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To SEO, or Not to SEO: The Diagnosis Before The Prescription

March 11, 2026

12:30 - 13:30

Zoom | Teams | Online

Digital Boost

You've heard it everywhere: from investors demanding organic growth, from advisors citing best practices, from agencies promising page-one rankings, from peers who "smashed it organically." SEO (or AEO or GEO) is known to be scalable, credible, and a smart play. But behind those promises is an uncomfortable truth. Most businesses invest in SEO without ever understanding if they should.

They're making big-budget decisions without a strategic recon map. They don't know whether search demand exists for what they offer, whether they can get noticed on the search results page, or whether the people landing on their websites will even convert. And nobody—not educators, not investors, not consultants—is paid to tell them the truth. What if the smartest decision you could make is understanding whether SEO matters for your business before you spend another pound on it? This talk isn't about how to do SEO, but instead about diagnosing whether you even need to.

You’ll hear about examples of businesses across industries and stages: some where SEO was the right move, and others where it was a drain on cash and energy. You'll learn the recon map that separates strategic investment from costly distraction. And you'll leave with permission to say no—or "not yet"—without guilt, based on honest analysis instead of FOMO. You'll gain a diagnostic framework to assess whether SEO is actually a priority for your business—and the confidence to make that decision independently, without the pressure of advisors, investors, or agencies telling you what to think.

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