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Be cited inside AI search,not just ranked underneath.

We engineer your site to be the source generative engines pull from. Schema depth, citation engineering, AI-readable content, and AIO-aware PPC — one operator-led team, no agency layer.

Looking for a GEO agency?

A GEO agency that’s one senior operator.

Shopping for a GEO agency to get your catalog cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews? Here’s the honest version: you get one senior operator who does the work — schema, entity, and citation engineering on a real catalog — not an account manager and a layer of juniors.

Specifically a GEO agency for industrial e-commerce — hydraulics, MRO, and technical distribution — where the win is being the source engines quote, not ranking a blog post.

The market reality

What changed in 18 months. Structural, not cyclical.

Technical-distribution e‑commerce is the canary. Three metrics moved in lockstep across our client portfolio and the public benchmarks — and none of them are going back.

  • Δ · 18 months

    +32%

    CPC costs

    B2B paid-search benchmark · WordStream + Tinuiti, 2025

  • Δ · 18 months

    43%

    CTR on AIO-triggered queries

    BrightEdge + Pew AIO tracker, Q1 2026

  • Δ · 18 months

    +50%

    Lost backlinks · informational

    Ahrefs Content Explorer, Aug 2024–Jan 2026

What we ship

Six services. One operator-led team.

The sixth service

Need all five coordinated under one operator?

Full Growth Ownership runs AI search, catalog, editorial, dev, and outbound as a single accountable engagement. Fractional GTM Engineer (Shape A) from $20K/mo, or 4-in-1 Coordinated Retainer (Shape B) from $12K/mo.

One system runs the whole sale.

Get found, win the sale, keep them coming back. Three jobs every sale runs through. Most businesses buy them from three vendors who never talk, so customers fall through the gaps between them. We run all three as one engine.

Job · 01 / Bring

Get found

Start

What good looks like

+12%

more of the right buyers find you

Job · 02 / Convert

Win the sale

What good looks like

+43%

more of those leads turn into jobs

Job · 03 / Retain

Keep them coming back

What good looks like

2.5×

more revenue from customers you already won

Illustrative targets, not past results — your real numbers show up in the monthly report.

  1. Get found wherever buyers look

    Search, maps, and the AI answer. We get you named where your buyer is already looking — for what you actually sell.

    • Named in the AI answer

      When a buyer asks Google’s AI or ChatGPT, the answer names you — not the manufacturer or a competitor.

    • Found for what you sell

      Part numbers, specs, "near me" — the searches that bring a real buyer, not vanity traffic.

    • The source AI quotes

      The guides and pages that make you the authority AI reaches for first.

    • Reach the rest

      Targeted outreach to the right buyers who aren’t searching yet.

  2. Win the demand you already have

    Every call answered, every quote chased, every page built to close — so the leads you already pay for stop slipping out the back.

    • Answer in seconds

      The call, the form, the message — caught and replied to before a competitor gets there.

    • A site that closes

      Fast pages and a clear quote path that don’t make a ready buyer jump through hoops.

    • Chase the quotes that stall

      The follow-up that turns a sent quote into a signed one, instead of a maybe.

    • Book the job

      Scheduling and reminders that put the work on the calendar, not in limbo.

  3. Keep them — and sell again

    The cheapest revenue you have is the customer you already won. We bring them back, and win back the ones who went quiet.

    • Win back the lapsed

      The dormant customer list you already paid to build, sold to again.

    • Recover cold quotes

      The estimates and RFQs that went silent, chased until they close or die for a reason.

    • Reviews and referrals

      Turn happy customers into the reviews and referrals that feed the top of the funnel.

    • Grow what each is worth

      Reorders, upsells, and the next job — more from every customer over time.

And then — Prove

Every month, two revenue lines: what your ad spend brought in, and what the system brought back. The line the system recovered should clear what you pay us. That’s the whole proof.

Build vs buy

How we compare. Honestly.

Not every buyer should hire us. For some you’re better with a generalist agency; for others, an in-house head of SEO. Here’s the honest read.

