Phoenix Generative Engine Optimization
Cited in zero AI answers right now? You’re not alone
What GEO actually does
What is Generative Engine Optimization?
Average Traffic Increase for Clients
Speed-to-citation, not just speed-to-rank
Two Layers
- Setup: citation baseline audit, entity mapping, schema deployment, content rewrites in LLM-friendly structure.
- Ongoing: citation tracking across five-plus engines, source authority building, competitive citation analysis, and monthly reports showing exactly which queries are now citing you.
TWO LAYERS
Citation Tracking
Entity Optimization
Conversational Query Optimization
Schema & Structured Data
Source Authority Building
Competitive Citation Analysis
LLM-Ready Content
AI Overview Targeting
Why Arizona businesses choose us for GEO
Five reasons buyers switch from generalist agencies still figuring AI out.
- No long-term contracts. Month-to-month. Cancel anytime with 30 days’ notice.
- No middlemen. You’ll talk to the GEO strategist running your account - not a junior account manager.
- Transparent pricing. Plans posted on this page - scroll down to see the pricing.
- Quality stays in-house. No outsourced content. No generic LLM-spun filler that LLMs themselves deprioritize.
- Engines tracked, not assumed. We measure citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews.
Real prices for a real category
GEO pricing - posted, not negotiated
Three tiers. Two maintenance plans. All visible before you book a call. What changes between tiers is scope - number of queries tracked, number of pages optimized, number of LLMs measured - not quality. Every tier gets direct strategist access. Most agencies hide GEO pricing because they don’t actually have a GEO methodology. We have one. Here it is.
GEO Starter
Buyer: New to GEO- Get your first earned LLM citations before competitors notice the category exists.
- Citation baseline audit (5 LLMs)
- 10 priority queries tracked
- Entity optimization (Wikipedia, Wikidata, schema)
- Content optimization (5 pages)
- Monthly citation report
- Direct Slack/email access to strategist
GEO Growth
Buyer: Multi-product or Multi-service- Compound citation share across the engines your buyers actually use.
- Everything in Starter
- 30 priority queries tracked
- Competitive citation analysis (5 competitors)
- Content optimization (15 pages) + 2 new GEO-shaped pages/month
- Source authority building (4 high-DA citations/month)
- Schema + structured data deployment site-wide
- LLM-specific content briefs (ChatGPT / Perplexity / Gemini)
- Bi-weekly strategy call with GEO strategist
GEO Authority
Buyer: Category-defining Ambition- Own the citation footprint in your category before the window closes.
- Everything in Growth
- 75+ priority queries tracked across 8+ LLMs
- Content optimization (unlimited pages) + 4 new GEO pages/month
- Source authority building (8+ citations/month)
- Digital PR for LLM-source authority (industry publications)
- Wikipedia entity creation/optimization (where eligible)
- Quarterly competitive citation intelligence report
- Weekly strategy call with strategist + research lead
- Custom Looker Studio + Profound dashboard
Ongoing GEO maintenance - month-to-month
Post-initial-scope clients who don’t need a full tier still need monthly maintenance. Citations decay when entities go stale. Here’s how to keep them earned.
GEO Maintenance Lite
99/mo
Clients who finished a Growth or Authority engagement and need a quiet monthly hold pattern
Included:
✓ Monthly citation tracking (10 queries, 4 LLMs)
✓Entity health monitoring (Wikipedia, Wikidata, schema)
✓ 1 content refresh per month
✓ Monthly citation report
GEO Maintenance Pro
149/mo
Clients who want to keep gaining citation share without re-scoping a full tier
Included:
✓ Everything in Lite
✓ 30 queries tracked across 6 LLMs
✓ 3 content refreshes per month
✓ Sentiment monitoring across LLM citations
✓ Quarterly competitive citation review
✓ Bi-weekly strategist check-in
How a DigiFlex360 GEO engagement actually runs
Five steps. No long intake forms. No “GEO retainer” lock-in. The first conversation is with the strategist who’d run your account.
Step 1
30-min discovery call
Direct conversation with the GEO strategist who’d run your account. We’ll ask what prospects search for - and which engines they’re asking.
Step 2
Citation baseline + competitive audit.
We query 5 LLMs with your top 25 prospect questions. You’ll see exactly who gets cited today (it’s probably not you) and where the gaps are. Delivered in 5 business days.
Step 3
Scope + posted-price agreement.
Pick a tier from the cards above. Sign a one-month agreement. No multi-year lock-in. No “GEO retainer” trap.
Step 4
First 30-day sprint
Entity optimization, schema deployment, priority content rewrites to LLM-friendly structure, citation tracking dashboard live by day 30.
Step 5
Ongoing optimization + monthly citation review
Bi-weekly check-ins, monthly citation report, scope adjusted in writing. Cancel anytime with 30 days’ notice.
What GEO looks like in numbers
Aggregate, client-anonymized figures from active engagements. GEO is an emerging discipline - we report the metrics that actually moved, not vanity benchmarks.
1000+
40%
4
53
Compaare
DigiFlex360 vs. a typical “we do AI” agency
We ran the query “best digital marketing agency in Phoenix” on Perplexity before publishing this page. Zero of the cited agencies had a real GEO offering. Here’s why.
Methodology specificity
- We name the engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews) and track citations in each one.
Contracts
- Month-to-month. Cancel with 30 days’ notice. No early-termination fee.
Pricing
- Posted on this page. Three tiers visible before you talk to anyone.
Citation tracking tools
- Profound, Otterly, AthenaHQ, Peec.ai, plus manual LLM query batches. Reported monthly.
Content approach
- Original content optimized for LLM citation patterns - definitions, comparisons, lists, named entities, schema.
Communication
- Direct to the GEO strategist via Slack, text, call. Same-day reply.
