Be Seen, Be Found, Be Chosen | Robin & Kristy Belley

Send us Fan Mail In October 2019, Robin and Kristy Belley published their first issue of Gilbert City Lifestyle Magazine. Four months later, the world shut down. Plenty of people told them a print magazine would never make it. Seven years later, they're still telling Gilbert's best stories every month. Kristy spent years in sales and marketing with The Arizona Republic and Dex. Robin has spent three decades as a data engineer, from Y2K remediation in Arkansas to General Motors' innovation center in Chandler. They met because a friend promised Kristy that the cute guy from Quebec could get her Canadian Beanie Babies. In this conversation with Jan Simon, Robin and Kristy talk about surviving layoffs, the family time you can't get back, and why the businesses that win in the age of AI search are the ones with real stories and real expertise. - How a toy store outranked eToys on Google - Why Kristy says "they don't understand the power of print" - How AI search is learning to filter out generic, AI-generated content - Robin's formula: be seen, be found, be chosen Subscribe & leave a review | abovebeyondpodcast.com Best Option / Guidance Alliance / Ocotillo Flooring Support the show www.abovebeyondpodcast.com Please LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE.