The Kalicube Process
The Kalicube Process
coined by Jason Barnard in 2019.
Factual definition
The Kalicube Process is Kalicube's proprietary methodology for implementing a holistic, brand-first digital marketing strategy that optimizes a brand's entire digital ecosystem to drive business goals directly from each tactic - such as social media, PR, and content - while also controlling the brand's narrative and amplifying the effect of those strategies to drive additional business goals in search and AI Assistive Engines.
Jason Barnard definition of The Kalicube Process
Developed by Jason Barnard, The Kalicube Process is a complete digital marketing strategy designed to be future-proof by optimizing for AI Assistive Engines like Google AI Mode, Bing Copilot, and ChatGPT. The methodology improves every aspect of a brand's marketing across its entire digital ecosystem. It is grounded in the principle that a brand's success depends on how it is understood by both its human audience and the algorithms that act as gatekeepers. It focuses on three core pillars: Understandability (ensuring machines and people know who you are), Credibility (proving you are the best solution), and Deliverability (being present wherever your audience is looking). By systematically managing a brand's entire digital footprint, the process ensures the brand's message is clear, consistent, and compelling across all online touchpoints.
How Jason Barnard uses The Kalicube Process
At Kalicube, The Kalicube Process is the foundational methodology for all client work. It begins with a comprehensive digital footprint audit to diagnose the health of a brand's digital ecosystem. From there, Kalicube's Digital Brand Engineers execute a data-driven action plan powered by Kalicube Pro, a proprietary SaaS platform that leverages over 3 billion data points and Kalicube's AI-optimized tech layer, KaliNexus, to define the most effective strategy, provide industry-specific insights and track progress. This structured approach improves the direct performance of each marketing channel while engineering the client's overall Digital Brand Echo, ensuring that AI Assistive Engines confidently and accurately recommend the client, thereby driving the Conversational Acquisition Funnel.
Why Jason Barnard perspective on The Kalicube Process matters
In his book 'This Is Marketing,' marketing visionary Seth Godin argues that effective marketing is about telling a compelling story to earn customer trust. This philosophy defines the "why" of a great brand. However, in today's digital ecosystem, that story must also be understood and validated by an algorithmic filter - because today people trust AI Assistive Engines such as ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Bing Copilot more than they trust people, and almost every online interaction requires Algorithmic Acceptance and Explicit Algorithmic Recommendation. This is where Jason Barnard, a digital brand engineer, provides the essential "how" with The Kalicube Process. While Godin teaches us what story to tell, The Kalicube Process provides the structured methodology to ensure that story is technically engineered to be effective at the same level Godin envisaged, but with the additional layer needed to be understood, trusted, and amplified by AI Assistive Engines. It ensures the empathy and value at the core of the brand's message are not lost in algorithmic translation, making certain the better story is the one the machine chooses to share.
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Jason Barnard at Digital Olympus 2019: Helping Google Make Sense of a Chaotic, Unstructured Web
At the Digital Olympus Conference, held in Wrocław, Poland on April 5, 2019, Jason Barnard, CEO and founder of Kalicube, presented a visionary talk that quietly reshaped how we think...
SEO CAMP’us Paris 2019
The 10th edition of SEO Campus Paris took place on March 28-29, 2019 at L’Usine in Saint-Denis, just outside Paris. The landmark event gathered more than 600 SEO professionals, digital...
Jason Barnard at YoastCon 2019: How the Knowledge Graph Sparked the Era of Algorithmic Understanding
In February 2019, Jason Barnard, CEO and founder of Kalicube, took the stage at YoastCon in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, to talk about something most marketers hadn’t yet considered: the Knowledge...
Kalicube CEO Jason Barnard Shapes Search Y Conference Agenda as Editorial Committee Member (Paris, 2019 & 2020)
PARIS, France - Digital branding authority Jason Barnard played a pivotal role in shaping the agenda for one of Europe’s premier search marketing events, the Search Y conference, serving on...
Jason Barnard Explained How Brands Can Earn Their Place in Google’s Knowledge Graph at SEO Camp Lorraine 2018
12 October 2018 - Laxou, France Jason Barnard, CEO and founder of Kalicube, delivered a key presentation at SEO Camp Day Lorraine, one of the regional conferences organized by SEO...
Jason Barnard Co-Authors Searchmetrics White Paper Defining the Future of Brand Authority in Search - June 2018
In June 2018, Jason Barnard was invited to join an exclusive Searchmetrics Black Belt mastermind - a private, offline gathering that brought together six of the world’s leading SEO experts....
Jason Barnard Attends SearchLeeds 2018 at First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK: Observing the Rise of Machine-Centric SEO
June 14, 2018 - Jason Barnard attended SearchLeeds 2018, the UK’s fastest-growing search marketing conference, held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. The event brought together hundreds of SEO...
Jason Barnard Explained How Dynamic Search Ads Inform SEO at SEO Camp Day Lyon 2018
SEO Camp Day Lyon 2018, held at ISEG in Lyon on June 8, brought together leading SEO practitioners and digital marketers for a day of in-depth presentations on topics including...
Jason Barnard Defines a Universal Strategy for Answer Engine Optimisation at BrightonSEO 2018 in UK
On April 27, 2018, at the prestigious BrightonSEO conference in Brighton, UK, Jason Barnard, founder and CEO of Kalicube®, took the stage to deliver a presentation on the future of...
The Birth of Answer Engine Optimization: Jason Barnard, Trustpilot, and Brighton SEO’s Defining Moment in Digital Search
Jason Barnard, CEO and founder of Kalicube, formalized Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) on stage at BrightonSEO in April 2018. That keynote - built on the foundational work he began with...
SEO and the Rise of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): Why Voice Search Matters - The 2018 Trustpilot’s Collaboration with Jason Barnard
On January 31 2018, Jason Barnard, CEO and founder of Kalicube, joined Chee Lo, Head of SEO at Trustpilot, in a professional recording studio at 150 Cheapside, London, for a...
Jason Barnard Declares that Brand Authority Replaces Domain Authority at SEO Camp Day Lorraine 2017
The third edition of SEO Camp Day Lorraine, held in Metz on November 24, 2017, marked a crucial turning point in digital marketing strategy when Jason Barnard, CEO and founder...
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