Reporting
- Monthly citation report - exact queries, exact LLMs, exact citations earned vs. competitor.
Methodology specificity
- Says “we optimize for AI search” without naming a single modern engine - some still list Alexa as a target.
Contracts
- 6–12 month minimum to “let GEO compound.” Convenient when the methodology is vague.
Pricing
- “Custom quote” after a discovery call. Often because the offering is still being figured out.
Citation tracking tools
- “We monitor your AI presence.” No tools named. No citation report delivered.
Content approach
- Generic blog posts spun by ChatGPT. Often the exact thing LLMs deprioritize for citation.
Communication
- Account manager filter. The person you talk to can’t explain why citations moved.
Reporting
- Vanity dashboard showing “AI mentions” without methodology or query list.
The tools behind every GEO engagement
Our GEO stack - named, not hidden
GEO tooling is new and moving fast. We evaluate the stack quarterly and swap platforms when better ones ship. Here’s what runs today.
Citation Tracking & LLM Monitoring
Tools: Profound, Otterly.AI, AthenaHQ, Peec.ai, plus manual LLM query batches across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.
Rationale: Citation tracking is the foundation of GEO - if you’re not measuring brand mentions and average brand position across the engines, you’re guessing. Agencies claiming GEO without these tools are measuring nothing.
Entity & Authority Infrastructure
Tools: Wikipedia + Wikidata management, Schema.org structured data, Knowledge Graph optimization, BrightLocal (entity citations), HARO / Connectively (source authority via earned media).
Rationale: LLMs prioritize entities they recognize across authoritative sources. We make your brand one of them - through clean entity records, structured data the LLMs can parse, and earned mentions on sites the engines already trust.
Content Optimization & Reporting
Tools: Surfer SEO + Frase (content structure), Originality.AI (avoiding LLM-detected AI content that LLMs deprioritize), Looker Studio dashboards, GA4 + GSC (for traffic-side validation).
Rationale: Content optimized for human readability and LLM citation patterns wins both audiences. We build clients custom dashboards - not static monthly PDFs - so citation share is visible whenever you want to look.
[PLACEHOLDER] Arizona businesses now appearing in AI answers
GEO is geography-agnostic on the technical side - but local citation patterns still matter. When a buyer asks ChatGPT “best [service] in Scottsdale,” the engines pull from local-flavored sources. We optimize for that.
Average Traffic Increase for Clients
We work across the state, in person where it helps and remote where it doesn’t. Most of our clients are within an hour’s drive of the office.
- Phoenix - Med spas, HVAC contractors, law firms, real estate teams. The bulk of our work.
- Scottsdale - Med spas, real estate teams, hospitality and resort brands.
- Tempe - University-adjacent startups, e-commerce, restaurants.
- Chandler - Tech-adjacent B2B, professional services, healthcare practices.
- Gilbert - Family-owned service businesses, dental practices, construction.
- Mesa - Multi-location service brands, automotive, home services.
- Tucson – Law firms, healthcare specialists, tourism and outdoor.
Competitor aside: Most Phoenix agencies don’t have a GEO offering at all. The one or two that mention it stop at “we do AI search” - without naming the engines, the tools, or the price. We work in the suburbs, in the engines, with the tools.
Questions buyers ask about GEO
GEO FAQ
The seven questions we get on every discovery call - answered before you book one.
SEO ranks you on Google’s blue links. AEO wins featured snippets and direct-answer boxes. GEO gets your brand cited inside the generated answers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews write for buyers. They’re three different disciplines optimizing for three different surfaces. SEO is keyword-and-link driven. AEO is structured-snippet driven. GEO is entity-and-citation driven. We run all three as separate offerings - see our SEO services page and AEO services page for those.
No. Every DigiFlex360 GEO plan is month-to-month with 30 days’ notice to cancel. We’ve heard from buyers burned by agencies pitching “AI services” on 12-month locks. The pattern is consistent: vague methodology, missing citation reports, contract penalties when the client asks why nothing’s changed. We post the price, we show the work monthly, and you leave when you want.
Starter, Growth, and Authority tiers are posted on this page. Maintenance plans are posted too. What changes between tiers is scope: number of queries tracked, number of LLMs monitored, number of pages optimized, depth of competitive citation analysis. Quality stays the same. Most agencies hide GEO pricing because they’re still figuring out the methodology. Our pricing is on the page.
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot (Bing Chat) - the six engines where buyers actually ask product questions. We prioritize the engines your specific buyers use most. A B2B SaaS client gets weighted toward ChatGPT and Perplexity; a local-service client gets weighted toward Google AI Overviews and Gemini. Engine mix is set during the baseline audit.
Citation count per LLM, share of voice versus competitors, sentiment of the citation, and source authority earned through digital PR - reported monthly with the exact query list, the exact engines queried, and the exact citations earned. No vanity dashboards. No “AI mentions” without methodology. You see the queries, you see who got cited, you see your trend versus competitors.
You’ll work directly with the GEO strategist running your account - not a sales rep, not an account-manager filter, not a junior who learned an acronym last quarter. GEO requires a specialist who can explain why a Perplexity citation moved, what an LLM content brief looks like, and how Wikidata entries feed Knowledge Graph signals. That’s the person you talk to on day one and every day after.
First earned citations typically show within 60–90 days. Compounding citation share - where LLMs start citing you across multiple related queries - takes 4–6 months. GEO results compound differently than SEO. When an LLM learns to cite you for one query, it tends to keep citing you for adjacent queries because entity-source-authority relationships persist. The early work is slow; the back half compounds.
The window is closing. Move now.
The GEO window closes in 6–12 months. Claim it.
Every month you wait, a competitor earns the citation slot. First citations in 60–90 days. Month-to-month. Posted pricing. Book the call.
