Ross Hudgens

SEO Manager

I’m the founder and CEO of Siege Media. We’re dedicated to helping great brands scale through SEO, GEO, content marketing, and PR. 

Siege Media has been honored with inclusion in the Inc. 5000 list six times and recognized as one of Inc.'s Best Workplaces.

And we’re so proud to collaborate with some of the world's leading brands, including Adidas, Airbnb, Angi, Asana, Audible, Casper, Healthline, HubSpot, Instacart, Intuit QuickBooks, Intuit TurboTax, Norton, Quicken Loans, Shutterfly, The Zebra, TripAdvisor, Williams Sonoma, Y Combinator, Zendesk, and many more.

Founder / CEO

We grow great brands with SEO-focused content marketing. Past and current clients include Intuit, Zendesk, Casper, TripAdvisor, Shutterfly, Asana and more. 

Notable achievements: 
• Named to Inc. 5000 6x 
• Named to Inc's Best Workplaces 2x
• Named a Fastest Growing Company in San Diego 6x
• Named Top 10 Most Influential Content Marketer by BuzzSumo

“5% of our closed-won deals come from LLMs.”

Wrong.

5% of your currently attributable deals come from LLMs. The real number is far more likely to be in the 30–60% range.

Why?

You’re probably looking at referral traffic to infer attribution. Instead, you should allow users to self-attribute.

Add a prompt to your lead form that asks: “How did you hear about us?”

This will better capture sources from people who Googled you after using an LLM or typed your brand name directly.

For Siege, 5% of our traffic comes from LLMs.

The actual number attributable to LLMs via self-attribution? 50%!

10× the default assumption for many.

There are hundreds of SEOs struggling to show the value of their work as clicks decline. This is one path to fixing that.

If conversion rate is a concern, make the field optional or place it post-conversion.

Neither is perfect, but both are far more helpful than relying solely on referral traffic to justify GEO work to executives.

CEO, Siege Media | SEO for Google + AI, Content & PR

Independent SEO Consultant, I help organizations grow with SEO

I create digital strategies that align user needs with business goals, maximizing owned and earned digital assets. By combining technical SEO, content strategy, and market and user research, I help clients build and optimize their digital presence to attract qualified audiences.

With a background in front-end development and web mastering, I understand the importance of a strong, effective web presence. Over the past 15+ years, I’ve honed my skills in building and optimizing digital platforms, recognizing that online success requires a blend of technical expertise, creativity, and strategic thinking.

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