Anna York

SEO meets AI | 10x Your Brand's Success with Proven Tactics 📈 | Follow ➡️ for actionable How-to guides!

SEO used to be about keywords.

Now it’s about infrastructure.

AI is everywhere.

Prompts. Tools. Automations. Content at scale.

But most teams are still operating without a system connecting demand, decisions, execution, and feedback.

So AI feels powerful yet chaotic.
Content volume increases but growth doesn’t compound.
Experiments happen but nothing scales.

Because AI is being used as a tool.

Not as an operating layer.

Infrastructure means growth that runs without constant manual intervention.

That’s what I build.

I architect AI-powered SEO systems that turn organic growth into a self-improving engine.

Not isolated workflows.
Not scattered automations.

AI agents that continuously:

• Identify real search demand
• Prioritize based on business impact
• Orchestrate production across channels
• Feed performance data back into strategy

That feedback loop is what compounds.

That’s not automation.

That’s architecture.

As Founder of Growth Architecture Studio, I help founders and marketing teams move from scattered AI experimentation to a production-ready SEO engine in 3 weeks.

No hacks.
No generic prompt libraries.
No “AI for the sake of AI.”

Just systems designed to scale without adding headcount.

Over the past 9+ years, I’ve worked with startups, scale-ups, and enterprise teams, partnering with platforms like Semrush, Ahrefs, Pipedrive, AIOSEO, and Weglot.

Named one of LinkedIn’s Top 12 AI Voices to Follow.

AI is accessible to everyone.

Infrastructure isn’t.

If you’re ready to turn AI into leverage — not noise —
let’s build the system behind your growth.

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"Brand30" is a 30-day challenge designed to help you create a personal brand on LinkedIn.

If you’re still celebrating ranking #1 on Google…

You might already be invisible.

Last quarter, a brand ranked #1.

Traffic still dropped.

Why?

Because one keyword now activates 4 visibility layers:

🔹 AI Overviews answering the query directly
🔹 Paid ads dominating above the fold
🔹 Maps capturing high-intent searches
🔹 Organic pushed further down

Ranking #1 ≠ Owning search anymore.

Search has shifted from SEO…
to full Search Experience Optimization.

Most brands optimize one layer.

The smart ones dominate all 4.

That’s exactly why I created an AI-Visible Playbook.

It breaks down:

• How to appear in AI Overviews
• How to protect organic CTR
• How to structure content for AI + SEO
• How to expand visibility beyond rankings

📩 Link in the comments


P.S. For deep Google Business Profile (GMB) strategy, I recommend following my colleague Mike Forgie. He’s a true specialist in that space.


P. P.S. Once you see the graphic with Google Maps, it becomes pretty clear it’s not Generative Engine Optimization. 
Even SEOs should take a day off from acronyms sometimes. 😉 💙

SEO meets AI | LinkedIn Top 12 AI Voice to follow in Europe | Practical guides

Meta is hiring an SEO Strategy Manager for $152K–$213K!

Let that sink in.

One of the most advanced tech companies
…is investing heavily in SEO.

But SEO today isn’t just Google.

It’s everywhere people search.

TikTok → discovery 
YouTube → tutorials 
Reddit → opinions 
Google → answers 
LinkedIn → expertise 
Instagram → inspiration 
X → real-time insights 
Amazon → product research 
Pinterest → ideas


Because people don’t just Google anymore.
They search everywhere.

The real question is:

Where are you investing in visibility right now?

Is your About page ready for the AI era? 🤖

Smart people are now optimizing for what comes next:
👉 Answer Engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.

This is where AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) comes in.

Not keyword stuffing.
Not longer copy.

But structuring your content so AI systems can clearly understand:
– who you are
– what you do
– and why you’re the right answer to trust.

Here’s the overlooked part:

Your About page is the GOLD standard for this. 🔥 

It’s the primary source AIs use to form an opinion about your brand.

So if it’s vague, fluffy, or outdated
don’t expect to be cited.

I created a detailed infographic (see below 👇) 
that breaks this into 9 practical steps.

Here’s the short version:

The 9 pillars of an AEO-optimized About page

1️⃣ Question-based title tag
“Who is [Your Company]?” instantly signals intent to AI systems.

2️⃣ 40–60 word intro
A clear, standalone summary that can be quoted as-is.

3️⃣ Proof of expertise
Years of experience, awards, recognizable clients 
→ machine-readable trust (E-E-A-T).

4️⃣ Clear USP
3–4 concrete differentiators. No buzzwords.

5️⃣ Natural subheadings (H2/H3)
Written as real user questions, not SEO artifacts.

6️⃣ FAQ block
3–5 short answers (<60 words). 
Direct fuel for AI Overviews.

