I help local businesses two ways: making sure AI recommends you when customers ask, and finding the two or three changes that give your team hours back.
Get found by AI. Get your week back.
Outside your business
See how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude see your business.
Free, about 2 minutes, no credit card.
Inside your business
The two or three changes that pay off, usually with tools you already pay for.
Free, 30 minutes.
The shift
Google gives your customers a list.
AI gives them an answer.
More people now ask ChatGPT or Perplexity for “a good plumber near me,” and AI answers with two or three names instead of ten blue links. Either your business is one of those names, or it doesn’t exist to that customer.
A customer nearby asks AI for a recommendation
No results page, no map pack, no scrolling. They ask a question and take the answer.
AI reads your website and decides in seconds
It looks for structured information, clear facts, and trust signals. Most local business websites were never built to send them.
You’re in the answer, or you’re invisible
AIMention shows you which one you are today, and exactly what to change if you don’t like the answer.
“Who’s a good plumber near Riverside?”
of consumers now use AI tools for local business recommendations, up from 6% one year earlier.
BrightLocal, 2026
year over year growth in referral visits from AI platforms, with 1.13 billion visits in a single month in 2025.
Exposure Ninja AI Search Statistics, 2026
See it in action
This is the report. Take a look around.
A sample report for a fictional HVAC company in the Chicago suburbs. Click through the tabs. Your report looks just like this, scored against your real website.
Your website is missing key AI visibility signals
Based on our analysis, Mike’s Heating and Cooling is missing several signals that AI platforms rely on to identify and recommend local services. Without these, AI tools are less likely to surface your business when nearby customers are searching. The improvements below address the most impactful gaps.
About these scores
These scores reflect how likely AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity, and Claude are to include your business when recommending local services. They are based on the same signals AI systems use to decide which businesses to surface.
How your site performs across all six dimensions
Prioritized fixes specific to your report, in order of impact
A phased action plan based on your scores
- Fix your structured data markup
- Clean up your business listings
- Submit to key directories
- Fill gaps in your website content
- Strengthen your credibility signals
- Establish a content rhythm
- Grow your presence across more platforms
Showing 2 of the 4 platforms from this scan. Your report includes all four: Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
Mike’s Heating and Cooling is a fictional business created for this sample. Your report reflects your real scores.
How I score
Six dimensions. No black box.
Your overall score is the average of six dimensions, each scored on its own. They are the signals AI platforms use to decide which businesses to recommend. Nothing hidden.
See the full methodologyStructured Content
Whether your services, service areas, and specialties are spelled out in clear, organized sections instead of vague marketing copy.
Factual Clarity
Whether your name, address, phone, and hours appear as plain, consistent text that AI can read and repeat with confidence.
Structured Data Markup
Whether your site includes structured data, the code that tells AI exactly what your business is and where it operates.
Authority and Trust
Whether your site shows the signs of a real, established business: an about page, credentials, years in business, a named owner.
Citations and References
Whether you are listed, and listed consistently, in the directories AI treats as trusted sources, weighted for your type of business.
Local Relevance
Whether your pages name the cities and neighborhoods you serve, so AI connects you to searches from those places.
The score shows how customers find you.
The other half is what happens after they call.
The work doesn't vanish. It moves across the line.
Examples, not a menu. Your assessment names the two or three that fit your business.
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The same info, retyped all dayA smart intake formDetails go in once and land where they belong.
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The same questions, answered on repeatAn AI assistant loaded with your templatesDrafts the answer in your words. You just check and send.
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Estimates that go quietEstimate remindersA friendly nudge goes out on schedule, so fewer jobs slip away.
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Software you pay for and barely useFeatures you already own, turned onTurning on what your CRM and inbox can already do.
Want to know which of these fit your business?
Start free. Go as far as you need.
Each step stands on its own. Stop wherever you have what you need.
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Free score
$0
See where you stand.
- Overall score, 0 to 100
- Letter grade, with a plain English read on what it means
- How many gaps I found on your site
No credit card needed.
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Full report
$30one time
Know exactly what to fix, in what order.
- All six dimensions, scored
- Prioritized action checklist for your site
- 60 day roadmap
- AI Presence Scan: 12 prompts across 4 AI platforms
Money back guarantee. If the report doesn’t show you anything worth fixing, I refund your $30.
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Done for you
$199one time
I make every fix on your checklist within 5 business days.
- Every item on your action checklist, done
- Finished within 5 business days
- A plain language before and after summary
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Consulting
Freeintro call
Then a flat fee assessment and optional setup.
- A free intro call to find where the time goes
- A flat fee written assessment of where AI fits
- Optional setup of the changes that pay off
I’ll give you the exact number on our first call.
See how consulting works
Who’s behind this
I’m Charlie. I spent 20+ years in digital media and account management, and I built AIMention myself. I’m based in Bartlett and work with owners across the Chicago suburbs.
AIMention is run by me, Charlie Riske, from Bartlett, Illinois. It helps local businesses two ways. The AI Visibility Score shows how well AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude can find, understand, and recommend your business. AI consulting finds the two or three changes that give your team hours back, usually with tools you already pay for.
It is a score from 0 to 100, with a letter grade, that shows how easily AI tools can read your website and recommend your business. It is the average of six dimensions: Structured Content, Factual Clarity, Structured Data Markup, Authority and Trust, Citations and References, and Local Relevance.
SEO wins you a higher spot on a results page. AI visibility gets you into the two or three names an AI tool actually says when a customer asks. AI looks for structured facts, markup, citations, and local signals, so plenty of businesses that rank well on Google never come up in an AI answer.
Your score is free, no credit card. The full report with every fix, prioritized, is a one time $30 with a money back guarantee. If you want the fixes done for you, that is $199, finished within 5 business days. Consulting starts with a free 30 minute intro call, and the assessment is a flat fee that I give you on that call.
It starts with a free intro call. Then I write an assessment that ranks the places AI fits your business, with the exact tool for each, what it costs, and the hours it saves. I walk you through it on a review call, and I can set up the top changes if you want them done for you.
Local businesses and small teams: home services, professional firms, and local shops. I am based in Bartlett and work with owners across the Chicago suburbs and beyond.
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