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What SEJ Is Hearing from Search Marketers Right Now
May 11, 2026
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Apr 13, 2026
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| 5/11/26 | What SEJ Is Hearing from Search Marketers Right Now | If search used to be about ranking on Google, what is it really shaping today?In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool is joined by Matt Southern, Senior News Writer at Search Engine Journal, to explore how search is evolving beyond rankings, clicks, and traditional SEO metrics.They unpack the shift from Google-only visibility to a broader decision ecosystem spanning AI search, zero-click results, Amazon, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, maps, reviews, and marketplaces. Matt shares what search marketers are asking right now, what’s being overhyped, and what brands are underestimating as AI systems increasingly shape how people discover, compare, validate, and choose. The episode also explores why SEO fundamentals still matter, how consistent brand information influences AI-generated answers, and why marketers need to measure success beyond organic traffic alone.The takeaway? Search doesn’t just drive clicks anymore—it shapes trust, influence, and decisions across the full customer journey.Fix Your KPI Blind Spots Webinar: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/webinar-lp-fix-for-kpi-blind-spots-how-to-finally-tie-ai-search-to-performance/The Top 6 Search Engines Market Share & The AI Search Engines To Watch Blog: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo/meet-search-engines/ | — | ||||||
| 4/27/26 | The Agentic Shift: When AI Stops Assisting and Starts Acting | If AI used to be about generating answers, what is it really driving today? In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool is joined by Dan Temby, Head of Technology and Analytics at DAC, to explore the rapid evolution of AI from conversational tool to action-oriented system. Together, they unpack the rise of “agentic” AI, technology that doesn’t just respond to prompts, but can execute tasks, make decisions, and act on behalf of users. Dan breaks down how recent advancements have unlocked real, practical use cases, from coding environments that can build and deploy autonomously to early examples of agent-driven commerce through platforms like ChatGPT. The conversation also dives into what this means for brands and marketers, including the emergence of headless, machine-readable systems and a future where AI agents, not just humans, navigate, evaluate, and transact across the digital ecosystem. The takeaway? AI is no longer just answering questions. It’s getting things done, and brands must be ready to show up in a world built for both humans and machines. | — | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Social's New Job: From Brand Discovery to Loyalty | In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool is joined by Jessi Wood, Senior Content Strategist at DAC, to explore how social media’s role has evolved from a top-of-funnel awareness channel to a core driver of brand connection and loyalty.They unpack how the shift from broadcast to relationship-building is changing the way brands show up on social, why consistency and clarity matter more than chasing trends, and how leading brands build ecosystems of content that foster familiarity, trust, and participation. From user-generated content and creator partnerships to the role of paid amplification, they break down how organic and paid work together to move beyond visibility and toward long-term engagement. | — | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | When the Auction Moves Overnight: Media Buying in a Temu/Shein Market | In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool is joined by Felicia Delvecchio, Vice President of Media at DAC, to explore how fast-moving advertisers like Temu and Shein are reshaping media auctions in 2026 — not just through scale, but through the speed at which they ramp spend up or pull it back. They unpack why today’s challenge is less about permanently rising media costs and more about volatility, how that pressure shows up first in high-intent channels like search, shopping, and social, and why marketers can no longer rely on static annual plans or top-line reporting. The core message: success in 2026 depends on disciplined, panic-free decision-making, granular market visibility, and agile “if-then” playbooks that help brands respond to shifting auction dynamics without overcorrecting. Read the blog: https://www.dacgroup.com/en-ca/insights/blog/none/temu-shein-2026-ad-auction-volatility-media-buyers/ Read the Media Playbook: https://www.dacgroup.com/insights/white-papers/the-dac-media-playbook-where-media-ai-and-growth-converge/ | — | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | SEO Success Looks Different Now: A Six-Step Framework for SEO, GEO, and AIO | If search is shifting toward AI answers, summaries, and recommendation-style results, what does SEO success look like now? In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool is joined by Thom Lodge, Associate Director of SEO at DAC, to unpack why brands need to rethink SEO for a world