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You just launched your new website, or maybe you finally fixed those technical issues your developer ignored for months. You refresh Google search results constantly,
Only 20 Seats Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • 11 AM–3 PM ET • Virtual Zoom Register Now →
Every day, your ideal clients ask AI who to hire.
That name is either yours… or it isn’t. And right now?
You probably don’t know which one it is.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • 11 AM–3 PM ET • Virtual Zoom • $597
of searches with an AI answer end without a single click. AI picks someone. That’s the entire decision.
drop in organic click-through rates when AI Overviews appear in results. Your website traffic is not coming back the old way.
projected drop in traditional search volume by 2026, per Gartner. The window to claim position zero is open right now.
Not Google.
Not a work colleague.
Not their most connected contact in the industry.
It’s AI.
And it’s acting so human that people trust it like one.
They tell you themselves – it remembers their conversations, it knows their business, it feels more useful than anyone in their network.
So when they ask it who to hire for what you do, it answers. With confidence.
One name.
The referral network didn’t disappear. It just reports to AI now.
Never relied on Google? Doesn’t matter.
Built everything on referrals? Also doesn’t matter.
Because your buyers are asking AI — and AI didn’t inherit any of it. Not your reputation. Not your relationships. Not your fifteen years.
It built its own opinion from scratch. And unlike Google, it doesn’t give them a list to sort through.
It picks one. End of conversation.
Your entire web presence either tells a clear enough story to be that one, or it doesn’t.
There’s no page two.
And AI has been forming that opinion, whether you’ve been paying attention or not.
Right now, someone is asking it who to hire for what you do.
You don’t know what it’s saying. You don’t know if it’s right. You don’t know if it’s even close.
That’s the problem.
Not because they’re better. Because AI understood them faster. Maybe it’s:
Sadly, it doesn’t tell you. It doesn’t ask you to fix it. It just moves on.
And your potential client moves with it.
That’s not a content problem. That’s a whole web presence problem.
That’s exactly what this session is for. But before we get into what happens in the room, you need to understand what you’re actually playing for.
The old game was getting to page one.
Months of SEO. Years of climbing. Ten competitors on the same list.
The new game is Position Zero.
One answer. One name. One recommendation.
You’re either it or you’re not. There is no second place.
And here’s the part most people miss: Position Zero is winnable faster than page one ever was. The window is open right now.
This workshop shows you exactly where you stand – and what to do next.
Not there yet? You’ll know exactly what’s blocking you and what to fix first.
Already showing up? You’ll know exactly what’s keeping you there – and how to protect it before someone else figures it out.
Most people are surprised by what comes back. Some are pissed off. All of them finally understand the problem.
This is where the steam starts coming out of your ears. And honestly? Good. That’s the energy that gets things fixed.
You’ll catch things in their business that they missed completely. It’s uncomfortable and incredibly useful.
Not everyone gets the chair. Everyone learns from it. And if you don’t get it live, bring it to the follow-up session – that’s what it’s there for.
You’re not leaving with a list of homework. You’re leaving with something already done and a roadmap of what comes next.
The thing you actually came for. A scored breakdown of your entire presence across four layers. Built by you, during the session, so you understand every single line of it.
Value: $297
Specific AI prompts to run every 30, 60, and 90 days so you can measure your own movement toward position zero. You will use these long after the workshop ends.
Value: $97
Post-workshop access with Cassie and other participants. Ask questions as you implement. Get unstuck fast. Most implementation stalls in the first two weeks. This is there to prevent that.
Value: $97
A group implementation call 3–4 weeks after the workshop. Bring your progress, your questions, and anything you hit a wall on. Where the real troubleshooting happens.
Value: $297
Four hours of hands-on auditing, peer feedback, competitor analysis, and hot seat coaching. This is not a webinar you watch. You arrive, you work, you leave with something done.
Value: $997
Right now, most of your competitors haven’t done this yet.
That’s the window. Not because AI is new, but because most people are still assuming their presence is fine without ever actually checking.
