This episode is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts In this "Ask Us Anything" (AUA) session, we answer questions from a Linkedin live about SEO & AI, the state of the economy, careers and more. Topics * Breakfast Routines * Predictions on Economic Recovery * AI and SEO * Preparing for AI and SGE * Eli shares the best career advice he didn't take * The Importance of Working at Big Brands Early in Your Career * Best Practices for Prioritizing and Implementing SEO Initiatives in Companies * Impact of Generative AI on Jobs and Medical Professionals * Building a Nerd Wallet Competitor in 2023 * Impressive AI SEO Marketing Tools * Workspace Labs beta and Google's Keyword blog * Eli and Kevin Discuss Marketing Evolution and Tactics in Today's Digital Landscape * Companies Collaborating with Influencers * Discussing AI advancements and future implications Transcript [00:00:05] Kevin and Eli Go Live: A Friday Conversation [00:00:05] kevin: We're live. [00:00:06] eli: We're actually live. [00:00:07] kevin: Is this real? [00:00:08] eli: Yes, it is real. We did it. Oh, my God. Eli, what's going on this Friday? How are you? [00:00:14] kevin: Let's enjoy the podcast for the sake of all the people, all the millions of people that are not watching us live. [00:00:20] Contrary Marketing Podcast: Live AMA [00:00:20] eli: All right, sounds good. [00:00:21] kevin: Hello. [00:00:21] eli: Welcome to the Contrary marketing podcast, where we give you ideas you might not be thinking about today. Eli and I are doing a live AMA. Not MMA live. AMA we're beating ourselves up only verbally. [00:00:33] kevin: No, AMU sorry. Aua ask us anything. [00:00:38] eli: Ask us a good point where you can already tell by this highlevel. We ask each other questions, and we want questions from the live crowd that we're going to ask each other as well. Eli, you want to hit it off? [00:00:49] kevin: Yeah, but Kevin, I hate to interrupt the flow here, but I'm not sure that we're live. [00:00:52] eli: I'm pretty sure we have 33 viewers. [00:00:54] kevin: We do. Okay, so they're there on my LinkedIn event. I just see our logo. [00:01:00] eli: It's not a multiverse or what do you call it? Metaverse. [00:01:03] kevin: Can't see myself. Okay, well, we have 33 viewers. Welcome, everyone. Welcome. [00:01:06] Morning Q&A and Discussing Breakfast Routines [00:01:06] eli: Eli, hit me with a question here. [00:01:08] kevin: What do you have for breakfast? [00:01:09] eli: I had egg beaters, cherry cheese, and two slices of bread. Kind of my standard breakfast. I have that almost every morning, and I don't mind it at all. And of course, coffee. Can't forget the coffee shopify, mark. Exclusive for the growth team. [00:01:24] kevin: How about you? So it's a little bit earlier in the morning here on the West Coast, so I had to skip breakfast today. But I did have my coffee, and it's the first thing I do is wake up, think about the coffee, and run to go get it. But let's do a real question here. [00:01:35] eli: Let's do a real question. [00:01:37] kevin: I think we're full of SEO questions. One day we won't have SEO questions. Let's do a non SEO question. [00:01:43] Predictions on Economic Recovery and AI-related Stocks Driving Bull Market [00:01:43] kevin: When do you think the economy will get better? [00:01:45] eli: Man, if I knew that, I would put all my money into the stock market at some point in time. Look, I'm not an economist, but I have very deep insights into a lot of companies right now and some companies who make a lot that make a lot of money. And I don't yet think we have bottomed out. I think we have seen some of the worst B, two B businesses that sell to other companies and that might slowly turn around or at least flatten out, but I think consumer businesses might get hit even harder. And so, again, this is not financial advice, and I cannot see the future. But if I had to make a guess, I think Christmas this year or maybe even summer next year. That's kind of a s