The Practical Innovator's Guide to Customer-Centric Growth

The Practical Innovator's Guide to Customer-Centric Growth

AI & The Death of Search Ads: The New $Trillion Outcome Economy

Discover how Jobs-to-be-Done thinking and AI are creating new value exchanges beyond traditional advertising.

Mike Boysen's avatar
Mike Boysen
Jun 03, 2025
∙ Paid

The Practical Innovator's Guide to Customer-Centric Growth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Table of Contents

  • The Inevitable Sunset of Search Advertising

  • Why Current Search Revenue is Vulnerable: The JTBD Perspective

  • AI's Ascent: From Search Enhancement to Search Replacement

    • Working Today (That Few Fully Exploit)

    • Novel Concepts (The Future of Value Exchange)

  • The New Revenue Blueprint: Monetizing Outcomes, Not Clicks

  • Strategic Imperatives for Businesses in the AI Era

    • For Incumbents (e.g., Google, Microsoft)

    • For SMBs & Entrepreneurs

    • For All Businesses

  • Imagining the Future: A World Powered by Outcome-Focused AI

  • Beyond Disruption to Transformation

The Inevitable Sunset of Search Advertising

For decades, the digital world has danced to the tune of search advertising. It's a multi-billion dollar symphony conducted by a few giants, built on the premise of connecting users with information, and businesses with users. Bu…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Mike Boysen.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Michael A. Boysen · Publisher Privacy ∙ Publisher Terms
Substack · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture