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10 Must-Run Marketing Plays for Small Businesses in 2026
The year ahead favors the bold, the scrappy, and the founder-led.
If you’re a small business owner heading into 2026 with a “let’s just keep doing what worked in 2021” mindset… oh sweetheart, pull up a chair. The marketing landscape has officially entered the era of AI engines, personalized discovery, lifestyle storytelling, and consumers who can spot inauthenticity a mile away (even from behind a screen scrolling at 2x speed).
What Is AIO? Here’s a Quick Look at the Future of Brand Visibility in the Age of AI.
Learn how AIO—Artificial Intelligence Optimization—helps your brand get found and recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google SGE.
Let’s Talk about GEO!
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing content for AI-powered search engines that generate answers based on user intent, context, and content quality. It's an evolution of traditional SEO, focusing on how AI-driven search engines interpret and present information. Instead of solely relying on keyword rankings, GEO emphasizes structured data, natural language optimization, and direct answer formats.
How PR Powers AEO: The New Era of AI-Driven Brand Discovery
AEO is like SEO 2.0. Instead of just ranking your content in search results, it’s about positioning your content and your brand as the actual answer AI tools surface when someone asks a question about your category. And here’s where it gets even more interesting: PR and AEO are deeply connected.
The New Optimization Family Tree: SEO vs. AEO vs. GEO vs. AIO plus PR!
Brand founders are drowning in acronyms lately trying to get a fix on all these AI powered changes. Let’s decode and discuss what they really mean for modern PR and marketing teams.