7️⃣ Team & author bios
 AIs connect people, entities, and credibility.

8️⃣ Contact + social links
 Use sameAs to connect your digital footprint.

9️⃣ Structured schema (JSON-LD)
 Person, FAQPage, etc.


Pro tips most miss:
 – Link internally to your strongest content
 – Keep references up to date (stale data kills trust)


If you had to start today:
What’s the first thing you’d fix on your About page? 👇

Most brands are underestimating one major shift:

AI search is multilingual by default.

And the data proves it.

→ 56.96% of French prompts trigger at least one English query
→ 61.6% trigger two English queries
→ 60%+ of AI answers cite multiple domains

AI doesn’t:

→ Rank pages
→ Stay within one language
→ Respect local SERPs

It:

→ Fans out queries across languages
→ Retrieves from multiple markets
→ Synthesizes answers from authority signals

Which means:

Ranking #1 on Google ≠ being visible in AI answers.

If your brand isn’t selected by AI systems, you don’t exist.

The strategic questions now are:

→ Which languages should you activate first?
→ When is local-language content decisive?
→ What increases citation probability across markets?
→ How do you measure AI visibility?

Weglot, Getfluence and Ahrefs are breaking this down 
📅 LIVE in a webinar on 5th March.

Using visibility data from 75,000+ brands and 50,000+ prompts.

If you operate internationally, this is no longer optional.

AI visibility is already multilingual.

Register now.

Link here: https://lnkd.in/eE3fhD2H

Well this certainly was a pleasant surprise and made my day. 🌼 

I was just named by Conductor as 1 of the 15 AI Search and AEO Experts to Follow in 2026.

Seeing this pop up in my inbox this morning definitely put a big smile on my face.

Incredibly humbled to be included alongside so many brilliant minds shaping how search is evolving in the AI era. 🙏 

Especially right now where AI is turning search upside down. 

Now more than ever we have to question old assumptions, experiment, learn fast, and rethink how discovery actually works.


Read the full list here:  https://lnkd.in/df-T_2YG

Aleyda Solís
Andy Lambert
Anna York
Barry Schwartz
Carley Lake
Eli Schwartz
Kate Vasylenko
Kelsey Libert
Lily Ray
Patrick Reinhart
Peter Rota
Rand Fishkin
Rebecca Thorburn
Ryan Law
Steven Schneider
Vincent DeCastro

Making Carousels Effortless for Founders & Creators | Get Carousels Goldmine NOW..🔥

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Marwan Abdealrhman

How I feel FREE on LinkedIn.

Last week I walked away.

- No noise.
- No posts. 
- No scrolling. 

Just me, quiet, and time to think.

Here is what I realized.

This place never asked me to perform.
This place never said "post every day."

The pressure?
That was all coming from me.

So I asked myself one question:

• Why did I start writing here?
• What made it feel good back then?

The answer was simple.

LinkedIn lets me be myself.
No acting. No copying. No pretending.

That is freedom.
And I forgot about it.

When you forget why you showed up:

❌ You post things you don't believe.
❌ You lose the people who liked you.

I took a break to remember.

Now I'm back.
Lighter. Clearer. More me.

I write because it feels good now.
Missed the BLUE family, let's crush it. 💙 

P.S. Who else loves feeling free here?

Stop building carousels from SCRATCH.

It's 2026.
Organic reach is shrinking fast.
But carousels still win every time.

→ They stop the scroll.
→ They build your authority.
→ They get saved and shared.

So why aren't you posting more of them?
Because starting is painful.

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You open Canva.
Blank page stares back at you.

No idea where to begin.
You freeze.
No structure.
No flow.

3 hours later?
You're exhausted and the design still looks off.

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That was Sarah Rav.
Great ideas. Strong audience.
But the execution kept killing her momentum.

Then she changed one thing.
She stopped starting from zero.
She used Carousels Goldmine.

Before:
Blank page → panic  
hours wasted → average result.

After:
Pick template → add content 
[premium carousel in 30 min.]

✅ No blank page.
✅ No guessing the flow.
✅ No inconsistent designs.

25 premium templates.
Ready to use inside Canva.
Built for creators who want results without the grind.

Get the full toolkit here:
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📌 Swipe left to see the before & after (slide 12). 🔥

Carousels Goldmine - Transformations 

Carousels aren’t HARD anymore!

The design was never the real challenge.

The tricky part is the content flow.

A weak story loses attention instantly.

Here’s my go-to fix 

Use ChatGPT + Google Sheets + Canva.
Plan your story before you design.
Turn messy ideas into a clear, smooth journey.
This simple system saves hours every week.

I use it to create scroll-stopping carousels fast.
Want this framework for yourself?

