Get Found on ChatGPT · Perplexity · Google AI Overview · 14+ Platforms · Starting at $497 · Grand Junction, CO · (970) 778-2554
AI Search Optimization for Local Business
Your Customers Are Asking AI. Are They Finding You?
Every day, hundreds of people in your city ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI to recommend a business just like yours. Most businesses aren't in the answer. The ones that are get the call. Simple Simon Consulting puts you in that answer — starting in as few as 15 hours, for $497 one-time, with zero ad spend.
What "Get Found on AI" Actually Means — and Why It's Different from Everything You've Done Before
Search changed. A few years ago people typed keywords into Google and clicked blue links. Now they ask questions directly to AI assistants — and the AI gives them one answer, not ten options. "Best HVAC company near me." "Who's a good realtor in Bozeman?" "What church near me has an Easter service?" AI answers those questions with specific business names. If your business isn't one of them, you don't exist for that search — no matter how good your website is or how many Google reviews you have.
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The Simple Version
Think of AI search like a very knowledgeable friend who knows every business in your city. When someone asks that friend for a recommendation, the friend either knows your business — or they don't. If they don't know you, they recommend your competitor. Simple Simon Consulting makes sure the AI knows your business, trusts your business, and recommends your business. That's it.
This is not SEO. This is not Google Ads. This is not social media. It's a completely separate channel that most businesses in your market haven't touched yet. That's your window. Mainstream SEO educators began teaching this concept in April 2026. The businesses that implemented it months earlier are already cited and compounding. The early-mover window is still open — but narrowing.
The Jargon Decoded
Every Term You'll See — In Plain English
The industry uses a lot of acronyms. Here's what they all mean — and why they all point to the same thing.
Simple Simon Consulting · 2026 AI Search Mastery — The Plain English Guide to AI Search Terms
AEO
Answer Engine Optimization
Getting AI platforms to recommend your business when someone asks a relevant question. The term Simple Simon Consulting uses because it's most accurate.
GEO
Generative Engine Optimization
Same thing as AEO. Used by larger agencies. Different acronym, identical goal: your business in the AI answer.
LLM Optimization
Making Your Content AI-Readable
LLM stands for Large Language Model — the technology behind ChatGPT and Gemini. Optimizing for LLMs means structuring your content so AI can extract and trust it.
AI SEO
SEO for the AI Era
Traditional SEO targets Google's blue links. AI SEO targets the AI-generated answers above those links. Both matter. AI SEO is the new layer most businesses are missing.
AI Search Visibility
Whether AI Knows You Exist
A simple yes or no: when someone asks an AI assistant about your service in your city, does your business name appear? Most local businesses: no. After working with us: yes.
Pillar Page
Your AI Headquarters on the Web
A comprehensive 6,000 to 10,000 word page on your own domain that answers every question AI users ask about your service. This is what we build. This is what gets you cited.
The Real Picture
You're Already Doing Everything Right. You're Missing One Channel.
A well-run local business in 2026 is not ignoring marketing. You have a Google Business Profile. You have reviews. You have a website. Maybe you're running ads or posting on social media. Everything you're doing works — for buyers who already know to look for you. AI search is the channel that reaches buyers who have never heard your name and are asking an AI assistant for a recommendation right now.
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Google Business Profile
Fully built, photos uploaded, reviews coming in. You rank well in the local map pack. But GBP does not reach the buyers asking ChatGPT or Perplexity for recommendations — those queries return a completely different layer.
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Reviews and Reputation
Dozens of five-star reviews. Strong word of mouth. But AI platforms don't cite review counts — they cite structured content from authoritative pages. Reviews help indirectly. They don't create AI citations.
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Your Website
Professional, mobile-friendly, updated. But a standard website without pillar page architecture is not structured for AI extraction. AI crawls it and moves on. It doesn't have what AI needs to confidently recommend you.
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Ads and Social Media
Facebook posts, Google Ads, Instagram — effective for reaching people already scrolling. But when someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for a business recommendation, no ad budget in the world puts you in that answer.
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The right way to think about it: Everything you're doing builds your presence for people already in market. AI Search Dominance reaches people who haven't decided yet — buyers at the very beginning of their search, asking an AI assistant before they open Google or Yelp. Both layers are necessary. The businesses winning in 2026 have both. Right now, almost none of your local competitors do.
