Venice Beach doesn’t usually play host to quiet inflection points in marketing strategy. But that’s exactly what happened at the inaugural MarketerDay at The KINN.

Search no longer starts with a list of links, it starts with a synthesized answer. To stay visible, brands must stop chasing traffic and start earning trust from the only gatekeeper that matters: the algorithm itself.

Retail hasn’t vanished, it’s just gone algorithmic. In today’s AI-powered economy, the brands that win aren’t the ones shouting the loudest, they’re the ones quietly earning the algorithm’s trust behind the scenes.

AI assistants aren’t just influencing choices, they’re making them. As brands fall behind layers of algorithmic mediation, marketers must stop chasing attention and start engineering relevance at the source: the platform itself.

As Google’s AI Overviews take the top spot in search results, the rules of visibility have shifted. The brands that win now aren’t the ones playing keyword bingo, they’re the ones building trust, clarity, and content worth quoting.

Generative AI is flipping the script on search. If you're not keeping up, there's a good chance you're already seeing a dip in traffic. Tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity are changing how people discover and consume content. So the big question now is how do you keep your content visible in this new search landscape?

Most marketing still spotlights the brand, what’s been built and why it’s great. But the real magic happens when the customer becomes the hero. Discover five timeless marketing principles that empower your audience, earning loyalty and lasting momentum.

In a world where change is constant and feedback loops are compressed, rigid GTM strategies no longer win. The edge goes to teams who learn fast, adapt quickly, and treat strategy as a dynamic hypothesis, not a static plan. Discover why curiosity, experimentation, and adaptive execution are the new imperatives for growth.

AI Mode isn’t just a new way to search. It’s the connective tissue pulling Google's entire ecosystem into a behavioral feedback loop. One that sees, learns, and shapes every user action across the stack. This isn't a new product. It's a new strategy.

Google’s new AI Mode, launched on May 20, 2025, isn't just another feature. It’s a transformational leap in how we interact with search itself. What sets AI Mode apart isn't its interface or its language model, it's the mechanism behind it.

At Google I/O this month, the company quietly ended an era. AI Mode is no longer experimental. It's live, public, and opt-out. Instead of pointing you to the web, it interprets it. Search is now a synthesis engine, not a directory. The new question for brands and creators is: how do we get included in the summary?

Great marketing doesn't start with tactics. It starts with understanding people and building what earns their belief.