Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about AEO, Agentic AI lead generation, Google AI Mode optimization, and how Integrated.Social works with B2B brands.
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What is AEO and how is it different from SEO?
SEO helps search systems discover, understand, and evaluate useful website content. For a B2B company, AEO emphasizes clear, supportable answers to buyer questions in answer-led experiences. The work overlaps: Google applies its usual SEO foundations to generative Search, while other platforms have their own retrieval and reporting systems. Define the buyer decision, evidence, implementation owner, and reporting scope before buying additional work. Neither approach guarantees rankings, citations, leads, or revenue.
Read the B2B AEO versus SEO scope guide for responsibilities and reporting boundaries.
How do I get my brand cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity?
AI tools cite sources that are authoritative, structured, and semantically clear. The key steps are: build topical depth across your subject matter, implement FAQPage and entity schema, write answer-first content, strengthen your brand's citation footprint on trusted third-party sources, and get listed in publications AI systems already trust. Integrated.Social's AEO/GEO service covers all five steps as a managed program.
What is Google AI Mode and how do I optimize for it?
Google AI Mode generates synthesised answers instead of ranked links. Optimizing for it requires answer-first content architecture, comprehensive schema markup, strong E-E-A-T signals, and topical authority across your core subject matter. Brands that rank well in traditional search do not automatically appear in AI Mode - the signals are different. Integrated.Social's Google AI Mode Optimization service addresses this gap directly.
What is LLMO (LLM Mention Optimization)?
LLMO ensures your brand appears in AI model knowledge, not just real-time search. When someone asks ChatGPT about your market, your brand should be part of the answer even without a live web search. This requires building citations across high-authority publications and structured data sources that LLM training pipelines prioritize. LLMO is a long-term brand authority program, not a quick-fix tactic.
Do you work as a fractional CMO or as an agency?
Both models are available. For some clients, Modi works as an embedded fractional CMO attending leadership meetings and owning strategy. For others, a project or retainer model works better with defined scope and milestones. All delivery is senior-led - you work directly with Modi, not handed to a junior team. The right model depends on your team's existing capability and how much strategic ownership you want to retain.
What is a Gemini Enterprise Agentic AI environment for marketing?
A Gemini Enterprise Agentic AI environment connects bounded research, qualification, drafting and handoffs within approved tools. Your team agrees permitted data, written fit criteria, exceptions and a named senior reviewer. Agents prepare source-backed evidence and draft follow-ups; people approve buyer-facing messages, and spending, publication and consequential CRM writes require separate permission. Sales confirms acceptance. An AI score does not establish purchase intent, and no workflow guarantees pipeline growth.
How do you combine the art and science of marketing?
The art is brand positioning, persona psychology, and creative messaging - this requires human expertise and cannot be automated. The science is structured A/B testing, attribution modeling, and agentic execution. Every campaign starts with audience understanding and brand truth, then scales through systematic experimentation and AI-powered delivery. Neither half works without the other, which is why we do not offer AI tools without strategic context.
What does an AI-first B2B marketing agency do?
An AI-first B2B marketing agency connects buyer research, approved messaging, search-ready pages, campaign tests and bounded workflows in one commercial plan. Typical deliverables include a buyer-question map, priority page improvements, a test plan and a measurement record. A named person approves claims, publication and spending. Scope follows the company data, sales process and goals; using AI does not guarantee citations, leads, profitable campaigns or revenue.
How should we evaluate AEO and AI search progress?
AI visibility has no universal score: record the engine, prompt panel, observation date and visible evidence for each measurement. Citations, rankings and leads are observed, not guaranteed. Walker Sands' H1 2026 benchmark covered more than 45 million relevant Google keywords across 828 enterprise B2B companies in 14 technology sectors. It reported a 3.0% median citation-inclusion rate and 4.6% of companies receiving no citations; those observations are specific to that defined study and are not a transferable market-wide promise.
What makes Integrated.Social different from other B2B marketing agencies?
Six differences: we deploy live systems, not strategy decks; all delivery is senior-led by Modi; we have built enterprise AI agent systems since 2023; we are among the first UK agencies with a dedicated AEO/GEO/LLMO practice; every engagement is measured against pipeline and revenue; and we combine brand expertise with AI execution. Teams can begin with a paid AI Visibility Audit before deciding whether an implementation programme is appropriate.
How does your persona-driven approach to B2B marketing work?
We map your buying committee and craft distinct messaging for each role. The CFO sees ROI and risk reduction; the CMO sees brand growth; the practitioner sees efficiency. This precision is what separates leads that convert from leads that ghost, and it is what makes agentic AI outreach effective at scale. Persona mapping is the foundation of every engagement we take on.
What budget do you need to start?
The Free AI Visibility Score is £0. The AI Visibility Audit is From £750 one-off, a paid diagnostic. AI Citation Program (our Foundation program): Introductory price: From £2,200/month for your first 3 months only, for programs started by December 28, 2026. Standard price: From £3,000/month from month 4. Foundation covers up to 25 priority pages and Growth starts From £5,000 per month for up to 100 priority pages, each with a 90-day initial term. Compare all listed prices at https://integrated.social/pricing/.
Can I start with a paid AI Visibility Audit?
Yes. The AI Visibility Audit is From £750 one-off, a paid, senior-led diagnostic. It is separate from the Free AI Visibility Score. See the scope at https://integrated.social/pricing/.
Is the audit included in the AI Citation Program?
The AI Visibility Audit is included at the start of the AI Citation Program (our Foundation program) at no extra charge. Bought on its own: From £750 one-off. See pricing at https://integrated.social/pricing/.
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