Growth hacking in 2026: leverage over volume

Growth hacking was never about gimmicks. It's about finding the single highest-leverage point in your funnel and pulling it hard before anyone else does. In 2026, for most local businesses, that point is AI visibility.

It's early. Most of your competitors don't even know whether the assistants recommend them. That asymmetry is the opportunity, the cost of getting in the answer now is a fraction of what it will be once everyone is fighting for it.

Find the leverage, move fast, measure in revenue. Same playbook, new channel.