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The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX

#844: adMarketplace's John Nitti on GEO and the future of paid search

The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX

The Agile Brand

Business, Marketing

4.9113 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

For over two decades now, many marketers have built their careers on mastering Google and paid search. What if the playbook you spent your entire career perfecting is about to become obsolete?


Agility requires not just adapting to new technologies, but a willingness to fundamentally question and reimagine the foundational channels you've built your business on. It demands that we look beyond incremental improvements and prepare for architectural shifts in customer behavior.


For years, the search landscape has been relatively stable, but generative AI is rewriting the rules of how consumers find information and how brands can connect with them at the moment of intent. Today, we’re going to explore what this means for the future of advertising, the new commercial opportunities emerging, and how brands can find customers on new surfaces beyond the traditional search engine results page.


To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome, John Nitti, Global Chief Business Officer at adMarketplace.
About John Nitti

John Nitti is a versatile and proactive change agent with 25+ years of experience working in the technology, telecom, financial services, media, sports, and entertainment industries. With a specialization in customer-centric marketing, asset monetization and business development strategies, he excels in boosting growth and enhancing brand equity. John is known for pioneering transformative marketing and tech models, driving competitive advantages, revenue growth, and organizational efficiency. His impressive track record includes managing relationships with top-tier executives in sports, entertainment, and technology sectors, including NFL, NBA, and NHL commissioners, as well as the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, The Walt Disney Company, Amazon, and Live Nation.
Nitti has joined adMarketplace leadership team as their Global Chief Business Officer and recently pent time at xAi/ X Corp as their Global Head of Revenue Operations and Ad Innovation for the X media platform. In these roles, he has/will developed, drive and executed a comprehensive commercial and advertising innovation strategy to deliver business outcomes. Focusing on go-to-market strategy and monetization for ad/ search monitization, programmatic, data licensing , Ai implementation and new product offerings.

John Nitti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnitti/

Resources

adMarketplace: https://www.admarketplace.com/

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0:00.0

For over two decades now, many marketers have built their careers on mastering SEO on Google and paid search.

0:07.0

But what if the playbook you spent your entire career perfecting is about to become obsolete?

0:12.0

Agility requires not just adapting to new technologies, but a willingness to fundamentally question and reimagine the foundational channels you've built your business on.

0:22.1

It demands that we look beyond incremental improvements and prepare for architectural shifts in

0:27.0

customer behavior. For years, the search landscape has been relatively stable, but generative

0:32.4

AI is rewriting the rules of how consumers find information and how brands can connect with them at the moment

0:38.1

of intent.

0:39.2

Today we're going to explore what this means for the future of advertising, the new commercial

0:43.5

opportunities emerging, and how brands can find customers on new surfaces beyond the

0:48.6

traditional search engine results page.

0:53.6

Welcome to Season 8 of the Agile Brand Podcast.

0:56.3

This season we're going all in on expert mode MARTEC, AI, and customer experience,

1:01.0

talking with the people and platforms behind the brands you know and love.

1:04.5

Again, I'm your host, Greg Kilstrom, and I help Fortune 1,000 companies make sense

1:08.6

of MARTEC, AI, and marketing ops.

1:10.9

Hit subscribe or follow to make sure you always get the latest episodes and leave us a rating

1:15.0

so others can find us as well.

1:17.5

And make sure you check out our sponsor Tech Systems, an industry leader in full-stack

1:21.4

technology services, talent services, and real-world adoption.

1:25.5

For more information, go to TechSystems.com. Now let's dive in.

1:31.3

Tell me discuss this topic. I'd like to welcome John Nitty, Global Chief Business Officer at Ad Marketplace.

1:37.3

John, welcome to the show.

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