The businesses holding Position Zero now aren’t necessarily the best at what they do. They just moved first.
Six months from now, the ones who figured this out will have compounding authority in AI results.
Catching them after that gets significantly harder.
This is not about panic. It’s about timing.
Every business owner has three paths. Here is what each one actually costs you in time, money, and momentum.
The workshop is not the only path. It is the fastest one to clarity — without handing off the understanding along with the invoice.
I searched for my own business in AI and what came back was outdated, incomplete, and not the version of my work I’d spent years building.
I had a website. I was creating content. I was active on LinkedIn.
AI still couldn’t figure out who I was or what I did.
Once I mapped the actual gaps and fixed the structural signals, everything changed. I started showing up accurately, consistently, and ahead of competitors.
That’s the Visibility Stack™ framework. Built on my own business first.
What I’m walking you through on May 12th isn’t something I read about. It’s something that worked, and I have the receipts (see before and after below).
Before we could fix anything, we had to see what was actually out there. This is what we found.
After fixing the signals, AI could actually explain who I am and what I do.
This is the difference between being findable and being recommended.
Most ecommerce businesses don’t lose sales because of one big mistake.
They lose them through small gaps across their website, visibility, and operations – gaps that compound quietly because no one is looking at the system as a whole.
This short diagnostic doesn’t give advice or tactics.
It shows you where sales are slipping through the cracks – and why.
Half-Day Workshop • Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • 11 AM–3 PM ET • Virtual • 20 Seats
Total standalone value $1,785
Your Investment $597
20 seats only. No replay. Enrollment closes May 11 or when full.
Questions before registering? cassie@s4.marketing
The 1:1 Deep Dive is for business owners who want to go further, faster — a private 60-minute session with Cassie to review your score in detail, build your complete 90-day roadmap to position zero, and get every question answered specific to your situation.
Regular price: $797 $497
Add-on price for workshop registrants only
Every day you do not know what AI is saying about your business is a day your competitor benefits from the gap.
This is a half day. It is $497. You leave knowing exactly where you stand, why a competitor is showing up instead of you, and what to fix first — with your first fix already started.
The next referral your ideal client makes — to a machine or a human — is going to go to someone. May as well be you.
Pull up your big business owner pants. Let’s fix this.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11 AM–3 PM ET Virtual $497 20 Seats Only
Traditional SEO is built for Google rankings. This is built for AI recommendation. They use different signals, different structures, and different logic. An SEO agency is not going to audit your cross-platform consistency, your Google Business Profile narrative, or why AI is picking your competitor instead of you. That is what this workshop is for.
Yes. You will need a laptop and your business URLs — website, Google Business Profile, and social links. That is it. The audit is hands-on but not code-level technical. If you can use Google, you can do this.
You will receive a pre-work form after you register. It will ask for your website URL, Google Business Profile link, social media handles, and your main competitor’s name. Fill it out before the session so your breakout room partner can audit you immediately. Do not wait until day-of.
No. The value is the live room — the peer audit, the real-time feedback, the hot seat. A recording of that is not the same experience. This is a working session, not a webinar. If you cannot make this date, register for the waitlist and you will be first to hear about the next cohort.
No. Anyone who tells you that is lying. What you leave with is a clear picture of why you are not there, your first concrete step toward it started before you close your laptop, and a prioritized roadmap of what comes next. Getting to position zero is a build. This workshop starts it.
The workshop is where you identify the problem and take the first step. The cohort is where you build the full structure, stay current as AI changes, and hold position zero once you claim it. They are sequential, not interchangeable. The workshop comes first. Details about the cohort are shared at the end of the session — from the work itself, not from a hard sell.
If you have a website, a Google Business Profile, and at least one active social profile, you have enough for the audit to find real gaps. The smaller your footprint, the faster you can fix it.
Because this is a live, limited-seat event with real prep work on our end, the workshop is non-refundable. If a genuine emergency comes up, reach out directly and we will work something out.
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