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Wil Reynolds

@wilreynolds.bsky.social
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Positivity, Gratitude all day. I enjoy helping people find stuff on the internet. Love my city, Philly.

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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My Best Hires Were Almost Always the Junior Ones... Really good reflection on why you might want to double down on junior hires right now. signalnoisemedia.com/p/hire-the-k...
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The Entry-Level Job Is Collapsing. Hire Juniors Anyway.
New grads now face higher unemployment than the average worker. Why the entry-level job is collapsing, and why hiring juniors is your edge.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here are 5 KPIs that will help you convince the c-level that visibility, citations, etc are the wrong metrics, and these instead will lead to sustainable, long term visibility. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/ai-...
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Re-imagining AI Visibility KPIs in a Query Fan Out world
Wil Reynolds shares essential AI visibility KPIs for generative engine optimization campaigns. The old KPIs don't work and are too rooted in search.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the hardest things to do as a marketer (well some) is both encourage team members to write and blog, while also not over investing your time and energy into posts with a low likelyhood to perform. How do you all balance this?
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dang. This one will make you reflect.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I was interviewing a marketer, I'd love to ask them a question like, when is the last time you launched a newsletter or a social post on a weekend or at 1 am? The idea is to look for people who challenge common held beliefs, pull their own data, and find out for themselves.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Might branded fan outs be the newest KPI to try to grow over time to show your influence in AI visibility? x.com/wilreynolds/...
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Wil Reynolds (@wilreynolds) on X
If you have high AI visibility and the trade pubs, influential people,and brands that influence your industry don't mention you, ever, you in danger girl. New KPIs for GEO. Take the trade pubs (sear...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Publishing your work increases your luck surface area: github.com/readme/guide...
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Publishing your work increases your luck
In 12 months, @aarondfrancis changed his life by bypassing fear and embracing risk. Now, he’s working his dream job @tuple. Get his full story on The ReadME Project:
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The decision process starts after you get cited in AI... Focus on that as much as you are focused on getting cited in the first place. www.kaleighmoore.com/blog/2026/7/...
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Your AI citations got you shortlisted with buyers. Now what? — Kaleigh Moore
A buyer asks ChatGPT for software recommendations, and there you are: cited, shortlisted, and in the running.  But six weeks later, they go with someone else. What happened? That's the story h...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The idea of giving tough feedback in public so everyone learns is a crazy move and goes counter to almost everything I've ever read. But you gotta admit, he has a point. You want every manager failure in your co. to be learning for as many other managers as possible. youtube.com/watch?v=No8X...
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang “I really discourage 1 on 1s”
YouTube video by Startup Archive
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How to move up the question ladder and have a bigger impact... youtu.be/WK9sbJeSGUs
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Stop asking "What to do" and start saying "I intend to" it'll change your ownership over work.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People out here quietly removing DEI from their LinkedIn profiles. Ha.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When it comes to writing and whether or not to use AI I think it's critical to separate out what is the job to be done. Is the job to be done to get a high quality & unique idea into the world or to "not sound like AI" Both are fine but knowing what your JTBD is will make it easier to decide.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Based on what you read, it's easier than ever to make your feel worse about the plight of your tribe. Diversify your sources. Even for stuff you agree with, ask yourself, might this publication have an angle and then ask yourself how often can I find examples of balance.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What is your MPH as a leader? signalnoisemedia.com/p/what-s-you...
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What's Your Company's MPH? — Plus: Obama's summer reads, Buffett's newspaper test, and the risky career call
This week: how CEOs actually build urgency, Obama's summer list, Buffett's integrity filter, and the job you weren't supposed to take
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In the early 1970s it took an average of four years to build a nuclear power plant in the United States. With the advance of technology and the gaining of experience, that time should have been cut to 2 years. Instead, as a result of the implementation of some bizare process, it now takes 16.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ever want to know how uncomfortable most people are talking about race? Watch this 4 minute video, reflect on your own behaviors, have you ever avoided saying a person is "black" or "Asian" have you ever questioned yourself on why you hesitate? hbr.org/video/251596...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The takeaway wasn't the test and the impressions that grew, it's watching an intern whom I invest real time with, in office, go from not knowing what SEO was just 6 weeks earlier, start to "get it" and show results. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/5-c...
