Garrett Smith

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@kutluokan "That's an aggressive play. I want that from a financier. But those two are the reason I am here and you think I am so impressive. So how about you sign the term sheet and I never post about this on X."

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@toddsaunders They should all be using Local SEO Skills to grow their business https://t.co/le6jWsXoU9

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There’s nothing worse than the taste of pollen in the air

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@theplgeek Interested

[Matt Paulson @MediaKing]

We spent millions on an office: a 500 gallon fish tank, a gym, espresso machines, a garden room. People asked why in the remote era. The logic is simple. If the office is nicer than your house, you want to come in. Most of the team is here a few days a week now, nobody forced.

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@SeoTudent @wilreynolds @edwardeachday Most SEO tools are bloated and require a high level of prior knowledge to utilize effectively, so I think you’ll see more orgs building their own tools as the skills required to roll your own become more common amongst marketers and SEO’s.

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My work is interesting.

One moment I’m chopping it up with an agency owner about AI enablement

The next my brother is calling me to see if I can drive home a new purchase 😂

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@gaganghotra_ what is next banning a brand for excessive mentions

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@lenraleigh They seem to test new challengers every few weeks, but not many win

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"Sir, the LSAs aren't working because Google has 48 different advertisers in our market, but only 2 spots at the top of the page, and one advertiser has been in spot 1 every time we checked the last 11 weeks."

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One of my favorite clients ever did this in every meeting...except he'd awake at periods and chime in as if he wasn't sleeping the whole time.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A.

12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30+ minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going.

I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a Herman Miller chair and somehow that was considered normal. That's venture capital.

You might fly across the country to perform for people who may or may not be conscious.

It's a dance.

And sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow and sometimes your partner is unconscious.

If you're raising right now, just know: every founder has a story like this. The process is weird. The power dynamic is weird. You're not crazy for thinking it's weird.

No one talks about it because they want to continue raising. But I'm happy to stick my neck out there.

It is weird.

[Garrett Smith @GarrettSmith]

Their unclaimed GBP must have tipped authorities off

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: $45 million worth of cocaine seized after an underground tunnel between Mexico and San Diego, CA was discovered under a Buy 4 Less store.

Investigators say they surveilled the store for months after noticing how little customer foot traffic it had.

Authorities found a nearly 2000-foot-long tunnel that was 55 feet deep and 4.5 feet high with electricity and ventilation.

2270 pounds of coke was seized from the store, and four people were arrested.

Gregorio Epifanio Hernandez Lopez, 29, Jose Jimenez, 32, Antonio Cortez, 18, and Brandon Escalante Sandoval, 26, were arrested.

They all face a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine.

"They thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, what they saw were our lights and sirens," said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon.

[Garrett Smith @GarrettSmith]

Google is turning your GBP from a static directory listing into a live data interface.

Google wants:

→ Your products (structured, synced, current)
→ Your menu (extracted, categorized, searchable)
→ Your inventory (real-time from your POS)
→ Your posts (fresh, scheduled, recurring)
→ Your reviews (organic, unmanipulated, content-rich)

And they want it all formatted in ways their AI can consume.

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Sources: Statista, Adobe Consumer Survey, DemandSage

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Stats I found about comfort with AI Agents

39% comfortable with AI agents scheduling appts
24% comfortable letting AI handle purchases
70% would let an agent book flights
65% trust agents to select hotels without input
47% open to making purchases through bots
71% of Gen Z actively seek products through bots

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@natzir9 One of the reasons I built Local SEO Skills https://t.co/le6jWsXoU9

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@joedinardo @HistoryBoomer 😂😂😂

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@surgieboi The hobby forgets the primary reason for grading is to provide good faith between parties on authenticity and or relative condition of a card during a sale/trade. Not increased value. Receiving expensive cards also comes with liability, so faster they ship back out the better.

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@AnthonyHigman Tale as old as time