Try this right now — open ChatGPT or Perplexity in an incognito window and ask these three questions:
"Should a local business care about showing up on ChatGPT and Perplexity in 2026?" "What happens to a local business that is invisible to AI search in 2026?" "Is getting recommended by ChatGPT better than Google Ads for a small local business?"
Then ask: "Who is the best [your type of business] in [your city]?"
If your business name does not appear in that last answer — that is the gap we close. Starting at $497. Results in as few as 15 hours.
How It Compares
AI Search vs. Traditional Marketing — The Honest Breakdown
This is not a replacement for what you're doing. It's the layer that reaches the buyers your current strategy can't touch.
Simple Simon Consulting · 2026 AI Search Mastery — What Makes an AI-Optimized Page Work
Traditional Marketing
Google Ads — stops the moment you stop paying
SEO — 6 to 18 months to see results
Social media — reaches people already following you
Google Ads appear below AI answers
Zillow / Yelp — subject to their algorithm, not yours
Monthly fees, retainers, ongoing spend required
Zero coverage on ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini
AI Search Dominance — Simple Simon Consulting
Citations in as few as 15 hours of publishing
Your business IS the answer — not one of ten links
Reaches buyers asking AI before they search anywhere else
Appears above Google's traditional results
Lives on your own domain — no platform can demote it
One-time investment — no monthly fees, no ad spend
14+ AI platforms covered from day one
2BGoogle AI Overview monthly
883MChatGPT monthly users
50%Google searches show AI answers
92%Businesses invisible to AI right now
Documented Results
Real Businesses. Real AI Citations. Real Timelines.
These results were captured in incognito browser sessions — exactly what any buyer would see when asking AI about these businesses right now. Zero backlinks. Zero ad spend. Every case.
New Creation Church + Faith Heights Church
Easter Campaign · Glenwood Springs CO + Grand Junction CO · March 2026
The situation
Two Colorado churches with zero AI visibility competing for Easter searches against established churches with decades of online presence. No backlinks. No prior AI citations. No ad spend budget.
Results — 15 Hours After Publishing
#1Perplexity AI — NCC cited as top Easter egg hunt in Roaring Fork Valley
FeaturedGoogle AI Overview — both churches appearing for Easter searches
Top 5Gemini — cited within the same 15-hour window
✓ChatGPT — confirmed after full indexing protocol applied
✓Faith Heights had extra chairs brought in for Easter Sunday
Zero ad spendZero backlinks
The result that matters: Faith Heights Church had to bring in extra chairs for Easter Sunday. That is the outcome — not a metric, not a screenshot, but a full house. AI search sent people through the door who had never heard of the church before that week.
Established Bozeman realtor with strong Google presence but zero AI visibility. Out-of-state buyers moving to Bozeman are his primary clients — buyers who ask AI for realtor recommendations before contacting anyone local.
Results
90 minChatGPT — cited within 90 minutes of IndexNow submission
2 hrsPerplexity AI — appearing with full contact details
✓GBP calls increasing as AI and GBP signals compound
Luxury Real Estate · Newberg, Oregon Wine Country · Coldwell Banker
The situation
Zero AI search presence. Google Business Profile suspended. Competing against established wine country agents with a decade of online presence. Zero backlinks, zero domain authority going in.
Results — 10 Days
#1Perplexity AI — wine country realtor queries
#2ChatGPT — wine country realtor queries
FeaturedGoogle AI Overview — above all organic results
#1Siri — Apple Intelligence search
Zero ad spendGBP suspended throughout
The GBP suspension didn't matter. AI citation doesn't require Google Business Profile status, domain authority, or backlinks. It requires well-structured content, schema markup, and proper indexing. That's exactly what we build.
Our Core Promise
We Make Sure People Find You On the Platforms That Actually Matter
Most businesses fight for Google's blue links while their customers have already moved to AI search. We don't chase every trend — we make sure you dominate the platforms where buyers are actually asking for businesses like yours right now.
✓ ChatGPT
✓ Perplexity AI
✓ Google AI Overview
✓ Gemini
✓ Siri
✓ 9 More Platforms
Platform Coverage Framework
Exactly Which Platforms You Get — At Every Tier
Every pillar page covers 14 AI platforms from day one through a single protocol. No separate submission for each platform. Here is exactly what you get at each tier — and why the compounding matters.