where visibility is no longer just about clicks, rankings, and traffic. As AI systems increasingly shape discovery, they explore what it means for a brand to not just answer the question, but be the answer. They walk through a practical six-step framework for AI-ready SEO, covering AI readiness audits, interpretable content, using existing search performance as a roadmap, learning from conversational intent and communities, treating video as a search signal, and reinforcing local and trust fundamentals. The core message: in AI-driven search, the brands that win are the ones systems can understand, trust, and choose. Read the blog: https://www.dacgroup.com/insights/blog/search-optimization/seo-success-looks-different-now/Watch the webinar: https://www.dacgroup.com/insights/webinars/seo-success-looks-different-now-how-to-adapt-your-seo-strategy-for-ai-driven-search/ | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | The Idea Comes First: How Strong Brands Stay Consistent While Evolving | Are brands moving too fast across too many channels to stay recognizable, and is AI making that better or worse? In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, sits down with Mylène Savoie, GM of DAC Montreal, to unpack why the “big idea” matters more than ever in a world of rapid-fire platforms, shrinking attention spans, and AI-powered creative at scale. They explore how strong brand ecosystems keep creativity consistent across audiences and markets, why channel-first marketing often fragments brand identity, and how purpose and relevance are becoming the real differentiators for the next generation of consumers. | — | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | Bridging Brand and Performance Media: Shifting Up-Funnel for Measurable, Enduring Growth | If performance media is so measurable, why invest in brand at all? In this episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool, SVP of Client Strategy at DAC, is joined by Robert Cooney, VP of Client Strategy, to examine how an overreliance on last-click performance has pushed media strategies out of balance — and why many brands are now paying the price. They unpack how underinvestment in brand erodes long-term growth, why mid-sized brands feel this most acutely, and how modern measurement frameworks like media mix modeling and incrementality testing allow brands to shift up-funnel without sacrificing accountability. The core message: performance works best when brand demand is doing the heavy lifting. https://www.dacgroup.com/en-ca/insights/blog/paid-media/bridging-brand-and-performance-media/ | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | Agility Under Pressure: Rethinking Media Planning | Are tight budgets, rising expectations, and AI hype making marketing planning harder than ever? In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, sits down with Luke Regan, VP and Managing Partner, DAC UK, to explore how brands can build real agility in a disrupted landscape. They unpack why AI is only effective when paired with strong data foundations, how cross-functional alignment unlocks performance, and what it really takes to connect media planning to measurable business outcomes. Read more in Forward in Media Strategy: When Agility Becomes Advantage. https://www.dacgroup.com/en-ca/insights/blog/paid-media/forward-in-media-strategy-when-agility-becomes-advantage/ | — | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | Local Search in the Age of AI: Smarter Strategies for Brick-and-Mortar Brands | Is AI changing local search as dramatically as everyone claims — or are the fundamentals still what matter most?In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, sits down with Kyle Harris, Director of Local Optimization, to break down how AI is reshaping local discovery — and what’s actually driving results for brick-and-mortar brands. | — | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | Smarter Search Marketing: Insights from Google’s AI Max and the New SEO Reality | Is AI actually making your media more efficient — or just driving more empty traffic? In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, joins Jenna Watson, SVP of Media, to unpack what AI Max really delivers, where it falls short, and how to balance automation with human strategy. They also explore the emerging keyword less future of SEO — and why AI-driven search requires a complete rethink of how brands measure visibility and discoverability. | — | ||||||
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| 12/15/25 | Search-First Storytelling: Strategies to Get Your Content Found | Is your content getting harder to find — even as you create more of it? In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, joins Orli Milstein, Director of Content Strategy, to explore how AI is reshaping discovery and why traditional SEO tactics no longer cut it. They unpack what it means to structure content for both humans and machines — and how brands can build clarity, authority, and true findability in an AI-driven search world. | — | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | From Vanity Metrics to Value: Analytics that Actually Drive Sales | Are your dashboards full of data that looks great but doesn’t actually drive business? In this episode of Shift Happens, DAC’s SVP of Client Strategy, Nasser Sahlool, sits down with Dan Temby, SVP of Technology & Analytics, to unpack why marketers chase vanity metrics, and what to measure instead. 