Digital marketing agency helping growth-focused brands get found & chosen through strategy, SEO, AI Search, content & paid media. 100+ awards. 20+ years.
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AI can lower ad production costs, speed up creative testing, and find performance signals faster. But if your paid media strategy is weak, AI won’t save your budget. It will spend it faster.
AIS Media CEO Thomas Harpointner was featured in @TechRoundUK by Les-Leigh Alaart as an expert commentator on how AI is reshaping paid media, digital advertising, campaign optimization, and creative performance.
For marketing leaders, founders, CEOs, and business owners, the opportunity is real.
AI can help teams:
• Produce more creative concepts faster
• Test more ad variations at lower cost
• Analyze campaign signals more efficiently
• Identify winning opportunities sooner
• Improve speed, scale, and optimization
But AI still needs the right inputs.
If the offer is unclear, tracking is incomplete, creative is generic, audience signals are weak, or the landing page does not match the ad promise, automation will not fix the campaign.
It may simply scale the problem.
The brands that win with AI-powered paid media will be the ones that pair better tools with better strategy, stronger creative direction, cleaner data, and sharper performance analysis.
Read the AIS Media summary:
aismedia.com/thomas-harpoint…
Read the full TechRound story:
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#PaidMedia #AIAdvertising #DigitalMarketing
We’re proud to recognize Denise Maling, AIS Media’s Co-Founder and Vice President, for her service as a juror for the Davey, w3 and Communicator Awards.
A member of the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), Denise brings her experience leading content marketing, SEO and PPC teams to evaluating creative and digital work.
Thank you, Denise, for contributing your expertise to the industry.
Davey Awards: @DaveyAwards
w3 Awards: @W3Awards
Read the announcement: aismedia.com/denise-maling-a…
#AISMedia #AIVA #DigitalMarketing
Will your products make AI’s shopping shortlist?
For retail CMOs, AI product discovery raises questions that connect directly to growth:
Can shoppers find your products? Can they trust the information? What could stop them from buying?
AIS Media’s new AI Shopping Playbook helps retail and e-commerce leaders turn those questions into practical priorities.
The 23-page executive guide includes:
→ Six priorities to help shoppers find, trust and choose your brand.
→ An executive readiness checklist covering product discovery, buyer confidence and the purchase experience.
→ A 90-day plan to align marketing, e-commerce and operations around clear ownership and commercial goals.
Start with one product group, one audience and one business objective. Review the product facts, customer proof, delivery information and returns policies that shape purchase confidence. Then decide what to fix now, build next and pilot selectively.
Evaluate progress through net revenue, returns and contribution, alongside visibility and engagement.
Download the AI Shopping Playbook and use the checklist to focus your team’s next steps:
aismedia.com/ai-shopping-pla…
#RetailMarketing #Ecommerce
A page-1 Google ranking no longer guarantees your brand will make the buyer’s shortlist. AI Search is increasingly shaping which companies buyers discover, trust and consider before they ever reach a website.
That shift was at the center of a recent CCO Monthly interview with AIS Media Founder & CEO @TomHarpointner, conducted by @Joderama and published by @CMIContent.
For marketing leaders, the implications go well beyond traffic.
Your website now has to help AI systems clearly understand:
→ What your company does
→ Where your expertise is strongest
→ Why your claims are credible
→ What evidence supports them
→ Why your brand deserves to be cited or recommended
That means content strategy can no longer just be measured by rankings and visits. The stronger question is whether your content is building authority, influencing consideration, generating qualified demand and contributing to pipeline and revenue.
Thomas also discusses the importance of publishing evidence AI and competitors cannot easily replicate, including case studies, customer proof, product demonstrations and genuine subject-matter expertise.
The goal is not simply to publish more content.
It is to make your brand easier to find, trust and choose across both traditional search and AI-driven discovery.
Credit to @Joderama and @CMIContent for the conversation, and to Denise Maling and the AIS Media team for the strategy and client work behind these insights.
Full story: aismedia.com/enterprise-ai-s…
#AISearch #ContentMarketing #DigitalMarketing
AI Search is changing how businesses get found, trusted and chosen. AIS Media Founder and CEO Thomas Harpointner joined @jeffcrouere on @wgso990am to discuss what brands need to do now to strengthen visibility across Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and @Grok.
AI disclosure is no longer just a label. It can determine whether a brand or creator is recommended at all.
AIS Media Founder and CEO @TomHarpointner was featured in Inc. Magazine, sharing his perspective on Instagram’s new rules for AI-generated profiles—and why marketers should pay attention.
“Instagram is not penalizing AI. It is penalizing ambiguity.”
When transparency is connected to recommendation eligibility, it becomes a visibility, trust and revenue issue. Brands using AI across social content, influencers or virtual creators need clear governance before they publish—not after their reach is affected.
Read the full story:
inc.com/victoria-salves/meta…
#DigitalMarketing #AITransparency #SocialMediaMarketing
🚨 Google Search is no longer just a list of links.