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Pillar Pages Alone
Included in every package from day one. Your business cited across every major AI discovery channel simultaneously — one protocol, all platforms.
ChatGPT · Perplexity AI · Google AI Overview · Gemini · Microsoft Copilot · Siri · Amazon Alexa · Google Assistant · Bing AI · Google Maps AI · Apple CarPlay · Android Auto · LinkedIn AI · DuckDuckGo AI
✓ Included in every package
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+ YouTube Optimization
Add a YouTube pillar video and your content gets cited by Gemini's video layer too. Transcripts and descriptions structured for AI extraction — not just SEO.
All 14 platforms plus — YouTube AI · Gemini Advanced · Google Podcasts · Spotify AI · Amazon Alexa Skills · Podcast AI discovery
+ $497 YouTube Pillar Video add-on
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+ Social Content Stack
Pillar video atomized into 10+ Shorts and Reels. Auto-posted across social platforms via n8n automation. AI platforms that monitor social signals begin reinforcing your citations.
All 20 platforms plus — Reddit AI · X/Twitter AI · Facebook AI · Instagram AI · TikTok Search · Nextdoor AI · and more
+ Social automation package
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Why We Start With 14 — Not 27
The 14 platforms covered from day one reach over 3 billion people monthly combined. ChatGPT alone has 883 million monthly users. Google AI Overview reaches 2 billion. Perplexity is growing 800% year over year. These are not niche platforms — they are where the majority of AI-assisted buying decisions are happening right now. We make sure you are found on the platforms that matter most before expanding further. Most businesses never need to go beyond 14 to see dramatic results.
The Complete Breakdown
All 27+ Ways People Find Businesses Through AI — Explained
Most people know ChatGPT and Google. Most don't realize how many other AI-powered discovery channels exist — or that one pillar page and one indexing protocol covers all of them simultaneously. Here is every channel, explained in plain English.
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Tier 1 — Every Package, Day One
Covered through pillar page + Three-Phase Indexing Protocol. No additional setup required.
01 · ChatGPT
883 million monthly users. Pulls business recommendations from Bing's index. Submitted via IndexNow API on publish day — citations typically begin within days.
02 · Perplexity AI
Fastest-growing AI search platform — 800% year-over-year growth. Cites sources directly in answers. Consistently the first platform to cite new pages — often within 15 hours.
03 · Google AI Overview
Reaches 2 billion people monthly. Appears above all traditional blue links. Powered by Gemini. FAQPage and LocalBusiness schema are the primary citation signals.
04 · Google Gemini
Google's core AI model powering AI Overview, Google Assistant, and Gemini app. When your page earns GSC indexing, Gemini citations follow within 24-48 hours.
05 · Microsoft Copilot
Built into Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365. Pulls from Bing's index — the same submission that feeds ChatGPT also feeds Copilot. One IndexNow call covers both.
06 · Siri (Apple Intelligence)
iPhone users asking Siri for local business recommendations get answers routed through ChatGPT. Getting cited on ChatGPT means getting cited by Siri. One page, both platforms.
07 · Amazon Alexa
Smart speaker queries for local businesses. Alexa pulls from Bing and partner data sources. Properly indexed pages with LocalBusiness schema appear in Alexa's local recommendations.
08 · Google Assistant
Android device queries routed through Google's AI layer. Powered by Gemini. When your page earns Google AI Overview citations, Google Assistant recommendations follow automatically.
09 · Bing AI Search
Bing's AI-generated answers appear above traditional results — same as Google AI Overview. Bing Webmaster Tools submission plus IndexNow triggers this layer directly on publish day.
10 · Google Maps AI
AI-generated recommendations within Google Maps searches. Geographic entity schema — your address, service area, and location landmarks — are the primary signals that earn Maps AI citations.
11 · Apple CarPlay
In-car voice queries for businesses while driving. Routes through Siri and ChatGPT. Being cited on ChatGPT covers CarPlay automatically — no separate action required.
12 · Android Auto
Android in-car AI assistant. Routes through Google Assistant and Gemini. Earning Google AI Overview citations covers Android Auto business recommendations simultaneously.
