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AI Presence Management · Toronto

When someone asks AI who to hire,
does your name come up?

Most businesses are invisible on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI — and they don't know it. Vela Reach Co. fixes that. We make sure your business shows up when potential customers ask AI for a recommendation in your category.

You get a live AI Visibility Dashboard
Watch your score update, live, every week
800M+People ask AI for recommendations weekly
$150One-time AI Visibility Audit
0Lock-in contracts
Free audit available for a limited number of businesses this month

Your customers are asking AI. Is your business in the answer?

When someone types "best yoga studio in Toronto" or "most trusted family lawyer near me" into ChatGPT or Perplexity, they get one answer — not ten blue links. If your business isn't in that answer, you don't get a second chance. The buyer clicks, converts, and never knew you existed.

Vela Reach is built for you if
  • You run a local or online small business with an existing website
  • You've noticed leads softening but can't figure out why
  • You want to be found by the right people — not just rank on Google
  • You want someone to handle this completely, not teach you to do it
  • You're ready to invest in something that compounds over time
Probably not the right fit if
  • You need results overnight — AI visibility takes 4–12 weeks
  • You're enterprise-scale with an in-house SEO team already
  • You only want paid ads — we focus on organic AI and search presence
  • You're not ready to invest $200+/month in your visibility
The gap we fill

Real GEO agencies charge $3,000–$10,000/month — built for mid-market brands, not small businesses. Cheap SEO shops charge $50–$125/month but don't do real AI visibility work. Nobody is serving the small business owner who deserves genuine AI presence management at a price they can actually say yes to. That's the gap. That's us.


How it works

From invisible to recommended
in three steps

01

We audit your AI presence

We check your business across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI for the 8–10 queries your customers are actually asking. You get a visual dashboard showing exactly where you appear and where competitors are winning instead.

02

We fix the gaps

Content that AI wants to cite. Schema markup so crawlers understand your business. Directory submissions to the sources AI pulls from. Brand mentions in trusted publications. We handle all of it.

03

You compound, month by month

Every fix builds on the last. Your AI Presence Score climbs. New queries turn green. Customers arrive having already been recommended to you by AI — the highest-intent lead that exists.

Results start in week one — not month three
Week 1 Your AI Visibility Dashboard goes live — your score, your gaps, your plan
Week 2 Schema markup live, llms.txt published, first directory submissions sent
Month 1 First new AI citations appearing — your name starts showing up in answers
Month 3 Score climbs, queries turn green, AI is recommending you to your ideal customers

What we do

Two ways to get started

All services
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AI Visibility Audit

We check how your business appears across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI for the queries your customers are actually asking. You get a visual score, a gap analysis, and a 90-day fix plan.

$150 one-time · results in 24 hours
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AI Presence Retainer

Monthly SEO + GEO management. Answer-first content, schema markup, brand mention outreach, weekly AI monitoring, and a monthly report. Everything that moves your score up, handled for you.

$200–$250/month · cancel anytime

Free AI Check

Not sure if you have a problem? Let us run a quick 5-minute check on your business before you commit to anything. We'll show you exactly what AI says about you right now — for free.

$150 one-time

Not sure where to start?

The marketing audit is the best first step. For $150 you get a complete picture of what's working, what isn't, and what to fix first. Most clients convert to a retainer within 30 days.

Get your audit
Services

Tailored to where
your business is right now

Every engagement starts with understanding your business — not pitching a template.

Monthly retainer

AI Presence Retainer

Ongoing AI visibility management. We monitor how ChatGPT and Perplexity talk about your business every week, and systematically fix what's holding your AI Presence Score back.

