🛠 Titanium Times – Issue #35 (Week of December 22-26, 2025)

Is your publication ready to dominate the new year?

This week turned into a full-blown technical revolution as Chad revealed the "Magic Engine" for local ranking success.

Instead of struggling with technical SEO, you now have a blueprint to find the gaps in your competitor's strategy and claim them for yourself.

From "accidental" keyword rankings to automated sitemap integrations, the Devs are working to ensure your content is impossible to ignore.

We are moving from being marketers who chase sales to media moguls who own the attention in their town.

🔥 Theme of the Week: Transitioning from "Accidental Rankings" to "Intentional Authority" by writing local content with purpose.

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The Untapped Business to Business (B2B) Goldmine for Local Newsletters

Entourage Mastermind member Courtney Kostelecky is showing us how to use LinkedIn as a powerful complement to our current lead generation in just 15 minutes a day.

His S.U.R.V.E.Y. Method is an easy addition to your arsenal that helps you find local business owners without sounding like a salesperson.

Courtney is hosting a free live webinar on January 6th to explain the full strategy to our community.

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👉 Learn more about the S.U.R.V.E.Y. Method

✅ How do you take down the 800-pound gorilla in your town?

You use SerpSling, part of DFY Suite 7, to perform a "deep dive" into their keyword rankings so you can find the exact gaps they aren't covering.

By plugging a competitor's URL into the new software, you can see every single keyword they rank for, along with the search volume and difficulty.

👉 Read the full takedown strategy here

✅ How do you stop writing articles that nobody ever finds?

You use search volume data and competition difficulty scores to write articles that are guaranteed to attract local traffic.

Chad pointed out that most people are currently writing without a clear purpose, but the new tools identify terms that get thousands of searches with zero competition.

👉 Read about purposeful writing here

✅ What is the "Secret Sauce" for hands-free local rankings?

The secret is the automated API integration between Letterman and Joshua Zamora’s DFY Suite 7.0 bundle.

The Devs are building a technical bridge that uses your sitemap to rank every new article you publish on total autopilot.

👉 Read the automation blueprint here

✅ What is the ultimate tool for local media networking?

The ultimate tool is the Backlink Analysis feature in DFY Suite 7.0, which exposes exactly who is providing the ranking power for your rivals. 

Identifying these sources allows you to "play nice" and build relationships with local newspapers resulting in your own high-authority backlinks.

👉 Read the networking strategy here

✅ How do you find out if Google is already noticing your newsletter?

You use the competition analysis tool in DFY Suite 7.0 to uncover the surprise keywords you are already ranking for without even trying. 

During the December 22, Local Newsletter Hour call, Randy and Larry were shocked to find they were already ranking for dozens of local terms they hadn't even targeted yet. 

👉 See the Space Coast case study here

✅ Why did Chad Nicely avoid SEO for an entire decade?

Chad stayed away because he experienced a massive "rug pull" years ago, but local search has finally made ranking safe again.

The realization that local search has almost zero competition makes this the perfect time to build a spectacularly resilient media brand.

👉 Read Chad's SEO comeback story here

✅ New "Credit Source" Image Feature:

The Team is adding a specific field for image credits directly beneath your photos ensuring you build better relationships with local news outlets.

✅ Live "Deep Dive" Analysis Bonus

 The DFY Suite bundle now includes a site analysis tool for your local business clients providing you with professional reports for high-ticket sales.

✅ Sitemap.xml Keyword Integration

You will soon be able to add target keywords directly into your sitemap so that search engines index your articles for the right terms automatically.

✅ Article/Newsletter Sitemap Split

The Devs are creating two separate sitemap URLs for every publication to improve overall search organization for your media asset.

✅ High-Authority Domain Software Bonus

For the DFY Suite 7.0 Bundle Joshua included a bonus tool for Chad's community, that helps you locate expired local domains with existing authority giving your content an immediate head start.

Stop letting your local articles gather digital dust on page 10 of Google.

Joshua Zamora’s automated ranking engine, DFY Suite,  provides the high-authority "votes" you need to dominate your city. 

Using Chad’s special bundle link is the only way to unlock the upcoming Letterman API tie-in and secure the early-bird price of $227 before it rises.

Check out the Bundle deal for Chad's community. 

👉 See how to automate your rankings here

✅ Lead Snagger Ads Sync Fix

If you see leads marked with an 'F' but tags aren't appearing, check your 'edit publication' settings to ensure the correct tag is assigned.

People ask for help in public every day - plumbers, vets, roofers, you name it. Referral Harvesting Method teaches you how to find those posts fast, leave one short, useful reply, and route the click so you get credit for the referral. It’s neighborly, it’s organized, and you can keep your paid lead ads running and use RHM alongside them as another way to bring people in. 

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✅ The Affiliate Playbook

Chad is teaming up with Karthik Ramani to document the "Perfect Promotion" using the secret "Hot Listing" strategy to win luxury cars and top-tier prizes. Get signed up to follow this. 

Learn how to use "Hooks" to bank affiliate cookies a full week before a launch opens, ensuring you own the leads before the product creator even sends their first sales email. 

👉 Learn the Hot Listing secret here

Stop letting your local articles sit still while the rest of the world watches videos.

 
ContentReel 26 can turn your Letterman articles into viral TikToks and YouTube Short or Facebook Reels in seconds so that you drive quality traffic back to your signup pages. 

👉 See ContentReel here

👉 Discover strategies to turn your Letterman articles into a video traffic machine using ContentReel

🔥 How to Become the 800-Pound Gorilla in Your Town

The vision for the new year is to stop writing for "the sake of writing" and start building a purpose-driven media asset that dominates local search.

Chad explained that move involves owning an ecosystem of community, cause, and food-based newsletters to capture every facet of local attention.

The ultimate goal is to move from being a marketer to a media mogul who owns an acquisition-ready asset worth millions.

👉 Read the full 2026 Vision here

What to Expect This Week or Soon:

The Team is heads-down on the new Letterman / DFY Suite API integration and the sitemap keyword updates. 

Expect to see the "Credit Source" feature and the sitemap split rolling out very soon to improve your local authority.

See you on the next calls.

🖖 See you next week.

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-Brian

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