You’ll only need:

1️⃣.15 minutes
2️⃣. A Google Sheet
3️⃣.1 ChatGPT prompt

[ Swipe left to see it in action 👀 ]

Comment " Carousels "
To get the file & the prompt. 🔥 

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How to design carousel post 

LinkedIn carousels in 2026?

Same old designs don't work anymore.

Most people post like it's 2025.
They wonder why reach keeps dropping.

Here is the truth.
• Algorithm changed.
• Audience changed.
• Old rules? Dead.

I learned this the hard way.

Hours building carousels.
Nothing to show for it.

So I studied the top 1%.
For 30 days, I dissected everything.

Their hooks. 
Their slides. 
Their flow.

50+ viral carousels frame by frame.
The patterns were undeniable.

Here is what the top 1% do differently:

❌ They don't post randomly.
✔️ They follow a system.

❌ They don't design for likes.
✔️ They engineer attention.

Slide by slide.
Hook by hook.
Eyes glued until the end.

I took every pattern I found.

The hooks that stop the scroll.
The structures that drive reposts.
The endings that generate DMs.

I packed them into one system.

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It's called "Carousels Goldmine."

Here is what it saves you:

Time → No more blank pages.
Effort → No more guessing.
Money → No more expensive designers.

Inside the vault:

• 25+ templates based on top 1% patterns
• Proven structures winning right now
• Keeps people swiping to the last slide

Want to see what I found?
🔗 → https://lnkd.in/e-zJHp-3

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47 creators already use these patterns.
Less work → More results → More DMs

My promise?

Help 1000 creators crack carousels.

The easy way.
The right way.
The smart way.

This is not a design pack.
This is your shortcut to top 1% attention.

Carousels remain the highest-reach format on LinkedIn.

P.S. What is your 2026 growth focus?

The 7 carousels use cases the top 1% swear by.

Most people treat carousels like PDFs in 2026.
They wonder why no one swipes.

Here's the truth:
↳ The algorithm rewards retention now
↳ Audiences smell fluff instantly
↳ Old tactics? Buried

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Here's what the top 1% do instead.

1. Hero Product Showcase
One slide. One product. Full attention.
Each frame is a visual event — not a catalog.

2. Social Proof Scroller
Logos. Testimonials. Running silently.
You don't ask for trust. You engineer the conditions for it.

3. Step-by-Step Education
One slide = one step. The swipe IS the progression.
Complex ideas. Under 60 seconds.

3. Before & After Reveal
Slide 1: the pain to catch.
Slide 2: the result to keep.
The gap is what stops the scroll.

4. Ranked List With Receipts
Top 10, 7 mistakes, 5 frameworks.
Rankings create urgency; people swipe to find where they stand.

6. Mini Case Study
Situation → Problem → Solution → Result.
10 slides, one story, the last slide is your CTA.

7. Contrarian Take
Slide 1 provokes. The rest argues.
The hook earns the swipe. The proof earns the follow.

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Average carousel → information delivery
Top 1% carousel → engineered momentum

Every slide should make the next one feel necessary.

You know the 7 use cases now, let's crush it. 🔥 

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If the blank slide is still the hardest part.

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I made a new RECORD in 2026! 🔥 

Today, I finally crossed +275 carousels created.

This didn't happen in a single day.
I spent two years focused on carousels.
It wasn't easy, I'll be honest.

I stared at blank slides many times.
My eyes got tired of seeing pixels.
But I learned so much along the way.

Here are my top 8 secrets
That took me from beginner to pro.

1️⃣ It's not about design → it's about story
2️⃣ Catch attention first → then make them stay
3️⃣ Too much text → creates a messy design
4️⃣ Carousels work best → for educational content
5️⃣ Stop guessing → start building a system
6️⃣ Create a material bank → for faster work
7️⃣ Use AI for content → not for design
8️⃣ Add strong visuals → to get more swipes

The views will come. 
The likes will grow.
But consistency? 

That's what actually wins.

📌 Big thanks to you my friends. 
My next record +500 carousels. 💙

In 2026, LinkedIn carousels are unavoidable. 

They quietly took over the feed.

Engagement increased.
The algorithm pushed them everywhere.

But creating a good one?

That’s where most creators struggle.

Hours fixing layouts.
Hours designing slides.
Hours guessing what actually works.

Most people give up early.

Not because carousels don’t work.

Because the process feels slow.

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So I ran a small experiment.

What if Michael B. Jordan posted carousels? 

Big ideas.
Strong presence.
Massive storytelling potential.

But even powerful ideas need structure.

Ideas alone don’t stop the scroll.

I used 3 templates from Carousels Goldmine.
Inside Carousels Goldmine, you get:

✔️  Proven carousel frameworks
✔️ Ready-to-use slide templates
✔️ Clear storytelling structures
✔️ Hooks that stop the scroll

Check it here [https://lnkd.in/e-zJHp-3]

So instead of starting from zero…

You start with a system.
Storytelling visuals.
Clear structures.