13 · LinkedIn AI
LinkedIn's AI search assistant surfaces business recommendations to professional users. B2B service providers, consultants, and realtors see significant referrals from LinkedIn AI citations.
14 · DuckDuckGo AI
Privacy-focused search engine with AI answer layer. Growing rapidly among users avoiding Google tracking. Pulls from Bing's index — same submission covers DuckDuckGo AI automatically.
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Tier 2 — YouTube Pillar Video Add-On · $497
Adds platforms 15 through 20. Video transcript structured for AI extraction. Gemini cites your video library alongside your pillar page.
15 · YouTube AI Search
YouTube's AI-powered search surfaces video results for how-to and recommendation queries. A properly optimized pillar video with structured description earns YouTube AI citations for your service category.
16 · Gemini Advanced (Video Layer)
Gemini's video understanding layer cites YouTube content directly in AI answers. When a transcript matches a buyer query, Gemini recommends the video — and your business — as a trusted source.
17 · Google Podcasts AI
Podcast-style video content indexed by Google's audio/video discovery layer. YouTube videos with strong transcripts surface in Google's podcast recommendations when topics match buyer queries.
18 · Spotify AI Discovery
Spotify's AI recommendation engine surfaces podcast and audio content related to buyer searches. Video-to-audio content distributed to Spotify expands your citation footprint to audio-first audiences.
19 · Amazon Alexa Skills
Alexa's content discovery layer surfaces audio and video content from trusted sources. YouTube-hosted content indexed by Amazon's crawler earns Alexa recommendation placement for relevant queries.
20 · Podcast AI Platforms
Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Pocket Casts AI recommendation layers. Content distributed from your YouTube pillar video surfaces across podcast discovery platforms reaching audio-first audiences.
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Tier 3 — Social Content Stack · Automated via n8n
Pillar video atomized into 10+ Shorts and Reels. Auto-distributed across social platforms. AI search layers on each platform begin reinforcing your citations.
21 · Reddit AI Search
Reddit's AI answer layer surfaces community-validated recommendations. ChatGPT and Perplexity both use Reddit as a trusted data source — appearing in Reddit AI reinforces your other citations simultaneously.
22 · X / Twitter AI
Grok — X's AI assistant — surfaces business recommendations from content shared on the platform. Short-form clips auto-posted to X expand your entity footprint into Grok's training and retrieval layer.
23 · Facebook AI Search
Meta AI integrated into Facebook search and Messenger. Reels auto-posted via n8n get served to local audiences while Meta AI begins associating your content with local service queries.
24 · Instagram AI Discovery
Instagram Reels algorithm and Meta AI search. Short clips auto-distributed from pillar video content reach local audiences and build entity signals that reinforce your broader AI citation profile.
25 · TikTok AI Search
TikTok's AI-powered search is increasingly used for local service discovery — especially by buyers under 35. Short-form content auto-distributed to TikTok captures this fast-growing buyer segment.
26 · Nextdoor AI
Hyperlocal neighborhood platform with AI-powered business recommendations. Nextdoor AI surfaces local businesses to neighbors actively asking for service recommendations. Highest-trust local recommendation channel.
27+ · Emerging Platforms
Pinterest AI, LinkedIn Video, Snapchat My AI, and emerging AI discovery platforms. The social content stack creates an entity signal network that compounds across every platform that launches AI search features.
The Compounding Effect
Each platform's AI layer trains on and references what other platforms say. Being cited on ChatGPT strengthens Perplexity. Being active on Reddit reinforces ChatGPT. Every new citation makes every other citation stronger.
One Protocol. All 14 Platforms. Day One.
You don't submit to 14 platforms separately. You don't manage 27 accounts. The Three-Phase Indexing Protocol — Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, and IndexNow API — fires simultaneously on publish day and covers every platform in Tier 1 automatically. That's why clients see results in hours, not months.
Three phases. Proven through documented results. Every phase is required — and the third phase is the step most agencies skip entirely.
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Phase 1 — Question Harvest
Find Every Question Your Customers Are Asking AI
Before writing a single word, we research every question buyers are actually asking AI about your service and city. "Who is the best HVAC company in Grand Junction?" "What realtor specializes in out-of-state buyers in Bozeman?" "Is there a church near me that has a great Easter service?" A page that answers 30 real questions gets cited 30 times. This is what separates AI-cited content from content that simply exists on the web.