Sale Solution compared to a typical SEO agency and an in-house hire across eight buying dimensions.
Dimension

Recommended

Sale Solution

Alternative

Typical SEO agency

Alternative

In-house hire

AI-search / GEO depthCore competencyAdd-on at bestIf you can hire it
Vertical specialisationIndustrial / technical-distributionGeneralistYours by default
Who actually does the workThe operator on the callJunior team after handoffYour hire
Time to first shipped changeWeek 1–2Month 2–3Hiring cycle: 3–6 months
Fixed cost / month$8–14k retainer$5–25k retainer$15–25k all-in / FTE
Reporting cadenceMonthly outcome review · weekly SlackQuarterly business reviewWhenever you ask
Risk if it doesn’t work90-day exit, no obligation12-month contractSeverance + rehire cost
Where this wins$5–50M ARR · technical e-comGeneric DTC · early stage$50M+ ARR · enterprise

Not in the “Sale Solution” row? We’ll tell you on the first call — and we’ll usually recommend who you should hire instead.

From the learning hub

The vocabulary, and the roles behind it.

Free, ungated reference for the work above — the definitions AI engines actually cite, and what these roles look like if you ever hire in-house.

How to work with us

Three ways in. All priced.

No discovery calls before the proposal. Pick the shape that fits, we tighten the scope on the first call, and you see the SOW within 48 hours.

  • 4 weeks · fixed scope

    Sprint

    $12–24k

    Take the engine install within 90 days and this sprint fee credits toward it, in full.

    "Show me this works before we commit."

    • Single-category schema rewrite
    • 20–40 page content restructure
    • 90-day AIO citation tracker
    • One executive readout
  • Most engagements start here

    Quarterly · ongoing

    Operator Retainer

    $8–14k / month

    "We know we have the structural problem. Fix it."

    • Schema, content & feed engineering on cadence
    • Citation building + topical authority work
    • Monthly outcome reviews on the metrics that matter
    • Direct Slack to the operator (no PMs)
  • Multi-service · 3–6 month minimum

    Full Growth Ownership

    From $20K/ month

    When you need more than this service alone. We run AI search, content, outbound, dev, and catalog work as a coordinated growth function — strategy through execution, one operator accountable.

    • Fractional GTM Engineer (Shape A) from $20K/mo
    • 4-in-1 Coordinated Retainer (Shape B) from $12K/mo
    • One operator across multiple services, written quote in 24 hours

Need something different — M&A diligence, in-house team training, board-level GEO advisory? Get in touch.

What happens after you book

First 30 days. No black box.

Every founder we’ve worked with was burned by an opaque agency at some point. The timeline below is what you can expect from the moment you book the call.

  1. Day 0

    Start here

    15-minute call · no deck

    You paste 3–5 high-revenue category URLs. We walk through them live: schema completeness, AIO-readiness, citation gaps.

    You’ll see

    You leave with the single change that has the highest payback.

  2. Day 1–2

    Written diagnostic + SOW

    One-page audit emailed within 24h. If we're a fit, an SOW follows in another 24h — scope, deliverables, fixed start date.

    You’ll see

    You decide. We don't chase.

  3. Week 1

    Access + baseline + first-shipped-change

    Read access to GA4 / GSC / your CMS. Baseline crawl + citation snapshot. We ship one visible change so trajectory starts immediately.

    You’ll see

    First measurable lift on a target query.

  4. Week 2–3

    Schema rewrite + answer-hub structure

    Product schema rebuilt across top 200 SKUs. Category pages restructured for AIO scannability. First answer hub published.

    You’ll see

    AIO citation tracker shows movement on top 50 commercial queries.

  5. Week 4

    First outcome review

    Schema completeness, AIO citation rate, citation-share vs competitors. Three forward bets for next 60 days.

    You’ll see

    Lagging revenue indicators start to move months 4–6.

Case study · Industrial hydraulics distributor · Aug 2024 – Jan 2025

1,840 to 2,640 qualified leads / mo. No new ad spend.

+800 leads per month

Additional qualified leads per month by January — roughly +43.5% on the August baseline.