  • Weekly AI visibility re-audit, with real proof of what changed
  • Live dashboard, updated every week — not just monthly
  • Monthly answer-first content page targeting your weakest query
  • FAQ and Organization schema markup, kept current
  • llms.txt maintained as AI crawler standards evolve
  • Initial directory submissions (first month) — then ongoing third-party citation & mention building.
  • Third-party mention and review growth
  • Monthly strategy call — review progress, reset priorities
Start with a discovery call
Starting at
$200
per month · no lock-in, cancel anytime
Clients managed
~2.5 hrs
of your time per client per month
What you get every week
📊 Live dashboard, updated weekly with proof
✍️ 1 answer-first content page each month
🔗 Third-party mentions & citation growth
📍 Schema markup + llms.txt maintenance
WHAT MAKES IT WORK
Weekly AI monitoring with
real, verifiable proof
CANCEL ANYTIME
Month-to-month · 30 days notice · No lock-in
One-time · Results in 24 hours

AI Visibility Audit

A full check of how your business appears across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI for the queries your customers are actually asking. You get a score, a gap analysis, and a clear 90-day plan.

  • 8–10 tracked queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI
  • AI Presence Score (0–100) with grade and breakdown
  • Query-by-query results — where you appear, where competitors win
  • Platform visibility breakdown per AI system
  • Top keyword opportunities with SEO data
  • Visual PDF audit report — professional, client-ready
  • Live AI Visibility Dashboard — shareable link, updated monthly
  • 90-day fix plan — prioritised by impact
Get your audit
Investment
$150
one-time · results within 24 hours
What's included
🔍 AI visibility across 4 platforms
📊 Live dashboard + PDF report
🏆 Competitor gap analysis
📋 90-day fix plan
MOST CLIENTS
Convert to a retainer within 30 days of seeing their score
Free · No commitment

Free AI Visibility Check

Not sure if you have a problem? In 5 minutes we'll show you exactly what ChatGPT says about your business right now — for free, before you spend a cent.

  • We run your business name through ChatGPT and Perplexity live
  • You see exactly what AI says about you right now
  • We show you which competitors are being recommended instead
  • You get a plain-English explanation of why and what would change it
  • No pitch, no pressure — just the truth about your AI visibility
  • Takes 5 minutes on a quick call or we can send results by email
Get the free check No strings. Just clarity.
Investment
$0
completely free · takes 5 minutes
5 areas reviewed
🤖 ChatGPT — what does it say?
🔍 Perplexity — are you being cited?
💡 Who's winning your category?
📋 What would actually change it?

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Month-to-month. Cancel with 30 days notice. No lock-in, no hidden fees.

$200–$250 / month
📊 Includes your own live AI Visibility Dashboard — updated every week
AI Visibility Audit: $150 one-time · Free check: always free
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How AI Search Works

People stopped Googling.
They started asking AI.

Understanding this shift is the first step to making sure your business doesn't get left behind.

The shift that changed everything

800 million people now ask AI for recommendations every week

Three years ago, when someone needed to find a business, they typed into Google and scanned the first few results. Today, more and more people open ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overview and ask a direct question — and they get one answer, not a list of links.

That answer might say: "The best yoga studio in Toronto is Flow Collective — they offer beginner-friendly classes and have been recommended by several wellness publications." The person reads it, trusts it, and books directly. The studio on the next block never gets a chance.

This is happening across every category. And most businesses have no idea whether they're in those AI answers or not.

The problem

AI gives one answer. If you're not in it, you don't exist to that buyer.

The cause

AI recommends who the internet talks about most — not necessarily who's best.

The fix

Get your business mentioned in the right places, in the right format, consistently.

The result

AI starts recommending you. Buyers arrive already convinced.

How AI decides

How AI picks who to recommend — and how we get you in the answer

00 — The terms

SEO vs GEO — and why you need both

Search now happens in two places: Google's results page, and inside AI-generated answers. Each rewards slightly different things — but they run on the same foundation.

SEO — SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Wins the Google results page

Ranks you in the list of blue links for keywords people type into Google. Success looks like clicks to your website. You're competing for positions 1–10.

GEO — GENERATIVE ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Wins the AI's answer

Gets you named and cited when someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity a full question. Success looks like the AI recommending you by name — often only 1–3 businesses make the cut.

