What’s up, everyone!

I have already watched businesses panic as their entire traffic pipeline evaporated overnight, an algorithm tweak wiping out 60% of their visibility. The lesson lands hard: if you’re building your business on rented land, you’re one update away from disappearing.

That’s why this conversation with Nick Gernert, previous CEO of WordPress VIP, hits so differently. Nick breaks down the real playbook for building a content engine that works with AI, not against it, while keeping total ownership of your digital presence.

🔥 Here’s What We Hit

Keep Your Digital Land Owned, Not Rented

Your website, your content, your data, these are the assets you control. Social platforms? Search algorithms? Recommendation feeds? They can shift without warning.

Your Move: Audit where your content currently lives. If more than 50% of it sits on platforms you don’t own, start migrating your best assets to your website and newsletter.

Simplicity Scales Faster Than Complexity

Nick says it best: most enterprise tech is complex for no reason. WordPress's real superpower is removing unnecessary blockers so you can move fast and publish even faster.

Your Move: Review your current workflow. Where are your bottlenecks? Replace one overly complex tool with something simpler and more flexible.

AI Should Give You Superpowers, Not Replace You

Generative AI isn’t here to run your strategy, it’s here to amplify it. WordPress VIP is already using performance data to help craft higher‑converting headlines and content.

Your Move: Use AI to improve, not replace, your team. Start with one task: headlines, summaries, or repurposing content.

SEO Isn’t Dead. It Just Evolved

Despite the AI summaries in search, WordPress VIP is actually seeing increased Google referral traffic. The brands winning today? They’re publishing excellent content and backlinking it intelligently.

Your Move: Pick one high‑value piece of content and build five internal links and five external links to strengthen its SEO footprint.

🤝 Connect with Nick Gernert

If you take one thing from this episode, let it be this: the companies winning the future are the ones who stay adaptable, keep ownership of their content, and use technology to amplify, not complicate, their work.

Check out Nick across social media and learn more about his work!

🌐 Website: NickGernert.com
💼 LinkedIn: Nick Gernert
📱 Social: @nickgernertt on Major Platforms

So, What’s Next?

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: AI Meets CMS: How WordPress Is Powering the Next Wave of Digital Marketing | Nick Gernert

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