How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO focuses on ranking your pages in search engines. AEO focuses on getting your brand cited and recommended by AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. SEO optimizes for keywords and rankings, while AEO optimizes for how AI reasons about your brand: entity authority, structured information, and content that directly answers the questions buyers are asking AI. AEO doesn't work without SEO. LLMs pull from the same web content that search engines index, so if Google can't find you, neither can ChatGPT. That's why AEO is a layer on top of solid SEO foundations, not a replacement.

How does Sighted handle AEO and SEO together?

Every engagement starts with your SEO foundations: site structure, schema markup, crawlability, meta optimization, content architecture. These are the quick wins we ship in the first 30 days. Once the foundation is solid, we layer the AEO-specific work on top: building entity authority in your category, structuring content so LLMs can reason about it, creating citation-ready pages that answer your buyers' real questions, and tracking your visibility across AI platforms. The two reinforce each other: better SEO makes your content more discoverable by AI, and AEO-optimized content tends to perform well in traditional search too.

What does Sighted actually do?

We build content systems that get your brand recommended by AI. That starts with an audit: how AI sees you today, where you're missing, what competitors are getting cited for. Then we build the foundation: brand context documents, knowledge layers, and the technical fixes your site needs. From there, we launch content projects incrementally, including BOFU comparison pages, FAQ sections, blog content, and repurposing assets to long form content. Each one builds on the last. Everything we build is designed to work as an interconnected system, not a collection of one-off pages.

Which AI platforms does Sighted optimize for?

We optimize across the full AI search ecosystem: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. Our approach is platform-agnostic because all of these systems pull from similar signals: authoritative, well-structured content that clearly answers real questions. We track your visibility across all of them so we can see where you're gaining ground and where there's still work to do.

How does Sighted measure success?

We track AI visibility metrics, brand mentions across LLM platforms, citation frequency, sentiment, share of voice vs competitors, and how those shift over time. On the organic side, we monitor the fundamentals: rankings, traffic, and content performance and how these are influencing growth. We provide monthly visibility reports that show what moved, what's working, and what to focus on next. As the engagement matures and your AI presence grows, we work with you to connect visibility to pipeline and revenue metrics.

How quickly will we see results?

Based on our team's experience, initial visibility shifts can appear within a few weeks as AI models incorporate new content. But meaningful, sustained impact builds over 3–6 months depending on your starting position, competitive landscape, and how much content ground you need to cover. The technical quick wins (schema, meta optimization, structural fixes) show results faster. The content engine takes longer but compounds over time. We provide weekly and monthly reports so you can track progress as it happens.

What does the engagement look like day-to-day?

It depends on the pace you choose, but typically: a shared Slack channel or async workspace for ongoing communication, weekly or biweekly check-ins to review progress and align on priorities, and monthly reports covering visibility metrics and next steps. We work as an extension of your team, not a black box that sends deliverables. You'll have visibility into what we're building, why, and what's coming next. We bring recommendations, you make the calls.

What's the minimum commitment?

Our minimum engagement is 3 months. AEO is a system-building exercise. The first month is audit, context, and foundations. The real compounding starts in months 2–3 as content layers connect. Committing to less than 3 months means you'd be paying for the setup without staying long enough to see the returns. That said, within those 3 months you have full flexibility on pacing and scope. We can start with focused pilots and scale up, or move faster if the budget and bandwidth allow.

Can we control the pace and budget?

Yes. We structure engagements so you decide the speed. Some clients start with one or two focused projects per month, like a comparison page series, a FAQ overhaul, or a schema cleanup. Others want to move faster and layer multiple workstreams from the start. We recommend maintaining continuity regardless of pace: AI models value freshness, so a static site that stops publishing will lose ground over time. The system works best when there's always something new going live and existing content getting refreshed.

What happens when we're ready to bring this in-house?

That's a success scenario for us, not a problem. Some companies we've worked with reach a point where they want to hire in-house to own the system we've built. When that happens, we shift from driving execution to advising. That means helping your team ramp up, documenting the workflows, and staying available for strategy and oversight. The goal was always to build something that outlasts our involvement. We'd rather help you scale sustainably than create dependency.

