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Answer Engine Optimisation

Your customers are asking AI for answers. Are they getting yours?

Answer Engine Optimisation ensures your brand shows up when ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot answer the questions your buyers are asking.

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The shift

The way people search is changing. Are you keeping up?

Your buyers no longer just search on Google. They ask AI assistants for recommendations, comparisons, and solutions. If your brand isn't part of those AI-generated answers, you're invisible to an entire channel of demand.

Traditional SEO optimises for search engine results pages. AEO optimises for the answers that AI gives directly. Different game, different rules.

Our services

Three ways to work with us.

AEO Audit

Be found

A comprehensive assessment of your visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot, with competitor benchmarking and a clear roadmap.

Start with an audit

AEO Retainer

Be the answer

Ongoing optimisation with monthly monitoring, content strategy, citation building, and live dashboards.

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Strategy Sprint

Architect the answer

A 4–6 week intensive that produces a complete AEO strategy your team can execute independently.

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Industry focus

Specialist AEO for your industry.

Every industry has different AI queries, competitive dynamics, and content signals. We build vertical-specific methodologies where AEO matters most.

Hospitality

Reduce OTA dependency by winning direct AI recommendations for your properties.

AEO for hospitality

Physical security

Get shortlisted when facilities and property managers ask AI for a security provider.

AEO for physical security

Cybersecurity

Be the provider AI names when CISOs and IT leaders research MDR, SOC and security vendors.

AEO for cybersecurity

Healthcare services

Be the practice AI recommends when patients search for care.

AEO for healthcare
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Our process

From invisible to indispensable — in four steps.

01

Discover

We map every question your ideal customers are asking AI about your category, products, and competitors.

02

Assess

We benchmark your current AI visibility against competitors across all major AI platforms.

03

Optimise

We implement content, schema, and authority-building strategies designed to earn citations.

04

Monitor

We track visibility monthly with live dashboards, adapting as AI models evolve.

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Results

Brands we've made visible.

We've helped B2B and B2B2C brands across technology, financial services, and professional services achieve measurable AI visibility. Anonymised case studies available on request.

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Ready to be the answer?

Start with a free AI Visibility Snapshot. No commitment, no fluff — just a clear picture of where you stand.

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