--- title: "Maggie McTavish — Keynote Speaker on AI Search & SEO | Founder of Mango Media" description: "Maggie McTavish is a keynote speaker, writer, and founder of Mango Media. She helps businesses become the answer — in search and in AI." author: "Maggie McTavish" canonical: "https://maggiemctavish.com/" --- # Maggie McTavish **Keynote Speaker · Writer · Founder of Mango Media** ## Helping businesses become the answer — in search, and in AI. I'm Maggie McTavish. I was born in Canada, raised in Panama, and built my agency the slow, stubborn way — and got early to the biggest shift in search since Google arrived. I speak and write about how businesses actually get found now — no jargon, from someone who's lived it. - **Book me to speak:** maggie@mangomedia.ca - **13+ years in search** · grown referral-only, no ads · early to AI search · Panama → Niagara → the GTA --- ## My Story **I've been an entrepreneur since before I had the word for it.** ### It started in Panama. Canadian dad, Panamanian mom — and a kid who was always finding something to sell. I was born in Canada but moved to Panama at two and spent most of my childhood there. We didn't have much, so I learned early that if I wanted something, I'd have to build the way to get it myself. I climbed a lot of mango trees back then. So years later, when it came time to name my agency, there was only ever one option. Mango Media is home. ### I tried doing it the safe way. I came to Canada at nineteen for school, studied journalism and public relations, and learned to write and tell stories before social media was something businesses paid anyone to do. I taught myself the new platforms and started Mango Media on the side. For years I did the responsible thing — a steady corporate paycheque, the agency squeezed into the edges. It never once felt like mine. ### Then I became a mother, and stopped pretending. When my daughter was born, I knew I wasn't going back. I built Mango Media for real — at 4 a.m. feeds, between client calls, one website launch at a time. I grew it the slow way: entirely through referrals, no paid ads, for over a decade. Somewhere in there it became a premium agency, and I got early to AI search — the shift quietly rewriting how every business gets found. Now I help others see it coming: from the stage, in print, and in the work. > The businesses that win the next decade won't be the loudest. They'll be the > easiest to find — by people, and by the AI they ask. — Maggie McTavish --- ## Speaking **Talks that make the future of search feel obvious — not overwhelming.** I speak to owners, marketers, and agency folks about the shift happening in search right now — in plain language, with real stories from building an agency. People leave knowing exactly what to do Monday morning. - **Showing Up in the Age of AI Search** (signature keynote) — How AI assistants decide which businesses to recommend, and how you earn that spot before your competitors notice it's up for grabs. - **SEO Didn't Die. It Moved.** (keynote / workshop) — What's actually changed in search, what hasn't, and where to put your effort now the rules have quietly rewritten themselves. - **Built the Slow Way** (for founders & agencies) — Growing a service business on referrals and reputation in a world obsessed with overnight scale. - **The Findable Business** (workshop) — A practical, no-fluff session for owners who'd rather run their business than decode marketing. **Formats:** Keynote · half-day workshop · panel & fireside · lunch & learn. **Recently on stage:** SEO for small business at the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre. --- ## For Media & Press **A practitioner who can explain it — on deadline.** Writing about AI and the future of search? I'm not a pundit — I run a real agency and translate what's actually changing into clear, quotable language. Reporters and producers can reach me directly at maggie@mangomedia.ca. Topics I speak to: - How AI search is reshaping the way customers find businesses - What the "death of SEO" headlines get right — and very wrong - Small-business marketing in a post-search world - Building a creative agency in a small market - Immigrant and women founders in tech **Press kit:** short & long bio, high-res headshots, and a speaker one-sheet are available on request or from the website. --- ## Work With Me - **Mango Media** — my web design and AI-search agency. If you want the work done, not just the talk: https://mangomedia.ca/ - **Mentoring** — I mentor a small number of agency owners and people breaking into the industry on pricing, positioning, and growing past referrals. --- ## Contact - **Email (all inquiries):** maggie@mangomedia.ca - **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiemctavish/ - **Instagram:** https://www.instagram.com/maggiemctavish/ - **Agency:** https://mangomedia.ca/ - **Based in:** St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada