{"podcast":{"title":"PodFather","slug":"podfather-6716745","podcast_index_feed_id":6716745,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/podfatherpodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podfatherpodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21868741/Colour_Podfather_1400_x_140094q4w.jpg","author":"Roy Coughlan","episode_count":66,"summary":"Helping New & Existing Podcasters. I have already 5 Podcasts with 4 getting to the Top 0.5% and the 5th to the Top 1%. This 6th is currently at 5%. I have been No. 1 in over 20 countries and have my podcasts in the charts daily 20+ Countries. As I am a Business Podcast Coach I am sharing plenty of usable Tips and also getting other Podcasters to share their Secret Sauce. Find me at Roy Coughlan Start your Podcast or Move to the Next Level https://bestpodcastcoach.org/ Join my SKOOL PodFather Community https://www.skool.com/podfather/about","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T12:17:35.584718+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podfather-6716745"},"episode":{"title":"#65 The Search Bar Truth: Stephan Bajaio on SEO, AI, and the Future of Marketing","slug":"65-the-search-bar-truth-stephan-bajaio-on-seo-ai-and-the-future-of-marketing","published_at":"2026-06-02T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podfather-6716745/65-the-search-bar-truth-stephan-bajaio-on-seo-ai-and-the-future-of-marketing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podfather-6716745","url":"https://podfatherpodcast.podbean.com/e/64-the-alphabet-soup-of-ai-what-seo-aeo-geo-aio-actually-mean-for-your-bizz-stephan-bajaio/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qzmg7fnnsbigqaq3/Stephan_Bajaio-esv2-50p-bg-10p-music-10pba69k.mp3","summary":"What if the most honest data in marketing is what people type into a search bar at 2 AM? In this episode of the Podfather Podcast, we sit down with Stephan Bajaio, a 20-year veteran of the search industry who has helped giants like FedEx, Comcast, and Siemens navigate the digital landscape. Stephan, a co-founder of a half-billion-dollar SEO company, shares his incredible journey—from surviving a WeWork acquisition to buying his company back before the implosion. We dive deep into the ”alphabet soup” of modern marketing (SEO, AEO, GEO, AIO) and why the ”O” for optimization is the only thing that truly matters. Stephan also reveals his secrets for LinkedIn networking, the power of genuine recommendations, and why trying to ”game” the new AI search models is a fool’s errand.","meta_description":"What if the most honest data in marketing is what people type into a search bar at 2 AM? In this episode of the Podfather Podcast, we sit down with Stepha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podfather-6716745/episodes/65-the-search-bar-truth-stephan-bajaio-on-seo-ai-and-the-future-of-marketing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podfather-6716745/65-the-search-bar-truth-stephan-bajaio-on-seo-ai-and-the-future-of-marketing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}