It is becoming an AI-powered decision engine — reshaping how businesses are discovered, evaluated and chosen.
In 2026, Google’s AI transformation is accelerating across both organic and paid search:
▸ AI Overviews are changing which brands earn visibility
▸ Gemini is making search more conversational and personalized
▸ AI Mode is creating entirely new customer journeys
▸ AI Max is expanding how Google Ads identifies and converts demand
▸ Search, shopping and advertising are becoming increasingly connected
The opportunity is enormous.
So is the risk.
Businesses that continue relying on yesterday’s SEO and paid-search strategies may lose visibility before they even realize the rules have changed.
The winners will be the brands that understand how to:
✅ Build authority that AI systems can recognize
✅ Create content worthy of being cited and recommended
✅ Optimize for complex, conversational searches
✅ Connect SEO, content and paid media into one growth strategy
✅ Adapt before competitors take their place
Google is not eliminating search.
It is rebuilding it around artificial intelligence.
Is your marketing strategy ready?
@TomHarpointner breaks down Google AI-powered search and advertising in 2026:
🔗 aismedia.com/google-ai-power…
#AISearch #SEO #GoogleAds @dmaling – at Atlanta, GA
HIRING: AIS Media is hiring a hands-on Digital Content Production Specialists to create, search-optimize, and publish written and visual organic search-optimized content across websites, blogs, search, AI Search, and social platforms.
Remote | Part-time | Full-Time | $25-$35/hr +
This role is ideal for a detail-oriented content producer with SEO knowledge, digital publishing experience, and hands-on familiarity with AI and creative tools. You will support client content production by helping turn briefs, campaigns, and approved ideas into polished, platform-ready content.
What You’ll Do:
👉 Create, optimize, and publish written and visual content for websites, blogs, landing pages, social platforms, case studies, press releases, and campaigns.
👉 Use AI tools for research, writing, editing, image creation, video concepts, content repurposing, and faster production.
👉 Create platform-ready content for LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, TikTok, and Pinterest, including captions, graphics, carousels, thumbnails, short-form video concepts, and promotional assets.
👉Publish and format content in WordPress and across major social platforms.
👉 Apply SEO best practices to support digital visibility, AI Search, audience engagement, platform performance, and conversion goals.
👉Support content calendars, deadlines, approvals, revisions, and publishing workflows across multiple clients.
👉 Review content for accuracy, brand voice, factual integrity, visual quality, SEO alignment, and client readiness.
👉Collaborate with AIS Media team members and client-side teams on content production, publishing, and updates.
Sound like a good fit?
Details: aismedia.com/hiring-digital-… – at Atlanta, GA
ALT HIRING: Digital Content Production Specialists Remote | EST Time Zone Preferred | Part-Time or Full-Time Contract | Contract-to-Full-Time Opportunity | $25–$35/hour AIS Media is hiring a hands-on Digital Content Production Specialists to create, search-optimize, and publish written and visual organic search-optimized content across websites, blogs, search, AI Search, and social platforms. AIS Media is an award-winning Atlanta digital marketing agency that helps growth-focused companies get found, trusted, and chosen online. For 20+ years, we have helped clients improve digital visibility, attract qualified audiences, build brand authority, and turn marketing into leads, sales opportunities, and revenue growth. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented content producer with SEO knowledge, digital publishing experience, and hands-on familiarity with AI and creative tools. You will support client content production by helping turn briefs, campaigns, and approved ideas into...
What does award-winning SEO look like in the age of AI Search? For AIS Media and @adelmanTRAVEL, it looked like this:
• 120% qualified lead growth
• 216% sales pipeline growth
• Greater visibility across Google, AI Overviews, and emerging answer engines
AIS Media is proud to win a 2026 Communicator Award for AI Creative Production and SEO Results with Adelman Travel.
The award recognizes our work in the AI-Enhanced Creative Production category for “AI Overview Growth - Adelman Travel.”
The lesson for brands: SEO is no longer just about rankings. It is about building authority, answering buyer intent, improving AI Search visibility, and connecting search performance to qualified leads, pipeline, and revenue.
Congratulations to the AIS Media team and our partners at @adelmanTRAVEL for turning AI Search and SEO strategy into measurable business impact.
Read the full announcement: aismedia.com/ais-media-2026-…
#SEO #AISearch #DigitalMarketing – at Atlanta, GA
ALT AIS Media and Adelman Travel award announcement graphic celebrating a **2026 Communicator Award** for AI Creative Production and SEO Results. The image features the AIS Media and Adelman Travel logos, the headline “We’re a Winner,” the Communicator Awards trophy, and a polished corporate travel background with an airport terminal and airplane. The graphic highlights AIS Media’s award-winning AI Search, AI-Enhanced Creative Production, and SEO strategy work with Adelman Travel, including stronger visibility across Google, AI Overviews, and emerging answer engines.
AI isn't replacing smart marketing teams. It is exposing outdated strategies...
