The End of the Directory Era

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  Part 1The End of the Directory Era

  73% of travelers say influencer recommendations drive booking decisions, yet creators earn nothing from $3,000 vacations they inspire. Jon Levesque, founder and CEO of Seek, has built an AI-native platform that transforms saved social media into bookable itineraries while ensuring creators capture affiliate revenue from their influence. The discussion reveals how experience networks are replacing traditional directory models through direct creator-to-consumer attribution systems, AI-powered content translation into SEO-optimized web pages, and affiliate partnership frameworks that deliver 70% revenue shares to travel creators.

• Part 2The biggest mistake in community building

  Community-driven growth outperforms personality-based strategies by 3x in retention rates. Jon Levesque, CEO of Seeq, shares proven methodologies for building sustainable communities that scale beyond individual influence through systematic engagement frameworks. The discussion covers the audience-versus-community distinction framework, stage-sharing leadership models, and narrative positioning strategies that prioritize collective value over personal branding.

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• Part 3Experience Networks in the absence of search engine rankings

  73% of consumers rely on peer recommendations when AI responses lack transparency. Jon Levesque, CEO of Seeq, has built experience networks that generate structured data layers from unstructured consumer conversations, directly influencing AI search results for travel and lifestyle queries. The discussion covers how experience networks create competitive advantages when traditional rankings disappear, frameworks for converting peer conversations into AI-readable data structures, and strategies for positioning experience-driven content to influence large language model responses across major search platforms.

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• Part 4One community growth tactic that worked five years ago but would completely flop today

  Community-driven growth strategies have fundamentally shifted in the post-pandemic era. Jon Levesque, CEO of Seeq, shares insights from building enterprise communities that drive measurable engagement across distributed platforms. The discussion covers the distributed community framework for reaching audiences where they already gather, and the strategic pivot from virtual-first to in-person engagement models that deliver higher conversion rates.

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• Part 5The choice to go full-time on your startup

  Enterprise brands struggle to differentiate in an AI-saturated content landscape. Jon Levesque, CEO of Seeq, shares how authentic brand experiences create competitive moats when AI equalizes traditional marketing tools. The discussion covers leveraging human-centered discovery mechanisms, building creator-brand value exchanges, and positioning authentic storytelling as the ultimate differentiator against AI-generated content uniformity.

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• Part 6One word that describes brand-led communities in an AI-first discovery era

  Brand authenticity becomes more valuable as AI equalizes content creation tools across competitors. Jon Levesque, CEO of Seeq, argues that when AI can produce identical copy and ads for everyone, the essence of brand message and authentic human experience becomes the final competitive moat. The discussion explores how creators can leverage AI to enhance human discovery rather than replace it, and frameworks for building communities where authentic experiences drive value for restaurants, creators, and consumers simultaneously.

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