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Phase 2 — Pillar Page + Schema
Build the Page That Makes AI Trust You
A 6,000 to 10,000 word authority page answers every harvested question in the exact conversational format AI extracts. Then 50-plus schema markup nodes — FAQPage, LocalBusiness, Service, geographic entities — tell AI platforms exactly who you are, what you do, where you serve, and why you're trustworthy. Without schema, AI guesses. With it, AI has a verified structured source it cites confidently.
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Phase 3 — The Step Most Agencies Skip
Three-Phase Indexing — Notifies Every AI Platform Simultaneously
Google Search Console submission triggers immediate crawling. Bing Webmaster Tools submission feeds ChatGPT, Copilot, and Edge AI. IndexNow API call simultaneously notifies Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Yep. All three happen the same day the page goes live. Without this, Google discovers content on its own schedule — weeks or months later. With it, AI citation windows open within hours. This is the step that produced 15-hour results and 90-minute ChatGPT citations. It's also the step most agencies don't know to do.
Who This Works For
Any Business Whose Customers Ask AI Before They Call
If your customers use ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overview to find businesses — and over 300 million people do weekly — your business qualifies. Simple Simon Consulting serves businesses in Grand Junction, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Telluride, Crested Butte, Vail, Breckenridge, Durango, Ouray, Pagosa Springs, Silverton, Montrose, Bozeman, Big Sky, and communities across the Western Slope of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. The more specialized your service, the faster you dominate, because there's less competition for the AI answer position.
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Real Estate Agents
Buyers ask AI for realtor recommendations before contacting anyone. Your pillar page makes sure you're the answer before they open Zillow.
✓ Proven: Shane Hawes 90 min · Tori Nicol 5 platforms
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Churches & Ministries
Families ask AI where to find Easter services, Christmas worship, and recovery ministries before they ever visit a website.
✓ Proven: NCC + Faith Heights — 15 hours, full house
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HVAC & Home Services
"Hey Siri, find an HVAC company near me" is happening thousands of times daily in your market. The business in that answer gets the call.
Active clients in this category
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Water & Fire Restoration
Emergency buyers go straight to AI when disaster strikes. A strong pillar page owns the emergency query — the highest-intent search there is.
Active clients in this category
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Medicare & Insurance
"I'm turning 65, who helps with Medicare near me?" is one of the most common AI queries. Pillar pages for advisors earn top citations within days.
Active clients in this category
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Event Rentals & Party Services
"Bounce house rental near me for a birthday party" — zero AI competition right now. The first rental company with a pillar page in your city owns that query permanently.
Active clients in this category
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Contractors & Painters
Before-after evidence combined with AI-optimized service pages answers every question a homeowner asks AI before they call.
✓ Proven: Boren To Paint · Apex Rockfall Mitigation
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Salons & Beauty
AI visibility for every treatment category buyers are asking AI to recommend before they book. Local queries, low competition.
Onboarding clients in this category
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Your Business
If your customers use AI search — and they do — you qualify. The only question is whether you'll be the answer or your competitor will.
Mainstream SEO Educators Just Caught Up
to What We Have Been Building
In April 2026 one of the most followed
SEO educators online published a video
explaining why local businesses urgently
need AI search visibility. He is right.
Nineteen percent of consumers already use
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI to find
local businesses — and that number is
growing every month.
The difference between what the educators
are teaching and what we deliver: they teach
the concept. We execute the result.
In as few as 15 hours. Starting at $497.
What they teach
Create content. Get indexed.
Use schema. Build citations.
General advice for general results.
The businesses that act this week land
while their competitors are still watching
videos about it. The window is open.
It will not stay open indefinitely.
Investment
One-Time Investment. No Monthly Fees. No Ad Spend.
Most AEO agencies charge $1,000 to $5,000 per month on retainer. Simple Simon Consulting charges once — and delivers documented results in days, not months. Every package compounds in value every year you keep it.
Start Here — Low Risk
Single AI Page
$497 one-time
Get found on AI for one service, listing, or event
Google AI Overview reads your GBP before
it reads your website. An incomplete profile
means AI gives incomplete answers about your
business — even if your pillar page is perfect.
