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How we got an agency's client recommended by ChatGPT for impactful terms, within a week

An agency brought us one of their clients, a summer camp company serving Orange County and the rest of Southern California. All they had to do was point us at the client and approve the plan. We handled the rest: the strategy, the content, the placements. Within the week, that client was getting named by ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI for searches they were invisible for the week before.

Minimal lift on the agency's side. A result their client can see in days, not months.

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Here is how it ran. We identified the services the client cared about and the locations they cared about, then crossed them into every service-and-location combination, services down one side, locations across the top.

Then we ran the checks across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI. We found they were already named for some of these combinations, but did not show up anywhere for others.

The coverage map before and after: at baseline no cell is green, a few weeks later the worked cells turn green as AI starts citing the client
The same grid, before and after. At the start, AI recommended the client nowhere, not one green cell. A few weeks in, the cells we have worked are turning green: now cited as a top option for that exact search. Blue means mentioned but not yet recommended.

Our goal became simple: find relevant sites and publish relevant listicles that rank this client as the best solution for those term-and-location combinations. We have started doing that already.

For this one client
157
service-and-location combinations
684
individual AI checks across the four tools
152
brand mentions in AI answers
24
citations where an AI named and linked the brand
One search drilled in: not cited before, now the number one cited source on Claude, and newly ranking in Google
One search, before and after. For "best overnight camp in riverside," the client went from not cited at all to the #1 cited source on Claude, and started ranking in Google behind it.

Within the first week, they are getting new visibility where there were zeros last week. They are now named as the top option this week, in both Google and on the LLMs. The AI citations hit first. The Google rankings are climbing behind them.

We keep chipping away at it. Each week we show exactly the links we built and the citations that got mentioned, with the detail spelled out: on this day you were not mentioned, and now today, on this date, after we built this backlink, you are.

That is essentially the service in a nutshell.

Not a one-off

One client today. The same play runs for every client on your roster.

Everything you just saw, the coverage map, the placements, the weekly before-and-after, is a done-for-you, white-label service. You hand us a client; we get them recommended by AI for the searches that matter, and you hand the result to the client as your own. Here is the proof across more of them, then exactly how it works and what it costs.

Proof

Real before-and-after, straight from this month's client reports

Same machine, real client searches. Here's what moved into the AI answers, verbatim from the reports we send.

"best real estate company in boca raton": not cited on Claude in June. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude.

Claude

"best real estate company in palm beach county": not cited on Gemini last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini.

Gemini

"best low testosterone treatment punta gorda": not cited on Claude last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude.

Claude

"best branding agency port charlotte": not cited on Gemini and Perplexity in May. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini and #5 on Perplexity.

GeminiPerplexity

"best overnight camp in orange county": not cited on Gemini last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini.

Gemini

"best sleepaway camp in riverside": not cited on Claude last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude.

Claude

"best sleepaway camp in long beach": not cited on Gemini last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini.

Gemini

"patio cover installation van nuys": not cited on Gemini and Perplexity last week. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini and #1 on Perplexity.

GeminiPerplexity

"best broken bow cabins for fishing trips": not cited on Gemini and Perplexity in April. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini and #7 on Perplexity.

GeminiPerplexity

"best aspen vacation rentals with private hot tub and ski-in ski-out access": not cited on Gemini and Perplexity in May. After our placement, now cited #1 on Gemini and #5 on Perplexity.

GeminiPerplexity

"best marketing agency punta gorda": not cited on Gemini and Perplexity in May. After our placement, now cited #2 on Gemini and #2 on Perplexity.

GeminiPerplexity

"top advertising firms in cape coral": not cited on Perplexity last week. After our placement, now cited #2 on Perplexity.

Perplexity

"best advertising agencies in cape coral": not ranking in Google last week. After our placement, our placement article now ranks #2.

Google

"best vinyl fence supplier valencia": not cited on Gemini last week. After our placement, now cited #2 on Gemini.

Gemini

"best ai music video tool no watermark": not cited on Claude in June. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude.

Claude

"ai tools for financial slides": wasn't cited on Gemini in February; after our placement, now #1 on Gemini.

Gemini

"slide design generators": not cited on Claude in February. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude.

Claude

"best vacation rental management franchises": not cited on Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in February. After our placement, now cited #3 on Claude, #1 on Gemini, and #10 on Perplexity.

ClaudeGeminiPerplexity

"construction material packaging solutions": not cited on Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in March. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude, #3 on Gemini, and #9 on Perplexity.

ClaudeGeminiPerplexity

"best supplement packaging for retail stores": not cited on Claude and Gemini in April. After our placement, now cited #1 on Claude and #9 on Gemini.

ClaudeGemini

"top custom packaging solutions for clothing brands": not cited on Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in May. After our placement, now cited #6 on Claude, #15 on Gemini, and #1 on Perplexity.

ClaudeGeminiPerplexity

"best human grade dog treats": not cited on Claude in April. After our placement, now cited #3 on Claude.

Claude
In their own words
BJ Enoch, Dry Fly Digital
BJ Enoch
Dry Fly Digital
Fantastic. We're seeing some significant impacts from all this.
The result

SkyRun is now cited by name across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity for “best vacation rental management companies in Colorado,” and ranks Google top 4 for destination terms like “estes park rentals” and “park city rentals.”

