AI Search and AI Ads

Your Customers Are Asking ChatGPT. Is It Saying Your Name?

More people every month skip the search results and just ask AI who to call. We make sure the answer is you: your profiles claimed, your info correct and your name in the conversation.

ChatGPT profile claimed for you

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot

Included in every plan

who should i call for furnace repair in bemidji?

Here are a few well-reviewed options in the Bemidji area:

Northwoods Heating and Air Claimed profile

Family-run with strong recent Google reviews. Same-day service across the lakes area.

northwoodsheatingandair.com

New call from an AI answer

Tracked in your monthly report

ChatGPT profile claimed

Verified and kept current by us

What Just Changed

Search Is Turning Into a Conversation

For twenty years, getting found meant ranking on Google. That still matters, and we still do it. But now your customers also ask ChatGPT and Gemini things like "who should I call to fix my furnace in Bemidji" and the AI answers with a short list of names instead of ten blue links.

Nicole Stone on the phone and Megan Dornbusch on her laptop, Central Lakes Digital

Most owners don't know they can claim their business in ChatGPT yet. Being early is the whole advantage.

Megan and Nicole, Central Lakes Digital

AI gives answers, not links

When someone asks an AI assistant for a recommendation, it names a few businesses and moves on. Either you are in that short list or you are invisible.

Our job: make sure you are one of the names.

You can now claim your business in ChatGPT

In November 2026, OpenAI opened Businesses in ChatGPT. Like your Google Business Profile, you can claim your profile, correct what ChatGPT says about you, and see how often it mentions you and sends people to your site.

We claim it, verify it and keep it current for you.

AI ads are here too

ChatGPT now sells ads, and Google is putting ads in its AI answers. It is early, which is exactly when attention is cheapest and your competitors are not there yet.

We manage AI ads the same way we run your Google ads.

AI assistants build their answers from the same raw material Google uses: your website, your reviews, your listings and what the web says about you. Strong material, strong answers. Thin or wrong material, silence.

What's Included

What Our AI Search Work Covers

AEO, GEO, AI SEO: whatever you call it, it is the work below, and it rides on the same system we already run for your business. No new jargon required.

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ChatGPT Business Profile

We claim and verify your business in ChatGPT, fix what it gets wrong and keep your details current, the same way we manage your Google Business Profile.

Claimed for you

You own it

02

AI Search Optimization

Your website shaped so AI assistants can read it, trust it and repeat it: clear services, clear towns, plain answers to the questions your customers actually ask.

Service pages

Plain answers

03

Every Major Assistant

ChatGPT, Gemini, Google's AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot each lean on different sources. We cover the listings and content each one reads.

ChatGPT and Gemini

Perplexity and Copilot

04

Reviews AI Repeats

AI assistants lean hard on reviews when they pick who to name. Review requests after every job feed Google and every AI answer built on top of it.

After every job

Google reviews

05

Product Feeds for Stores

Sell online? We connect your Shopify store so your products, prices and availability show up when shoppers ask ChatGPT what to buy.

Shopify

Prices and stock

06

ChatGPT Ads

As OpenAI opens its ad platform, we plan, run and track ChatGPT Ads the same way we run your Google and Meta ads. Ad budget goes straight to the platform.

Labeled placements

Your ad account

07

AI Answers in Google

Google now answers many searches with AI before the normal results. We optimize for AI Overviews and manage the ads that show up around them.

AI Overviews

AI Mode

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AI Visits, Tracked

Your monthly report shows mentions, clicks and visits that came from AI assistants, next to your Google numbers, so you watch this grow instead of guessing.

Monthly report

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How It Works

How We Get You Into the Answer

01

Check What AI Says Now

We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity about your services in your towns and record who they name, what they say about you and what they get wrong.

Your part: fill out the short audit form

02

Claim and Correct

Your Google Business Profile, your ChatGPT profile and the listings AI assistants read, claimed, corrected and kept current. You own every account.

Your part: confirm hours, services and towns

03

Build What AI Trusts

Service pages, city pages, plain answers to real questions and steady reviews after every job. The material AI quotes is material we build.

Your part: do great work and answer the phone

04

Track and Adjust

Mentions, clicks and AI visits land in your monthly report next to your Google numbers, and we adjust as the assistants change.

Your part: read one page a month

Nicole Stone and Megan Dornbusch of Central Lakes Digital

Built for This Since Before It Had a Name

The work that puts our clients at the top of Google is the same work AI rewards: real service pages, real reviews, accurate listings and a fast site. Client sites already log visits that started as an AI conversation, and every free audit now includes an AI check: we ask the assistants about your business and show you exactly what they say.

See what your free audit covers →

The Plan That Covers It

Already In Your Plan

AI search is not an upsell. The groundwork is built into every plan, because it is the same work that gets you found on Google.

Get Found

Show up when people in your town search for what you do

Starting at

$900/month

New website, built and hosted by us

Google Business Profile set up, posted to and kept current

Local SEO so you show up in the Google map pack

Review requests that send happy customers to your Google page

A monthly blog post to help you rank

2 tech hours a month: website updates, new landing pages, software setup, tech help. Text us, we do it.

Monthly one-page report: calls, leads, what's next

AI search is part of the local SEO work in this plan, not an extra line item.

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Ready for AI Ads?

Get Leads, starting at $1,900 a month, adds ads written and run by us, with call and form tracking so you see which ad brought each lead. As ChatGPT Ads open to more businesses, they join your mix the same way.

Every plan includes your new website, and the build fee is waived. Ad budgets are paid straight to the platform, so you always see exactly what goes to ads.

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FAQ

AI Search, Answered

Rather talk it through? Call or text (218) 203-8085.

What is AI search optimization?

Making sure AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini name your business when people ask for what you do. The ingredients are familiar: an accurate claimed profile, strong reviews and a website that plainly says what you do and where. Some people call it AEO or GEO. We just call it getting found.

Can I really claim my business in ChatGPT?

Yes. OpenAI opened this in November 2026. You verify you own the business, then you can correct your details, add your products and see how often ChatGPT mentions you. We handle the claiming and upkeep for you, and you own the account.

Do people really use ChatGPT to find local businesses?

More every month. OpenAI says over a billion people use ChatGPT every week, and asking it for a recommendation is one of the most common uses. The numbers are smaller than Google today, but the people asking are ready to buy, and almost none of your competitors are paying attention yet.

Can I pay ChatGPT to recommend my business?

No, and be wary of anyone who says otherwise. OpenAI is clear that ads do not change how often ChatGPT recommends a business. Ads buy labeled placements. Recommendations are earned, and the way you earn them is the work on this page.

Is this instead of Google?

No. Google is still where most of your customers look, and AI assistants learn about you largely from the same sources Google reads. This is one system: the work that wins the map pack is the work that wins the AI answer.

What does it cost?

Nothing extra. AI search is part of the SEO work in every plan, starting with Get Found at $900 a month. AI ads, when you are ready for them, are managed under Get Leads like your Google and Meta ads, and ad budgets are paid straight to the platform.

My business is small and rural. Does this matter for me?

Especially for you. When someone asks AI for help in a small market, there are only a handful of businesses to name. Being the one with the claimed profile, the reviews and the clear website often means being the only name in the answer.

Free Website Audit

Find Out What AI Says About You

Your free audit includes an AI search check. We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity about your business and send you what they say, what they get wrong and what to fix first, within 1 to 2 business days.