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

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 […]

EPIC Entrepreneurs Podcast

PushLeads in the Media

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 […]

AI Search for Local Businesses – Session 2: Making Your Business AI-Ready

AI Search for Local Businesses – Part 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

AI Search for Local Business

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 […]

How to Use Semrush’s AI Mode to Boost AI Search Visibility

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

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, […]