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Monthly AEO Pricing

For B2B companies who need qualified leads, AI citations, and Google clicks.

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The two retainers
$2,500AEO Growth
per month
$4,500AEO Authority
same on-site, bigger off-site
AEO retainers

What's Included:

Two cards. Locked scope.

Same on-site engine on both plans. Authority buys more mentions, more links, and bigger publications in the same-or-adjacent niche.

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AEO Growth

$2,500 / month

The full on-site system plus a working off-site cadence. Built for teams that need citations and pipeline without buying a bigger pub slate.

On-site

  • Technical SEO and AEO fixesCrawl access, schema, and page architecture Google and models can retrieve. 15% of SEO. 12% of AEO.
  • 4 money pages / month for the first 60–90 days, then 1 / monthComparisons, alternatives, and use cases buyers already search. 30% of SEO. 25% of AEO — the heaviest on-site lever.
  • 8 MOFU/BOFU blogs / monthCommercial blogs for buyers already comparing vendors. Not TOFU volume. 8% of SEO. 10% of AEO.
  • Monthly content refreshMoney pages first, then blogs. Fresh pages get cited. Stale pages drop out of the window.

Off-site

  • 3 authority posts / monthThird-party pages models already trust. 12% of SEO. 18% of AEO.
  • 10 brand mentions / monthEntity signal so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews can name you. 10% of SEO. 25% of AEO — the top AEO lever.
  • 5 backlinks / monthReferring domains that move Google rankings. 25% of SEO. 10% of AEO.

Expected results

  • Increase in qualified leads
  • Increase in monthly Google clicks
  • Increase in clicks from AI search engines
  • Higher rankings in AI prompts
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AEO Authority

$4,500 / month

Same on-site as Growth — including the 4-then-1 money-page cadence. More mentions, more links, bigger publications. Faster on the same four outcomes.

On-site

  • Technical SEO and AEO fixesSame foundation as Growth. 15% of SEO. 12% of AEO.
  • 4 money pages / month for the first 60–90 days, then 1 / monthSame cadence. You still need the commercial pages models cite. 30% of SEO. 25% of AEO.
  • 8 MOFU/BOFU blogs / monthSame commercial blog volume. Authority does not replace on-site. 8% of SEO. 10% of AEO.
  • Monthly content refreshSame rule: refresh money pages first, then blogs.

Off-site

  • 5 authority posts / monthMore third-party pages, higher-tier / more visible pubs in the same-or-adjacent niche. 12% of SEO. 18% of AEO.
  • 25 brand mentions / monthMore entity signal. Brand mentions are 25% of AEO — this is why Authority moves citations faster.
  • 10 backlinks / monthDouble the link cadence. 25% of SEO. 10% of AEO.
  • Bigger publicationsHigher-tier, more visible pubs in the same-or-adjacent niche.

Expected results

  • Accelerated increase in qualified leads
  • Accelerated increase in monthly Google clicks
  • Accelerated increase in clicks from AI search engines
  • Faster climb in AI prompt rankings

Same four outcomes as Growth. Faster — because more mentions, more links, and bigger publications.

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What both plans are built to moveSame list. Authority is faster.
01

Increase in qualified leads

02

Increase in monthly Google clicks

03

Increase in clicks from AI search engines

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Higher rankings in AI prompts

Why the work costs this

SEO vs AEO. What each line item is worth.

How the retainer is weighted

You are not buying a blog quota. You are buying the mix that moves Google traffic and AI citations. These weights are how I justify the retainer.

SEO

Google traffic and rankings

Money pages30%
Backlinks25%
Technical SEO15%
Authority posts12%
Brand mentions10%
MOFU/BOFU blogs8%
AEO

Citations and AI traffic

Brand mentions25%
Money pages25%
Authority posts18%
Technical SEO12%
Backlinks10%
MOFU/BOFU blogs10%
Monthly refresh

Why we refresh money pages first, then blogs.

Amsive + Ahrefs

AI citations skew new. If the commercial pages go stale, you fall out of the answers even after the first 60–90 days of build.

Amsive research

~50% of AI citations are under 13 weeks old

Roughly half of AI citations come from content less than 13 weeks old. A page you shipped in month one is already aging out by month four unless it is refreshed.

Ahrefs

Fresh pages get 67% more AI citations

Recently updated pages average 6 citations vs 3.6 for outdated pages. That is why refresh sits on both retainers — not as a nice-to-have.

Refresh money pages first. Then blogs. That order is not optional.

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Questions

FAQ

6 answers
What is the difference between the two plans?

On-site is the same: technical SEO and AEO fixes, 4 money pages a month for the first 60–90 days then 1 a month, 8 MOFU/BOFU blogs, and a monthly refresh.

Authority is the off-site upgrade. 5 authority posts instead of 3. 25 brand mentions instead of 10. 10 backlinks instead of 5. Publications are bigger — higher-tier, more visible, same-or-adjacent niche. Same four outcomes. Faster.

Why 4 money pages, then 1?

The first 60–90 days are a build. You need the comparison, alternatives, and use-case pages your category already loses to review sites. Money pages are 30% of SEO and 25% of AEO.

After that set exists, one new money page a month plus refresh is how the system compounds. Volume without those pages is just blogs.

Why 8 MOFU/BOFU blogs a month?

These are commercial blogs for buyers already comparing vendors — not “we post a lot.” They support the money pages. 8% of SEO. 10% of AEO.

Eight a month is enough to cover the questions a committee asks after the shortlist page, without turning the retainer into a TOFU factory.

Why refresh monthly?

Amsive research: roughly half of AI citations come from content less than 13 weeks old. Ahrefs: recently updated pages average 6 citations vs 3.6 for outdated pages — 67% more.

We refresh money pages first, then blogs. That is the order on both plans.

Do you replace an in-house Head of SEO?

For many teams, yes — as fractional SEO and AI visibility leadership. One senior owner across Google and AI search, without a full-time hire.

Read the full comparison: AEO consultant vs in-house. If you already have a team, I set the money-page and citation system they execute against.

How do we start?

Book a call or use the contact page. We look at where you are missing from AI answers and which retainer fits — Growth at $2,500 or Authority at $4,500.

Proof already on this site: Lumanu, Rise (288% organic / 575% AI search), Pactvera, iSpeedToLead, and Stablecoin Insider. See case studies.

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12+ years in search
$2,500 Growth · $4,500 Authority
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