Nicolai Klemke, Founder, Neural Frames
Nicolai Klemke
Founder, Neural Frames
I am happy with this service. I think it was the best digital PR / link building we have done so far.
The result

Neural Frames is named #1 by Perplexity, Gemini and Claude for “best AI hip-hop music video editor,” and ranks Google #4 for “ai music video generator” (6,600 searches a month).

The deliverable

The live before-to-after coverage map we hand your client, refreshed weekly as wins land.

Before: AI mentions of your client
After: once we place the proof
Cited / recommendedInvisibleEach square = one service x city x AI engine
The problem

Your clients want AI to recommend them. Most agencies can't deliver that yet.

The businesses you run SEO for are paying for one thing: to get found and win customers. Increasingly that means being the name ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity hand back for their target searches. If your link building isn't moving that, you're falling short of the result they actually care about, and that's what puts retainers at risk. We give your agency a done-for-you way to deliver it, so clients see progress and stay.

Why agencies run this

Better deliverables. Higher retention. Happier clients.

01

Evolve the links you already sell

Not a new service, your existing link building, leveled up. Reallocate part of the monthly links here, white-label, and show clients a difference they can see.

02

Stickier clients

Show a client they are the #1 answer in ChatGPT, with a fresh report every week as new rankings land. Hard to fire an agency delivering that.

03

100% done-for-you

Hand us a client; we do the strategy, content, placement and reporting. Zero lift on your side.

04

Provable, not hand-wavy

A live coverage map you hand the client every month, concrete proof of work, unlike "we built some links."

05

First-mover moat

Lock a niche-and-metro before rivals. Early movers own the AI answer the way early link builders owned Google.

Same link, far more firepower

A typical link vs. one of ours

You're already building links. This is the same motion, pointed at a bigger target and measured far harder.

A typical link
  • ·5 links a month
  • ·Various target pages
  • ·Keyword & anchor-text goals
  • ·Rank tracker
  • ·Client site rankings over time
Our link
  • Everything on the left, plus:
  • When each backlink gets indexed, we check where it ranked for the exact keyword we targeted
  • We check all 4 LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) for branded mentions of the client
  • Same link, doing far more, and proving it on a live map
The mechanism

The Coverage-Map Method

A 3-step system for turning AI from a blind spot into a referral channel for your client, and you do almost none of it.

1

Map the gap

We run your client’s services × locations across all four AI engines, and chart exactly where they’re already mentioned and where they’re missing.

2

Place the proof

We publish the articles and listicles that make AI name your client as the best answer. First brand mentions often land within a week. Fully done-for-you.

3

Watch them get recommended

Citations climb on a live map you can show the client every month, concrete proof of work they can actually see.

The offer

Everything is done for you. You just mark it up.

Managed · done-for-you · white-label

Find It Now: your first month of AI visibility, done for you

  • Baseline coverage map: we run your client’s services × locations (~25 target searches) across all 4 LLMs to chart where they’re already mentioned and where they’re invisible. Your month-1 targeting intel.
  • 5 done-for-you placements: on relevancy-vetted sites your client doesn’t already have a link from, written to target the gap cells.
  • Per-link proof: when each backlink gets indexed, we check where it ranks for the target keyword and re-check all 4 LLMs for new branded mentions.
  • Live coverage map, refreshed weekly: the before-to-after grid you watch fill in as wins land.
$935for 5 placements

Baseline coverage map included. White-label, mark it up to your client at whatever you charge and keep the spread. Less per placement at volume.

And it's not a forever fee: once you know the play, move to self-serve and run it at wholesale, keeping even more of the margin.

Start with a free Gap Report
One agency per niche, per metro. First to claim a market locks it, once it's taken in your client's area, it's gone.

The 30-Day Citation Guarantee

Give us the targets and approve the content. If your client isn't cited by ChatGPT & Gemini for those searches within 30 days, you get a full refund, and you keep the entire strategy map.

You stay the hero.

Your logo, your client relationship, we're invisible. Take the link building you already sell and upgrade it into "AI visibility," the thing every local business is suddenly asking about. New story, higher price, same client.

Questions agencies ask

Is this just link building with a new name?

It’s link building pointed at a new target: getting cited by AI, measured on a coverage map. Same machine, a far better outcome, and a much easier story to sell your client than “we built some links.”

How fast do results show up?

First brand mentions often land within a week, and the live map updates as they do. The guarantee window is 30 days.

Do I or my client have to do anything technical?

No. It’s fully done-for-you. You hand us the client, their services and cities; we handle strategy, content, placement and reporting.

What kind of clients is this best for?

Local, service-based businesses with clear services and locations: home services, clinics, law firms, camps, multi-location brands. The narrower the niche, the faster the win.

How do I price it to my client?

However you like, it’s white-label. Agencies commonly bundle it into a monthly retainer or charge per market. Your cost starts at $935 for 5 placements; your markup is yours.

See where your client stands in AI, free.

Give us one client, their main service, and their cities. We'll send back their AI Visibility Gap Report (the coverage map showing where AI recommends the competition and where they're missing) within 24 hours. Yours to present.

Not ready to fill this out?
Cited in 30 days or full refund, and you keep the strategy map.

Get your client's free AI Visibility Gap Report

Your map back within 24 hours. One client, zero cost.

Takes 30 seconds. No credit card. We never share your info or contact your clients, that would be lame.