Earn The Signal.

Authority doesn’t come from volume.
It comes from structure.
From clarity.
From intent.


Design every piece to deliver:


Attention — the hook

Speak now, or lose them forever.

Your hook is the line that stops the scroll, sparks curiosity, and signals value.

It’s the headline, the opening sentence, the thing that makes someone want to read on.

No attention = no engagement = no authority.


Credibility — the proof

Once you’ve got their attention, you need to earn their trust.

Show your work. Cite real data. Share first-hand insight.

Be clear, not clever. Be useful, not fluffy.

Credibility turns browsers into believers.


Recognition — the signal AI and humans can’t ignore

This is where structure, clarity, and originality intersect.

Use consistent language, repeatable phrasing, and clean formatting.

This makes your ideas easy to quote, reference, and retrieve—by people and machines.

Recognition fuels authority because it makes your content unmistakable.


So, make your content unmistakable.

Let it speak up—in the right places.

And make sure it points to what matters most.


Whatever the topic—

own it.


Not by chance.

By choice.

Jeroen Meulman

Turns strategy into authority and signal that moves the right people—again and again. Founder of Biarritz. Content strategist. Brand correspondent. AI editor-in-chief.

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