22+ years digital marketing
Not theory. Built businesses. Scaled companies from 1 to 100+ employees.
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About The AEO Engine
Get recommended by AI. Not just listed.
When someone asks ChatGPT for a professional, does it recommend you by name? Or do you show up in a generic list with 20 other practices? There's a difference, and it's costing you clients.
The founder
I missed this opportunity once. Not again.
I'm Jerry. I fix this for practices that can't advertise what they actually do: medical clinics restricted by FDA regulations, wealth managers bound by SEC rules, law firms with professional advertising limits.
My CITE Framework gets you recommended by name. Current client rate: 18–26% of AI queries. Most practices? Zero.
2004–2008, early SEO, I watched it happen. I was running my own business, scaling from 1 to 100+ employees, paying SEO vendors who helped me rank on Google. I learned from that experience, and now I'm putting it to good use.
Now it's happening again with AI search. Same first-mover window. Same 60–90 day advantage. This time, I'm not sitting on the sidelines.
Why listen to me?
CITE Framework creator
18 months of testing. The methodology that gets practices recommended by AI.
Regulated industry specialist
Healthcare, wealth, and legal. I know the compliance constraints.
Multiple successful exits
I've built and sold companies. I understand what moves the needle.
The CITE Framework
SEO chases rankings. AEO wins recommendations.
Different game. Different signals. Here's what AI platforms check before recommending you by name.
Coverage
Are you present across the platforms AI trusts? Not spam directories, real authority: review sites, professional associations, industry publications. No coverage and you're invisible, even if your website is perfect.
Indexability
Can AI read your services, specialisations, credentials, and locations? Or is everything buried in paragraphs, PDFs, and images it can't parse? This is the #1 factor, more important than backlinks. Most practices fail here.
Trust signals
Credentials, certifications, reviews, awards, years of experience. "Board-certified + 500 procedures + ASPS member" gets recommended. "Experienced surgeon" doesn't.
Entity clarity
Does AI know exactly what you are? "Fee-only fiduciary specialising in retirement planning for tech executives in Seattle" is clear. "Wealth management" is noise AI ignores.
The numbers (no BS)
18–26%
Current client AI recommendation rate. Your competitor? 2–4%. Most practices? 0%.
30–120
Human-reviewed, never auto-published.
60–90 days
This is a race, not a marathon.
Who we serve
Healthcare / Medical
GLP-1 & weight loss clinics. Plastic surgery. TRT & hormone therapy. Med spas. Specialty practices.
Wealth Management
Fee-only fiduciary RIAs. Wealth management firms. Retirement planning. CFPs & investment managers.
Legal / Professional
Estate planning attorneys. Personal injury firms. Family law practices. Tax strategy & accounting.
Better calls, not more calls
Most practices get
"Hi, how much do you charge?" "I'm calling 10 places to compare…" They found 10 businesses on Google. You're name #6. They compare the only thing they can: price.
You get
"Hi, ChatGPT recommended you. I'd like to schedule." No price interrogation. No comparison shopping. AI already explained. They already decided.
The window
The window is open. It won't stay that way.
Right now, it's easy to break in. Most practices only show up for name searches; a handful dominate the help-seeking queries where AI recommends by name. You can be that handful, today.
Six months from now, 10–15 practices per market will figure this out and you'll be fighting for scraps. Twelve months, and the first-mover advantage is gone. The practices getting recommended aren't smarter than you. They just moved first.
See where you stand. 20 minutes.
I'll run live AI queries specific to your specialty and city. You'll see exactly where you appear and where you don't. No pitch, just data, I only run five of these per week.