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Is AI recommending your competitors instead of you?

If you own a business and you're not paying attention to this, you're losing market share. You probably don't even know it yet.

Chris Small
Personally reviewed by Chris 5 AI platforms tested · 24–48 hour delivery
Currently free. Becomes a $497 service when our ads go live next month. Get yours while it's still complimentary.
6/10 Six out of ten businesses we audited had zero mentions in ChatGPT. Most owners had no idea.
Five Platforms Tested

This is no longer a 'nerds and techies' thing.

Each one reads different signals. Each one recommends different businesses. You need to know where you stand on all five.

G
ChatGPT
Tested
Gm
Gemini
Tested
Px
Perplexity
Tested
C
Claude
Tested
AI
Google AI Overview
Tested
What Just Broke About Local Marketing

Search just changed. Most businesses don't know it yet.

People are asking AI for recommendations. Not searching. Asking. "Who's the best plumber near me?" typed straight into ChatGPT. And AI doesn't give them 10 links. It picks two or three businesses and recommends them by name.

It's not just ChatGPT anymore. Google Gemini, Perplexity, Claude — each pulls from different data sources and gives different answers. You might rank #1 on Google and not exist on Gemini. You'd never know — you've never looked there.

AI doesn't care how good your SEO was. Doesn't care how many years you've ranked. It picks the businesses it can read clearly — and the ones moving first are the ones being named.

Adapt now or fall behind. The early movers win this — whether they came from solid SEO or never cracked Google's front page. The ones who wait spend years catching up, losing customers every day they stall.

25.8%
of Google searches now show an AI answer above traditional results
Stackmatix, Jan 2026
4–5×
AI visitors convert at 4–5× the rate of traditional search traffic
Semrush / Growth Marshal, 2025
2–3
businesses AI recommends by name — not a page of links, a shortlist
When AI is asked, it picks for the customer

There are no paid search options.

A business with deeper pockets can't game the results the way they can with Google Ads.

It's merit-based.

Here's where six real businesses stand. ↓

Six Audits. Six Surprises.

The audit names names — yours, your competitors', and every platform recommending them instead of you.

Six audits. Six industries. One pattern: someone else is being recommended in your place — by name, on platforms you've probably never tested.

HVAC
Calgary, AB
Visibility 28/100
Zero ChatGPT mentions
Comfort Air Calgary: 11× to your 0
Plastic Surgery
Sydney, AU
Visibility 31/100
Wrong address on Gemini
3 surgeons rank above you on AI Overview
Auto Repair
Tacoma, WA
Visibility 22/100
Invisible on Perplexity
Tacoma Auto Co.: 12× to your 1
Heavy Duty Diesel
Salem, OR
Visibility 35/100
No DPF / DEF content indexed
Pacific Fleet wins fleet queries — you don't appear
Estate Law
Phoenix, AZ
Visibility 41/100
Missing attorney schema
2 firms named on probate queries — you're not
Custom Home Builder
Vancouver, BC
Visibility 33/100
Reviews not surfaced by AI
Vista Custom Homes: 8× to your 0
Your turn

Want to see what AI is saying about your business?

Same 5-platform diagnostic. Yours by name. 24–48 hours. Personally reviewed by Chris. The competitor intel is yours to keep — even if you don't hire us.

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Free now — becomes a $497 service when ads go live next month.
The Method

Three steps. Audit. Implement. Optimize.

The audit opens the door. Implementation and optimization walk you through it — and AI starts naming you instead of your competitors.

0124–48 hours

Audit

5-platform visibility test against ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overview. You get a visibility score, a Website Readiness Score, competitor intelligence by name, and a prioritized fix list. You'll know exactly what AI is saying about your business — and which competitors are getting the customers that should be yours. Personally reviewed by Chris.

028–12 weeks

Implement

The structural work that makes AI platforms quote you instead of guessing about you — schema, FAQ structure, GBP, content architecture, citation work. The customers AI was sending to your competitors start showing up at your door. Done over 8–12 weeks with monthly progress reports and re-audits.

03Ongoing

Optimize

Monthly content. AI Receptionist. Automations that send the review requests you keep meaning to follow through on, the appointment reminders that cut your no-show rate, the missed-call follow-ups that recover leads from voicemail. The behind-the-scenes work that compounds into customer growth, running quietly while you run the business. Same client. Same trust. Same playbook.

Try the AI Receptionist yourself. 📞 Call (415) 789-3488 — it's the same one we set up for clients. 24/7. No human gatekeeper.
What audits actually uncover

Real businesses. Real findings. Real fixes.

Finding: Website & GEO gaps

The AI audit helped our marketing team find the weak spots in our website's GEO and what we needed to do to show up in future AI search results.

Sacha Karsten
Project Manager — EnviroGroup, Melbourne AU
Finding: Didn't know AI mattered

I was very impressed with my AI visibility report. I didn't even know this was a thing, but it makes sense now why my business wasn't being recommended by AI. I love that the report started by telling me what's right with my website — that made it much less daunting. This was one of the best business decisions I made.

Melody Lane
CEO — Essence of Eternity Skincare, Maple Ridge BC
Finding: 2,000+ reviews unused

Chris ran an AI visibility audit on GenieBidet and showed us exactly where we were missing out — including 2,000+ Amazon reviews that weren't helping our website rank with AI platforms. The report was specific, not generic. Whether you hire him or do the work yourself, the audit alone is worth having.

Eric Secher
Owner — GenieBidet, USA

Audits delivered across auto repair, HVAC, plumbing, diesel, estate law, cosmetic surgery, custom building, and e-commerce.

Chris Small, Founder of Smartech Marketing Systems Chris Small · Founder
The Operator

You've spent years building your reputation. AI doesn't know about any of it.

I'm Chris Small. Every audit is reviewed by me personally — I read the results, write the recommendations, and if I don't think it's worth fixing, I'll tell you that.

20+ years in marketing, mostly direct response, mostly helping local businesses figure out what actually gets customers through the door. Not what sounds impressive. What works.

I became obsessed with AI the day ChatGPT launched. What I keep finding: businesses with fewer reviews and weaker reputations being named ahead of their stronger competitors — not because they were better, but because their online presence was structured in a way AI could read.

That's the opportunity hiding in this. AI rewards the businesses that move first — and the gap between movers and laggers compounds every month. The ones who start now will be miles ahead in two years. The ones who wait? Their competition becomes unreachable.

20+
Years in Marketing
5
AI Platforms Tested
3
Countries Served
Questions owners actually ask

Before you request the audit

How is this different from SEO?
SEO optimizes how Google ranks links. AI visibility optimizes how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Google's AI Overview recommend businesses by name. Different mechanics. Different data sources. Different fixes. Strong SEO doesn't guarantee AI mentions — and weak SEO doesn't block them. We've audited businesses with poor SEO that get named by AI, and businesses ranking #1 on Google that don't exist on Gemini.
What's actually in the audit?
A visibility score for each of the five AI platforms, a Website Readiness Score, competitor intelligence naming every business outranking you and on which platforms, and a prioritized fix list. Personally reviewed by Chris. Delivered in 24–48 hours.
Do I need a website to benefit?
You need one to fix the gaps. AI platforms read your website's structure, content, and schema markup to decide whether to recommend you. If you don't have a site, that's the first fix. The audit will tell you exactly what's needed — you don't need to figure it out yourself.
How long does it take? When do I get my audit?
Within 24–48 hours of requesting. Implementation work, if you want it, runs 8–12 weeks. Optimization is ongoing after that. You don't need to commit to anything beyond the audit itself.
Can I do this work myself?
Yes. The audit includes a fix list specific enough that a moderately technical person can act on it. The work isn't secret — it's schema markup, FAQ structure, Google Business Profile, content architecture, citations. You're paying for the diagnosis and the prioritization. The fixes themselves are yours to implement or hand to us.
Why is the audit free? What's the catch?
No catch. We're launching paid Facebook ads next month and the audit becomes a $497 service at that point. Right now, getting more audits in the wild — and more business owners aware that AI visibility is a thing — is more valuable to us than the $497. Your audit is yours to keep either way. No upsell required.
What if I'm already ranking well on Google?
Google ranking and AI visibility are separate games. We've audited businesses ranking #1 on Google that don't exist on Gemini or Perplexity. Customers are increasingly skipping Google entirely — if you're not in the AI shortlist, you're invisible to that traffic. Ranking well on Google is a starting advantage, not a guarantee.
What if I don't have time to do the implementation?
We do it for you. After the audit, you can either take the fix list and run with it yourself, or hire us on a monthly retainer to handle implementation. The audit itself doesn't commit you to anything — not even a conversation. If you decide to handle the work in-house, we'll wish you luck and step out of your way.
Ready when you are

Find out where you stand. Before your competitors do.

30 seconds to request. 24–48 hours to deliver. The intel you receive on your site and your competitors is yours to keep — whether you hire us or not.

Get your free audit
No credit card · No obligation · No sales call unless you ask for one.
Currently free. Becomes a $497 service when our ads go live next month.
P.S. If after the audit I don't think it's worth fixing, I'll tell you that. Not every business is ready for this yet — and I'd rather tell you straight than waste your time. — Chris