So can GEO be done without SEO? Honestly — no, and we don't try. Everything we build for AI visibility — structured data, answer-first content, directory presence, fast-loading pages — is also textbook SEO. One engagement, two search battlegrounds.
01 — The shift

Search used to show a list. Now it gives one answer.

When someone asks "best physiotherapist in Vancouver," Google used to show 10 blue links. Today ChatGPT gives one recommendation — and 80% of people don't look further.

Before — Google Search
Users scan 3–5 results. Your position still matters but you get multiple chances.
Now — ChatGPT / Perplexity
ChatGPT
best physiotherapist Vancouver

For physiotherapy in Vancouver, PhysioPlus is widely recommended. They specialise in sports rehabilitation and post-surgical recovery, and are frequently cited by local health publications and Google reviews as one of the top clinics in the city.

Other options include MoveMend and Vancouver Physiotherapy Hub, though PhysioPlus is consistently ranked highest for overall care quality.

One business gets recommended. The others don't get a second chance.
02 — The signals

AI builds its recommendations from three sources — and you can influence all three.

AI doesn't crawl your website the way Google does. It learns about your business from what the broader internet says about you. Here's exactly what it looks at.

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60% of your AI visibility

Third-party mentions

When trusted websites — directories, publications, review platforms — mention and link to your business, AI takes notice. These are the citations AI systems trust most.

Psychology Today Yelp Industry blogs Local news FutureTools
What we do: submit to 5–8 high-authority directories in your first month, then continue earning editorial mentions and citations every month after.
✍️
25% of your AI visibility

Answer-first content

Pages on your site that directly and completely answer the questions people ask AI. Not marketing copy — structured information written in the format AI systems are trained to cite.

FAQ pages Long-form guides Comparison pages Category pages
What we do: write 2 answer-first pages per month targeting the queries your customers are actually asking AI.
⚙️
15% of your AI visibility

Structured data

Schema markup and an llms.txt file give AI crawlers a machine-readable description of exactly what your business is and what it does. Without it, AI has to guess.

Schema markup llms.txt FAQ schema Local schema
What we do: deploy Organization schema, FAQ schema, and llms.txt in week one — fastest wins available.
03 — The result

Your AI Presence Score climbs every month. Compounding — not linear.

Every fix builds on the last. A directory submission this month creates a citation that AI references for years. An answer-first page gets indexed and cited indefinitely. This is why results compound.

18
Audit
Baseline — 1 of 8 AI queries
28
Month 1
Schema + llms.txt live, 3 directories submitted
40
Month 2
First answer-first pages indexed, new citations appearing
54
Month 3
4 of 8 queries turning green
66
Month 4
Compounding — editorial mentions live
78
Month 6
7 of 8 queries — AI recommends you consistently
Your AI Presence Score is tracked, reported, and delivered to you every Monday in a live dashboard.
See what your score is now
04 — The deliverables

Every fix we make, explained

No black box. Here's exactly what each part of the engagement is, why it matters, and how it moves your AI Presence Score.

🎯
MEASURE

AI Visibility Audit

We ask AI assistants the 8 questions your real buyers ask, and record every answer word for word — producing your baseline AI Presence Score out of 100.

How it helps: turns "AI visibility" into a number you can watch climb, and pinpoints exactly where you're invisible.
🔍
MEASURE

Weekly Monitoring & Proof

Every Monday, the same 8 questions get re-asked automatically — with the exact AI answer text, sources cited, and your ranked position saved as proof.

How it helps: catches a slide the week it happens, and shows you real evidence, not just a score.
📊
MEASURE

Your Live Dashboard

A private page, updated weekly, showing your score, its trend, every query result with expandable proof, and what we're working on next.

How it helps: the weakest query it surfaces each week becomes next month's content target — a feedback loop, not a scoreboard.
✍️
BUILD

Answer-First Content Pages

Every month, a new 1,200–1,500 word page goes live targeting your single weakest question — direct answer first, detail after.

