49 visitors. That's how many people read a blog post this month that took me more than two weeks to write just a couple of years ago. 8,000 words, zero AI assistance, custom illustrations … the works. I did exactly what used to work but it does virtually nothing. Working harder to get your business visible only to feel like, “What’s the point anymore?” has crossed a lot of our minds recently. The internet used to be open… We wrote blogs and we read blogs... We created and joined communities… But it’s different now. Giant corporations are hoarding all the attention and traffic for themselves and Ai is using our intellectual property to do it. When I started building Smart Business Blogging , the first question I asked myself was: “What would my content strategy look like if traffic never came back?” The answer wasn't “chase more keywords,” "publish more," or "use AI automation.” It was, “I’d put our business goals first, create content that ...
