Answer Engine Optimization for B2B.

For B2B specifically, the citation-lift curve typically inflects at 6–8 weeks (audit + rebuild ship + schema + llms.txt + entity bridges done) and compounds over 90–180 days. Measurable lift signals: AI-engine citation share rises from <10% to 25–40% in named-category queries (tracked via Profound / AthenaHQ / Otterly); branded search volume rises 20–40% in 90 days as consideration loading translates to direct brand queries; demo-request rates from organic rise 15–35% in 120 days. The compounding flywheel: AI citations drive branded search → branded search converts at 2–3× non-branded → conversion data feeds back into bid models → paid efficiency improves. B2B AEO is a 6-month compounding play, not a 30-day sprint.

A 30–40 page diagnostic covering: (1) current citation share across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Bing Copilot for your 20 priority commercial queries; (2) schema graph audit (Organization, Person, Service, Article, FAQPage, Speakable, ItemList, Review where applicable); (3) entity-graph density (sameAs cluster, Wikipedia / Wikidata adjacency, mentions audit); (4) llms.txt + ai.txt status; (5) competitor citation analysis — who in your category is getting cited and why; (6) ranked Top-10 fix list by AI-citation-share impact. Delivered as PDF + structured Notion doc. $1,199 USD, 2-week turnaround.

AEO measurement requires citation-tracking tools (Profound, AthenaHQ, Otterly, Brand24) — not traditional SEO rank trackers. The primary KPI is citation share per priority query, tracked across 5 engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Bing Copilot). Secondary KPIs: branded search lift (Google Search Console), AI-referred traffic (where engines pass referrer), conversion rate from AI-referred sessions. We instrument all of this in week 1; baseline is reported in the audit; lift is reported weekly via Loom.

No — they share infrastructure. Schema engineering, entity SEO, lastReviewed metadata, named-author E-E-A-T, llms.txt — all of these benefit Google SEO as much as AEO. The work is additive. Some legacy Google SEO tactics (keyword density chasing, hard-link campaigns) do not benefit AEO; we drop those. The net effect on the typical engagement: organic Google traffic +15–35% in 90 days alongside the AEO citation lift.

$1,199 USD for the standalone AEO Audit (2-week diagnostic, no commitment beyond). $5,499 USD for the AEO Sprint (4-week rebuild, the most-common starting point — audit + schema rebuild + llms.txt + ai.txt + top-20 content surfaces). $1,799/mo USD for the AEO Retainer (ongoing citation tracking, monthly content surfaces, schema maintenance, entity-graph extension). Most B2B clients start with the Audit, then progress to Sprint within 30 days when the gap analysis is clear.

Yes. After counter-NDA we introduce you to current or former B2B clients — on the record — within 48 working hours of brief acceptance. Most published case studies are anonymised under client NDA; the reference contacts are real and reachable. We do not invent references and do not run "channel-partner" fake-reference schemes that some agencies use to inflate case-study volume.

Week 1–2: AEO Audit (citation share baseline + 30-page diagnostic). Week 3–4: schema engineering + llms.txt + ai.txt + entity-graph rebuild. Week 5–8: top-20 content surface rebuild for AI extractability (TL;DR + FAQPage + Speakable + outbound primary-source citations). Week 9–12: citation tracking instrumentation, monthly review, retainer transition. Measurable citation share lift typically appears at week 6–8; compounding lift through month 4–6.