Companies getting the most from AI aren't just using better tools. They're asking better questions, building stronger content, improving search visibility, and connecting every campaign to a clearer business outcome.
That's where AI becomes powerful.
Not as a shortcut.
As a multiplier for strategy, creativity, SEO, AI Search visibility, and measurable growth.
At AIS Media, Inc., that's the type of work we help our clients do every day.
#AI #DigitalMarketing – at Atlanta, GA
🤖 Made with AI
🎙️ AI Search is changing how businesses get discovered. In a new @680CJOB Radio interview, AIS Media CEO @TomHarpointner explains why SEO is no longer just about rankings. Businesses now need to be clear, credible, and trusted enough to appear in AI-generated answers.
Key takeaways:
▪ Search is shifting from links to answers
▪ AI tools are influencing buyer decisions
▪ AEO is becoming a critical part of SEO
▪ Clear, useful content matters more than ever
▪ Media visibility helps build trust beyond your own website
“Search is no longer just about ranking. It is about being the answer.”
Full recap: aismedia.com/thomas-harpoint… – at Atlanta, GA
ALT AI Search has reshaped SEO. CJOB Radio Winnipeg interview with Thomas Harpointner, CEO of AIS Media, explaining what businesses must do to improve visibility in Google, AI Search, Answer Engine Optimization, and modern digital marketing.
Ranking on Google no longer guarantees your business will appear in AI Search. You can rank well in traditional search but get left out of AI-generated answers. Our latest article explains why, and what stronger SEO Services can do to improve visibility.
aismedia.com/business-doesnt…
🎙️AIS Media CEO @TomHarpointner on KPLW Radio: AI Search is disrupting business. Google AI Overviews now hit nearly 50% of searches (up 58% YoY) dropping site traffic up to 61%. What must businesses do to stay visible? 👉aismedia.com/thomas-harpoint…
#AISearch #AEO #GEO #SEO
ALT AIS Media CEO Thomas Harpointner on KPLW Radio discussing AI Search disruption. The graphic shows Thomas speaking into a microphone with the headline: “AI SEARCH IS DISRUPTING BUSINESS. HOW TO STAY VISIBLE.” Featured on 92.7 KPLW Rock-N-Americana. In the interview, Thomas explains how Google AI Overviews now appear in nearly 50% of searches (up 58% YoY), causing website traffic drops of up to 61%. He shares the shift from traditional SEO to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and why businesses must become the trusted answer that AI cites. Key topics: AI search impact on healthcare, B2B, and restaurants, strengthening E-E-A-T signals, content marketing strategies for AI visibility, and practical steps to protect brand awareness and conversions. Full interview summary available at AIS Media. https://aismedia.com/thomas-harpointner-kplw-radio-ai-search-seo-aeo-interview/
🎙️LIVE ON AIR: @TomHarpointner on WURD Radio Philadelphia. Our CEO shared how AI Search is reshaping SEO and what businesses must do to stay visible, build authority, and drive conversions in the AI-powered search era.
🔊 aismedia.com/thomas-harpoint…
#AISearch #SEO @dmaling – at Atlanta, GA
Ranking #1 on Google no longer guarantees traffic. AI answers questions before users click.
Our new article explains Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): how enterprise brands earn citations & authority in AI search.
Read: aismedia.com/generative-engi…
#GEO #AIsearch #SEO
As prior Communicator Awards winner, our entire team is delighted to see Denise Maling serve as a judge. 👏🏆
Communicator Awards Juror Denise Maling, VP at @aismedia, shares what metrics matter most to Marketing Effectiveness jurors: "Revenue growth, qualified leads, conversion lift, and retention."
Submit your work by our Extended Entry Deadline on March 20th: vist.ly/4r3eh
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Proud of our team at AIS Media. Our work for @adelmanTRAVEL and @dairy_alliance earned Gold and Silver 2025 w3 Awards for Digital Strategy and SEO. Grateful for the trust our clients place in us and results we achieve together. More: aismedia.com/w3-awards-seo-s…
#DigitalMarketing
AI search is stealing clicks to your business.
New goal: be cited in AI Overviews and AI assistants, not just “rank.”
How: authority, citations, clear entity signals, extractable structure, schema.
👉 2026 guide: aismedia.com/how-to-rank-in-…
#SEO #AISearch
AIS Media, Inc. is a Global 100 Awards 2026 winner, named as a Best Digital Marketing & Advertising Firm in U.S. aismedia.com/global-100-awar…
ALT AIS Media, Inc. is a Global 100 Awards 2026 winner, named as a Best Digital Marketing & Advertising Firm in U.S. Learn about our SEO services.
Apple just signed a ~$1B/year deal to stuff Google Gemini into Siri by 2026.
Here’s exactly what CMOs & founders must do NOW to dominate the new rules (before competitors do). 👇 aismedia.com/apple-google-ge…
By: @TomHarpointner
#AIsearch #SEO #DigitalMarketing
