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Latest Appearance
Bryan Fikes on The SDM Show podcast with host Rob Cairns — Episode 671, How to Supercharge Your Marketing With AI
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How to Supercharge Your Marketing With AI

The SDM Show · with Rob Cairns · Episode 671 · July 2026 · ~42 min

Bryan joins host Rob Cairns on The SDM Show to talk about supercharging marketing with AI — the real evolution of AI in agencies, why it reshapes roles rather than erasing them, choosing strategy and security over shortcuts, and a live look at Bodhi, his AI system. Plus the honest side: the highs and lows of building, and choosing sobriety.

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Featured Appearance
Bryan Fikes featured on AMA Boston's Talking Marketing podcast, Episode 69
Featured Interview Podcast

The Solopreneur & The Agent: Building a 20+ Year Marketing Legacy

AMA Boston · Talking Marketing · Episode 69 · June 2026 · 54:34

Bryan joins host Chetna for the season finale of the American Marketing Association (Boston) podcast — 27 years of pattern recognition, a seven-agent AI system led by Bodhi, one year of clarity, and the rise of the billion-dollar one-person company. Includes a live demo of his AI agent.

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Recent Appearance
Bryan Fikes on the Acupuncture Marketing School podcast with Michelle Grasek — Episode 130, Google Business Profile and AI
Featured Interview Podcast

Google Business Profile and AI: What You Need to Know

Acupuncture Marketing School · with Michelle Grasek · Episode 130 · July 14, 2026

Bryan joins host Michelle Grasek to show local healthcare practices how to stay visible as Google and AI search evolve — optimizing your Google Business Profile for fast results, balancing paid ads with long-term SEO, and practical, budget-friendly marketing tasks practitioners can do every week.

▶ Listen on michellegrasek.com ↗ Apple Podcasts ↗ Spotify ↗
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Bryan Fikes interviewed on Merchynt's Agency Interviews — How Bryan Got 40 Clients in 6 Months
Video Interview Merchynt · Agency Interviews

How Bryan Got 40 Clients in 6 Months — The Agency Growth Playbook

Merchynt · Agency Interviews · March 2026 · ~30 min

From a $250 contract in 2007 to 40 local-SEO clients six months later — Bryan walks through the agency growth playbook he built over 27 years and the boutique, AI-powered, one-person model he runs today.

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Google "Trusted" Award — 2013

Earned while doing business directly with Google, scaling a multi-million-dollar agency.

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What Bryan Can Talk About

An engaging, opinionated, well-prepared guest. Signature topics:

AI Search & the Future of Discovery

Why discovery is moving to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity — and how brands stay visible and trusted in AI Overviews.

The Billion-Dollar One-Person Company

How a solo founder with a seven-agent system out-produces a traditional agency — and what it means for the future of work.

27 Years of Entrepreneurship — The Real Story

Building, failing, and building again across 6,000+ businesses and 298 verticals, with the lessons most learn the hard way.

Leading a Team of AI Agents

Treating agents as collaborative team members, client DNA, the Ralph loop, and "AI is just a tool — you get in what you get out."

Focus, Clarity & Operational Velocity

How personal clarity and one year of sobriety translated into a new level of output — and a 50/50 life.

Local SEO at Scale

Hyper-local SEO and Google Business Profile strategy that lets small businesses outrank national brands in their backyard.

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