Zero Click Marketing

Amanda Natividad

Zero Click Marketing is a marketing strategy podcast about content marketing, audience research, and how brands grow when clicks matter less. Hosted by Amanda Natividad, Chief Evangelist at SparkToro, the show explores how marketers reach audiences, build influence, and earn attention in a zero-click internet.

Episodes

  1. Tell Your Execs: AI Rankings Are BS (with Rand Fishkin)

    5D AGO

    Tell Your Execs: AI Rankings Are BS (with Rand Fishkin)

    You know the zero click problem is real. But how do you get your CEO or CMO on board — and how do you prove it's working once they are? In this episode, I chat with Rand Fishkin to talk measurement frameworks, his new AI visibility research, and why correlation (not causation) is the name of the game. Guest: Rand Fishkin, Co-founder and CEO of SparkToro Key takeaway: Zero Click Marketing is not about giving up on sales or clicks. It’s about accepting that influence often happens before the click — and measuring that influence more honestly.Timestamps:00:00 "All the things that happen in a zero click environment will eventually lead to the same thing that clicks led to"01:13 What do you tell an executive who believes in zero click but doesn't know what to do next?04:20 How to start thinking about measurement when there's no single dashboard to point to07:41 The double standard: executives are comfortable with fuzzy measurement for TV and display ads, but demand perfect attribution for content, influencers, and PR11:02 Where your competitors refuse to invest leaves more room for you14:07 AI hype as a Trojan horse to convince skeptics: if you believe AI is the future, what's the logical conclusion of AI summarizing content?17:22 AI as both the cause of and a mental model for zero click19:14 Rand and Gumshoe's AI visibility research: Rand noticed AI gives different answers to the same prompt every time, which made him skeptical of the entire AI rank-tracking industry24:12 The big finding: you'd need ~1,000 prompts to get the same ranked answer — rank tracking is unreliable. But brand visibility percentage is real.29:08 AI visibility as a trackable indicator for zero click marketing success33:36 Myth busting: zero click marketing ≠ zero sales, and it's not just a Google problem — it's every platform This episode is brought to you by SparkToro — the audience research tool that helps you find where your audience spends time, what they read, watch, and listen to, and who influences them. Learn more at sparktoro.com. And be sure to check out Gumshoe.ai for search and AI visibility. Edited by Share Your Genius (shareyourgenius.com) Learn more about Zero Click Marketing and Amanda Natividad: zeroclickmarketing.coamandanat.comAmanda's LinkedIn and Instagram

    36 min
  2. The Clicks Lie

    MAR 10

    The Clicks Lie

    If clicks are your primary success metric, you're probably undercounting what's working — and over-rewarding what isn't. In the debut episode of Zero Click Marketing, Amanda Natividad makes the case that the click-based funnel isn't just outdated, it's actively misleading. And the cost isn't just bad measurement — it's bad decisions. In this episode: Why the click-based funnel made sense for a while — and exactly when it brokeHow Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X all quietly started hoarding traffic What "dark social" is, and why it's a bigger deal than most teams realizeWhy AI tools like ChatGPT are the next frontier of zero-click — and what that means for your brandThe 95/5 rule: why optimizing for conversions means ignoring 80% of your future buyersAmanda's own story: how she grew from 1,000 to 100,000+ followers without ever spending a dimeKey insight from this episode: "When you stop optimizing for the click and start optimizing for genuine value in the platform, you end up with better clicks — more intentional ones from people who actually want to be there."This episode is brought to you by SparkToro — the audience research tool that helps you find where your audience spends time, what they read, watch, and listen to, and who influences them. Learn more at sparktoro.com. This episode was edited by Share Your Genius (shareyourgenius.com) Learn more about Zero Click Marketing and Amanda Natividad: zeroclickmarketing.coamandanat.comFollow @amandanat on LinkedIn and Instagram

    14 min

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Zero Click Marketing is a marketing strategy podcast about content marketing, audience research, and how brands grow when clicks matter less. Hosted by Amanda Natividad, Chief Evangelist at SparkToro, the show explores how marketers reach audiences, build influence, and earn attention in a zero-click internet.

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