AEO Agency for B2B: Answer Engine Optimization Services
You searched for an AEO agency. Here is the honest version: Jolly Consulting is a specialist consultancy, not a traditional agency. You work directly with the founder, there are no account managers between you and the work, and the goal is concrete. When your buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini what to buy, the answer includes you.
An Agency Search, a Specialist Answer
Most AEO agencies staff engagements the way SEO agencies always have: a salesperson closes you, an account manager owns the relationship, and junior staff do the work. Jolly Consulting runs a different model. Every audit, content plan, and citation campaign is done by the founder who built the methodology, the same person who scaled ClickUp's affiliate program to 8-figure annual commissions before moving into AI search.
If you need a large team billing many hours across many deliverables, a big agency is the right buy. If you want senior work, direct answers, and one accountable person, the label matters less than the model. Start with the AEO consulting overview to see the full methodology.
Built on Citation Data, Not SEO Habits
Ahrefs 2026 research, drawing on more than a billion data points, shapes what we prioritize and what we refuse to sell.
"Best X" listicles are the top page type cited by ChatGPT
YouTube's correlation with AI brand visibility, higher than backlinks or domain rating
of the most-cited pages get zero Google organic traffic
measurable effect of schema markup on AI citations
The practical consequences: we prioritize listicle placement and third-party content over schema tinkering, we treat YouTube as a first-class channel, and we never assume your Google rankings predict your AI visibility.
What Our Answer Engine Optimization Services Include
End-to-end AEO, from first audit to monthly share of voice reporting.
AI Visibility Audit
Baseline how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini answer your category's buying questions, and where competitors take the shortlist.
Citation-Worthy Content
Build and place content in the formats AI engines cite most, starting with "Best X" listicles in your category.
Review Platform Strategy
Strengthen your presence on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius, the third-party sources AI engines lean on for B2B recommendations.
YouTube Strategy
Video carries the strongest correlation with AI brand visibility. We plan and optimize the channel most agencies ignore.
Technical Foundations
llms.txt, crawlable architecture, and clean semantic HTML so AI crawlers can read and reuse your pages.
Share of Voice Tracking
Monthly measurement of mentions, sentiment, and citations across AI engines so you can see the needle move.
Some teams call this work generative engine optimization. Same discipline, different name. If you found us through that term, the GEO agency page explains how the naming maps.
Go Deeper on AEO Strategy
AEO Optimization Guide for B2B
Share of voice, sentiment, salience, and how to get cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity.
How to Increase LLM Rankings for B2B Brands
The six content buckets, golden queries, and ROI measurement for AI visibility.
AEO Revenue Attribution Methodology
How to connect AI citations to pipeline and revenue instead of vanity mentions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an AEO agency do?
An AEO agency (answer engine optimization agency) works to get a brand cited and recommended by AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. The work includes auditing how AI currently answers category questions, creating and placing citation-worthy content, strengthening third-party signals on review platforms, and tracking share of voice against competitors.
Is Jolly Consulting an AEO agency or a consultancy?
A specialist consultancy. Agency is the category buyers search for, so we use the word, but the model is different: you work directly with the founder on every engagement, there are no account-manager layers, and no work is handed to junior staff. For teams that want senior execution without agency overhead, that trade is the point.
How is answer engine optimization different from SEO?
SEO optimizes for ranking in Google's results. AEO optimizes for being cited inside AI-generated answers. The signals differ: Ahrefs 2026 research found 28.3% of the pages AI cites most get zero Google organic traffic, so a strong Google position neither guarantees nor predicts AI visibility. AEO requires its own content formats, third-party placements, and measurement.
Does schema markup improve AI citations?
No. Ahrefs 2026 research across more than a billion data points found schema markup has no measurable effect on AI citations. Schema still helps traditional Google rich results, so we add it for SEO, but we never sell it as an AEO tactic. Content format and third-party authority are what move citations.
How long does AEO take to show results?
Initial visibility changes typically appear within 4-8 weeks of technical and content changes landing. Meaningful share of voice movement usually takes 3-6 months. AI engines refresh their sources faster than Google refreshes rankings, so wins can compound quicker than in classic SEO.
What is the difference between AEO and GEO?
None in practice. GEO (generative engine optimization) and AEO (answer engine optimization) are two names for the same discipline, used by different communities. If you use the GEO term, our generative engine optimization agency page covers the identical methodology.