The Global Marketing Show · 2026-03-05 · 35 min
In this forward-looking episode of The Global Marketing Show, Wendy MacKenzie Pease sits down with Justin Seibert, founder of Direct Online Marketing, a Premier Google Partner offering search engine marketing and other forms of digital advertising to clients around the globe. Justin unpacks what global marketing looks like in a world increasingly driven by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. With 25 years in digital marketing and clients in 30 countries, Justin shares how his agency evolved from traditional SEO and paid search into what he calls Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): the art and science of getting recommended by AI. This isn’t just a tech conversation, it’s a global one. From helping Australian exporters break into the U.S. market to running localized campaigns in French, German, Italian, and Greek, Justin explains why professional translation and cultural nuance still matter even in the AI era. The episode explores how reputation, localization, cross-border partnerships, and strategic positioning all intersect in today’s intent-driven marketing environment.