Client Results

From zero AI visibility to top-ranked across every major platform.

Results from an AI visibility optimization campaign in the SaaS industry. Real data, real platforms, real outcomes.

The Situation

Strong on Google. Invisible to AI.

The client had a dominant presence in traditional search — appearing in virtually every organic result, blog roundup, and comparison article for their industry. Their Google strategy was working well.

But when prospects began using AI platforms to research solutions, the client had no visibility. AI-generated answers were recommending competitors consistently. The client had no strategy for this emerging channel and no way to measure it.

The engagement focused on answering one question: how do you influence what AI platforms recommend when they synthesize answers from hundreds of sources?

The Approach

Map the landscape. Then shape it.

01

Prompt Identification

We identified the 10 highest-intent queries prospects were asking AI platforms — the exact questions that lead to evaluation and purchase decisions in the client's industry.

02

Citation Mapping

We tracked which sources AI platforms were citing across 5 major models — ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Gemini. This revealed the complete citation landscape: 506 domains, 1,457 unique URLs.

03

Strategic Positioning

We placed the client's brand into 39 high-value threads that AI models were actively citing — authentic, helpful contributions in community discussions that AI treats as trusted signals.

The Results

Measurable outcomes across every AI platform.

Results achieved within weeks of engagement, tracked across all five major AI platforms.

66%

AI Visibility Score

#1

Ranked Out of 6 Tracked Competitors

98/100

Sentiment Score Across AI

5

AI Platforms Optimized

Competitive Visibility Rankings

Client ranked against 5 competitors tracked across the same set of AI prompts and platforms.

RankCompanyVisibility

#1Client66%

#2Competitor65%

#3Competitor50%

#4Competitor47%

#5Competitor41%

#6Competitor33%

Takeaway

AI visibility is a measurable channel.

This engagement demonstrated that AI visibility is not abstract — it's trackable, improvable, and directly tied to how prospects discover and evaluate businesses.

The client went from having no AI optimization strategy to holding the top position across every major AI platform in their industry — including Google's AI Overview, which now appears above traditional search results on 25% of all Google searches. The same methodology applies across industries — from local services to enterprise software.

As AI-powered search continues to grow, businesses that invest in this channel early will have a significant and compounding advantage over those that wait.

It's Not Just Our Clients

Business owners everywhere are discovering this gap.

In small business communities online, owners are reporting the same pattern: customers are no longer saying "I Googled you." They're saying "something recommended you on my phone" or "I just asked ChatGPT." The businesses that show up in those AI recommendations are getting the call. The ones that don't — aren't.

One business owner noted that strong Google rankings actually hide the problem. Everything looks healthy in traditional search, so nobody thinks to check AI platforms. But AI pulls from entirely different sources — and by the time a business notices the gap, their competitors have already been compounding visibility for months.