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SearchGPT gives brands 4x more referrals vs. Perplexity, How Scribe Publishing went from $21M to bankrupt to back, 1 Instagram reel on 2.5k followers = 950k views!?, and more
October 29, 2024

In episode #2851, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss AI’s implications for search engines like Google, the lessons learned from business failures, innovative marketing strategies, and the impact of AI on productivity and societal progress.

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TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

(00:00) SearchGPT gives brands 4x more referrals vs. Perplexity

(01:32) How Scribe Publishing went from $21M to bankrupt to back

(07:05) 1 Instagram reel on 2.5k followers = 950k views!?

(08:58) Insights from 500k AI overviews

(10:07) Marc Benioff warns that AI, while useful, is overhyped and partly blames Microsoft

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