Six-month engagement across technical SEO, content authority, and a tighter PPC stack. Product schema rewrite, 150+ category pages restructured for AI scannability, dedicated answer hubs for engineering queries. The chart tracks qualified inbounds — not impressions, not raw sessions.

Qualified leads · per monthSource: client’s CRM, anonymized · monthly aggregate
1,5002,0002,5003,000Aug · 1,840 leads · +0 from baselineSep · 1,990 leads · +150 from baselineOct · 2,210 leads · +370 from baselineNov · 2,360 leads · +520 from baselineDec · 2,480 leads · +640 from baselineJan · 2,640 leads · +800 from baselineAugSepOctNovDecJan2,640
They rebuilt our product schema and rewrote our pillar pages so AI Overviews cite us instead of the manufacturer. Qualified leads doubled inside two quarters.
Operations DirectorIndustrial hydraulics distributor · ~8,500 SKUs
$378M
Revenue driven for clients
91%
Client retention rate
2.5x
Average ROI in 12 months
96
Net Promoter Score

Services FAQ

Questions on the work itself.

Engagement specifics. Stack questions. The honest sizing thresholds.

  • 01How is this different from a typical SEO agency?

    One operator owns strategy, schema, content, and reporting — not four sub-agencies stitched together. Specialisation in considered-purchase verticals (industrial distribution, technical B2B, local service businesses), not generalist. Published prices, 24-hour SOWs, 90-day exit.

  • 02What's the difference between GEO and SEO?

    SEO targets traditional ranking. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) targets being the source AI engines pull from when they generate an answer. AIO citations, ChatGPT/Perplexity mentions, AI-shopping retrieval are GEO surfaces.

    We do both because revenue flows through both. Most engagements weight 60% GEO / 40% SEO in 2026.

  • 03Why is our organic traffic declining despite ranking well?

    AI Overviews answer queries inside the SERP, eating the click before users reach you. Rankings can hold while sessions drop 20–40%. The fix is structured-data depth, citation engineering, and content shaped for AI parsing.

  • 04Do you work with Shopify, WooCommerce, headless?

    Yes to all three — and non-commerce marketing sites too. Industrial clients run mostly on WooCommerce or headless setups; DTC-adjacent clients are largely Shopify; service businesses run on lean marketing stacks. The framework adapts to the stack; the schema layer is where we spend our work.

  • 05How do you measure success?

    Revenue is the number that matters. Each month we also report the leading signs: how often AI answers name you for the searches that matter, how that compares to your competitors, how complete your schema is, and how many qualified leads came in, sorted by what they were trying to do.

  • 06Can we engage you for a one-off project?

    Yes — the Sprint engagement ($12–24k, 4 weeks) is purpose-built for a single category overhaul. Smaller than that we don’t offer; the setup cost doesn’t amortise.

  • 07Is there a minimum company size?

    We see the best results above $200k/month in revenue, roughly $2.5M a year, or at multi-location and franchise scale. Below that, our standalone pricing is hard to justify against simpler agencies, and we’ll tell you so on the first call.

  • 08What if we're not in industrial or e-commerce?

    The playbook works for any considered purchase — where buyers research before they commit. Industrial distribution (hydraulics, fluid power, lab supply, fasteners), technical B2B, and local service businesses where AI Overviews now answer “best [service] near me” before the click. If your buyers read a spec sheet or compare options before they buy, the mechanics apply.

  • 09How does AI Search work with your other services?

    AI Search & GEO is the gravity well — most engagements start here because schema and citation engineering produce the fastest visible wins. From there, two natural expansions:

    • · Editorial Authority for pillar pages and category content that feed AIO citation authority
    • · Catalog AI for product-level schema, FAQ blocks, and internal linking at scale

    Most AI Search engagements pair with one of these once the first quarter proves out. If you want all three coordinated under one operator, see Full Growth Ownership.

Find the hole. Then decide.

Most owners think they need more leads. They usually don’t. The calls that ring out and the quotes nobody chased are a bigger hole than the ad budget. Either way you leave with the numbers: the exact gap and the highest-payback fix, whether or not you hire us.