Jim Stewart

Jim Stewart is an SEO expert and search strategist with more than 20 years of hands on experience helping businesses improve organic visibility and commercial performance. His broader digital marketing career spans more than three decades, beginning with newspaper advertising before the emergence of the web changed how businesses reached customers. As founder and CEO of StewArt Media, Stewart has worked with organisations including Telstra and Microsoft, alongside brands such as Sanofi and Tony Bianco. His experience covers ecommerce growth and paid media, with conversion rate optimisation supporting the commercial outcomes of search and advertising strategies. He has also worked with Vanguard and fast growing businesses competing in demanding markets. Since 2005, Stewart has published weekly educational videos examining search and changes affecting business performance. His marketing blog has also been recognised by SmartCompany.

Stewart’s current work focuses heavily on how artificial intelligence is changing search and online discovery. He combines established SEO methods with approaches designed for LLMs and AI bots, while examining how emerging agents may find and interact with ecommerce businesses. This work includes agentic commerce strategy and the development of Skaw, a tool focused on AI bot traffic and agent readiness. Stewart is also involved with Yeildest, which identifies Google Ads opportunities, while My Sales Coach applies technology to sales improvement. His book Beyond Google examines the shift from conventional search toward AI driven discovery and what businesses need to do to remain visible. Stewart is also a digital marketing speaker and media commentator whose expertise has featured on Sky News and ABC774.