Hey, im Meg (she/her).
SEO+AI strategist, podcast host, romance novelist, champion of human connection.
Whether I’m strategizing digital marketing campaigns, hosting podcast conversations, or crafting romance novels, I’m always asking the same question…
How do we create genuine connection in an increasingly automated world?
Staying Human First in the Age of AI
In a landscape overflowing with AI-generated content and automated funnels, I’ve become passionate about putting humans back at the heart of digital marketing. Through my SEO agency, podcasts, and romance novels, I explore what it means to stay authentically human in the age of algorithms.
My mission is to re-center trust, empathy, and real dialogue in our digital spaces—because whether you’re optimizing for search engines or crafting a love story, it’s all about the same thing: authentic communication that creates genuine connection.
Search Marketing Built on Empathy, not Algorithms
But SEO isn’t about gaming Google or ChatGPT. It’s about helping the right people find you by understanding what they genuinely need and speaking to that need with clarity and care.
Every business wants to be found by their ideal customers. My job is to help create those connections authentically, using empathy-driven strategies that put humans at the heart of search marketing.
Staying Human in Your Business
As AI and automation reshape our online experiences, Jessica Lackey and I co-host the Aggressively Human podcast. Together we explore how to stay authentic, build trust, and thrive in a digital world dominated by algorithms.
We believe in being “aggressively human” in business—advocating for original thought, ethical marketing, and genuine relationships over digital shortcuts.
Each episode features honest conversations about the challenges of “more”—more content, more followers, more automation—and how to resist the noise while maintaining your human advantage.
Love Stories and Life Lessons
Marketing isn’t my only creative outlet. Under my pen name Bailey Seaborn, I write steamy romance novels that explore human connection, vulnerability, and joy. There’s an intimacy to all good storytelling—you have to understand people deeply enough to serve them well.
Whether I’m researching keywords or crafting a romance scene, it requires the same skill: deep empathy and the ability to translate that understanding into something that resonates.
And launching the First Dates & Soulmates podcast, co-hosted with operations specialist Nikki McKnight, teaches me about building communities around honest emotion—lessons that inform every corner of my marketing philosophy.
And in 2024, I launched the First Dates & Soulmates podcast, co-hosted with operations specialist Nikki McKnight.
Through our romance podcast, Nikki and I build community around honest emotion and celebrate the stories that make us feel understood. Because the best love stories—like the best marketing—are built on genuine understanding and authentic communication.
Why romance?
Because love stories thrive on connection and communication. Behind Bailey Seaborn’s novels & our First Dates & Soulmates podcasts, you’ll find the same values: celebrating nuance, resilience, and humor, and believing that every story—business or book—deserves an audience that feels understood.
Whether you call me Meg Casebolt or Bailey Seaborn, I’m building communities and sharing stories that make the internet more human.
Professional can be personal, too.
Running Love At First Search, launching Aggressively Human, and writing romance all come from the same desire—to make digital spaces kinder, clearer, and more creative.
Behind every search query, every business goal, every story is a human being seeking connection. My job is to help create those connections authentically, whether you’re looking to grow your business, find readers for your creative work, or just geek out about West Wing references.
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From Burnout to Balance: Social Slowdown
Like many entrepreneurs, I found myself caught in the endless hustle—constantly posting, performing, and producing until burnout became inevitable. That’s when I got curious about a different way.
In 2021, I launched the Social Slowdown movement, interviewing over 100 entrepreneurs about their relationship with social media. The patterns I discovered became my book, Social Slowdown: Take a social media break, set better boundaries, and market your business without sacrificing your mental health.
I loved talking about building business strategies grounded in authenticity, rest, and relationship-driven growth.
Even in the time it took me to write the book … the online marketing landscape shifted.
And instead of only looking at social media, I decided to shift gears and explore the need for human connection and empathy to create meaningful marketing in today’s digital landscape. And that’s when I talked to my friend Jessica Lackey about starting a new podcast together…