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Speaker: Ian Howells
Presentation: "Building SEO Tools with AI: What Works Right Now"
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
Location: FM:Systems Office, 1101 E Whitaker Mill Rd Suite 220, Raleigh, NC 27604
Food & Drinks: Provided
Presentation:
"Building SEO Tools with AI: What Works Right Now"
Ian Howells has been building tools for SEO since long before the current AI wave. In this talk he’ll walk through what he’s actually shipping using Claude Code and related tools, give honest takes on what’s worth your time (and what isn’t), and share scripts and repos as giveaways for attendees.
Speaker:
Ian Howells has been building and ranking websites since 2001 and leading digital marketing teams since 2007. He co-founded Traffic Think Tank, one of the most respected SEO communities in the industry, which was acquired by Semrush in 2023. He's held senior SEO leadership roles at Opendoor, LendingTree, Red Ventures, and eBay Enterprise, and most recently served as GM of SEO at The Grit Group. Ian currently consults through his company LuckyPixel and writes at pixelraider.com.
Venue:
FM:Systems Office:
We'll be gathering at the FM:Systems (now part of Johnson Controls) office at Raleigh Iron Works, 1101 E Whitaker Mill Rd suite 220, Raleigh, NC 27604.
The office is located on the second story of the building, stairs and an elevator are available to reach the second story.
Quick first person video walk through of how to get up to the second story and to the entrance of the office:
Parking at Raleigh Iron Works is free and can be found on-street surrounding the building, in a nearby parking deck (behind the Ponysaurus brewery), or in the handful of adjacent parking lots.
Thank you to the team at Johnson Controls (formerly FM:Systems) and to Brian McDonald for graciously hosting us in their beautiful office.
Schedule:
6:00pm - doors open, drinks, mingling, networking
6:30pm - presentation, q&a
7:15pm - drinks, mingling, networking
8:00pm - doors close