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How an intern 10x'ed impressions with 1 AI experiment
Is your older content sitting flat? Here's how 5 targeted changes took one page from under 100 impressions to 1,195 and earned a Google AI Overview.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Many affiliate blogs have been hit hard, very hard but in this post you get to see what's different about the minority who thrived at the same exact time ... Great post here. danielstanica.com/posts/Great-...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
there is no one you can change. Only yourself. it’s not giving up on people. It’s putting your energy where it can actually do something. Every hour spent trying to change someone who didn’t ask is an hour stolen from the one person (yourself) you can change. wangcong.org/2026-06-30-w...
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Why I Stopped Arguing With People
I am a software engineer, and I used to enjoy arguing with people for technical correctness. Code reviews, design meetings, mailing-list threads, dinner tables. If someone was wrong, I wanted them to ...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This post was really good, definitely give it a read. How ChatGPT Actually Picks Sources via Network Traffic suganthan.com/blog/how-cha...
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How ChatGPT Actually Picks Sources (I Read the Network Traffic, Not the Outputs) — Suganthan
I read 2 days of ChatGPT's raw network traffic to see how it picks sources, which domains get cited, and how to rank in and get cited by ChatGPT.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This interview was so good. If you are doing any kinds of GEO you gotta listen to how Tom is positioning this moment to the c suite.
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What Your CMO Needs to Know About AI Search w/ Tom Critchlow
Ross Hudgens sits down with Tom Critchlow, founder of AI Search Lea...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Even when you think you set your settings, they got ways.
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Every Way Meta Tracks You, and How to Fight Back
Meta has control over many of the social platforms that people use every day. Since Facebook started in 2004, the company has been fine-tuning how to turn user data from apps like Instagram and…
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The world is better than your algorithm, bubble, and the news says it is.
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Christopher Penn @cspenn.com · 08/07/2026
For any folks who have original art or photos on Instagram disable Meta AI on your settings. Otherwise other users can use Meta AI to remix your stuff. In the app, settings, sharing and reuse, disable. It's about halfway down the page of settings. Be sure you're on the latest version of the app.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Every tactic for AI optimization has to balance the demands of your manager / client (speed) against the risk and likely impact. So I built a tool to help me have these conversations better, its open anyone can use it to help you too. Feedback welcomed!! www.seerinteractive.com/insights/geo...
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My GEO Strategy & Consulting Tool is open sourced
GEO consulting is about a LOT more than just the tactics we deploy, it's about assessing the risk vs then potential impact vs the ability to get the work done.
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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hey, more links to publishers in AIOs. Eager to see this roll out fully... Nice catch -> Google AI Overview "Further Exploration" was seen in the wild www.seroundtable.com/google-furth...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Diversity creates friction. Because different people from different backgrounds have different cultures and Different norms. The United States by it's nature will always have some friction because we are different people from very different cultures yet somehow we find a way to keep it pushing.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Listcles don't build brands, and ChatGPT 5.5 is starting to reward brands by directly querying them in fan outs. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/the...
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Civic Grit @civicgrit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
At midnight by Philly's City Hall a group of teenagers watched my wallet and phone so I could play pickup soccer. Great vibes in the city tonight! A mix of Croatians, Philadelphians, and others were rotating in and out. It wrapped up at ~12:30 when the ball owner had to go.
A photo of people playing pickup soccer by Philadelphia's City Hall.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Before you shame a high quality publisher, who is now falling off as they allow AI to creep into their posts, ask yourself. Did I: 🔳 Pay to subscribe or donate 🔳 Intentionally click on & buy from links / ads 🔳 Offer my services for free / discount
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Rio de Janeiro marathon. goal: 3:30 Previous PR: 3:48 Ended with: 3:40 ❎ Got a lot of work to keep pace after 18. Missed goal but I'm "kinda" ok with this run. Slow progress is still some progress, going to try to get this 330 in the better conditions of Philly. #marathon #runners
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Von Wolf @vonwolf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
They will support a fetus before it's ever become a person, but they don't support children or people once they are born.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Too many people think the job to be done of using AI to write content is a better prompt. No matter how well you prompt, often times you'll leave a pattern at some point, that pattern can damage your relationship capital. Just voice transcribe the darn thing and let AI leave in the em dashes.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
prompt tracking question I always get: I'm picking between X & Y vendor, which is better? the question I wish i got: How can I improve the quality of the prompts I'm tracking. We're seeing some interesting changes in human behavior when developing prompts. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/are...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Rio de Janeiro is beautiful. It's one of the few cities where you can get a world class city experience (food, drink, music and vibes) along with a world class beach experience. And a really cool mountain experience all within 15-20 minutes you can bounce from one to the other.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So interesting when you compare 1996 to 2026 in terms of what % of things people did required another human back then vs now.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Great reminder for all of us managers. I find very often the teammate is doing something right somewhere you just aren't seeing it or looking hard enough. I know one of my biggest issues has been holding on to how I feel about a person (good or bad) without checking the date on my "firmware".