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Category optimization — primary and secondary
✓
Business description rewrite — AI search optimized
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Q&A setup — seeds the questions AI platforms pull
✓
Photo strategy — quantity, naming, geo-tagging
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Service area, attributes, review response templates
The same optimization that moved realtors
from page 4 to the local top 3.
No monthly fees · No ad spend required · No long-term contracts · Pages compound in value every year
Your Questions Answered
What People Ask Before They Call
Answer Engine Optimization — also called AEO — gets AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, and Siri to recommend your business when someone asks a relevant question. Traditional SEO fights for one of ten blue links on Google. AEO puts your business in the AI-generated answer that appears before any blue links. When someone asks "who is the best HVAC company in Grand Junction" and the AI names you — that's AEO working.
ChatGPT pulls its business recommendations primarily from Bing's index. To get found on ChatGPT, your business needs a well-structured page submitted to Bing Webmaster Tools and the IndexNow API on publish day — along with proper FAQPage and LocalBusiness schema markup. Simple Simon Consulting's Three-Phase Indexing Protocol handles all of this simultaneously on day one. Shane Hawes was cited by ChatGPT within 90 minutes of IndexNow submission.
With Simple Simon Consulting's complete Three-Phase Indexing Protocol in place from day one, Perplexity and Google AI Overview typically begin citing your business within 15 to 48 hours of publishing. ChatGPT follows within days via Bing. Documented results include two Colorado churches cited on four platforms in 15 hours, a Bozeman realtor cited by ChatGPT in 90 minutes, and a wine country realtor on five platforms in 10 days. Results vary by market competition and existing domain authority.
They all mean the same thing. AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization. GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimization. AI SEO and LLM optimization are industry shorthand for the same practice. All of them refer to structuring your business content so AI-powered systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini recommend your business in response to relevant queries. Different agencies use different terms. Simple Simon Consulting uses AEO because it most accurately describes the outcome: your business becomes the answer AI gives.
Simple Simon Consulting charges $497 one-time for a single AI-optimized page. The SMB Authority Package is $2,297 (main authority page plus three niche pages). Most AEO agencies charge $1,000 to $5,000 per month on retainer because they target large enterprise brands and SaaS companies. Simple Simon Consulting focuses exclusively on local small and medium businesses — churches, realtors, HVAC companies, contractors, event rental companies, service businesses — at price points that produce a clear return on investment. One referral, one closed deal, one filled pew covers the investment many times over.
No. AI platforms favor content quality, structure, and schema markup — not domain authority or backlink count. Tori Nicol's Google Business Profile was suspended throughout her entire campaign and she still appeared on five AI platforms in 10 days. Two Colorado churches with zero backlinks and zero prior AI visibility appeared on four platforms in 15 hours, competing against churches with decades of online presence. Size doesn't matter. Structure does.
A pillar page is a standalone HTML file — a dedicated AI search landing page — that lives alongside your existing website without changing anything about it. Your website continues exactly as it is today. The pillar page is the specific asset designed for AI extraction: 6,000 to 10,000 words, FAQPage schema, LocalBusiness schema, geographic entity nodes, and proper indexing. No website rebuild required. No WordPress, no plugins, no ongoing maintenance on your end.
Simple Simon Consulting handles all technical setup. The preferred approach is a subdomain of your existing website — for example ai.yourbusiness.com or listings.yourrealty.com — which inherits your existing domain's trust signals with Google and Bing and produces faster citation results. For businesses without server access, Simple Simon Consulting registers a domain and hosts the page on our own server in Grand Junction, Colorado. All setups include robots.txt configuration, sitemap submission, and the complete Three-Phase Indexing Protocol. Clients who discontinue service have their page taken offline.
Indexed means a search engine has crawled and stored your page. Cited means an AI platform actively recommends your business when someone asks a relevant question. Most business websites are indexed but not cited — the content exists but is not structured in a way AI platforms can confidently extract and trust. Simple Simon Consulting closes that gap through Question Harvest content, FAQPage and LocalBusiness schema, and the Three-Phase Indexing Protocol that notifies every major AI pipeline on publish day.