What if we already have an SEO agency or in-house SEO?

That's common and works well. We're not here to replace your SEO team; we layer on top of what they're doing. In practice, we coordinate with your existing SEO function on technical changes, share visibility data that benefits both organic and AI search, and focus our effort on the AEO-specific work that most SEO teams aren't set up for yet: LLM visibility auditing, entity authority building, citation-optimized content, and structured knowledge layers. If anything, having strong SEO foundations already in place means we can move faster on the AEO side.

Do we need existing content to get started?

No. We've worked with companies that had hundreds of published pages and companies starting nearly from scratch. The audit phase tells us what you have, what's usable, and what needs to be built. If you have existing content, we assess what can be restructured or improved for AI visibility. If you're starting fresh, we build the content plan from the ground up based on your category, competitors, and the questions your buyers are asking. Either way, the process is the same. We just calibrate the starting point.

What industries does Sighted work with?

We specialize in B2B, primarily SaaS, fintech, and professional services companies with complex products where buyers do serious research before purchasing. These are the categories where AI search is already reshaping how people evaluate and shortlist vendors. Our approach works best when there's real depth to your product story and a competitive landscape worth navigating.

Content engines that make AI recommend you.

AI is already recommending your competitors. We build the content infrastructure that makes it recommend you instead.

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The System

Content engines built by humans,
scaled by AI.

Content engines that build LLM authority, win AI recommendations, and turn visibility into pipeline.

Visibility Engine

Knowledge & Content Engine

Distribution Engine

Understand how AI sees you

We combine search data, AI outputs, and operator research to identify the highest-impact visibility opportunities across LLMs and search.

Build content that AI trusts

We turn your expertise, voice, and data into a Knowledge Engine that produces authoritative content at scale.

Scale your brand authority

We repurpose core assets across the channels that shape human trust and AI discovery.

Inputs

GSCGA4existing contentsupport ticketsvision callsales insightscustomer call logsLLM answersvisibility trackerscompetitor teardown

Inputs

webinarssupport ticketsproprietary dataPRLinkedIn postsonline reviewssales callscompetitor featurescompetitor reviews

Inputs

long-form pageswebinarspodcastssource content

Internal Signals

Sighted Discovery

External Signals

Category & Entity Map

Map of brand topics

Prompt Map

What prospects ask

LLM Visibility Tracking

Technical Audit

Quick Growth Wins

Content Plan

Insights & Expertise

Social Proof

Competitor Intel

Knowledge Engine

Structured content, product, market, and brand knowledge

Content Creation Agents

Pulls on Knowledge Engine, Content Plan and deep Research

Human Review

Citation-ready Content

Source Content

Content Plan

Knowledge Engine

Structured content, product, market, and brand knowledge

Content Repurposing Engine

LinkedIn & Reddit

Content Refresh

Community & Newsletter

Deliverables

AI Visibility & Sentiment MapPrompt-Level Opportunity FeedTechnical LLM Visibility AuditAI-visibility Content Planknowledge graph

Deliverables

Scalable Content SystemsKnowledge EngineCitation-Ready PagesBrand & Reasoning LayerBlogsFAQsComparison pagesCustomer testimonials

Deliverables

Repurposing EngineContinuous Content ExpansionFeedback LoopMediumSubstackemailLinkedIn postsReddit postsAEO YouTube Descriptions

We combine search data, AI outputs, and operator research to identify the highest-impact visibility opportunities across LLMs and search.

Inputs

GSCGA4existing contentsupport ticketsvision callsales insightscustomer call logsLLM answersvisibility trackerscompetitor teardown

Internal Signals

Sighted Discovery

External Signals

Category & Entity Map

Prompt Map

LLM Visibility Tracking

Technical Audit

Quick Growth Wins

Content Plan

Deliverables

→AI Visibility & Sentiment Map (where you win/lose vs competitors)
→Prompt-Level Opportunity Feed (quick wins on YT, LinkedIn, Reddit)
→Technical LLM Visibility Audit
→AI-visibility Content Plan

Why Sighted

Why B2B SaaS teams pick Sighted over traditional agencies.

We're operators who've built marketing, content, and growth at scaling B2B SaaS companies. We build engines, not decks, and track results like our name is on them.

