😻 Maeva Cifuentes

SEO & GEO for B2B SaaS // Coaching for women in service businesses

I run Flying Cat, a B2B SaaS-focused SEO and content consultancy. We specialize in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and bottom-funnel content strategy, with deep expertise in international SEO when clients need to expand into French, German, Italian, and Spanish markets.

We've worked with ActiveCampaign, Hotjar, Klaviyo, Mixmax, D2L, Leapsome, Ivalua, and CoVet.

After a decade running a translation agency, I built Flying Cat on a simple premise: senior strategists should stay on accounts. No junior handoffs. No templated playbooks. I run the strategy, my team executes. We work directly with marketing leaders who need revenue from search, not just traffic.

📍 I post about SEO, GEO, AI visibility, and building a service business you actually want to run.

WHAT CLIENTS HAVE SAID:

"Flying Cat's approach led to a significant increase in monthly revenue and contributed to our rapid growth." - Rob Hartman, former Creative Director, Operto Guest Technologies

"Together, we were able to increase our yearly organic traffic by 700%. 56% of our traffic was coming through the blog. It was such a smooth partnership and really felt effortless on my side." - Molly Holcutt, Content Manager, Livestorm

"Within two quarters, we were able to drive an additional 80k visits to the website." - Joe Baugnet, Global SEO, ActiveCampaign

I also coach women who run service businesses. If you do excellent work but keep getting treated like a vendor, underpaid, over-explained-to, stuck in execution mode, I can help. My program teaches you how to position yourself as a strategic partner and have the client conversations you've been avoiding.
Follow @purposefulliving.co on Instagram for more on that.

maeva@flyingcatmarketing.com
🌐 @maevaeverywhere

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Angel Investor & Marketing Advisor

Investor and shareholder. Also, as fractional Head of Marketing/Marketing Advisor, I'm diversifying Spitche's revenue streams and acquisition channels, focusing on organic inbound growth.

Maeva Cifuentes

As a Colombian woman raised in America, I never felt strong patriotism until I watched Bad Bunny's historic half-time show.


I'm not sentimental. Few performances have moved me to tears.

But what he showed, inter-generational community, friends, family, joy, diversity, and LATINOS... this is America! I shed a tear. Because we've been so deep in disappointment, rage, hate about the state of the country, we forgot what it is that we're fighting for.

That show captured something real for me. Today, 20% of Americans are Hispanic. Here in California, we're the majority. I grew up surrounded by three very different cultures in my own household, in one of the most diverse cities in the country.

That diversity, that joy, that mix... that's the America I know, and that's what I moved back here for. And for the first time, I saw it reflected back on a national stage.

It was always hard for me to explain to people why I wanted to move back to the US, in the state that it's in now. But next time they ask, I'll just show them this show.

Yes Benito.... ya sabes!!!

EDIT: I did not just shed one tear. I watched it again and am unable to stop the tears.

🔥 B2B SaaS GEO & Search Everywhere Optimization // Founder, Flying Cat

"Just checking in!"
You've sent it. I've sent it. We've all sent it.

And it almost never works. Because it signals that you need something from them more than you're offering something to them.

Strategic follow-ups get responses because they add value instead of asking for attention. Swipe through for side-by-side examples.

More executive ways to follow up

People are saying SEO is worth LESS now.

Because it drives less traffic.

I did the research so you don't have to.

Yes, organic traffic is declining.

Ahrefs found AI Overviews reduce clicks by 34.5%.

Seer Interactive shows organic CTR dropped 61% for queries with AI Overviews.

60% of Google searches now end without a click.

And no... most of that traffic is not coming back.

We're heading toward a world where people do their entire buying journey inside AI.

They'll only visit your website at the very end, when they're ready to buy.

That future is coming.

But it's still 1-3 years out.

Right now, SEO is still your biggest traffic source.

Google search volume actually increased 21.6% last year.

I've seen conflicting data on how much rankings matter for AI citations.

One study says 92% of AI Overview citations come from pages already ranking in the top 10.

Another from BrightEdge says it's closer to 54% — and in e-commerce, only 22.9%.

Whichever number is true, I keep coming back to the same question:

If your traffic is tanking, is it actually because of AI?

Or is it because you're losing rankings?

Those are two very different problems. 

One requires a new strategy.

The other requires fixing your current one.

I see a LOT of websites blame AI when they're actually just losing traffic from SEO issues. Check yourself!

If your SEO says it's AI... ask for rankings status. The signal that AI is the issue is maintained or improved rankings with lost traffic.

The future of search is about getting recommended to the right people at the right time.

It's about being cited as the expert source.

It's about positive sentiment and accurate information about your brand.
SEO builds the foundation for all of it.

Strong rankings feed AI citations.

Quality content feeds AI recommendations.

Brand authority feeds AI trust signals.

The traffic game is shrinking.

The influence game is just getting started.

Save this if you're building for where search is going, not just where it's been.

