Steve Toth

๐Ÿง  AI SEO for B2B Brands โ€ฃ join ainotebook.com & seonotebook.com 27k+ subs. Follow if you love AI & SEO.

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

About

๐‡๐ข, ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž - ๐ˆ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐Ÿ๐ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐€๐ˆ: ๐Ÿข CEO at Notebook Agency - AEO & SEO for 7-8 figure B2B brands ๐Ÿ“ฐ Creator of seonotebook.com & ainotebook.com (27,000+ subscribers) ๐ŸŽค Founder of SEO IRL - Canada's largest search marketing conference ๐Ÿ“š CXL Instructor - Top 20 rated course (4.68/5 avg rating) ๐Ÿค AEO Coach - I help SEO agencies add AEO services to their roster ๐Ÿ”ฌ Creator of the Trust Alignment Frameworkโ„ข ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ: ๐Ÿฅ‡ SEO Manager at FreshBooks - ranked #1 for a 300K search keyword, 5x'd organic traffic, won Best In-House SEO Team at 2020 Canadian Search Awards ๐Ÿฅ‡ seonotebook.com - voted one of 7 best marketing newsletters by Ahrefs ๐Ÿฅ‡ ainotebook.com - the world's first AI-search focused strategy newsletter ๐Ÿฅ‡ US Patent 12,174,905 for SEO keyword analysis systems ๐Ž๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ˆ๐ง, ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ: ๐Ÿ’ก How ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Mode answer questions about your brand ๐Ÿ“Š Making LLMs recommend you - not just mention you ๐Ÿ” Why getting "mentioned" in AI search isn't enough ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž: โœ”๏ธ You're a scaling brand, curious about how AI LLMs impact your business โœ”๏ธ You run an SEO agency and want to add AEO services for clients โœ”๏ธ You want to debate whether AEO is real or just "good SEO" โœ”๏ธ You're coming to SEO IRL in October ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž: โŒ Offering guest posts, link building, or "partnerships" โŒ Pitching LLM mention tracking tools โŒ Asking for free AEO/SEO audits โŒ Selling lead gen services ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿฅ‡ Named to Webflow's "AEO Voices to Watch 2026" ๐Ÿฅ‡ $200M+ incremental revenue driven for clients (20:1 avg ROI over 2 years) ๐Ÿฅ‡ 27,000+ newsletter subscribers across seonotebook.com & ainotebook.com ๐Ÿฅ‡ Awarded US Patent 12,174,905 for SEO keyword analysis systems ๐Ÿฅ‡ Best In-House SEO Team - 2020 Canadian Search Awards (FreshBooks) ๐Ÿฅ‡ Ranked #1 for 300,000 search volume keyword, 5x'd organic traffic in under a year ๐Ÿฅ‡ International speaker: Chiang Mai SEO, AdWorld, Ahrefs Evolve, SEO IRL, and others. ๐Ÿฅ‡ CXL's first AEO course - Top 20 rated (4.68/5 avg) ๐Ÿฅ‡ Voted one of 7 best marketing newsletters by Ahrefs ๐Ÿฅ‡ Featured in Telegraph, USA Today, Moz, and others. ๐Ÿฅ‡ 60,000+ LinkedIn followers

Experience

  • Notebook Agency ()
    • CEO / Chief Strategy Officer
      Mar 2020 - Present ยท 6 yrs 5 mos

      Our hand-picked team of best-in-class strategists delivers GEO and SEO programs for some of the worldโ€™s leading B2B brands. Using our proprietary Trust Alignment Frameworkโ„ข, we ensure your brand is recommended by LLMs, not just mentioned.

    • SEO Consultant
      Mar 2020 - May 2023 ยท 3 yrs 3 mos

      Ran a solo consulting business under SEO That Ranks and pivoted to the agency model with some important distinctions in May 2023.

    • Moonlighter
      Jun 2019 - Mar 2020 ยท 10 mos

      Spent many late nights and early mornings servicing a growing client base while working at full-time at FreshBooks. Early clients included: Carpages, Uplead, and Mejuri.

  • Creator at ainotebook.com
    Apr 2025 - Present ยท 1 yr 4 mos

    ainotebook.com is a new generative AI search strategy newsletter by Steve Toth. Join over 3500 subscribers to get cutting-edge gen-AI search strategy tips in your inbox every Thursday!

  • Creator at seonotebook.com
    Jun 2019 - Present ยท 7 yrs 2 mos

    Voted one of the 7 best marketing newsletters according to Ahrefs.com. Join over 24,000 subscribers and sign up to SEO Notebook. Receive a page from my personal SEO strategy playbook each and every week. Join top SEOs from The New York Times, Vimeo, Shopify and more at seonotebook.com. If you're interested in SEO consulting, message me ๐Ÿ“ฑ

  • Founder at SEO IRL
    Oct 2022 - Present ยท 3 yrs 10 mos

    SEO IRL is Canada's largest SEO-focused event featuring cutting-edge presentations and killer networking opportunities. The next event takes place on October 6-7, 2026. Past speakers include: Aleyda Solรญs, Kevin Indig, Ross Simmonds, Manick Bhan, Bianca Anderson, Brie Moreau, Ted Kubaitis, Marie Haynes, Jean-Christophe Chouinard, Jori Ford, Martha van Berkel, Eean Ovens, and Amin Foroutan.

  • Course Instructor at CXL
    May 2025 - Present ยท 1 yr 3 mos

    Teaching CXL's first-ever course on AI search / Answer Engine Optimization. Top 20 rated CXL course with an avg 4.68/5 rating.