SMB Advanced Visibility Program

Be found in Google.Be quoted by AI.

A done-for-you search and AI visibility program from Start My Business Inc. Our team does the work every month and sends you a report you can read in five minutes.

$599per month
Start My Advanced Visibility Program See what's included
  • Helping business owners since 1999
  • A person reviews every page
  • Plain-English monthly report
Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.
Search impressions
3,100in month 6
Example sparkline: monthly search impressions rising from 1,200 in month 1 to 3,100 in month 6
Tracked questions where AI mentions you
9 of 40up from 2
Technical health score
91up from 58
The problem

Your customers are asking AI who to hire

People still search Google. More of them now also ask AI assistants questions like "Who's the best accountant near me?" or "How do I fix a leaking water heater?", and they act on the answer they get.

If search engines and AI systems can't tell clearly what your business does and whether to trust it, you can be invisible in both places. That can happen even with a good website.

What this program does

We make your business easy to find and easy to recommend

We work on how your business appears in regular search results and in AI-generated answers, then track the results every month and adjust as search changes.

You don't need to know SEO, and you don't need new software. You get a team that does the work and a report written in plain English.

How a customer finds a business today
  1. A homeowner crouches by her water heater at night, looking at a puddle spreading across the floor

    9 p.m. Water is pooling under the heater.

  2. The same homeowner at her kitchen island speaking a question into her phone

    "Who can fix a leaking water heater near me this week?"

    She asks an AI assistant instead of scrolling through ads.

  3. Close-up of her phone showing an answer card with a technician photo and a call button

    The answer names a local company and links to its repair page.

  4. Next morning the homeowner shakes hands with a plumber at her front door

    She calls, books, and the plumber is at her door the next morning.

Illustration only. Not a real AI answer and not a result promise.
Example AI answer
Who can fix a leaking water heater near me this week?

Your business repairs water heaters in your area. Its service page lists what it fixes, the towns it covers and how to book, and its reviews mention quick repairs.

CitedSource: yourbusiness.com/water-heater-repair

Competitor A is not mentioned. Its site says "quality service" but never says what it fixes or where.

Not cited
Example only. Not a real AI answer and not a result promise.
What you receive

Fifteen deliverables, on a schedule

Here is exactly what we deliver at launch, every month and every quarter.

What the work looks like
  1. An analyst points at a highlighted problem on a website audit shown on his monitors

    We audit your site and rank every fix.

  2. The analyst on a video call with a bakery owner while matching business profiles show on a phone and a tablet

    We line up your business details everywhere they appear.

  3. A bakery owner and a content writer review a page draft together at a cafe table

    "Add that we deliver on Saturdays."

    Pages are built from facts you confirm. A person reviews each one.

  4. The bakery owner reads charts on a tablet behind her counter

    Every month you get a report in plain English.

Launch

Your first 30 days
01

Visibility Baseline Report

Where your business shows up today in Google and in leading AI assistants for the 40 questions your customers actually ask.

02

Full Technical Health Audit

A check of your site's speed, structure, errors and search readiness, with a prioritized fix list. We make the fixes where we have access and write clear hand-off notes for anything your web developer needs to do.

Example technical health gauge rising from a score of 58 to 91 out of 100 as fixes are completed
91Health score out of 100

Example: technical health, from audit to fixed

The audit scores your site and ranks every issue from P0 (fix now) to P2 (minor). We work the list from the top and show the score in your monthly report.

  • P0Key pages blocked from search engines
  • P1Broken links and redirect chains
  • P1Oversized images slowing mobile pages
  • P2Missing or duplicate page titles
Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.
03

AI Discoverability Setup

The behind-the-scenes settings that let search engines and AI assistants reach your site, read it and understand it correctly.

04

Business Identity Alignment

One accurate set of facts about your business (name, services, locations, profiles) used consistently across the web. Consistency is how search engines and AI systems become confident about who you are.

05

Competitor Snapshot

How 3 of your competitors show up compared with you, and where the openings are.

Every month

Ongoing
06

AI Answer Tracking

We check how often and how accurately leading AI assistants and AI search features mention your business for your tracked questions. We look at trends over repeated checks, not one lucky or unlucky answer.

07

Search Performance Review

What is rising, what is slipping, which pages are almost on page one, and which of your own pages compete with each other.

08

Answer-Ready Content

2 new pages and 3 refreshes of existing pages each month, written to give clear answers people and AI systems can quote. A person reviews every piece, and each one is built from facts you confirm.

09

Structured Data Upkeep

We keep the machine-readable markup on your site accurate as your services change.

10

Authority Builder

A monthly list of vetted chances to earn credible mentions and links, such as profiles, directories, expert quotes and partnerships, with outreach drafts ready to send. White-hat methods only.

11

Reviews and Reputation Playbook

Compliant review-request templates and a monthly reputation summary.

