<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Flux.LA</title><description>A multi-disciplinary marketing agency. SEO, social, brand, PR, content — engineered to compound. Built by operators, not theorists.</description><link>https://flux.la/</link><item><title>A/B testing in 2026: when it works, when it fails</title><link>https://flux.la/how-to-ab-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/how-to-ab-test/</guid><description>Most teams burn months on A/B tests that can never reach significance. The honest 2026 framework for what to test, what to skip, and the current benchmark numbers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to get featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, and Inc. in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/get-featured-forbes-techcrunch-mashable-inc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/get-featured-forbes-techcrunch-mashable-inc/</guid><description>Most PR advice still teaches 2018 pitch templates. The framework we use to land staff-written coverage in TechCrunch, Forbes, Inc., and the WSJ.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Core Web Vitals in 2026: the technical SEO audit most sites fail</title><link>https://flux.la/core-web-vitals-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/core-web-vitals-2026/</guid><description>LCP, INP, and CLS are a confirmed ranking factor, and most sites still fail one. The three thresholds, why WordPress loses by default, and the fix checklist.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Internal linking strategy in 2026: pillars, clusters, and audits</title><link>https://flux.la/internal-linking-strategy-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/internal-linking-strategy-2026/</guid><description>Most sites we audit have one internal link per post. The pillar/cluster architecture, the orphan-page pull that finds the gap, and the anchor-text rule.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How SEO actually works in 2026: the GEO-aware playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/seo/</guid><description>SEO did not die — it absorbed GEO. The full 2026 playbook for ranking in Google and getting cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Keyword research in 2026: queries with no search volume yet</title><link>https://flux.la/keyword-research-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/keyword-research-2026/</guid><description>A growing share of search has zero volume data. How to research those queries anyway: the GSC pull most sites skip, and conversational intent clusters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Content decay in 2026: audit, refresh, or retire aging posts</title><link>https://flux.la/content-decay-audit-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/content-decay-audit-2026/</guid><description>The three signals that flag a decaying page, the quarterly pull that finds them, and the refresh-consolidate-retire decision tree we run on our own archive.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Content distribution strategy: how to get your content seen</title><link>https://flux.la/content-distribution-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/content-distribution-strategy/</guid><description>Most content teams over-invest in creation and under-invest in distribution. The four 2026 channels — owned, earned, paid, AI — and how to build for all.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI agents for marketing teams in 2026: what they actually do</title><link>https://flux.la/ai-agents-for-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/ai-agents-for-marketing/</guid><description>The honest version of marketing AI agents: what they actually are, the five jobs they reliably do today, the three they don’t, and how to deploy one.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B email marketing in 2026: the deliverability-first playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/email-marketing-b2b-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/email-marketing-b2b-2026/</guid><description>Email still returns ~$36 per $1 spent — if it reaches the inbox. The authentication floor you cannot skip, the four sequences that drive revenue, and metrics.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to use X (Twitter) for B2B audience building in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/using-twitter-expand-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/using-twitter-expand-business/</guid><description>X is not where B2B leads come from anymore — LinkedIn is. But for thought leadership and founder-led reach it still outperforms. How to use it for that.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GEO vs. SEO: what is actually different (and why you need both)</title><link>https://flux.la/geo-vs-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/geo-vs-seo/</guid><description>GEO and SEO optimize for different moments — one for the click, one for the citation. Where they diverge, where they overlap, and which one your traffic needs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>YouTube SEO in 2026: how to get your videos cited by AI</title><link>https://flux.la/youtube-seo-ai-citations-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/youtube-seo-ai-citations-2026/</guid><description>YouTube appears in ~30% of AI Overviews and outcites every other video platform. AI engines do not reward views or subscribers — here is what they reward.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI visibility tracking tools: how to monitor your brand in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/ai-visibility-tracking-tools-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/ai-visibility-tracking-tools-2026/</guid><description>When to graduate from manual citation audits to a dedicated AI-visibility tool, what the category does, and how to evaluate one — Profound, Otterly and co.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 for GEO: measure the AI-search traffic GA4 hides in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/ga4-for-geo-measuring-ai-search-traffic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/ga4-for-geo-measuring-ai-search-traffic/</guid><description>GA4 buries AI-search traffic in Direct and Organic. Here&apos;s the exact channel-group, regex, and event setup to surface ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini referrals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): the complete 2026 guide</title><link>https://flux.la/generative-engine-optimization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/generative-engine-optimization/</guid><description>GEO is how you get cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews. The operating manual: how citation works, what to change, and how to measure it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B podcast marketing: the 2026 guide to audio-driven pipeline</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-podcast-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-podcast-marketing/</guid><description>83% of senior executives listen to a podcast weekly. The B2B playbook: format, guest strategy, pipeline attribution, and what actually converts to demand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B go-to-market strategy: the 2026 playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-go-to-market-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-go-to-market-strategy/</guid><description>94% of B2B buyers use AI before they talk to sales. The 2026 GTM framework: motion selection, ICP, channel sequencing, and what works at each ACV band.