$100 Marketing Budget: How to Spend It on Facebook Ads
With $100 and Meta Advantage+ AI campaigns, broad creative-led targeting, and CAPI in place, a small local business can still generate real leads
Jan 19, 2021
Schema Markup for GEO: 4 Types That Move Citations
Schema markup was a Google rich-result tiebreaker in 2024. In 2026 it’s a primary signal for AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude)
May 11, 2026
How I Built a Profitable Business: The Flux Chargers Story
From selling chargers on Santa Monica streets to $100k+/month in 91 countries — the unit-economics, distribution
Jan 12, 2021
Perplexity SEO: How I Get My Site Cited Inside AI Answers
TL;DR Perplexity cites 5–7 sources per answer, which means the competition for any given citation slot is narrower than the equivalent organic SERP.
May 14, 2026
How To Do B2B SEO: The Complete Guide
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: B2B SEO — long sales cycles, multiple decision-makers, technical content that builds credibility
May 3, 2026
17 White Hat SEO Techniques to Rank on Google in 2026
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: All 17 white-hat techniques below still work in 2026 — and most of them work even better for AI engines
May 3, 2026
How to Get Cited by Google AI Overviews: A 2026 Case Study
Across 50 head terms I applied a GEO scaffold (TL;DR, numbered steps, FAQ, primary-source citations) to pillar posts and tracked Google AI Overview citation…
May 7, 2026
11 Simple On-Page SEO Tips to Rank First on Google 2026🚀
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: The 11 on-page tips below still rank pages on Google in 2026. For AI engines
May 3, 2026
What Flux Ventures was: Dreams and Plans (2016 memoir)
A 2016 memoir of Flux Ventures — the holding company I built out of UCLA. Flux is no longer operational; today I run Pickleland and build AI agent systems.
Nov 17, 2016
How To Diagnose Traffic Drops Using Google Analytics
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Diagnosing traffic drops in 2026 has a new culprit on the suspect list: AI-search displacement.
May 3, 2026
How to Get 250,000+ Visits (My Best Growth Hacks)
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: The growth-hack stack that took alejandrorioja.com to 250,000+ monthly visits still works in 2026 — long-form content
May 3, 2026
The Best Growth Hacking Stories You Need to Know For 2026
Classic growth hacking playbooks (Airbnb/Craigslist, Dropbox referrals, Hotmail, PayPal) still work — but AI-era distribution has changed the game.
Mar 3, 2022
How to Sell Anything to Anyone (7 Creative Sales Techniques)
Sales fundamentals from street selling to consultative and AI-assisted selling: mindset, pitch mechanics, social proof, and closing
Apr 20, 2021
My Best Digital Marketing Articles 🚀
A curated index of Alejandro Rioja's best SEO, e-commerce, social media, and business articles — the same tactics he uses across his own sites and operator…
Jan 6, 2024
How to Write a TL;DR That AI Engines Actually Cite
A TL;DR isn’t a summary of your post — it’s a direct answer to the head query, written in 2–4 sentences, structured so an AI engine can lift it verbatim into…
May 18, 2026
ChatGPT Search vs Google: A Test on 50 Head Terms
I ran the same 50 head terms in ChatGPT search and Google (with AI Overviews) and tracked which sources each engine cited.
May 21, 2026
How to Get Your Brand Cited Inside ChatGPT Answers (2026)
Getting cited by ChatGPT isn't about ranking — it's about being the cleanest source to lift. Write a direct-answer TL;DR, mark up entities
May 29, 2026
The Best SEO Guide For 2026🚀
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: SEO in 2026 still rewards the fundamentals — a clean site, strong internal links, content that answers the query
May 3, 2026
How I Built Courtlines, a Club SaaS, With Claude
The story behind Courtlines, the operating system for racket-sport clubs and studios — why I built it, what it does
Jul 11, 2026