The Age of Artificial Truth
Thursday, 19 June 2025
by Paul O'Brien
If Orwell predicted a future of authoritarian oppression, we missed the plot twist: truth isn’t being silenced, it’s being distorted, mass-produced, and flooded upon us like a knock-off Rolex that still ticks. The root isn’t the Press nor Politicians, it’s not the White House or foreign influence, it’s everyone, all of us speaking at once,
- Published in AI, Insights / Research, Social Media
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How Substack Quietly Emerged as the Empirical Thinker’s Social Network
Thursday, 16 January 2025
by Paul O'Brien
It’s easy to miss a quiet revolution in a world dominated by the noisy chaos of Twitter threads, AI clickbait, and influencers slinging collagen gummies. But that’s exactly what Substack has pulled off, amidst the rise of AI content pushing audiences even more desperately in search of authenticity. What started as a niche newsletter platform
- Published in Social Media
Media is Capital: Startup Success Starts with Story and Community
Wednesday, 03 July 2024
by Paul O'Brien
Possessing a compelling story outweighs merely having a brilliant idea so much so that media has become the new capital for burgeoning founders. The fundamental concept here is that media — encompassing storytelling, audience engagement, and community building, well beyond what you might consider it to mean in “the press” — serves as a powerful
- Published in Social Media
Every Company is an Internet Company
Friday, 29 May 2020
by Paul O'Brien
it’s time for the distinction of “internet company” to die. It’s time for the distinction of “tech industry” to die. In 2020, hopefully it’s clear, that every business that hopes to succeed must excel with this foundation of our economy – the internet. All companies are internet companies It’s not dissimilar from the notion that
- Published in Advertising, Social Media
Creating Content that Impacts
Thursday, 11 July 2019
by Paul O'Brien
There are a few technical skills involved in publishing an article online and then driving engagement and enthusiasm with it. Far too often, I hear from business owners, artists, or entrepreneurs, who “tried blogging” or did “some” podcasting and all but gave up because they didn’t get the results they expected. Come on folks,
- Published in Search, Social Media
How Content Creation Affects Your Funding
Monday, 16 January 2017
by Paul O'Brien
Content media site Medium announced just days ago that they are restructuring through layoffs and office closings as they “renew their focus.” Medium CEO, Ev Williams, noted that, “in building out this model, we realized we didn’t yet have the right solution to the big question of driving payment for quality content. We had started scaling up the teams to
- Published in Insights / Research, Raising Capital, Search, Social Media
The Only Thing You Need to Know About SEO
Friday, 27 December 2013
by Paul O'Brien
Austin, Texas is still an “SEO Community.” What do I mean by that? I’ve been in Austin three years now and the amount of time I spend advising startups why their desire to hire an SEO is misplaced, is astonishing. To this day, I’m introduced in social settings here as an SEO, clients refer to
- Published in Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Search
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