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B social proof: the system that converts skeptical buyers</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-social-proof-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-social-proof-strategy/</guid><description>78% of enterprise buyers are swayed by case studies. Which formats convert at each funnel stage, how to collect them, and the GEO angle most teams miss.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LinkedIn organic strategy for B2B: the 2026 playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/linkedin-organic-strategy-b2b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/linkedin-organic-strategy-b2b/</guid><description>80% of B2B social leads come from LinkedIn, and most companies do it wrong. The algorithm playbook, content mix, and measurement stack that builds pipeline.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Answer Engine Optimization: how to get cited by AI engines</title><link>https://flux.la/answer-engine-optimization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/answer-engine-optimization/</guid><description>AEO is the engineering side of getting into AI answers: entities, structured data, and question formatting that make your content machine-readable.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B influencer marketing in 2026: the LinkedIn-first playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-influencer-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-influencer-marketing/</guid><description>B2B influencer marketing hit $4.1B and grows 47% year-over-year. How to find the right voices, run campaigns that generate pipeline, and measure ROI honestly.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thought leadership for B2B: authority that generates pipeline</title><link>https://flux.la/thought-leadership-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/thought-leadership-strategy/</guid><description>97% of B2B marketers call thought leadership critical, but most of what they publish is not it. Original research, distribution, and metrics tied to pipeline.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B demand generation in 2026: the complete playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-demand-generation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-demand-generation/</guid><description>Demand generation is not lead generation. The channel mix, content architecture, and measurement model that create qualified demand and survive a CFO review.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Account-based marketing (ABM) for B2B: the complete 2026 playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/account-based-marketing-b2b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/account-based-marketing-b2b/</guid><description>ABM is a go-to-market motion, not a campaign type. The full B2B playbook: account selection, tier logic, content, channels, and measurement.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zero-click search in 2026: how to win when nobody clicks</title><link>https://flux.la/zero-click-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/zero-click-seo/</guid><description>Most Google searches now end without a click. The playbook for converting visibility into influence, and influence into pipeline, when the answer is the result.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brand positioning strategy: how to own your market in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/brand-positioning-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/brand-positioning-strategy/</guid><description>Brand positioning is the 30-word claim that separates you from every competitor — and the entity clarity that earns AI citations. The brief and the archetypes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B marketing attribution in 2026: solving the dark social gap</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-marketing-attribution-dark-social/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-marketing-attribution-dark-social/</guid><description>Last-touch attribution misses 70% of the B2B buying journey. The dark social problem, and the hybrid measurement stack that actually captures pipeline in 2026.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conversion rate optimization: the 2026 CRO playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/conversion-rate-optimization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/conversion-rate-optimization/</guid><description>CRO is the highest-ROI investment most teams underrun. The audit framework, the five levers that move conversion, and how to test when traffic is too low.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Performance Max, honestly: when it works and when it burns budget</title><link>https://flux.la/performance-max-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/performance-max-guide/</guid><description>Performance Max is Google’s black-box campaign type. It can crush, or quietly cannibalize branded traffic. When to use it, how to fence it in, how to read it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hidden SEO tactics that still rank in 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/hidden-seo-tricks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/hidden-seo-tricks/</guid><description>Ten SEO tactics that survived AI Overviews and still move traffic in 2026 — not the obvious ones, the ones working operators are using quietly.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reddit for B2B marketing in 2026: the community playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/reddit-marketing-b2b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/reddit-marketing-b2b/</guid><description>83% of B2B buyers research on Reddit before talking to a vendor, and AI engines pull from it constantly. The community-first playbook that earns citations.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>llms.txt explained: the one-hour setup that gets you cited by AI</title><link>https://flux.la/llms-txt-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/llms-txt-guide/</guid><description>llms.txt is a plain-text index that tells AI engines which pages are canonical and what each covers. It takes an hour and costs nothing. How to build one.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to grow on Instagram in 2026 (the post-TikTok playbook)</title><link>https://flux.la/how-to-get-more-instagram-followers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/how-to-get-more-instagram-followers/</guid><description>Instagram growth in 2026 is not hashtags or follow-for-follow — those are dead. The real lever is Reels distribution and the signals Meta’s algorithm rewards.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Digital PR for SEO in 2026: earn links and AI citations</title><link>https://flux.la/digital-pr-for-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/digital-pr-for-seo/</guid><description>Digital PR is the only link-building tactic that survived Google’s spam updates — and it now earns AI citations too. 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The playbook we ran for Pickleland from soft launch to known local brand.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local SEO in 2026: ranking in Maps, Google, and AI answers</title><link>https://flux.la/local-seo-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/local-seo-2026/</guid><description>Local search has three surfaces to win: the Map Pack, classic organic, and AI answers. The 2026 playbook — fundamentals that still rank, plus the AI layer.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SEM in 2026: paid search when the SERP is half AI</title><link>https://flux.la/sem-paid-search-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/sem-paid-search-2026/</guid><description>AI Overviews pushed paid results down the page and changed which queries are worth bidding on. Where paid search still wins, and where it bleeds money.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Content repurposing: the hub-and-spoke system for 2026</title><link>https://flux.la/content-repurposing-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/content-repurposing-system/</guid><description>One long-form piece should yield 10–15 distribution-ready fragments. The extraction playbook, including the GEO layer that turns each fragment into a citation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to actually build trust in your brand (post-AI-spam edition)</title><link>https://flux.la/how-to-build-trust-in-brand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/how-to-build-trust-in-brand/</guid><description>Testimonials and security badges still matter, but the AI-spam era added requirements. Specific dates, named operators, and dated original work now win.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to write a blog post that ranks and gets cited by AI</title><link>https://flux.la/how-to-write-a-blog-post-for-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/how-to-write-a-blog-post-for-seo/</guid><description>How we structure every post across an 11-brand portfolio so it ranks in Google and gets pulled into AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity citations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brand personality in the age of AI homogeneity</title><link>https://flux.la/spice-up-your-brand-with-a-unique-personality/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/spice-up-your-brand-with-a-unique-personality/</guid><description>Every brand voice sounds the same because everyone uses the same AI to write it. Specific points of view and named operators stand out more than ever.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 content marketing campaigns that actually worked (2024-2026)</title><link>https://flux.la/top-8-content-marketing-examples/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/top-8-content-marketing-examples/</guid><description>Not a nostalgia tour. Eight campaigns from 2024–2026 that moved real numbers, what made them work, and what is portable to a smaller operator’s budget.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B2B video marketing in 2026: the YouTube pipeline playbook</title><link>https://flux.la/b2b-video-marketing-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/b2b-video-marketing-2026/</guid><description>70% of B2B buyers use video in purchase decisions. The Shorts-first discovery system, the four video types that drive pipeline, and how to measure real ROI.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>eCommerce UX in 2026: design that lifts conversion and ranking</title><link>https://flux.la/improving-ecommerce-user-experience-through-web-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/improving-ecommerce-user-experience-through-web-design/</guid><description>What actually moves eCommerce conversion and ranking in 2026 — including the factor nobody writes about: how AI shopping agents read your product pages.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Programmatic SEO in 2026: scale without getting demoted</title><link>https://flux.la/programmatic-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/programmatic-seo/</guid><description>Programmatic SEO can build thousands of pages that rank, or thousands that get your site demoted as spam. How to scale on the right side of that line.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anticipatory design in 2026: what AI predicts, what humans pick</title><link>https://flux.la/anticipatory-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/anticipatory-design/</guid><description>Anticipatory design — interfaces that predict what users want before they ask — went from concept to reality with AI. When to predict, when to let users pick.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brand-driven web design: principles from an 11-brand portfolio</title><link>https://flux.la/how-to-build-your-brand-through-great-web-design/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/how-to-build-your-brand-through-great-web-design/</guid><description>The brand-driven web design question is harder than Framer vs. Webflow: what do your design choices signal about who you are? The framework we use on 11 brands.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to build marketing AI agents that actually ship work</title><link>https://flux.la/building-marketing-ai-agents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/building-marketing-ai-agents/</guid><description>The architecture behind a marketing AI agent that does real work: the loop, the tools, the guardrails, and the multi-agent patterns that actually scale.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Market segmentation in 2026: who AI changed, who it didn&apos;t</title><link>https://flux.la/understanding-market-segmentation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/understanding-market-segmentation/</guid><description>Demographic, behavioral, and psychographic segmentation still work in 2026 — but the lines moved. How segmentation plays out when AI agents do some buying.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Founder-led content in 2026: a personal brand that feeds pipeline</title><link>https://flux.la/founder-led-content-personal-brand-pipeline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/founder-led-content-personal-brand-pipeline/</guid><description>Founder-led content feeds pipeline only when built as a system. Here&apos;s the cadence, the four post types, and the attribution model that ties posts to revenue.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Landing pages in the AI-search era: convert and get cited</title><link>https://flux.la/landing-pages-ai-search-era/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/landing-pages-ai-search-era/</guid><description>AI engines read your landing pages and quote them to buyers. Here&apos;s how to write copy that converts humans and gets your product cited in ChatGPT answers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LinkedIn ads for B2B SaaS in 2026: when they beat Google</title><link>https://flux.la/linkedin-ads-for-b2b-saas-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://flux.la/linkedin-ads-for-b2b-saas-2026/</guid><description>LinkedIn ads cost 5-10x Google&apos;s CPC but win when your buyer can&apos;t be reached by keyword. 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