Feature comparison: Sighted versus SEO content agencies, AEO consultants, and AI SaaS tools across seven criteria including AEO and SEO integration, execution model, AI workflows, citation-grade content, LLM visibility tracking, stack integration, and scalability.
	Sighted	SEO agency	AEO consultant	AI SaaS tools
AEO + SEO as one system	Both, fully integrated	SEO mindset	Often lacking technical SEO expertise	Often specialised on one
Strategy + hands-on execution	We build and ship, not just advise	Execution focused	Strategy only, you execute	Self-serve tools
Battle-tested AI workflows	Built and refined across B2B SaaS companies	Manual or basic AI use	May have frameworks, not production systems	Generic prompts, no customisation
Citation-grade content at scale	Brand-tuned AI + Human Content	Keyword-focused, not LLM-optimised	Advises on content, doesn't produce it	High volume, no brand context
LLM visibility tracking	Metrics, analysis and growth plans	Google focused	Reports untied to content production	No human expertise
Integrates into your stack	Notion, Slack, WordPress, Webflow. No spreadsheets	Spreadsheets and PDFs	Advisory without build	Requires manual integration
Scales with your team	Transitions to advisory as you build in-house	Ongoing retainer model	Advisory by nature	Tool scales, no team support

The Team

A Team of Operators with Proven B2B SaaS Experience

We've led content, growth, and marketing at scaling B2B SaaS companies. We build the systems ourselves, then hand you the keys.

John Mears

Founder

Former founder (HAVR, acquired). Scaled PhantomBuster to $15M ARR. AirOps-certified content engineer. Moves between strategy and execution, built growth systems from the inside, now builds them for others.

Adina Timar

Founder, Content, SEO & AEO Advisory

Built and ran AI content pipelines at Weflow, PhantomBuster, and Userpilot. AirOps-certified content engineer. 10+ years turning messy content operations into systems that scale.

Miquel Bombardó

Growth & AEO Advisory

Built numerous 7-figure growth channels across content, paid and affiliation at PhantomBuster. AirOps-certified content engineer. First marketing hire at EpiXlife, scaled from zero to €3M. Builds full-funnel growth engines from the ground up.

We've built growth engines in-house together. Now we build them for you.

Timeline

We ship in weeks.
Not quarters.

Most agencies spend the first month on strategy decks.
We spend it building and shipping.

Phase 1 · Weeks 1–2

Audit & orient.

We need to understand everything before we touch anything. This is fast but thorough.

Technical & structural site review

Schema gaps, crawlability, content architecture

LLM visibility audit

How ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity see you vs competitors

Data pull & competitive teardown

GSC, GA4, existing content inventory, competitor positioning

Brand positioning documented

Your truth, structured for AI and content systems

YOU GET

Opportunity mapQuick wins listTechnical fixes planTool & direction alignment

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Let's see if there's a fit.

Grab 30 minutes with us. We'll talk through where you are today, what you're working with, and what might actually move the needle. You'll walk away with honest advice on your next steps, whether or not we end up working together.

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Content engines that make AI recommend you.

Content engines built by humans,scaled by AI.

Understand how AI sees you

Build content that AI trusts

Scale your brand authority

Visibility EngineUnderstand how AI sees you

Knowledge & Content EngineBuild content that AI trusts

Distribution EngineScale your brand authority

Why B2B SaaS teams pick Sighted over traditional agencies.

A Team of Operators with Proven B2B SaaS Experience

John Mears

Adina Timar

Miquel Bombardó

We ship in weeks.Not quarters.

Audit & orient.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is AEO different from SEO?

How does Sighted handle AEO and SEO together?

What does Sighted actually do?

Which AI platforms does Sighted optimize for?

How does Sighted measure success?

How quickly will we see results?

What does the engagement look like day-to-day?

What's the minimum commitment?

Can we control the pace and budget?

What happens when we're ready to bring this in-house?

What if we already have an SEO agency or in-house SEO?

Do we need existing content to get started?

What industries does Sighted work with?

Let's see if there's a fit.

Content engines built by humans,
scaled by AI.

We ship in weeks.
Not quarters.