoint26 Optimising for zero click search results With searcher behaviour

    changing, delivering the right content into the results is imperative. People are not clicking results but are getting answers within the search results page or AI. With no click, it is more difficult to track website performance.
  10. #waypoint26 I don’t call, I don’t click, but I do

    pop in and buy the champagne truffles – because the SEO worked!
  11. #waypoint26 How do we measure a sale where SEO was

    involved but no click from the SERPs ever happened?
  12. #waypoint26 These KPIs Matter – Not Keywords Conversions from each

    channel Brand awareness (brand searches) Profitability performance User engagement Cost per acquisition overall & by channel Visibility by channel Information accuracy within LLMs
  13. #waypoint26 You Can Find Me Online Bluesky/X: @JudithLewis Threads/Insta: @Decabbit

    LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/judithlewis Web: https://www.decabbit.com Food Blog: https://MostlyAboutChocolate.com Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/decabbit https://www.slideshare.net/DeCabbit/