Answer Engine Optimization · AEO + SEO

Be the brand AI recommends

When your buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini who to hire, MarketerHire's engine makes the answer you — content that earns citations, signed off by a top‑1% marketer, with search rankings building underneath.

★★★★★ 4.8 / 5 across 6,000+ marketing engagements
AI Visibility · acme.com Live · refreshed 2m ago
Citations won · last 30 days
ChatGPT12/19
Perplexity9/19
Gemini7/19
Claude6/19
AI Overviews5/19
Answer · "best [category] platform"
ChatGPT recommends, in order:
Acme #1 Competitor A #2 Competitor B #3
3 weeks ago, you weren't named at all.
Tracked across every answer engine
The shift

Search moved to AI. Your buyers already switched

The ten blue links are collapsing into one answer. If that answer doesn't name you, you never enter the shortlist — and you can't see it happening.

01
One answer, not a page of options
Buyers ask AI for "the best [category]" and act on the first three names. Rank #1 on Google is invisible if the model never cites you.
02
You can't see what AI says about you
There's no Search Console for ChatGPT. Most teams have no idea whether the answer names them, a competitor, or no one.
03
The answer changes every week
Models retrain and re-rank constantly. The citation you won in January is gone by March unless something keeps earning it.
AI Search live answer
You Which [category] platform should a growth team choose?
Based on current reviews, the strongest options are Competitor A for integrations, Competitor B for analytics depth, and Competitor C as a budget pick.
✕  Your brand isn't mentioned — so it never reaches the shortlist
The engine

One engine for every AI answer

A senior marketer plus an always‑on pipeline. It watches every engine, ships the content and structure that earn citations, and builds the organic footprint underneath — so you're recommended this month and still recommended next quarter.

01 · Monitor

See every answer

Daily polling across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and AI Overviews — exactly where you're cited, where a competitor wins, and what changed.

Perplexitycited
Gemininot cited
Claudecited
02 · Publish

Earn the citation

Answer‑shaped content, entity structure, and schema the models trust — published on a cadence, so you become the source they quote.

✓ Shipped
03 · Compound

Own it over time

Pillar pages and pSEO become the durable footprint AI pulls from. Citations stack month over month instead of resetting.

M17
M324
M664
Every brief signed off by a top‑1% marketer. Nothing ships on autopilot — that's the answer to "is this just AI?"
What ships

Two disciplines, one cadence

AEO wins the answer today. SEO builds the footprint AI pulls from tomorrow. Same team, same weekly rhythm.

● AEO · win the answer

Get cited by the models

Everything it takes to become the source AI quotes when your buyer asks.

  • Answer‑shaped contentPages structured the way models extract and cite — questions, entities, evidence.
  • Entity + schema markupJSON‑LD, named‑entity structure, and llms.txt so engines trust and parse you.
  • Citation trackingDaily polling across six engines, with the exact queries you win and lose.
● SEO · own the footprint

Own the organic footprint

The durable surface area that keeps you in the answer long after launch.

  • Pillar + pSEO at scaleTopic authority and programmatic pages that rank and feed the models.
  • Technical + on‑pageCrawlability, internal links, and the fundamentals search still rewards.
  • Senior sign‑offA top‑1% marketer reviews every brief — quality stays human.
The outcome

Cited more, ranked higher, found first

AI citation share — you vs. the category leader You Category leader LAST 6 MONTHS
1007550250 you overtake · M3 72% 39% M1M2M3M4M5M6
+340%
AI citations across answer engines
+185%
Organic traffic from search
+127%
Keywords ranked on page one
+312%
Pipeline attributed to search
Soko Glam Hedley & Bennett Flowcode Female Founders Collective 4.8 / 5 · 6,000+ engagements
The alternative

Stack it against an agency, a hire, or doing it yourself

 
MarketerHire
SEO agency
In‑house hire
Built for AI answer engines
Core of the work
Bolted on, if at all
Learning on your dime
Time to first output
Days
Weeks of onboarding
Months to hire + ramp
Monthly cost
$10K, all‑in
$8–20K + scope creep
$120K+/yr fully loaded
Seniority on your account
Top‑1% marketer
Junior, one of many clients
One generalist
What you see
Live dashboard
A monthly deck to decode
Whatever they report
How it works

From blind spot to cited in weeks

STEP 01

Audit

We map exactly what AI says about you today — every engine, every answer, every competitor winning a citation you should own.

AI VISIBILITY TODAY38 / 100
First 7 days
STEP 02

Ship

The engine starts publishing citation‑earning content and structure on a weekly cadence, each brief signed off by your marketer.

Week 2 onward
STEP 03

Review

Each month your marketer reads what's working, doubles down on it, and reports the wins — pipeline and rankings, in one live dashboard.

18 new citations
Pipeline from search+312%
Every month after
Pricing

The whole engine, one monthly price

No retainers, no scope games. Start with AEO + SEO, or add the full growth team when you're ready.

AEO + SEO Engine
$10K / month
Top‑1% marketer + the full pipeline
Everything it takes to get recommended by AI and rank in search — monitoring, content, structure, and senior sign‑off.
  • Daily monitoring across 6 answer engines
  • Unlimited citation + pillar content
  • Entity structure, schema, and llms.txt
  • Live dashboard, senior sign‑off on every brief
Get your free AI audit
Full growth stack
$30K / month
The engine + a dedicated CMO + the whole team
For founders standing up an entire growth org — paid, lifecycle, creative, and CRO, with AEO + SEO at the core.
Talk through the stack

Month‑to‑month · Cancel anytime

Questions buyers ask on the call

Before you book, the honest answers

Is this just AI writing content?

No. The engine drafts and monitors at machine speed, but a top‑1% marketer signs off on every brief. Nothing publishes on autopilot.

How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO gets you ranked on a results page. AEO gets you named inside the AI answer that's replacing that page. We do both — AEO leads, SEO sustains.

How fast will I see citations?

The audit shows where you stand in week one. New citations typically start landing within the first 30–60 days as content ships.

Does it connect to my stack?

Yes — your analytics, search console, CMS, and content tools. The engine works inside your existing setup, not alongside it.

What if I already have an SEO team?

Most clients do. We run the AEO engine and hand your team the briefs and structure, or take SEO off their plate entirely — your call.

What does the free audit actually include?

A real read of what AI says about you today: which engines cite you, which name competitors, and the fastest citations to win. Yours to keep.

Free AI audit

See what AI says about you

Drop in your domain. We'll show you which answers you're missing, who's being recommended instead, and the fastest citations to win — before you pay us anything.

AI Visibility Report · acme.comSAMPLE
38 / 100
Missing from 4 of 6 "best [category]" answers
2 competitors cited where you aren't
11 fast citations within reach
Takes 2 minutes · No call required · See a sample audit first