Avenue9 Answer Engine Optimization Services

Get recommended by AI.
Become trusted by humans.

Our AEO services help you show up in AI training data, get recommended in AI answers, and get included in the conversations that are the future of search. We use best practices from Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude to get you found, then convert that visibility into reputation with humans.

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Let’s make you the answer

Ready to show up where your buyers are looking next?

We’ll help you get recommended by AI and remembered by humans.

Start with an AEO Audit ›
  • Show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini
  • Become a cited expert in AI-generated answers
  • Build trust at scale with zero ad spend
  • Make your existing marketing systems smarter
  • Own more share of mind, model, and market

Definition

What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the new frontier of search. Instead of chasing Google rankings in the ten blue links, AEO helps your business get mentioned in the answers provided by AI tools like Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other large language models (LLMs).

AI is officially the new front door to the internet, and AEO is the key to getting your business found and favored by bots and humans.

AI assistants work differently than the search algorithms of the past. They learn more like humans. Where Google wanted structured data, backlinks, and keywords to serve up the correct links, LLMs need human conversations, reinforcement, and trust signals to recommend you in conversations.

In the first 25 years of search, content was king. Now, in 2025 and beyond, context is king. You have to teach the AI the stories you want it to tell about your business. No gimmicks, algorithm hacks, or pay-to-play ads. You earn the recommendations by building authority with original research and authentic conversations. AEO is Human-First AI Marketing® applied to discovery.

Share of Model

How we increase your “Share of Model” recommendations, instead of just your SEO ranking.

Share of Model: the percentage of prompts and answers where your brand appears in trusted, high-value answers.

Prompt Visibility Testing

We run real prompts through top LLMs to see where you show up and adjust our content and context strategy accordingly.

Multi-Channel Signal Boosting

We integrate AEO with your PR, SEO, and social strategies to create unified, cross-channel authority that AI can’t ignore.

Context Control File

Our proprietary control file curates definitive bios, stories, trust assets, and citations to help AI engines prioritize the right information about you.

Context Engineering

We strategically feed AI the right stories, facts, and proof points so it knows who you are, what you do, and why you matter. How context engineering works.

Expert-Led Interviews

Instead of generic content, we interview your team, clients, and partners to generate rich, human insight that AI actually wants to quote.

llms.txt and Source Tagging

We guide AI bots to your most trustworthy and on-brand content using structured files and source attribution best practices.

Credibility-First Content

We write for citations, not clicks. Every blog, case study, or FAQ is designed to be referenced by LLMs like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Scalable Storytelling

We turn your success stories into a distributed loop of podcasts, press, video, and social proof, maximizing your presence in trusted answers. The concentrated orange juice theory.

Answer Engine Optimization by Avenue9

AEO Services

AEO Audit

$5,00030-Day Consulting Agreement

Know where you stand today.

  • Audit your current “share of model”
  • Analyze your visibility in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and more
  • Identify authority gaps and optimization opportunities
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AEO Growth Sprint

$5,000 / mo90-Day Consulting Agreement

Earn the citations, every week.

  • Weekly content and citations targeting AI prompts
  • Context engineering via interviews, founder stories, and FAQs
  • Prompt testing across LLMs
  • Share of model reporting
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AEO Accelerator

$7,500 / mo90-Day Consulting Agreement

Growth Sprint, plus the technical layer.

  • Everything in Growth Sprint, plus:
  • Technical SEO and schema optimization
  • Website and llms.txt alignment
  • Local discovery and reputation management
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Enterprise AEO & GEO Program

$15,000 / mo90-Day Minimum Agreement

Thought leadership at scale.

  • 12 interviews per month for expert citations
  • Full technical team support
  • Multi-brand tracking
  • Internal knowledge base and chatbot integration
  • Strategic thought leadership at scale
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We combine decades of experience with some of the biggest brands on the planet and the AI tools of tomorrow to amplify your marketing impact, empower your existing team, and enable your scaling business to reach the next level.

AEO questions

Frequently asked questions about Answer Engine Optimization

The questions buyers ask us before an audit.

What is Answer Engine Optimization?

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of getting your business mentioned and recommended in the answers produced by AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google Gemini. It builds on SEO and adds entity clarity, structured data, original research, and consistent third-party proof so the models trust you enough to cite you.

How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO earns a ranking on a results page. AEO earns a mention inside an answer. Search engines wanted keywords, backlinks, and structured data; large language models need human conversations, reinforcement across independent sources, and trust signals. The two overlap, and the AEO Accelerator includes technical SEO for that reason.

What is Share of Model?

Share of Model is the percentage of relevant prompts and answers in which your brand appears in trusted, high-value responses. We measure it with prompt visibility testing across the major LLMs and report it monthly.

How long before we show up in AI answers?

Prompt visibility usually moves within the first 90 days, because the models refresh their retrieval sources continuously. Durable authority builds over two to three sprints as interviews, citations, and press accumulate.

Do we need to stop doing SEO?

No. AEO makes your existing marketing systems smarter. Keep the SEO, PR, and social work you already do and let the AEO program align them so they reinforce the same claims.

AEO insights

Read how we think about getting recommended.

Guides, frameworks, and field notes on Answer Engine Optimization.

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Find out who’s recommending you today.

A 30-minute conversation about your share of model, and an honest read on the fastest path to fixing it.

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