Open an incognito browser window, go to Perplexity.ai, and type: "best [your service] in [your city]." Then open Google and search the same — look for the AI Overview box at the top. If your business name does not appear in either answer, you have no AI search visibility. You can also call Todd Simon directly — he will run this test live on a free 30-minute discovery call, show you exactly where your competitors are being cited, and walk through what a page build would include for your specific situation. No pressure, no obligation.
Yes — Google Business Profile optimization is one of our most requested services and one of the highest-impact things you can do for both traditional local search and AI search visibility. Google AI Overview reads your GBP before it reads your website — your business name, category, description, and Q&A all feed directly into AI answers. We optimize your categories, rewrite your business description for AI and local search, set up Q&A that seeds the questions AI platforms pull, complete all attributes, configure your service area, build a photo strategy, and provide review response templates. Standalone: $297 one-time. Included in the $997 AI Page + Chatbot Bundle and all church and SMB authority packages.
Yes — and the window to act is open right now. When someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity to recommend a local business, AI pulls from structured content — not Google Ads, not review counts, not domain authority built over years. A well-built page submitted correctly can get a local business cited across 14 AI platforms in as few as 15 hours. Most local businesses have zero AI presence right now. That gap is the opportunity.
Every time someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overview to recommend a local service — and your business doesn't appear — that's a lead your competitor gets instead. Unlike Google Ads where you stop paying and disappear, AI citations compound over time. The businesses that establish AI presence now will be harder to displace every month that passes.
For most local service businesses — yes. Google Ads require ongoing monthly spend and stop working the moment you stop paying. AI search citations are built once and compound in authority over time. A $497 one-time investment in AI search visibility versus $500–1,000 per month in Google Ads is a fundamentally different ROI conversation. AI also carries implicit trust — people trust AI recommendations more than paid ads.
ChatGPT pulls local business recommendations through Bing — which means the path to ChatGPT citations runs through Bing Webmaster Tools and the IndexNow API. A properly structured page with LocalBusiness schema, FAQPage markup, and geographic entity signals — submitted via IndexNow on publish day — can appear in ChatGPT responses within hours of going live.
Two reasons. First, most local business websites are built for humans to read — not for AI to extract and cite. AI systems need structured data, clear entity signals, and question-based content to identify what a business does, where it operates, and why it should be recommended. Second, most businesses have never submitted content through the indexing channels AI platforms actually monitor. A Yelp profile or Google review count means nothing to ChatGPT's citation engine.
About Simple Simon Consulting
25 Years of Web Development. Built for the AI Era.
I'm Todd Simon. I've been building websites since the early 2000s — for small businesses, realtors, churches, and growing companies across the country. When AI search platforms began replacing traditional Google results, I spent months studying exactly how they decide which sources to cite.
What I found was a gap that almost every local business is falling into: their content exists, but it's not structured in a way AI can extract and trust. The fix is not a website rebuild — it's a specific architecture of content and schema markup that AI platforms recognize as authoritative, combined with a Three-Phase Indexing Protocol that puts your page in front of every major AI pipeline on day one.
The results on this page — churches with extra chairs Easter Sunday, a Bozeman realtor cited by ChatGPT in 90 minutes, a wine country realtor on five platforms in 10 days — are real, documented, and verifiable. I'll walk you through what it means for your specific business in a 30-minute call. No pressure and no obligation.
Simple Simon Consulting is the affordable alternative to the enterprise AEO agencies charging $1,000 to $5,000 a month. Same methodology. Documented results. $497 to start.
The discovery call is 30 minutes. We'll search your business live on Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google AI, show you exactly what AI currently says about your business, and walk through what a page build would include for your situation. No sales pressure. Just honest information.
Thank you! Todd will be in touch within one business day. You can also call directly at (970) 778-2554 or email todd@simplesimonconsulting.com
The Window Is Open
92% of Businesses Are Invisible to AI Right Now. Be One of the 8% That Isn't.
The businesses that establish AI search authority in 2026 will own their market for years. The ones that wait will find those positions claimed — and much harder to displace. Start with one page. See real results. Then build from there.
Go ahead — what does AEO cost, how fast does it work, will it work for your type of business, what's the difference between AEO and SEO. I know this page inside and out. What's on your mind?
