Leveling Up with Eric Siu

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe I had dinner with a group of top founders last week. Almost all of them use AI daily. Not for hacks. For clarity. They’re using tools like Gemini to break down their entire marketing engine and see what actually drives revenue. This video walks through how the top 1% are doing it. 00:00 How Top Founders Use Gemini 00:52 10x Faster Research Strategy 02:08 Turn Meetings Into Insights 03:34 Let Data Drive Decisions 05:16 Remove Content Bottlenecks 06:46 Hire AI-Fluent Marketers 07:31 Build AI-Powered SOPs 08:57 SEO Speed Wins Citations 09:25 Ask YouTube Studio For Strategy 10:00 Build Better Conference Decks 11:21 Lead Teams Through AI Change 12:14 Your One-Week Gemini Challenge How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

In this episode, Eric breaks down the real SEO strategy they use for 9- and 10-figure brands: optimize beyond Google (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, YouTube, Reddit), protect visibility as AI Overviews reduce clicks, and win with content consolidation, AI Overview formatting, and multi-platform repurposing. You’ll also learn why brand sentiment and fresh updates matter more than ever, plus how programmatic SEO still works when humans stay in the loop. Key takeaways: -Search everywhere optimization beats Google-only SEO -AI Overview formatting can boost mentions fast -Consolidate, update, and delete to stay visible Chapters: (00:00) SEO 2026 strategy overview (00:29) Search everywhere optimization shift (01:34) AI Overviews clicks decline (03:12) Brand sentiment and citations (06:06) Content consolidation and deletion (08:20) AI Overview bullet optimization (09:27) Multi-platform content repurposing (13:20) Single Grain hiring note (13:52) Programmatic SEO still works (15:15) Track SEO to revenue

In this episode, Eric breaks down why your marketing is not working by diagnosing a real website completely cold. Using Amazon Photos versus Google Photos, we uncover the true root cause behind low conversion rates, generic positioning, weak offers, and high-friction calls to action. If you are doing over seven figures and feel like growth is stuck, this homepage teardown shows how unclear targeting, poor design, and scattered messaging quietly kill results and cap business growth. Key takeaways: -Why marketing feels stuck -Homepage mistakes are killing conversions -Design directly impacts trust Chapters: (00:00) Why marketing fails (00:22) Amazon Photos teardown (01:54) Google Photos comparison (03:00) Design and conversion (05:08) AI and marketing growth (06:48) Final diagnosis

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Eric breaks down how to do AEO the right way, covering listicle outreach, high-value citations, Reddit community building, BOFU content, FAQs, proprietary data, brand monitoring, technical fixes, and scalable AI workflows. Using real examples from Single Grain, they show how answer engines rank content and how marketers can earn top placement across LLMs. Learn what matters now in answer engine optimization and how to future-proof your marketing strategy. KEY TAKEAWAYS • Win AEO with listicles, citations, and Reddit engagement • BOFU and guides outperform for answer engines • AI workflows unlock massive content scale CHAPTERS 00:00 What AEO Really Is 00:35 Listicle Outreach Strategy 01:17 Importance of Citations 02:04 Reddit Community Signals 02:53 BOFU Content and Guides 04:16 FAQs for AEO 04:45 Proprietary Data Advantages 05:11 Brand Mention Monitoring 05:35 Fixing Technical SEO 06:03 AI Workflows for Scale 07:05 Final AEO Framework How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this video, I break down the five systems quietly generating millions for our business: meeting notes AI that turns conversations into actions, an automated recruiting engine that screens candidates for us, a daily priority bot that scores performance, social-engagement agents that keep the flywheel turning, and email auto-drafters that cut response time in half. I walk you through the exact workflows, why they outperform hype-driven agents, and how you can set each one up this week. If you want to scale content, speed up hiring, boost productivity, and close more deals, these are the simplest wins you can deploy right now. 00:00 Flashy AI Agents vs Five “Boring” Automations 00:22 Automation #1: Compelling Ideas Notetaker (Using Lindy) 01:59 Turning Meeting Moments into High-Performing Posts 03:04 Automation #2: AI Recruiting Engine with Juicebox & Lindy 06:08 Automation #3: Daily Priority Coach for High-Leverage Work 08:00 Automation #4: Social Media Commenting Agent to Scale Engagement 09:37 Automation #5: Email Autodrafter with Superhuman 10:24 Faster Replies, More Deals: The Compounding Effect of “Boring” Systems 10:36 Why Boring AI Automations Scale While Flashy Tools Don’t How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com