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Insights on AI search visibility, GEO, and getting your brand cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and beyond.

ChatGPT
Jacob Wright

How to Get Your Brand Mentioned in ChatGPT (A Practical Playbook)

When a buyer asks ChatGPT for the best tool in your category, three brands get named — and they get the deal flow. This practical playbook covers exactly how to get your brand into those answers: source-of-record pages, editorial mentions, entity clarity, FAQ content, and an audit methodology you can run every 90 days.

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GEO Guide
Jacob Wright

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): The Complete Guide for 2026

GEO is the discipline of optimizing content so AI search engines cite your brand in their answers — not rank your URL in a list. This complete practitioner guide covers what generative engine optimization is, how AI engines decide what to cite, 5 core GEO tactics, and how to audit your current AI visibility.

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Case Study
Jacob Wright

From Invisible to Cited: A Real-World AI Visibility Audit Case Study

A SaaS brand ranking #1 on Google — but getting zero mentions in ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini. Here's exactly what our AI Visibility Audit uncovered, the three structural changes we made, and how their citation rate jumped from 6% to 34% in 90 days.

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AI Visibility
Jacob Wright

What Is an AI Visibility Audit? (And Why Your Brand Needs One)

There's no Google Search Console for ChatGPT — no dashboard showing how often your brand is cited in Perplexity or whether Gemini's description of your product is even accurate. An AI visibility audit closes that gap. Here's what it measures, who needs one, and why a single snapshot isn't enough.

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AI Search
Jacob Wright

How to Appear in AI Search Results: A Practical Guide for Brands

Your buyers are asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini for vendor recommendations. If your brand isn't being cited in those answers, you're invisible at the moment of decision. This guide covers exactly how to fix that — entity clarity, third-party citations, direct-answer content, and more.

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B2B SaaS
Jacob Wright

B2B SaaS AI Citations: How AI Engines Decide Which SaaS Brands to Cite

AI engines don't rank pages — they cite brands. For B2B SaaS, the citation is the only thing that matters: it's what determines whether you're on the shortlist or invisible. Here's the anatomy of an AI citation, the 6 sources AI pulls from when answering SaaS queries, and how to engineer citations as a deliberate marketing motion.

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AI Metrics
Jacob Wright

Share of Voice in AI Search: How to Measure and Grow Your Brand's AI Presence

AI answers are zero-sum — if a competitor gets cited, you don't. Share of voice in AI search is the percentage of category-relevant AI answers that mention your brand. Here's how to measure it manually, the 5 factors that determine it, and the tactics that grow your AI presence.

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AI Strategy
Jacob Wright

ChatGPT vs Google: Why Your Brand Needs a Different Strategy for Each

Most marketing teams are running their SEO playbook inside ChatGPT — and getting buried. Google ranks pages; ChatGPT picks brand names. Here's how the two engines actually work, the 3 ways your SEO playbook fails in ChatGPT, and what a ChatGPT-specific brand strategy looks like.

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AI Strategy
Jacob Wright

AI Share of Voice: How to Measure Your Brand's Visibility in ChatGPT and Perplexity

Traditional share of voice measured your presence across owned, earned, and paid channels. AI share of voice measures the percentage of category-relevant AI answers that mention your brand. Here's how to measure it manually, what determines it, and a 10-minute audit you can run today.

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B2B SaaS
Jacob Wright

How to Get Your B2B SaaS Brand Cited in AI Search Results

B2B SaaS buyers use ChatGPT and Perplexity to build vendor shortlists before any sales conversation. If you're not in those answers, you weren't outranked — you were never on the list. Here's why SaaS brands get cited (or don't), the 5 levers to pull, and a 15-minute DIY audit.

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Perplexity AI
Jacob Wright

How to Optimize Your Brand for Perplexity AI Search

Perplexity is the answer engine high-intent buyers actually use for vendor research — and it works on completely different rules than Google. Here's how it decides which brands to cite, why it's a high-stakes channel for B2B and DTC, and 5 concrete steps to get your brand surfaced in Perplexity answers.

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AI Search Optimization
Jacob Wright

AI Search Optimization: How to Get Your Brand Cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity

SEO ranks pages in a list. AI search optimization gets your brand cited inside the recommendation. Here's why your SEO stack alone won't get you cited by ChatGPT, what AI models actually look for, and 5 concrete tactics to start showing up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini answers.

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Measurement
Jacob Wright

How to Measure AI Search Visibility: The Metrics That Actually Matter

GA4 won't tell you if ChatGPT is citing your brand. Here are the 3 core AI search metrics — Citation Rate, Share of Voice, and Query Coverage — and a step-by-step system to track them starting today.

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Agency Guide
Luminari Team

The Best GEO Agencies in 2025 (And What to Look for When Hiring One)

The GEO agency market is real, growing, and still hard to read. This guide covers what a proper GEO engagement includes, how to evaluate providers, and what separates serious specialists from agencies riding a trend.

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Jacob Wright

AI Search Optimization Pricing: What Does GEO Actually Cost?

GEO agency retainers, one-off audits, DIY tools — here's what AI search optimization actually costs and how to calculate the ROI.

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Jacob Wright

How to Write Content That AI Search Engines Actually Cite

You've published dozens of articles. You rank on Google. But ask ChatGPT who the best option in your category is — and your brand doesn't come up. The problem isn't volume. It's format. Here's how to write content that AI search engines actually cite, with a 5-step AI-ready content audit you can run today.

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Jacob Wright

How AI Search Engines Rank Brands (And What That Means for You)

AI search engines don't rank pages — they select brands to include in synthesized answers. Understanding the five signals that drive that selection (entity recognition, topical association, citation breadth, answer-readiness, and recency) is the key to showing up when buyers ask AI for recommendations in your category.

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Jacob Wright

How to Build Brand Authority for AI Search (The Complete Guide)

Your domain authority is 70 but ChatGPT still ignores you. Learn the 5 pillars of AI search authority — entity establishment, topical depth, third-party validation, consistent brand signals, and answer-optimized content — plus a 90-day roadmap to close the gap.

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Jacob Wright

The GEO Audit Checklist: 10 Things AI Search Looks for Before Citing Your Brand

Your SEO is flawless — but ChatGPT has never heard of you. Run through the 10-point GEO audit checklist to find exactly which signals AI search uses before deciding to cite a brand, and score where you stand today.

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Jacob Wright

What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?

Generative Engine Optimization is the discipline of making your brand visible in AI-generated answers. Here's what it is, how it differs from SEO, and the 4 pillars that determine whether you get cited — or stay invisible.

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Jacob Wright

How to Get Your Brand Cited by ChatGPT (and Other AI Search Engines)

When a buyer asks ChatGPT for the best tool in your category, three brands get named. Yours isn't one of them. Here's exactly why AI cites some brands and not others — and what you can do to change it starting today.

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Jacob Wright

GEO vs SEO: What's the Difference and Why It Matters for Your Brand

Most marketers treat SEO and GEO as the same thing. They're not — and that assumption is costing brands real revenue. Here's how generative engine optimization works and why your Google rankings don't transfer to AI search.

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Jacob Wright

Why Your Brand Is Invisible in AI Search (And How to Fix It)

AI is now a primary research channel for buyers — and most brands have no idea how they appear in those answers. Here are the 4 root causes of AI invisibility and a 6-step framework to fix it.

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GEO Fundamentals
Jacob Wright

What Is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Does Your Brand Need It?

GEO is the new discipline of getting your brand cited in AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Here's what it is, how it differs from SEO, the 5 signals that drive AI citations, and how to know if your brand needs it.

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