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The PESO Model® in 2026: Evolved, Operational, ...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich explains how the PESO Model has evolved from a framework into an operating system—one that helps senior marketers integrate AI, align teams and agencies, and measure what actually drives business outcomes.
22 min
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The Visibility Engineering Metrics That Predict...
In this final episode of the Visibility Engineering series, Gini Dietrich breaks down three simple metrics that tell you whether your work is driving real pre-pipeline demand.
11 min
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How to Use Proof-First Social to Engineer Visib...
Gini Dietrich shows you how to put your credibility into circulation—not by posting more, but by boosting only what your audience proves they value.
13 min
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Building Corroboration Loops to Power Your Vis...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich explores how to build corroboration loops—the external proof points that show up in trade outlets, creator newsletters, podcasts, and partner channels, and all lead back to your best content.
17 min
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AI Looks for Author Footprints First
In this episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich introduces author footprints: a simple way to turn your internal subject-matter experts into visible, credible sources for both humans and AI.
14 min
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The Fastest Path to Engineering Your Brand’s Vi...
Gini Dietrich provides a no-fluff visibility engineering sprint to help you prepare for a January launch.
14 min
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How to Make Your Brand the Obvious Answer with ...
Gini Dietrich breaks down Visibility Engineering and how to use the PESO Model© to build anchor hubs that become the safest thing to cite, earn analyst/AI reuse, and measure results.
17 min
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How to Measure Brand Awareness, Trust, and Repu...
Gini Dietrich digs into how reputation becomes rank (and revenue), the metrics that prove it, and a simple PESO Model© sequence to lower your cost to convert.
19 min
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Handling the “AI Discount” Question from Clients
In this episode, Gini Dietrich lays out a practical playbook to stop itemizing hours and start contracting standards, so you keep fees (and win bigger scopes) in the AI era.
16 min
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How to Manage Your Brand on the Dead Internet
This week, Gini Dietrich explores the “dead internet” theory and why bots now outnumber humans online, which changes how we plan, measure, and defend our brands. 
15 min
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How to Prepare for a Bot-Created Crisis
Gini Dietrich unpacks how bot-created boycotts inflate “consensus,” jump to real influencers, and turn into costly crises. 
19 min
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The Case for a Marketing Operating System
In today’s episode, we put you in the boardroom and show exactly why the current stack can’t answer the ROI question—then we install an operating system.
14 min
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How the PESO Model© Helps You Avoid AI Bubble B...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich explains why PESO isn’t just a model—it’s the operating system that prevents AI from becoming another overhyped, underperforming fad.
16 min
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Why Pharma Needs the PESO Model© Now
In this episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich explains why disclosure-heavy ads will crush acquisition costs, how competitors are already shifting to PESO Model® strategies, and what you can do now to protect your market share.
12 min
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The Visibility Engineer’s Manifesto
In this episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich introduces The Visibility Engineer’s Manifesto—a new operating model for comms and marketing leaders.
13 min
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Meet Your New Buyer Persona: ChatGPT (And Its F...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich explains why AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity are no longer just tools—they’re the gatekeepers shaping your category.
13 min
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Structured Trust Is the New Currency of Reputation
In this episode of Spin Sucks, Gini Dietrich explains why structured trust is the new currency of reputation—and how AI tools are already encoding your brand.
19 min
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Using the PESO Model© as Your Marketing Operati...
On this week’s Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich digs into IBM’s new CMO Revolution study and what it means for the future of marketing leadership.
17 min
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GEO, Trust, and the PESO Model: Why It Still Wo...
PR is powering AI visibility—and communicators are more essential than ever.
14 min
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Why Comms Pros Are the New Visibility Engineers
Your job title hasn’t changed. But your responsibilities have.
21 min
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Why Speed Matters in Crisis Comms: Lessons from...
What do you get when you combine a Coldplay concert, a viral Kiss Cam moment, a silent startup, and Gwyneth Paltrow?
19 min
47
Invisible to AI = Invisible to Customers: The N...
In this episode of the Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich unpacks the discovery crisis—how AI is quietly reshaping the buyer journey, and what it means for brands that haven’t integrated their content strategies.
24 min
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In the Age of AI Search, PR Holds the Keys to V...
Generative AI search is rewriting how people find, trust, and engage with information—and communicators are uniquely positioned to lead in this new world.
12 min
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How to Implement the PESO Model© in a Zero-Clic...
Gini Dietrich discusses how you can adapt the PESO Model© to function in a zero-click, zero-share world and how to structure your strategy for discover, trust, and measurable traction.
19 min
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Why the PESO Model© Still Wins in the Age of Ze...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich breaks down why AI-generated answers, algorithm-controlled feeds, and private, hidden sharing have fundamentally changed how audiences discover and trust your content. We’re living in a zero-click, zero-share, zero-visit world—and traditional marketing tactics are losing visibility fast.
16 min