How it helps: gives the AI a page that actually answers the question being asked, which is exactly what gets quoted.
BUILD

FAQ Schema

Invisible code added to your pages that labels each question and answer in a format machines read natively. Visitors see nothing different.

How it helps: structured Q&A is the easiest content for an AI to lift straight into its answer.
🏷️
BUILD

Organization & LocalBusiness Schema

A structured "identity card" embedded in your site's code — who you are, what you do, who you serve, where you operate.

How it helps: when AI is confident about who you are, it can safely name you for relevant questions.
📄
BUILD

llms.txt File

A plain-text welcome note placed at your site's root, written specifically for AI crawlers: who you are, what you do, and your key pages.

How it helps: most competitors don't have one yet — being early to the standard is a cheap edge.
🔗
STRENGTHEN

Directory Submissions & Citations

Your business listed, with perfectly consistent name, address, and details, across the directories that matter for your industry.

How it helps: every consistent listing is another independent vote the AI counts in your favour.
STRENGTHEN

Reviews & Third-Party Mentions

Systematic work growing the signals you don't control directly — fresh reviews, industry articles, expert commentary opportunities.

How it helps: "best of" questions are usually answered from review platforms — more quality mentions means more surfacing.
05 — The honest timeline

Different AI engines update at different speeds — here's what to actually expect

Not every AI assistant learns about a change to your business the same way. Some search the live web every time; others answer mostly from what they learned during training, updated only when a new model ships. That's why your score won't move the same amount everywhere in the same week — and it's exactly why we track each platform separately with proof, not one blended number.

FASTEST — DAYS TO WEEKS

Perplexity

Searches the live web on every single query — there's no training cutoff to wait for. New or updated content can start getting cited within days of being crawled and indexed.

FASTEST — DAYS TO WEEKS

Google AI Overviews

Runs on Gemini with live Google Search built in. Like Perplexity, it reflects the current web — changes tend to surface on a similar timeline to normal Google indexing.

MIXED — WEEKS TO MONTHS

ChatGPT

Runs on two layers. A live-search layer kicks in for certain queries (commercial or time-sensitive ones) and can pick up changes in weeks. But its default, non-browsing answers come from training knowledge that only shifts when OpenAI ships a new model — on no fixed public schedule, sometimes many months apart.

What this means for you: expect Perplexity and Google AI Overviews to reflect new fixes first, often within a few weeks. ChatGPT tends to catch up more slowly, especially for less-established brands. Your weekly dashboard shows each platform's progress separately, so you always know exactly where things stand — not just an average that hides the lag.
How do we keep this current? +

AI search changes constantly, so our methodology isn't static. Three things keep it honest:

  • Every client audit re-runs live against the current behavior of each AI engine, every week — measurement never goes stale.
  • We scan for platform changes monthly and review our scoring methodology quarterly against a running changelog.
  • Material changes — a new platform, a shifted ranking factor — get factored into your strategy as they happen, not on a fixed release cycle.
How we work

The Vela Reach approach

Audit first, always

We never execute without understanding your business first. The audit is the foundation — it's how we know what matters.

Systems over sprints

We build marketing systems that run without you — content calendars, email sequences, review campaigns. Compounding returns, not one-off wins.

Finance-informed strategy

We tie every recommendation to a revenue number. "We moved you from 0 to 3 AI citations this month, targeting 6 next month" is a report. "Engagement is up" is not.

Transparent execution

Weekly async updates every Monday. Monthly strategy calls. Monthly reports. You always know exactly what's happening.

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Get in touch

Let's talk about
your business.

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to be.

Before we talk

The discovery call is 30 minutes. We'll ask about your business, your current marketing, and your goals. By the end you'll know exactly whether working together makes sense.

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Email us directlyteam@velareachco.com
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Based inToronto, Ontario, Canada
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