Close the Entity Gap Before AI Does It for You
When your website, Instagram, and LinkedIn say different things, AI and humans see two different people. Close the entity gap and you win.
When your website, Instagram, and LinkedIn say different things, AI and humans see two different people. Close the entity gap and you win.
Most businesses have an outdated website and a current Instagram, and they treat LinkedIn as a separate professional persona. The result: AI and humans reading across those channels conclude they are looking at two different people. Paul Veth calls this distance the Entity Gap, and this episode is about closing it using the Rings of Entity framework.
Start with ring zero: write down your entities. Who you are, what you do, who you are for, your frameworks, your methods. Use AI to help you articulate them. Then put those exact entities on your website, then on your social channels, and repeat them consistently. That's it.
The entity gap is the distance between what you know about your business and what AI and humans actually see when they search for you across different channels. When your website, Instagram, and LinkedIn say different things, that gap is wide, and it costs you customers and discoverability.
The Rings of Entity is a framework by Paul Veth with four concentric rings. Ring zero is what lives in your head. Ring one is your website. Ring two is your social channels. Ring three is other people talking about you. The first three need to be tight before ring three delivers results on its own.
Both AI models and humans need repetition to recognize what you stand for. Fast-growing brands repeat the same five to seven core topics consistently across all channels. Different format, different story, same entities every time. Consistency is what makes you recognizable and findable.
Yes. Current AI models go online and search for your business the same way humans do. Paul Veth frames the current reality as 50% AI and 50% humans reading your content. If your channels are not aligned, neither group can figure out who you are or whether you are the right solution for them.
Start with ring zero: extract what lives in your head. Write down your entities, your target audience, your frameworks, and your core topics. You can use AI to help articulate them. Then put those exact entities on your website first, followed by your social channels, and repeat them consistently.
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Get in touchThe entity gap idea hits hard: if your website, Instagram, and LinkedIn tell three different stories, AI pieces together a version of you that you never intended. Where do you notice the biggest inconsistency in your own online presence right now, and what's stopping you from fixing it?