🧠 Most people think content needs to be louder, more polished, or more viral to work.

In reality, the content that builds the most trust is usually the simplest kind, content rooted in real experience, real work, and real lessons learned.

In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam and Josh break down why people trust lived experience more than borrowed expertise, and why creator content works best when it comes from what you have actually done, not what you have read, reposted, or copied.

This conversation goes deep into:

🎙️ What creator content really is — documenting experience in real time, not performing expertise for attention.
🤝 Why personal experience builds trust faster — specifics, mistakes, trade-offs, and real outcomes resonate far more than generic “best practice.”
📉 Value-add content vs performative content — why polished, vague content might look impressive but rarely drives meaningful action.
🧲 How experience-led content attracts better clients — pre-qualifying your audience so the right people find you already aligned with how you think and work.
♻️ Why this approach makes content easier to sustain — no trends to chase, no creativity burnout, just clear thinking explained consistently over time.

💡 The core idea is simple but powerful:
If you are already doing the work, you already have the content.
The only question is whether you are willing to explain it clearly and honestly.

This episode is essential listening if you want to create content that compounds, attracts trust, and drives long-term attention, without shouting, posturing, or pretending to be something you are not.

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📢 If you think your website is good enough for 2025, it will fail in 2026.Because the rules of online visibility are changing — fast.

In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal the complete 2026 Content Blueprint — the structure, proof signals, and visibility layers every business website must have to stay visible in both Google and AI search.

Here’s what you’ll learn 👇

💡 Why Content in 2026 Is About Entities, Not Keywords — discover how AI search engines now judge who you are, what you do, and whether you can be trusted as a real-world authority.

⚙️ The New 2026 Visibility Stack — clarity for humans, structure for machines, proof for credibility, and consistency for your entity across the web.

📄 The 20-Page Blueprint That Future-Proofs Your Website — from core and local pages to authority and knowledge pages, this is the non-negotiable checklist every local business needs

🤖 How AI Reads and Cites Your Content — learn why modular, structured sections (not long blogs) get featured inside ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity answers.

🌍 External Signals That Drive AI Trust — reviews, press mentions, partnerships, and directory listings are now critical ranking factors.

🧪 The 2026 Content Audit Challenge — score your site on clarity, structure, and proof — and see if you’re ready for the AI era.

🎯 Whether you run a café, clinic, trades business, or agency, this episode will show you how to build a website that AI engines trust and customers believe.

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Short-form video isn’t “nice to have” anymore — in 2026, it becomes the single most important proof signal AI uses to decide whether your business is real, trustworthy, and worth recommending.

In this episode, Adam and Josh break down why AI search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews are shifting away from written content and relying heavily on authentic video evidence — known as proof clips — to verify the legitimacy of local businesses.

You’ll learn:

🎥 Why AI will downgrade businesses with little or no video content
🤳 What “authenticity scoring” means — and why AI trusts video over text
⚡ The 10 types of proof clips every local business needs in 2026
📱 How to record high-impact short-form videos using just your phone
🚀 How video now influences GBP rankings, AI Overviews, and LLM recommendations
🔍 Why video has become a ranking factor, not a marketing add-on

Whether you’re a plumber, café owner, gym instructor, landscaper, dentist, carpenter, florist, or cleaning company — this episode shows you how to stay visible in the AI-driven economy.

And the best part?
You don’t need a studio. You don’t need an editor. You need 10 seconds per clip and a system that works every week.

By the end of this episode, you’ll know exactly how to keep your business ranking in Google and AI search… while your competitors slowly disappear.

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