0:00: Intro0:50: How do we know which metrics on our dashboard drive sales, and aren’t just vanity metrics?3:25: If clicks don’t equal customers, what should marketers measure instead?6:18: How do we help clients move from dashboards to decisions?8:50: How is the analytics space evolving, and what should marketers prepare for?10:42: How did you apply semantic descriptions with AI to build DAC’s operating system IRIS?12:55: AI amplifies strategy, but only if the data is speaking the same language13:40: Vanity metrics may make dashboards look busy, but value metrics prove impact | — | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | Welcome to Shift Happens! | Welcome to Shift Happens: The art, science, (and chaos) of modern marketing . Each episode unpacks the forces reshaping marketing—from AI and data to privacy, creative, and performance—and asks experts how they transform disruption into an advantage. Listen to all our episodes here: https://www.dacgroup.com/insights/podcasts/ | — | ||||||
| 12/7/23 |  Looking back to look forward | Oh man, the future! Dan, Jenna, and Nasser are back to make sense of a year in which everything changed in digital... again. Grab yourself a frothy coffee and join our future-proofed trio as they dissect 2023, speculate what 2024 may have in store, and make questionable attempts at Australian and Welsh accents.The year in review: Excitement, frustration, jamónAI, AI, Oh! New possibilities in 2024What lies ahead for paid search practitioners?Goodnight, sweet AI startupsGPTs: Bad name, revolutionary functionLINKS: DAC: "Predictions 2024" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 6/14/23 |  AI Sunrise Series: Mount the Hype Cycle | In the first part of DAC's AI Sunrise Series, the gang returns to discuss the topic on everyone's lips. Join Jenna, Dan, and Nasser as they explain what the dawn of AI means for digital marketers, businesses of all shapes and sizes, and the world in general. Along the way, they generate lifelike content about:The solipsistic world of AI-powered monoclesSurprise! AI tools are already ubiquitousAdding value as actual human beingsAn imminent sea change in user behaviorWhat does "efficiency" really mean, anyway?LINKS: DAC: "What the AI paradox means for marketers" | DAC: "ChatGPT: Threats, opportunities… and a new challenger to Google?" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 2/14/23 |  Generative AI: It's the end of the world as we know it (and we feel fine) | And we're back! Our triumphant trio returns to reveal all about marketing's hottest topic: generative artificial intelligence. Find how "the most profound technological development since the internet itself" is set to reinvent, well, pretty much everything. Along the way, Dan, Nasser, and Jenna delve into topics definitely not suggested by ChatGPT, including:Neural networks and fighty robots: How does generative AI actually work?Player 2 has entered the game... Google Bard!The inevitable rise of "prompt engineering"LINKS: DAC: "Microsoft vs. Google: The battle for AI supremacy is on" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 8/8/22 |  SERP's up: The radical reinvention of SEO | Some things never change, but SEO is not one of those things. Join Jenna, Nasser, and Dan as they check in on the sweeping evolution of organic search, explore Google's role therein, and ponder the future of one of digital's most traditional disciplines. Along the way, they click through into topics including:Counting in cubits and backyard pyramidsVisualization, zero clickification, monetizationHigher ranking =/= more impressionsCreate compelling content... but how?SEO has never been more SEOLINKS: DAC: "4 recent SERP changes impacting organic ecommerce performance" | DAC: "Hey, BERT! Meet the Google AI set to change search forever" | DAC: "One year on, has BERT really changed search forever?" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 2/24/22 |  Behind the scenes of the Great Resignation | We're witnessing the most tumultuous era in the history of talent acquisition and retention in the marketing industry, and it's showing no sign of abating. Amid the churn, Jenna, Nasser, and Dan recruited Talentfoot founder and CEO Camille Fetter to reveal all about the Great Resignation, covering talking points including:Resistance to hybrid models and the reinvention of collaborationIs agency-to-client talent migration a thing of the past?Overpromoted and underperforming: The consequences of hiring frenziesThe inevitable rise of pay transparencyLINKS: DAC | Talentfoot | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 12/21/21 |  2022: What to expect when you don't know what to expect | Fourth-quarter deadlines, postponed plans, and crippling anxiety about the year ahead—there's no mistaking The Most Wonderful Time of the Year™! Join Santa Sahlool, Dancer Temby, and Jingle Bells Watson as they recap an eventful year and look ahead to 2022, squeezing down chimneys including:The ever-changing definition of digital performanceHow to dovetail with Google's long-term visionPersuasion