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
LLMS.txt or not, we all gotta test and share, in this example I show how an old test that wasn't working for months just got a major bump in "value" for ChatGPT. Ask any questions, I'm an open book. Big note: a 19x in citations lead to barely a 1x increase in traffic. youtu.be/RiMuhFi8eNg
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1900% increase in ChatGPT citations to this one UGLY page.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Did a little deep research on this.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I get inspired by creators more than critics. I wish there was a way on youtube to dial up "original" content & dial down "reactions & hot takes" to creators original content. So far the best thing I have found is the undistracted plugin on chrome desktop that lets you force to subscriptions only.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Send this to your non profit friends. How are they preparing for this reality? AI will likely add ~$37+B/yr in philanthropic spend in the near future from only 3 sources: 1 OpenAI Foundation 2 Anthropic founders 3 Anthropic employees nanransohoff.substack.com/p/the-third-...
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The third wave of American philanthropy
AI is about to generate hundreds of billions in new philanthropic funding. We have real work to do to make the most of it.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Your inbox is personalizing Gemini results, how much? Garrett went deep & shared a GEM with us, that should make all of us think differently about what "optimizing for AI" looks like. FYI: brand appearance rose from 23.9% to 66.8%!! ipullrank.com/google-perso...
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Your Inbox Might Be the Next AI Search Signal
We tested whether Google's Personal Intelligence layer could influence brand recommendations across 1,922 AI Mode responses. See the results.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"Between 2019 and 2023, we found a 33% increase in maternal mortality rates in Texas, compared with a decrease of 7.5% nationally during the same time. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A PhD student noticed classmates were asking AI to write breakup texts & measured how often AI agrees w/ you vs how ofetn a human would. The answer - 49% more often. Half the time when a real human would have pushed back, the AI told you what you wanted to hear. x.com/thisdudelike...
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
For a long time great SEO could beat bigger brands, in this example a company in the coloring pages space beat Crayola. Nick Leroy laid out a great example of how that is changing, algorithms change, our memories of brands we trust doesn't. www.seoforlunch.com/p/ybys
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Introducing "YBYS." Your Brand = Your SEO
Gone are the days of tricking bots. Tactics get clicks, but BRANDS get chosen.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The #1 reason to let AI write blog posts & social updates for you is to sharpen your eye at its default states so you can get good at seeing patterns, which helps you find it in the wild. Don't use AI to write for you, scrap the output but learn the patterns.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The case studies on GEO visibility going up 40% in a week is creating a lot of pressure on folks, I challenged myself & some friends to be like, what would you do in a week or two? Came up with these to dos with some quips on how to message to the c-suite. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/str...
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The Problem & The Fix on GEO case studies promising results in 1 week
AI visibility results in one week is tempting. But here are 3 steps to make sure you're not putting your brand at risk and 3 weeks of sustainable GEO updates that hold up.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The case studies on GEO visibility going up 40% in a week is creating a lot of pressure on folks, I challenged myself & some friends to be like, what would you do in a week or two? Came up with these to dos with some quips on how to message to the c-suite. www.seerinteractive.com/insights/str...
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The Problem & The Fix on GEO case studies promising results in 1 week
AI visibility results in one week is tempting. But here are 3 steps to make sure you're not putting your brand at risk and 3 weeks of sustainable GEO updates that hold up.
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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Feeling this so deeply. Been thinking a lot about the value of hanging with people who are doing hard things. Then reflecting on am I attempting something hard,myself? That I can own the loss or failure without pointing at someone else as part of the reason.
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