The golden lesson?

Carousels shouldn’t take hours.
They need structure.

→ Structure creates clarity.
→ Clarity creates attention.
→ Attention builds authority.

📌 Swipe left to see the styles (slide 8). 🔥

How LinkedIn Carousels Actually Work

Most creators focus on design.
But design isn’t the driver.

Carousels run on ATTENTION flow.

Here’s a simple system I follow:
It's called [S → B →R →D→A] 
Let's explain it in a simple way 

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1. Stop the scroll
Hook the reader instantly.
Curiosity must be high.

Scroll stops → First swipe happens.

2. Confirm the promise
Show they are in the right post.
Reinforce the hook.

[Trust builds → More swipes follow.]

3. Build swipe momentum
Keep slides simple.
One idea per slide.

Easy to read → Faster swiping.

4. Reset attention
Attention drops mid-carousel.
Add a bold insight.

Surprise appears → Curiosity resets.

5. Deliver the value
Now drop the main insight.
Framework, lesson, or system.

[Expectation builds → Payoff arrives.]

6. Trigger action
End with a clear next step.
Comment, save, or share.

[Engagement rises → Reach expands.]

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That’s the carousel system.
Attention → Swipes → Signals → Reach.

P.S. Let's crush carousels on SUNDAY. 💙

The best decision I made in 2025 was uncomfortable.

Fear did it.

Fear doesn’t always stop you.
Sometimes it shows you exactly what needs fixing.

I’ve always talked about the power of carousels.
People nod. They get excited.

Then… they stop creating.

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And I kept hearing the same things over and over:

• “Marwan, this is exhausting.”
• “How do you make this look so easy?”
• “Blank slides kill my motivation.”

I felt that pain too.
For a long time, I tried complicated solutions.
Apps, frameworks, hacks… nothing worked.

Then I realized something simple:
The problem was never creativity.

It was friction.

And the answer wasn’t a secret formula.

It was TEMPLATES.

Simple. Repeatable. Ready to use.

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The Decision That Changed Everything

I made one clear choice:

To build a system that removes resistance.
A framework where starting is easy and creating is joyful.

Not theory. Not motivation.
A real creation engine designed to help anyone.

What You’ll Get

Everything you need to create scroll-stopping carousels:

✔️ A repeatable process to focus on ideas, not design
✔️ Ready-made carousel templates that save you time
✔️ Structured flow to avoid blank-slide frustration
✔️ Tools that make creation fun, not stressful

The Result

Carousels stopped feeling heavy.
Creation became fast. Fun. Joyful.

Most importantly, my mission became real:
Making carousel creation easy for everyone.

And now, I want to share it with you.

Your next carousel is one click away from being your best one yet. 
👉 Get Carousels Goldmine here → [https://lnkd.in/e-zJHp-3]

Hormozi carousels transformation in 30 minutes.

Hormozi-style carousel glow-up using one tool. 

I opened Canva.
Stared at the blank slide.
Closed it. 💀

Sound familiar?

That was the old way.
Then I built Carousels Goldmine.
Everything changed in one session.

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BEFORE
→ Blank slide → freeze
→ Hours wasted → looks off
→ Never publish → stay invisible

AFTER
→ Open Carousels Goldmine
→ Pick template that you like
→ Swap your text
→ Done in 30 minutes

That's the whole process. 

 What's inside:
✅ 25 premium carousel templates.
✅ Scroll-stopping hook frameworks.
✅ Clean professional Canva layouts.
✅ Story-driven slide structures.

Built specifically for (Catch + Keep) attention

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Why does this work strategically?

Carousels increase reading time.
Reading time signals strong engagement.

LinkedIn distributes engaging posts further.

→ More reach.
→ More followers.
→ More authority.

I built this because one thing
Making carousels easier 

The blank slide.
Not anymore. 

📌 Want too unlock your unlock your carousel's ideas now
Get Carousels Goldmine → [https://lnkd.in/e-zJHp-3]

I've created 200+ carousels 
Finally figured out what actually works.

Here's the simple formula I follow every time:
50% to catch attention + 50% to keep attention

Read this, and you'll master this formula: 

[Easy to apply]
• How to stop the scroll with your first slide
• Why one idea per carousel gets more swipes
• The simple structure that makes people keep reading
• What to put on each slide so it flows
• How to end so people actually take action

Nothing complicated.
Just what I use every time I create a carousel.

Swipe through and steal the system 🔥

P.S. Want 25 ready-to-use carousel templates? 
Grab your GOLD here → https://lnkd.in/e-zJHp-3

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