AI SEO Optimization Agency: How I'd Hire One For My Business

An AI SEO optimization agency helps your business get found, cited and recommended when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google's AI for advice, and the good ones use AI to do that work faster.

If I were hiring one for my own business, I'd start with Goldie Agency, and I'm disclosing upfront that it's my agency, so weigh that.

The easiest first step is to book a free SEO strategy session and see where AI already mentions your brand.

Most business owners I talk to have the same worry.

They've heard customers say "I asked ChatGPT", and they have no idea whether their business ever comes up.

This page is the business owner's version, so it starts from your problem and shows which part of the agency's work fixes it.

Top 3 Picks At A Glance

🥇 Goldie Agency is my first pick, it's my own agency, and you can start with a free SEO strategy session.
🥈 Omniscient Digital is my pick for B2B software brands, because its site says it gets B2B brands recommended across AI and search engines.
🥉 Go Fish Digital is my pick if you also want digital PR and paid media, and it offers a free GEO audit on its site.

I checked each third-party site on 15 October 2026, and every one advertises AI search, GEO or AEO work on its own pages.

What Is An AI SEO Optimization Agency, In Plain English?

An AI SEO optimization agency is a marketing team that makes your business easier for AI tools to find, understand and recommend.

The phrase also gets used for agencies that simply use AI to do normal SEO faster.

What people mean	What it looks like for your business	The proof you should ask for
Optimising for AI answers	Your brand gets mentioned when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude or Google's AI who to use	A list of tracked buyer questions and the dated answers
Using AI to do the SEO	The agency ships content, links and reports faster because AI agents do the heavy lifting	The workflow, and who checks the work before it goes live

You'll hear the first meaning called GEO or AEO, and both labels describe the same goal.

The best agencies do both, because AI-powered production makes the footprint grow faster.

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Why This Matters For Your Revenue

Buyers now ask AI tools to compare companies before they ever visit a website.

My strategy session page says it plainly, because if those platforms don't mention your business, potential customers may find a competitor instead.

The AI answer is often the shortlist, and a business that isn't on the shortlist never gets the enquiry.

Google is still the biggest source of buyers on the internet, so this is an extra door and not a replacement for normal SEO.

The same work tends to help both doors, which is why I treat it as one plan.

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Match The Agency's Work To Your Problem

Every business I speak to fits one of five starting situations, and each one needs a different first move.

Problem 1: AI tools never mention you at all

This is the most common situation for small and local businesses.

The fix starts with a baseline, where you write down ten buyer questions and record what each AI tool says.

Then the agency builds your footprint, which means bylines, reviews, comparisons and mentions on sources people already trust.

Your own site still matters, but my strategy session page is clear that AI platforms don't recommend brands just because they publish more on their own websites.

Best fit: You want an agency that earns third-party coverage and links, not one that only writes blog posts.

Problem 2: A competitor gets named instead of you

This one hurts, because the buyer was ready and the AI sent them elsewhere.

The agency should start with a competitor gap analysis that shows which sources the AI cites for your rival.

Then it should go after those same kinds of sources for you, such as comparison articles, review sites and industry roundups.

Best fit: You want an agency that shows you the cited sources behind each answer, not just a mention count.

Problem 3: AI describes your business wrongly

Sometimes the AI mentions you but gets your services, prices, location or history wrong.

That is an entity problem, which means the facts about you are inconsistent across the web.

The agency should line up your name, services, locations and proof across your site, your profiles and your listings.

Google's own guidance includes keeping your Merchant Center and Business Profile information up to date, which helps with the same job.

Best fit: You want an agency that starts with a fact audit before it writes a single new page.

Problem 4: You rank on Google but you're not cited in AI answers

Some businesses have strong rankings and still don't appear in AI Overviews or ChatGPT answers.

The agency should rewrite your key pages so they open with a direct answer, add FAQ sections and make sure structured data matches the visible text.

It should also check that AI crawlers can actually read your site, including OAI-SearchBot for ChatGPT search and PerplexityBot for Perplexity.

Google says there is no special schema or AI text file needed for AI Overviews or AI Mode, so normal SEO fundamentals done properly are the job.

Best fit: You want an agency that has a strong technical SEO team as well as content writers.

Problem 5: You run an agency and clients are asking for AI SEO

If you own an agency, your clients are probably asking about ChatGPT already.

You can learn the workflow and run it in-house, or you can outsource parts of it and keep the client relationship.

If you're thinking about outsourcing, my guide to the best white label SEO services for agencies from this same batch explains how that model works.

My white-label SEO backlinks post on goldie.agency says Goldie Agency provides white-label link building that agencies can resell under their own brand. There is no separate programme page listing dashboards or pricing, so the honest route is to book a free SEO strategy session and ask whether my team can fulfil work for you.

Best fit: You should learn the system first, so you can judge any partner's work properly.

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Who I'd Hire, And Why

1. Goldie Agency (my own agency)

Goldie Agency is the SEO and link building agency I started on my own, and it now has 70+ people.

It's my company, so read this entry knowing I'm biased.

The site lists link building with manual outreach and no PBNs, a Complete Site Audit and an AI Automation service.

The strategy session page focuses on helping brands get found, cited and recommended by Google and AI, and it names Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.

AI runs around 80% of our internal operations, so the agency fits the second meaning of the phrase as well.

Best for: Businesses that want AI visibility, content and links from one team.

Price: The strategy session is free, and paid work is quoted after it.

2. Omniscient Digital

Omniscient Digital describes itself as an organic growth agency for B2B software companies.

Its site lists an Answer Engine Optimization service alongside SEO strategy, link building and digital PR.

Best for: B2B software brands that want AI visibility tied to pipeline.

3. Go Fish Digital

Go Fish Digital calls itself a generative engine optimisation and full-service digital marketing agency with 20 years in search.

Its homepage names ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Claude and Perplexity, and it offers a free GEO audit.

Best for: Brands that want GEO, digital PR and paid media from one agency.

4. iPullRank

iPullRank calls itself a pioneering enterprise and mid-market AI search agency.

Its site lists Relevance Engineering, generative engine optimisation and AI search strategy, and it offers an AI search readiness quiz.

Best for: Larger companies that want a technical, research-led programme.

5. Seer Interactive

Seer Interactive describes itself as an enterprise AI search, SEO and paid media agency.

Its site lists GEO as a service and says it has published AI studies since January 2023.

Best for: Enterprise brands that want AI search alongside paid media and analytics.

6. NoGood

NoGood is a growth marketing agency with an AEO service.

Its site says the AEO team runs research-backed optimisation strategies that boost brand visibility in AI search.

Best for: Startups and scale-ups that want AEO next to social and paid growth.

7. Omnius

Omnius describes itself as a B2B SEO and GEO marketing agency for SaaS and fintech.

Its services list generative engine optimisation, answer engine optimisation and entity SEO.

Best for: SaaS and fintech companies that want a niche specialist.

8. Siege Media

Siege Media positions itself as a full-service GEO agency for brands.

Its services include GEO, content creation, digital PR and Reddit marketing.

Best for: Brands that grow through content and digital PR.

I haven't hired the seven third-party agencies, so I'm describing what each one says on its own site.

I haven't listed prices for them, because agencies quote after a call and I won't guess.

What You Should Get In The First 90 Days

A good engagement leaves a trail you can check, even before results show up.

Weeks	What the agency should hand you
1 to 2	A list of buyer prompts you agreed together and a dated baseline of AI answers
3 to 4	A fact audit of your brand and a plan for the sources it will target
5 to 8	Rewritten key pages with direct answers, FAQ sections and checked schema
5 to 12	Coverage work under way, such as bylines, reviews, comparisons and links
12	The same prompts re-asked, compared with the baseline, plus enquiries and sales

Nobody can promise what changes by week twelve, so judge the trail and the honesty of the report.

Nobody Can Guarantee What A Model Says

Nobody can guarantee what a model says, and that includes me and Goldie Agency.

None of the companies behind these AI tools publishes a formula for which businesses get recommended.

An agency controls the work on your footprint and the honesty of its reporting, and it doesn't control the answer.

Any agency that guarantees a mention, a date or an income figure is guessing, so walk away.

Questions To Ask Before You Sign

Which buyer questions will you track for my business, and can I choose them?
Which AI tools do you check, and how often?
Will I see the actual answers and the cited sources?
How will you connect AI visibility to enquiries and sales?
Which parts of your work are done by AI, and who checks them?
Who owns the content, accounts and data if we stop?

📞 Want a second opinion before you sign with anyone? Book a free SEO strategy session and ask my team anything about AI visibility, links or the proposal you've been sent. → Book the free session

Free Help Before You Hire Anyone

You can run the baseline yourself today, and it costs nothing but an hour.

If your plan is heavy on links, my guide to the best backlink building service from this batch shows how I'd judge a link provider.

If you'd rather hire one person than an agency, my list of the best SEO consultants is the place to start.

If Claude is the AI tool your buyers use most, my best Claude SEO agency guide goes deeper on that one assistant.

For the link side of AI search, my AI backlink building services breakdown explains where AI helps and where it doesn't.

My Verdict For Business Owners

Goldie Agency is my first pick, and I've been open about why and where my bias sits.

Start from your problem, choose the agency whose work matches it, and insist on a baseline before you pay.

If you'd like my team to look at your business, book a free SEO strategy session and leave with a plan for traffic, mentions and leads.

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FAQ: AI SEO Optimization Agency For Businesses

Is an AI SEO optimization agency worth it for a small business?

It can be, if buyers in your market ask AI tools for recommendations and you can measure enquiries.

Start with a free baseline of what AI says about you today before you spend anything.

What will an AI SEO optimization agency actually change for my business?

It should clean up the facts about your brand, earn mentions on sources buyers trust and rewrite key pages so they answer questions directly.

It should also fix technical access for AI crawlers and measure the answers over time.

Will an AI SEO agency guarantee more customers?

No honest agency can, because nobody can guarantee what a model says or how many buyers act on it.

Judge the work on tracked prompts, citations and real enquiries.

Who would you hire as an AI SEO optimization agency?

I rank my own agency, Goldie Agency, first and disclose that bias.

Third-party agencies whose own sites advertise AI search work today include iPullRank, Seer Interactive, Omniscient Digital, NoGood, Omnius, Go Fish Digital and Siege Media.

Can my own agency offer AI SEO to clients?

Yes, if you can run the baseline, the content, the mentions and the measurement.

Many agency owners learn the workflow first and then decide which parts to outsource.

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About Julian

I'm Julian Goldie, an SEO entrepreneur, author and founder of the AI Profit Boardroom, which has 3,400+ members.

I help business owners scale with AI agents, automation and SEO.

I started Goldie Agency on my own, and it is now a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ people.
I've grown my YouTube channel to 400,000+ subscribers.
I wrote "Link Building Mastery".
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