Ayse Durmush
The Journal

Category: Business

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Business

What to Review Before September Starts

September behaves like a second January in most small businesses. People come back, budgets loosen, decisions that were parked in […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
What to review before the new month starts, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

The Trust Signals AI Looks For Before Recommending You

When an AI assistant recommends a business, it is making a judgement with its own reputation attached. It has no […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Trust signals AI checks before recommending a business, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

Why AI Assistants Disagree About Your Business

Ask four AI assistants the same question about your business and you will often get four different answers. One describes […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Why AI assistants give conflicting answers about your business, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

What Your Pricing Says Before You Do

Your pricing is read long before anyone reads your marketing. It arrives with a set of implications attached: how confident […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
The signals your pricing sends before you speak, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

The Content Refresh That Beats Publishing Something New

Most business owners default to writing something new when visibility drops. It feels productive. It is usually the more expensive […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Refreshing existing content to restore visibility, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

The Questions Your Customers Ask That Your Site Ignores

Every business has a list of questions it answers dozens of times a week by phone, by email, in the […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Answering the customer questions your site ignores, by Ayse Durmush
07
Business

Local SEO Did Not Die, It Changed Address

Every few months somebody declares local SEO dead. The reasoning is usually that fewer people click through from a map […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Local SEO signals that still decide visibility, by Ayse Durmush
08
Business

How to Write a Service Page That AI Will Actually Quote

Most service pages are written to reassure the person who already trusts you. They open with a paragraph about your […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
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09
Business

llms.txt: What It Is and Whether Your Business Needs One

Every so often a new file appears that the internet decides you urgently need. Usually the honest answer is “probably […]

Ayse Durmush · 8 min read
What an llms.txt file is and whether your business needs one, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

Schema Markup for Small Business, Explained Without the Code

Schema markup is the least glamorous thing on this website and one of the highest-return. It is a small block […]

Ayse Durmush · 8 min read
Schema markup for small business explained, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

How to Check Whether ChatGPT Recommends Your Business

Most business owners have never once asked an AI assistant what it says about their business. They have opinions about […]

Ayse Durmush · 11 min read
ChatGPT visibility check for your business, by Ayse Durmush
12
Business

Your August AI Visibility Plan: A Month-by-Month Approach That Compounds

A four-week August plan for AI visibility: fix your foundations, build your evidence, publish real answers, then measure what the machines say and set the rhythm for autumn.…

Ayse Durmush · 9 min read
Your August AI visibility plan, a four-week compounding approach, by Ayse Durmush
13
Business

Customer Reviews Are Now AI Training Data: How to Earn Ones That Count

AI assistants read your reviews as evidence. Specific, recent, detailed reviews teach the machines exactly what you are good at; star ratings alone teach them nothing. How to…

Ayse Durmush · 9 min read
Customer reviews as AI training data, five stars feeding a node, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

Why Your Google Business Profile Matters More Than Ever in the AI Search Era

AI assistants lean on your Google Business Profile more than any other asset when recommending local businesses. Here is what to fix, what to maintain weekly, and why…

Ayse Durmush · 10 min read
Your Google Business Profile in the AI era, a map pin over a listing card, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

How to Recover from Founder Burnout: Why Your Self-Care Routine is a Business Asset

In 2015, I woke up paralyzed from the neck down. Doctors said there was no cure. I’d built a 30-year […]

Ayse Durmush · 15 min read
Founder burnout recovery and self-care, a brain outline, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

AEO for Business: What Answer Engine Optimization Actually Means for Small Business Owners

Zero-click searches just hit 68%. Here's what Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) actually means for a small business, and why it matters more for smaller businesses, not less.

Ayse Durmush · 11 min read
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for small businesses, Ayse Durmush
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