12

Technical Watchdog

Ongoing monitoring that tells us about accidental blocks, errors or speed drops before they cost you traffic.

13

Monthly Visibility Report

A plain-English scorecard: what changed, why it matters and what happens next.

How a month runs

Monthly cycle diagram: week 1 data, week 2 briefs, week 3 content, week 4 authority and report, then the cycle repeats 1 2 3 4 Every month 4-week cycle
  1. 1
    Week 1: Data

    AI answer checks on your tracked questions, plus search and technical data.

  2. 2
    Week 2: Briefs

    We pick the pages to write or refresh and outline each one from facts you confirm.

  3. 3
    Week 3: Content

    Pages are written, reviewed by a person and sent to you for approval.

  4. 4
    Week 4: Authority and report

    Outreach opportunities, your reputation summary and the Monthly Visibility Report.

Every quarter

Quarterly
14

Strategy Briefing

A 30-minute call plus a written update on what has changed in search and AI, how it affects your business and how we are adjusting your roadmap.

Included with your subscription

Guide
15

The Future-Proof Visibility Guide

Our step-by-step guide to how modern search and AI recommendations work, with worksheets and checklists you can use on your own.

The five pillars

Everything in the program maps to five pillars

Being found in search and being quoted by AI overlap a lot. A business that is clear and well documented online tends to do better in both.

  1. Pillar 1

    Be findable

    Search engines and AI systems have to be able to reach and read your site. That means a fast site with no errors, clean structure, correct access settings and a current sitemap. If the door is locked, nothing else matters.

    What we do: Technical audit, fixes and ongoing monitoring.

  2. Pillar 2

    Be understood

    Machines need to know who you are: what you do, where you operate and who runs the business. Consistent business details across the web and structured markup on your pages make that clear.

    What we do: Business identity alignment and structured data upkeep.

  3. Pillar 3

    Be quotable

    AI systems lean toward pages that answer a specific question early and credibly. Vague marketing copy rarely gets quoted. Specific, factual answers do.

    What we do: New answer-ready pages and refreshes every month.

  4. Pillar 4

    Be trusted

    Credible mentions, real reviews and consistent citations from reputable places tell search engines and AI systems you are legitimate. It is slow to build and hard to fake, which is why it counts.

    What we do: Authority builder and the reviews and reputation playbook.

  5. Pillar 5

    Be measured

    AI answers vary from one asking to the next, so we track trends across repeated checks alongside your regular search data.

    What we do: AI answer tracking, search reviews, monthly reports and quarterly briefings.

The five pillars, in one bakery
  1. A bakery owner swings open her front door at sunrise1. Findable

    The door is open to search engines and AI.

  2. The bakery owner explains her pastry case to a customer2. Understood

    It is clear what you sell and where.

  3. A young man on the sidewalk nods at a clear answer on his phone, with the bakery across the street3. Quotable

    Specific answers get repeated.

  4. The bakery owner hands a pastry box to a laughing regular customer4. Trusted

    Real reviews and mentions back you up.

  5. After closing, the bakery owner reviews a chart with the analyst on a video call5. Measured

    We track trends across repeated checks.

Pillar 5: Be measured

What your Monthly Visibility Report shows

One plain-English scorecard each month: search performance, how often AI answers mention you, how you compare with competitors and which pages are close to page one. Here is an example of the layout.

Search impressions and clicks

Last 6 months. Each line uses its own scale.

Example line chart: impressions grow from 1,200 to 3,100 a month and clicks grow from 38 to 140 a month over six months M1M2M3M4M5M6
  • Impressions: 1,200 to 3,100
  • Clicks: 38 to 140
Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.

Share of voice in AI answers

Share of business mentions across your tracked questions.

Example donut chart of share of voice: Your business 28 percent, Competitor A 34 percent, Competitor B 22 percent, Competitor C 16 percent 28%
  • Your business: 28%
  • Competitor A: 34%
  • Competitor B: 22%
  • Competitor C: 16%
Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.

AI mention rate by answer engine

Share of your tracked questions where each one mentions your business.

Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.

Quick-win pages

Pages sitting just off page one (positions 11 to 20) where a refresh could help.

12

Each one goes on next month's refresh list, so content time goes where it is most likely to pay off.

Example report. Illustrative numbers, not a result promise.
Report day, start to finish
  1. The analyst reviews a dashboard of charts on his monitor while sipping coffee

    Week 4: we pull the data and write it up.

  2. The bakery owner at her kitchen table opens the report on her laptop

    You read one scorecard, no jargon.

  3. The bakery owner and her business partner point at a chart on a tablet in the back room

    "So these pages are close to page one?"

    You see what is next and why.

How it works

Three steps

Step 1:

Onboard

Tell us about your business, your customers and your competitors, and give us access to your site, Search Console and analytics. It takes about 30 minutes of your time.

