Welcome to Market Movers: Building Brands and Links with Linkifi! Your go-to podcast for transforming your business into an unforgettable brand where branding meets SEO and link-building. I’m Chris Panteli, Co-Founder and CEO of Linkifi, and I’m joined by my co-host and Co-Founder, Nick Biggs. In this episode we welcome Jamie IF — ex-affiliate SEO turned SaaS founder/operator behind Answer Socrates, Endorsely, and AffiliateFinder.ai. After a $1.5M LOI fell apart during Google’s Helpful Content Update, Jamie rebuilt from the ground up, betting on AI-amplified engineering, data/network moats, and the convergence of affiliate, influencer, and referral channels.   Key Talking Points ✅ From HCU Wipeout to Real Marketing — Why losing “faceless” organic forced full-funnel chops (funnels, sales ops, multi-channel) ✅ Spend More on Engineering — How AI makes small teams ship harder problems faster (not a reason to cut dev) ✅ The Only Moats Left — Owned data and network effects beat code that anyone can clone ✅ Affiliate → Influencer → Referral — Hybrid CPM/CPA, EPC guarantees, TikTok Shop, and customer advocacy at scale ✅ Winning in LLM Results — Be omnipresent across clusters, use parasite placements, and build brand entities (schema, Wikidata) ✅ Close the Loop — Pipe CRM stages back to ad platforms so their AI optimizes for your actual revenue ✅ Design “Super-Pixels” — Why sweat-the-details UX separates products from weekend vibe-code clones ✅ Bootstrapped vs. Funded — Cash for offense, lean KPIs (one owner : one metric), and enterprise GTM reality ✅ What’s Next — Gains: an AI-assisted budgeting + cashback app (open banking, chat with your finances)   Quotes from Jamie IF 📢 “AI isn’t a reason to spend less on engineering — it’s a reason to spend more and win.” 📢 “The only durable SaaS moats left are data and network effects.” 📢 “Affiliate and influencer are converging. Today it’s guarantees + rev share, not pure CPA.” 📢 “To show in LLM answers, be everywhere across the topic — ranking #5 on many beats #1 on one.”   Actionable Insights for Listeners 🚀 Engineer First, AI-Powered — Use AI to 100× your devs, not replace them. Ship the hard stuff faster. 🔄 Measure What Matters — Assign one KPI per owner; pull the life-changing levers and let small fires burn. 🔍 Own the Cluster — Cover related intents, secure third-party list spots, and run parasite plays to lift LLM visibility. 🧱 Build Brand Entities — Reviews on G2/Capterra, Product Hunt, org/software schema, and Wikidata via press. 🤝 Hybrid Partnerships — Offer EPC guarantees or sponsor+CPA hybrids; activate customers as micro-creators. 🔁 CRM → Ads Feedback — Send MQL→SQL→Won back to Google/Meta so their AI hunts your best look-alikes. 🎨 Ship Super-Pixels — Micro-UX polish signals quality in an AI/clone era and boosts conversion.   About Jamie IF Jamie IF is a SaaS founder and partnerships operator. After a post-HCU pivot from affiliate SEO, he now builds tools that help brands grow with search, creators, and performance partnerships. AnswerSocrates.com — Keyword research & clustering AffiliateFinder.ai — Find & recruit high-fit affiliates/creators (first 15 free) Endorsely.com — Free affiliate tracking (connect Stripe) Gains (coming soon) — AI budgeting + cashback app via open banking 📬 Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn 📝 Newsletter: increasing.com   🚀 Build Your Brand with Real Links   At Linkifi, we help ambitious brands scale organic visibility through digital PR, brand storytelling, and SEO strategy. Book your FREE strategy session today: 🔗 https://calendly.com/linkifi/pr   👋 Connect with your hosts: 👉 Chris Panteli on LinkedIn 👉 Nick Biggs on LinkedIn 🎧 Listen to more Market Movers episodes: 🌍 https://marketmoverspod.com