Charles Floate

I Build The Highest ROI Campaigns in SEO & AI Search

Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand

About

I started doing SEO at 12 years old, I'm now 30 - That's 17+ years operating at the front of every single search wave the industry has ever called "the future." AI SEO is just the latest one, and most of the people commentating on it weren't even ranking sites when the last three came around. Difference is, I'm not narrating the new wave from the sidelines. I'm building the infrastructure other operators are using to rank inside it. What I actually run RIGHT NOW: - ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡ - CMO of the world's fastest-growing link building marketplace. 40,000+ publishers across 90+ countries, $10M+ ARR, no reseller markup, 18โ€“24hr editorial turnaround. Built in under 18 months. Already #1 in ChatGPT for "link building marketplace." - ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ„ข - The proprietary methodology I pioneered for installing brands inside ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Google's AI Overviews. Tested on PressWhizz itself before it was ever sold to a client.. we're ranked #1 in ChatGPT for "best black hat SEO." Go check. - ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - Courses, masterminds and consulting for operators who'd rather learn from someone running live campaigns than someone running a podcast. The track record: - 1,000+ link building & digital PR campaigns delivered โ€” $25M+ in combined client spend - 500+ published blog posts and 20+ eBooks across every corner of search - Consulted for Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 brands - Sold 2 agencies, 5 personally-owned sites, and 8 JV exits - Top 1% Gumroad seller - Currently invest in or operate half a dozen industry-leading companies - Running 30+ sites across multiple languages and markets - Manage the eComm + IT stack for my family's $70M business on the side I don't do white hat. I don't do black hat. I do ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ - Calibrated to ROI, backed by data, indifferent to Google's documentation and guidelines, and unusually well-read on what their lawyers actually said in court. If you've spent the last six months being lectured on AI SEO by people who've never ranked anything competitive, you already know why you landed on this profile. Connect with me if you're interested!

Experience

  • Charles Floate Training (12 yrs 10 mos)
    • Founder & CMO
      Sep 2023 - Present ยท 2 yrs 11 mos

      My all-in-one platform for search engine optimization education - With courses, ebooks, audits, consultancy, keyword research services, topical mapping, link building packages and more on offer!

    • Search Engine Optimization Consultant
      Jan 2019 - Present ยท 7 yrs 7 mos

      Whether you own affiliate websites, run an agency, ECommerce store or are just looking to get the highest level of SEO expertise in the world. Charles Floate's consulting sessions will guarantee you improve your knowledge, get results and walk away with a stronger and more confident understanding of SEO than ever before. Charles has over a decade of experience in digital marketing, has helped thousands of websites gain organic traffic, built a multi-million dollar affiliate portfolio and has published close to 500 different articles & case studies across the SEO industry. Charles is one of the most respected black hat internet marketers on the planet, has spoken at 40+ conferences across three continents and has won multiple awards in SEO, blogging and business. If you book a session with him, you'll get quick, actionable information in a no time wasted call that gets straight to the answers you've been looking for.

    • Blogger
      Oct 2013 - Present ยท 12 yrs 10 mos

      Internet Marketing Consultant and Award Winning Blogger.

  • PressWhizz ()
    • Non Executive Board Member
      Jun 2026 - Present ยท 2 mos

      Non-Executive board member, moving on from my CMO role after growing the company 11x in under 18 months through organic marketing, branding, relationship building, events and paid advertising, with a focus on retargeting and community building.

    • Chief Marketing Officer
      Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 ยท 1 yr 6 mos

      CMO at PressWhizz, an AI-powered SEO and link-building marketplace. Joined at $60k/month in the first month of trading (Jan 2025) and led marketing, service development and customer acquisition as the company scaled to roughly 15x growth in under 18 months, bootstrapped, no outside funding. Built and ran the marketing engine from the ground up that drove the majority of all new registrations, launched multiple new service lines (AI Seeding, Entity Stacking & Tiered Boosting) and personally led the client and partnership relationships behind a majority of the company's revenue - Including globally recognised enterprise and household-name brands. Now transitioning to a Senior Partner and Board role with sizable equity as the company matures into its next phase.

  • CMO & Co-Founder at ParasiteSEO.com
    Aug 2024 - Present ยท 2 yrs

  • Co-Founder at SEO.Careers
    Jan 2024 - Apr 2026 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos

    Matching Top SEO Talent With The Biggest Brands & Best Agencies

  • CMO at Topical Map AI
    Jun 2024 - Mar 2025 ยท 10 mos