Step 2:

Launch

We deliver your baseline, audit and discoverability setup in the first 30 days.

Step 3:

Improve every month

We run the monthly cycle and send your report. You approve content before anything goes live.

Timeline

What happens when

  1. SetupDays 1-7

    Onboarding, access setup and your customer question list finalized.

  2. LaunchDays 8-30

    Visibility Baseline Report, Technical Health Audit, AI Discoverability Setup, Business Identity Alignment and Competitor Snapshot.

  3. FoundationsMonths 1-2

    Fixes settle in, your business details line up across the web and the first answer-ready pages go live.

  4. MomentumMonths 3-6

    Typically when momentum becomes visible in search data and AI answer tracking. It varies by business.

  5. Every quarterStrategy Briefing

    A 30-minute call and a roadmap update.

Every month: AI answer tracking, search review, new and refreshed content, structured data upkeep, authority opportunities, reputation summary, monitoring and your Monthly Visibility Report.

Months 1 and 2 are mostly foundation work. Months 3 to 6 are typically when momentum becomes visible.

Your first months, panel by panel
  1. The bakery owner takes notes during an onboarding video call with the analystDays 1-7

    A 30-minute onboarding call and access setup.

  2. The analyst and the writer plan at a whiteboard covered in sticky notesDays 8-30

    Baseline, audit and setup are delivered.

  3. The bakery owner serves a line of customers at her counterMonths 3-6

    Typically when momentum shows in the data. It varies.

  4. The bakery owner and the analyst review a roadmap on a laptop at a cafe tableEvery quarter

    A strategy briefing and an updated roadmap.

Illustration only. Results vary by business, market and competition.
What we need from you

Your part is small

  • Access to your website or CMS, Google Search Console and analytics. We'll walk you through it.
  • Quick approvals on content, usually within about 3 business days.
  • Honest input on your services, pricing and what makes you different. Better facts make better answers.

Honest expectations

  • Search and AI visibility build over time. The first 60 to 90 days focus on foundations, and gains compound after that.
  • We don't guarantee rankings, traffic or AI mentions. No one legitimately can. What we commit to is the work on this page, done on schedule, with a report every month that shows it.
  • No shortcuts: we don't use paid-link schemes, fake reviews, hidden text or anything else that puts your business at risk.
  • Ad spend, web development beyond the fixes described, and legal review are not included.
  • Businesses in regulated categories such as finance, legal and health get an extra review step. Content goes through your approval, and we don't publish claims that can't be supported.
Your part, and what to expect
  1. Between customers, the bakery owner taps approve on her phone

    Your part: a quick approval between customers.

  2. A hand waters a row of pots with seedlings at larger and larger growth stages

    Visibility builds over time. The first 60 to 90 days are foundations.

Pricing

One plan, one price

Advanced Visibility Program
$599 / month

Billed monthly. Terms, add-ons and setup are confirmed on your onboarding call.

Start My Advanced Visibility Program
  • Launch package in your first 30 days (deliverables 1 to 5)
  • Monthly work and report (deliverables 6 to 13)
  • Quarterly 30-minute strategy briefing
  • The Future-Proof Visibility Guide
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Still have a question?
  1. The bakery owner on a phone call at her counter, pen and notepad in hand

    Ask us anything on your onboarding call, or call (888) 534-4145.

Is this just SEO?

It includes SEO and goes further. It also covers how AI assistants find, understand and recommend your business, which most traditional SEO packages leave out.

How is this different from the SEO engine included with a business build-out?

The SEO and AEO engine included with our business build-outs is automated software. The Advanced Visibility Program is run by our team: we audit your site, write and refresh pages from facts you confirm, track AI answers against your competitors, prepare authority outreach and meet with you every quarter.

Do I need to change my website?

Usually you don't need to rebuild it. We improve what is already there and tell you plainly when a change needs your web developer.

How will I know it's working?

Your monthly report shows search performance, AI answer visibility trends and the work we completed, written in plain English.

How long until I see results?

The first 60 to 90 days go into foundations. Many businesses see momentum build during months 3 to 6, but this varies a lot by industry, competition and starting point.

Why don't you promise rankings?

Search engines and AI systems are independent, they change constantly, and nobody outside them controls what they show. Be wary of anyone who promises a number one ranking.

Who writes the content?

Our team drafts it with AI assistance and a person reviews every piece. It is built from facts you confirm, and you approve everything before it goes live.

What if an AI assistant says something wrong about my business?

We flag it in your report and work on the sources that feed the error: your site, your listings and other pages that mention you.

What does it cost, and what are the terms?

The program is $599 per month. Billed monthly. Terms, add-ons and setup are confirmed on your onboarding call.

Get started

Start your Advanced Visibility Program

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$599 per month. Billed monthly. Terms, add-ons and setup are confirmed on your onboarding call.

Results vary by business, market, and competition.