Drop a 🔥 if you've already started shifting your strategy.

Every time you say 'it depends,' your client trusts you a little less.


When you hedge, qualify, and present options without a clear recommendation, you think you're being thorough. You're actually making them feel less safe. 

They came to you because they don't know the answer. If you seem unsure, they have nothing to anchor to.

Leaders with conviction create certainty for the people around them. When someone seems convinced they've chosen the best course of action, the people following them absorb that belief. Mirror neurons do this automatically. We relax when the person guiding us seems sure. We tense up when they don't.

This is why clients override your recommendations. This is why they second-guess your work. They're not doing it because you're wrong. They're doing it because you didn't seem certain, so they couldn't let go of their own doubt.

You don't have to be absolutely sure. You might be wrong. That's fine. Conviction isn't about being right every time. It's about being clear on what the data is telling you right now and making a recommendation based on that.

"Based on what I'm seeing, I'd go with A. Here's why. B and C are options if you want to prioritize X instead, but A gives us the best shot at Y."

"My recommendation is X. I've seen this work in similar situations, and the data supports it."

"If your goal is still Z, then I'd do X."

You can offer options. You can leave room for their input. But they should never have to guess what you actually think they should do.

If you've ever refreshed your inbox six times waiting for a client to respond, this one's for you.


Checking in "just to make sure you got my email." Over-explaining your reasoning so they won't think you made a bad call. Reading into a short reply and spiraling about whether they're upset. Saying yes to something that crossed a boundary because the idea of them being disappointed felt unbearable.

These patterns probably feel familiar outside of work too.
Anxious attachment doesn't stay in your dating life. It follows you into your client relationships. The same part of you that used to overanalyze a text is now overanalyzing a Slack message. The same part that tried to be the "cool, low-maintenance girlfriend" is now being the "easy, flexible contractor."

And it's costing you.

You over-deliver to feel secure. You undercharge because asking for more feels like risking the relationship. You tolerate scope creep because setting a boundary might make them leave. You make yourself smaller, more accommodating, more available than you actually want to be.

The work isn't just learning better business practices. It's recognizing that your nervous system is running the same script it always has, just in a different context.

Clients can feel when you need their approval more than they need your expertise. That energy shifts the power dynamic whether you want it to or not.

Security in client relationships doesn't come from being indispensable or easy to work with. It comes from trusting that you'll be okay if they leave.

I audited a brand's French market presence. Perplexity recommended their competitor 9 out of 10 times.

They rank #1 on Google for their main keyword.

Doesn't matter.

Here's why:

They rank for "what is [solution category]."

But that's not what people ask AI.

People ask AI "what's the best tool for [specific problem]."

Totally different query.

Totally different content strategy.

When purchase intent is high, AI doesn't pull from your educational blog post.

It pulls from content about the solutions, from all over the web.

Your website, yes, but also...

Reddit threads.

G2 and Capterra reviews.

YouTube comparisons.

Industry publications.

My clients competitor was all over those sources in the French market.

My client had been focusing on high-volume TOFU content... which is notoriously NOT about the product/solution.

The higher the purchase intent, the more AI pulls from third-party sources like review sites and forums.

So they built a content engine for informational queries.

But AI recommendations run on a completely different engine: reputation and third-party validation.

Things that I might do if I were looking to grow this more:

→ Audit where you show up (or don't) when AI answers buying questions in your category
→ Build presence on the platforms AI actually pulls from: Reddit, YouTube, review sites, niche forums
→ Earn mentions in publications your buyers trust
→ Stop measuring success by rankings alone

You can dominate Google and still be invisible when it matters most.

What have you done to get recommended more?

Anna-Lisa Natchev

B2B Fractional Executive

Account Executive, Hunting roles & revenue/demand generation projects for international SaaS companies like : 

Good Sign Solutions
Freespee AB
Twig
Sensire

Co-Founder: B2B Content MarketingB2B Content Marketing
Koppycat

Fractional Executive Ab

Sensire Ltd.

I strive to empower businesses in the Hospitality, Food, and Healthcare sectors by providing them with revolutionary solutions to transform their operations.

Together with my sales and marketing teams, we support businesses in their journey towards digital transformation. We equip Quality & Safety teams with Sensire's advanced solutions, ensuring they maintain the highest standards of quality and food safety compliance. By doing so, we safeguard not only their brand's reputation but also the trust of their customers.

Harnessing Sensire's powerful ECM solution, we transform vast volumes of unstructured data into actionable insights for our clients. This empowers teams across their organization to make data-driven decisions, boosting productivity, and streamlining operations.

Our solutions provide a unified approach to task management across all operations. This not only reduces operational inconsistencies across multiple locations but also significantly lowers costs. Our clients appreciate the consistent quality enabled by our solution, resulting in a seamless brand experience and increased marketing efficiency.