and precision: The future of digital mediaIn-housing and the scramble for talentThe Brand and the Influence: Tokyo DraftLINKS: Forrester: "Predictions 2022: Agencies Face Enigmatic Twists On Talent And Creativity" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 11/3/21 |  Into the metaverse of madness | Facebook's metaverse announcement sent shockwaves around the digital world—and not just because of Mark Zuckerberg's "unique" presentation. But what does it all mean for brands, marketers, consumers, and the world at large? Choose your avatar and join Jenna, Nasser, and Dan in the funnelverse as they dissect the implications, confront controversies, and tackle topics including:"The metaverse" or "A metaverse"?Fluff, vision, and positioning: The hallmarks of a land grabHow the metaverse will make crypto cowboys richerAR vs. VRWhat should brands do to prepare?LINKS: Shaan Puri: "Hot take: Everyone is wrong about the Metaverse" | Clive Thompson: "The Metaverse Is Already Here — It’s Minecraft" | DAC: "Podcast rewind: 3 lessons learned about digital transformation" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 9/14/21 |  Diversity in ad land | We're back from our short summer hiatus to explore one of the marketing industry's most urgent issues: diversity. Listen in as Nasser, Jenna, and Dan are joined by LiveIntent CMO Kerel Cooper—an award-winning advocate for diversity in business, media, and technology—to dive into some of the topic's most important talking points, including:How diverse workforces drive higher performance (and make fewer mistakes)The blurred lines between personal and professional livesDiversity and the immigrant experiencePitfalls on the path to diversificationCuriosity: The ultimate catalyst for change?LINKS: DAC: "How diverse is DAC?" | DAC: "4 ways we're creating a more diverse workplace" | DAC: "Celebrating diversity and inclusion at DAC" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 7/7/21 |  Björn's brilliant B2B blueprint | Is B2B marketing really more challenging than B2C? The digital age has blurred the lines between the two, so we enlisted T-Systems' Head of Digital Marketing, Björn Radde, to reveal truths from one of Europe's most successful B2B operations. Join Nasser, Dan, and Jenna as they pick Björn's brain to reveal:Why B2B doesn't mean "boring to boring"The duality of B2B/B2C experiencesHow to reverse-engineer the sales funnel for major dealsWhy B2B sales will be insulated against the loss of third-party cookiesHow to nurture an effective B2B culture: Test, learn, and upskillLINKS: DAC: "Why Google's new Customer Match is a great news for B2B marketers" | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 6/7/21 |  Back to the cookie-less future | Since we first covered the topic in episode one, Google has revealed that it will NOT replace third-party cookies with an equivalent mechanism to identify individual users. Cue anxious marketers asking themselves: "How are we going to do our jobs?!" Fortunately, Dan, Jenna, and Nasser are back to paint a much more vivid picture of our cookie-less future, gliding their hoverboards across talking points including:Why are third-party cookies going away?User Tracking 101Privacy-preserving approaches to real-world problemsWhat the FLoC?Welcome to cohort party 29056!The Three-Step Cookie Doomsday Preparedness Plan™LINKS: DAC: "Google’s shift away from cookies and personal ad IDs" (Mar 2021) | DAC: "How to be data-driven in a crisis" (Apr 2020) | DAC: "Digital advertising in a cookie-less future" (Feb 2020) | DAC: "Google's 'Privacy Sandbox' invigorates data transparency debate" (Aug 2019) | DAC: "How to respect data privacy in the digital age" (Jan 2019) | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | "Tape Rewind.wav" by Analog Bleep Ten of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 5/5/21 |  Gettin' Shingy wit it | The iconoclastic David Shing (Shingy) is one of digital's most entertaining, fascinating, and polarizing figures—and he remains one of the sharpest minds in the business. Join Dan, Nasser, and Jenna as they chase down AOL's former "Digital Prophet" and see the world through his eyes, casting their gaze at:The antagonistic origins of the ProphetThe best (and worst) pandemic advertisingAre CMOs unprepared for the cookieless future?Three barriers to data-driven insightsQR codes: A comeback storyLINKS: www.dacgroup.com | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
| 4/9/21 |  The horsemen of the website apocalypse (and their buzzkill pal) | In the grim darkness of the far future, there's no such thing as websites… or is there? Join Calamity Jenna, Nasser the Kid, and Dan "Just Dan" Temby as they mount their steeds to explore the very real prospect of a websiteless future. Our intrepid trio set the record straight at speakeasies along the way, including:Why APIs are the heralds of website deathGoogle's war on clicks: Benign or malignant?Platformification and the platform economySchema markup's inevitable renaissanceWill the website disappear or metamorphose?LINKS: www.dacgroup.com | ATTRIBUTIONS: "radio band.wav" by Paper Jam of Freesound.org | "twangy electric guitar.wav" by venusiancharm of Freesound.org | — | ||||||
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