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AI-search visibility (AEO) agency

How to sell a citation audit and retainer for AI-search visibility, next to Stripe-verified agency revenue.

Evidence: A. AEO Engine shows $157,959 MRR verified with a Stripe API key on TrustMRR (checked Oct 15, 2026). Difficulty: 3/5 · Startup cost: unknown (no data; plan for SEO tools and LLM subscriptions)

Steps

  1. Build a baseline audit. Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews 30 buyer questions in the client's category. Record whether the client is cited and which sources are.
  2. Find the citation gaps. Which third-party pages, review sites, lists and forums do the AI answers rely on?
  3. Fix the client's entity data. A consistent name, description and schema markup (Organization, Product, FAQ), plus llms.txt and clear comparison pages.
  4. Publish answer-first content. Pages that directly answer the questions, with specific numbers and dated updates.
  5. Earn mentions on the sources AI already cites. Use digital PR and reviews; no paid link schemes.
  6. Report monthly. Re-run the same question set and show citation share over time.
  7. Package it: a one-time audit plus a monthly retainer.

Pitfalls

  • AI answers vary from run to run. Run each question several times and report ranges.
  • Don't promise rankings.

Graded examples

A · Verified revenue · MRR

AI Search Visibility Agency

Agency work aimed at getting a client mentioned and linked when people ask chatbots and AI search engines about their category.

Documented business revenue

$157,959 MRR

MRR. Verified by TrustMRR (Stripe API key), page re-opened Oct 15, 2026. Not profit. Agent share of the work: Not documented.

  • AI Search
  • Agency
  • Service

Source: TrustMRR

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