We help organizations stay ahead of the curve in an era of digital transformation. Our integrated solution gives businesses in the hospitality industry the tools they need to maintain a competitive edge. It also reduces the need for on-site visits by Area Managers as quality checks can be reported via pictures taken from our app.

Sales & Marketing

Scalewise

Scalewise connects ambitious Tech startups with a diverse pool of Senior Level Scale experts globally.

Scale Expert

Pavilion

The Revenue Collective is a private, invitation-only community of sales and marketing executives at growth-focused companies.

Executive Member

RevGenius

Member

Nomentia

Design and implementation of GTM for M&A merger: Analyste (Carve out from Basware), and Opus Capita. 

Building the steady-state team and business. Implementing a Growth Hacking GTM plan and day-to-day operations. Redesigning and recruiting new team and organization.

Leading the international growth, focusing on expanding the business and accelerating SaaS revenue internationally, with the first proof of concepts per territory, initial partnerships, brand recognition, and accelerating with the recruitment of international teams. A key part of the task was to build scalability via marketplace and partner channels. 

As a Chief Growth Officer, I managed teams across key areas that drive growth, which included Sales, Marketing, Partners, and Cross-organizational Growth teams. Tasked to build and grow the business and Sales&Marketing organization into a steady-state business, including the pre-and-post planning and execution of international TIPCO M&A in 2021.

Chief Growth Officer

Responsible for function ownership and management incl. people management for the local and international sales and marketing teams for all Analyste locations including Finland, Sweden, and the UKI. 

Creation and execution of the GTM strategy focusing on aggressive SaaS growth and structured migration of legacy on-premise revenue. 

Representing Sales and Marketing at a C-level for the complete pre and post  M&A deal cycle, when Analyste and Opus Capita merged and the international market leader within cash management solutions: Nomentia was born.

Vice President, Sales and Marketing ( ex Analyste oy)

Carving out the cash management business from Basware and building and growing the Sales and Marketing operations. Owner of the re-branding and GTM strategy planning and execution. Driving Sales and Marketing activities before and after the M&A deal of Exidio purchase.

Head of Sales and Marketing Payment and Treasury Solutions( ex Basware carve out & Analyste Oy)

Blockchainforum EU/FI

Our forum is a collective of amazing people striving to build a better future for the deployment of blockchain technology. As a non-profit organization, our mission is to promote open discussions, knowledge increase and use of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies among companies, public and third sector organizations and citizens in their roles as users, suppliers or regulators by providing and levering know-how, training, research and use experiences.

Vice Chairman Of The Board

Basware

Ensuring that Basware Key and Corporate clients have the best of breed solutions in place enabling them to supercharge the P2P process and functions. I ramped up and executed on the Inside Sales function at Basware from December 2015 until March 2017.  

The focus of the projects that we are doing with our clients currently are : enhancing the procure to pay process, increasing the level of automation in the finance department, moving on premise legacy systems into the cloud, introducing robotics in integrations between interfaces, financing solutions for suppliers, moving paper processes into paperless forms , to name a few.  In all of the projects we see a strong desire, that we do share with our customers, to really utilize the data and the analytics tools that we provide to understand and develop the operations even further. 

Analyste ( now Nomentia) was carved out from Basware in 2018.

Account Executive

Working as a Brand Sales specialist for Finland, Sweden and Norway. I consult my clients within the Nordic market on how they can get a full suite of infrastructure and mobility services such as consulting, design, build, management and maintenance to help them obtain business goals and objectives.

Nordic Brand Sales Specialist

Oracle

As an HCM Account Executive I provide my clients with valuable support and guidance in the process of acquiring the best tools and solutions  for their business needs.

HCM Account Executive Nordics

B2B Tech Growth | AI Enthusiast | Fractional Account Executive & VP of Sales and Marketing | Sustainable Growth Catalyst

I facilitate the transition of hospitality and healthcare institutions from outdated manual processes to advanced, data-driven quality management systems. My expertise lies in implementing robust temperature monitoring and quality management solutions that boost compliance, operational efficiency, and safety.

If you are struggling with paper-based systems, failing to meet audit requirements, or simply want to leverage data to drive growth and enhance your brand’s trust, you should get in touch. My role involves not just providing technology but transforming how you manage quality and compliance, ensuring your operations are future-proof.

Interested in seeing how it works? Contact me at annalisa.natchev@sensire.com

Vice President of Sales

Sensire offers a comprehensive solution for modern restaurant, food processing, hospitality and healthcare businesses to manage their quality processes and create efficiencies. With its digital self-monitoring system, businesses can gain full control and transparency over critical processes, including temperature monitoring, mobile app and meal transportation tracking. The solution provides real-time data that helps improve the overall efficiency of the business, saving time, money, and energy while reducing food waste. Additionally, Sensire offers support and guidance to employees, along with digital task management and feedback, helping to meet health and safety regulations and reduce costs. By partnering with Sensire, businesses can optimize their quality processes and ensure the success of their mission to create a sustainable future.

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