SRT Agency

AI Visibility (AEO + SEO) for Local Businesses

Are your customers finding your business through ChatGPT?

When a customer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI for the best option near them, one name comes back. If it isn't yours, you're invisible in the channel where ~45% of people now find local businesses, up from ~6% a year ago. We get your business named in those answers, and prove it on a neutral account.

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A free 20-question audit across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI, run on a neutral account.

Ask ChatGPT "best [your service] near me" and see who it names. That gap is exactly what your free audit measures.

We get your business into the AI answers customers act on

ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and we prove it with a neutral-account scorecard every month.

Why this matters now

45%
of consumers now use AI like ChatGPT to find local businesses, up from 6% a year earlier, making AI the #3 discovery channel behind only Google and Facebook.
BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey, Feb 2026
1.2%
of local businesses get recommended by ChatGPT, versus 35.9% that show up in Google's local 3-pack. The other 98.8% are invisible.
SOCi Local Visibility Index, 2026
230M
people ask ChatGPT health and wellness questions every week, about 40 million a day.
OpenAI, Jan 2026
~85%
of what AI cites about a business comes from third-party sources, listicles, comparisons and review roundups, not its own website.
AirOps analysis of 21,311 brand mentions, 2026

How it works, 4 layers

01 · ENTITY

Who you are

One consistent identity, name, location, services, stated the same way everywhere AI reads.

02 · SURFACE

Your site

Answer-first content and schema on your own site, structured so AI can extract and quote it.

03 · SOURCES

Third-party pages

The reviews, directories and roundups AI actually reads, where ~85% of citations come from.

04 · PROOF

Monthly scorecard

A neutral-account report, dated, showing exactly where you appear and where competitors beat you.

Who it's for

Local service businesses whose customers are already asking AI who to trust.

Home services Clinics & med spas Legal Dental Fitness & wellness Real estate Auto Professional services

Where to start

STEP 1 · FREE

AI Visibility Audit

A $499 value, free. 20 real customer questions run through ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI on a neutral account, you see exactly where you stand.

STEP 2 · $499

Foundational Fix

Setup normally $999, waived to $499 for founding clients. Your entity, site surface and schema built right so AI can find and quote you.

STEP 3 · $299, $999/mo

Ongoing visibility

Tier 1 $299/mo or Tier 2 $999/mo, monitoring across engines, answer-first content, review and profile work, monthly reporting.

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We only guarantee what you can verify yourself

Your appearances in AI answers, checked on a neutral account. Anyone promising you customers, revenue, or overnight results is lying, walk away from them, and from us if we ever say it.

Why the way we measure matters

AI answers are personalized, so checking your own phone proves nothing. We measure on a clean, neutral account, dated, so the result isn't your history talking. Paid ads won't save you either, in regulated categories like health Google restricts ads unless you're LegitScript-certified, and in every category venture-backed national brands outspend the local operator. AI answers are a signals game a local business can actually win. Most "AEO" sellers are snake oil, so we only sell what you can re-check yourself.

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Questions business owners ask

How do I get my business recommended by ChatGPT?
You get recommended when the sources AI trusts, reviews, directories, third-party pages, and a clean, structured website, consistently say the same clear things about your business. About 85% of what AI cites comes from third-party sources, so it's not just your own website. (AirOps, 2026)
What's the difference between AEO and SEO?
SEO gets you ranked in a list of blue links. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) gets your business named inside the AI's answer. In 2026 customers increasingly get one recommendation, not ten links.
Are AEO agencies legit or is this snake oil?
Both exist. The test: can you verify the result yourself? We only guarantee verifiable AI appearances on a neutral account. Anyone guaranteeing customers, revenue, or "top rankings in days" should be walked away from.
How much does this cost?
Our audit is free. Setup is $999 (waived to $499 for founding clients). Ongoing is $299/mo (Tier 1) or $999/mo (Tier 2). Typical AEO retainers run well into the thousands per month, so this is built for local businesses.
Why can't I just check my own phone?
AI answers are personalized to your history and location. Checking your own phone proves nothing. We measure on a clean, neutral account, dated, so it's the market's answer, not yours.
Can you guarantee more customers?
No, and no honest agency can. We guarantee verifiable visibility in AI answers. Whether that becomes customers depends on your business. We never make outcome claims.

See where your business stands.

Free AI Visibility Audit, real questions, neutral account, no obligation.

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