The State of AI Search in 2025: A Year That Changed Everything

Key Takeaways 2025 was the year AI search went from novelty to necessity. ChatGPT now handles 1 billion+ daily queries with 81% market share. Google’s AI Overviews reach 2 billion monthly users. Zero-click searches hit 58-60% overall—and 83% when AI Overviews appear. Organic CTR dropped 61% on AI Overview queries. The winners adapted by optimizing […]
AI Search Visibility Tracking: A Conversation Between Jeremy Ashburn and Terry Maturo of SEO Clarity
Last Updated: January 30, 2026 Key Takeaways AI search visibility tracking measures how often your brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews—and enterprise tools now offer prompt-level tracking with databases of 500+ million question queries Publishing 20-50 inner pages monthly around core topics can increase AI search visibility from 72 to 336 […]
EPIC Entrepreneurs Podcast

Featuring Jeremy Ashburn, PushLeads Interviewed by Cliff McCrea, Action Coach Business Growth Partners January 21, 2025 Episode Introduction CLIFF McCREA: Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week’s episode of Epic Entrepreneurs. I am Cliff McCrea filling in for Bill Gilliland with your local business training and coaching firm, Action Coach Business Growth Partners. I’m really excited […]
Schema Markup: The Underutilized SEO Advantage for Asheville Businesses
Discover how schema markup gives Asheville businesses a competitive edge in local search with enhanced listings, rich snippets, and better visibility that drives more customers to your door.
AI Search for Local Businesses – Session 2: Making Your Business AI-Ready
What You’ll Learn in This Guide How AI evaluates local businesses differently than traditional Google search Five practical steps to make your website AI-ready (most businesses miss at least three) Why your mobile site speed could be killing your AI visibility The technical settings that accidentally block AI from finding you How to structure service […]
AI Search for Local Business Owners: Part 1 — Understanding the New Search Landscape
Top TLDR: AI search is fundamentally changing how customers find local businesses, with tools like ChatGPT, Google AI, and Perplexity now answering 50% of search queries directly without sending users to websites. Unlike traditional Google rankings that relied on backlinks and keywords, AI evaluates businesses based on trust signals, fresh content, transparent information, and local […]
Momentum Guest Speaker: AI & SEO Training
Jeremy Ashburn’s complete 88-minute presentation on SEO for STR managers. Learn his 5-step framework, AI search strategies, and internal linking techniques.
How to Use Semrush’s AI Mode to Boost AI Search Visibility
How to Use Semrush’s AI Mode to Boost AI Search Visibility As AI-powered search becomes a major part of online discovery, marketers need to understand how their brands appear in AI-generated results. In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to analyze and improve AI visibility using Semrush’s AI Mode, based on a real client […]
Combining Claude and Writesonic for High-Quality SEO Content Creation
Combining Claude and Writesonic for High-Quality SEO Content Creation In today’s fast-moving content marketing world, AI tools have become indispensable. But not all tools are equal—and not all workflows are created with real-world SEO impact in mind. In this guide, I’ll walk you through my process of combining Claude and Writesonic to manually create high-performing, […]
ChatGPT vs Google: How AI Search is Changing SEO Strategy for Asheville Businesses
Discover how the battle between ChatGPT and Google is transforming SEO strategy for Asheville businesses. Learn practical techniques to optimize for both AI assistants and traditional search.