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Lead Generation and Search Expert Reporter
St. Louis, MO, USA
Jon Floyd is the founder and CEO of LeadValets, where he's spent the last 15 years helping service and franchise businesses turn search rankings into real leads. He's one of the earlier voices on Answer Engine Optimization — the practice of getting a business named and cited by AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google's AI answers — and he built the Search Authority Flywheel method that his agency runs on. Jon is a US Search Awards finalist, a Semrush Top 10 agency owner, a Google Business Profile Gold Product Expert, and a four-time Alignable Small Businessperson of the Year. He writes and speaks on local search, AI search, and lead generation, and he's based in St. Louis.