We have a long sales cycle. How do you show progress before deals close?+
We agree leading indicators up front — qualified-opportunity creation, decision-query rankings, AI citation share, demo-page conversion rate — and report them weekly. Closed revenue is the lagging scoreboard, but nobody should wait two quarters to know whether the program is working.
Should we publish thought leadership or bottom-funnel content?+
Bottom-funnel first, nearly always. Comparison, alternatives and integration pages capture buyers already in-market and pay back inside a quarter. Thought leadership builds the entity authority that makes AI systems cite you, so it comes second, once the capture layer exists.
Do you work with our sales team?+
Yes. Sales calls are the cheapest research available — objections, competitor mentions and the exact language buyers use become the content brief. We join call reviews monthly and mine recordings where you have them.
What does working with Arise GEO cost?+
Engagements start with a $4,500 forensic audit, credited into month one. Ongoing retainers run $6,500–$14,500 per month depending on scope, channel count and publishing volume. We don't bill a percentage of ad spend and we don't lock clients into 24-month contracts to hide slow starts.
How is an AI-era agency different from a traditional one?+
A traditional agency optimizes for ten blue links and a paid auction. We optimize for those plus the answer layer — AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini — where a growing share of commercial research now ends before anyone clicks. That means entity modelling, schema, citable content structure and measurement that separates classic organic clicks from assisted AI-influenced revenue.
Do you have a guarantee?+
Yes. Implement our 90-day plan and if the agreed leading indicators don't move within 3–6 months, we refund our fees. The guarantee covers our fee, not your media spend.
How do we make sure our company shows up on AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini?+
Three layers, in order. First, entity clarity: one canonical Organization with @id anchors, sameAs links to authoritative databases, and knowsAbout coverage of your real expertise. Second, extractable content: atomic answer blocks, comparison tables, transparent pricing and specs, and FAQ blocks on every commercial page. Third, corroboration: mentions in the roundups, directories, review platforms, and trade publications those engines retrieve. Measure it by probing a fixed set of buying questions monthly and tracking citation frequency per engine.
What actually makes a page get cited by AI instead of just ranked?+
Citability. AI engines lift passages that answer one question completely in 40–80 words, in plain language, with a concrete number, definition, or list. Pages that bury the answer under narrative rarely get quoted. We rewrite key pages so every important question has a self-contained answer block, wrapped in schema that labels what it is.
Is SEO still worth investing in now that AI answers so many queries?+
Yes, because AI answers are built from indexed pages. Every major assistant retrieves from a crawled index, so pages that aren't crawlable, renderable, or structured never enter the candidate pool. Classic SEO is now the entry requirement for AI visibility, and the two programs share almost all of the same work.
How quickly can we expect results from an Arise GEO engagement?+
Technical recovery and on-page work typically show movement in 30–60 days. AI citation lift on long-tail and comparison queries usually lands in 30–90 days. Category-level authority and head-term rankings are a 6–12 month curve. Every engagement ships a sequenced 90-day plan so early wins fund the long work.
What do we get, and what does it cost?+
You get a forensic audit, a prioritized 90-day execution plan with effort and impact scoring, and optional done-for-you implementation by our engineers and editors. Pricing is scoped per engagement based on catalog size, locale count, and whether you want execution included. Implement our 90-day plan and if you don't see results in 3–6 months, we refund you in full.