AEO Services · Sioux Falls
If your business isn’t the answer, you don’t exist.
Buyers are skipping Google and asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity directly. AEO is how you become the answer.
A real buyer asks the AI
Best hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Sioux Falls?
Three results returned, ranked by AEO authority.
1. Midwest Hyperbarics — cited by 4 LLMs
2. Regional clinic A
Your business: not in the answer
The story
Problem. Build. Result.
The problem
Visible to nobody who matters.
Buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity for answers. Your business isn’t in the answer. Google has no reason to recognize the site as a topical authority. Every dollar on awareness evaporates without a structural foundation beneath it.
What we build
Structural authority + a video-first engine.
We don’t add content. We rebuild the structure — technical audit, intent mapping, page restructuring, internal link architecture, entity clarification. Then we layer a video-first authority system with full attribution from view to consult to closed revenue.
The transformation
Buyers arrive pre-sold.
Patients and prospects arrive already convinced. They’ve watched the videos, read the answers, asked the AI — and you were the recommendation. $1.2M tracked. $0 paid ad spend.
The delta
From invisible to fully booked in 6 months.
How we build it
No Gimmicks.
No Blog Spam.
Just Structure.
We rebuild from the ground up — engineering the site to communicate authority, relevance, and trust to Google AND the AI engines at every level. Six pillars. Three months of structural evaluation. Then authority recognition triggers.
Technical Audit
Crawl efficiency, indexation, and Core Web Vitals remediation. The foundation every other layer builds on.
Intent Mapping
Every page realigned to actual buyer prompt patterns — high-intent clinical and commercial queries, not generic topics.
Page Restructuring
Information architecture rebuilt for topical depth. Google needs to recognize the site as a definitive authority.
Link Architecture
Internal linking strategy reinforcing pillar-cluster authority signals across the entire domain.
Entity Clarification
Defining the practice as a recognized entity in Google’s Knowledge Graph — the signal that unlocks category authority.
On-Page SEO
Schema markup, metadata, heading hierarchy, and content optimization across every customer-facing page.
The Inflection Point
Three months of structural evaluation — then Google crossed the credibility threshold. Impressions went from ~1,500 in December to over 15,000 in January. One month. This is what authority recognition looks like.
Case Study 01 · Midwest Hyperbarics · Sioux Falls, SD
From invisible to fully booked in 6 months.
Dr. Dan Todd was delivering incredible patient outcomes. Patients were getting better. But nobody outside his waiting room knew he existed. We rebuilt the structure — then layered a video-first authority system: 12 episodes positioning Dr. Todd as the regional authority, with full attribution from view to consult to closed revenue.
Indexed Chapters
- 0:00Introductions
- 0:56Grace Hawksteader · Sudden Hearing Loss
- 1:38Diagnosed with 3% Hearing
- 2:53Hearing Returns to 95%
- 3:21Teresa Whaler · Dog Attack Recovery
- 9:34Sean Poe · Severe Neck Injury
- 10:48Doctors Recommend C2-C7 Fusion
- 11:18HBOT: The Only Way to Zero Pain
- 12:46Successfully Avoiding Neck Fusion
The first time a patient said ‘I watched your video and already knew you were the right fit’ — I got it. The video does the work so I don’t have to sell myself anymore. Patients arrive already convinced.
Case Study 02 · Radiant Health and Hormone · Sioux Falls, SD
From cold audience to 111 patients via one quiz.
A hyper-targeted hormone quiz built for women 42–54 in Sioux Falls and a 28-mile radius. Thirty-plus researched attributes shaped the audience and the questions. Six months later: a new revenue line, with attribution that traces every patient back to a quiz answer.
Leads
574Visits
5,089Conversion
12%Daily Leads · Oct 2025 → May 2026
The quiz has not only given us a tremendous amount of new patients to help balance, but also incredible data points to help us get a lens into the market we just didn’t have before.
Our Why · The Directory
We saw the same gap in every client.
So we built the answer.
Working with Radiant Health taught us something we couldn’t unsee. Every Sioux Falls business we audited had the same problem — they were operating in a world where 67% of users (and rising) are now daily AI users, but their digital infrastructure was built for a Google-only era that’s already ending.
So we built The Directory at getgravitygrowth.com. Every Sioux Falls business gets a baseline-AI-ready listing for free. Featured tiers add structured citation data, AI-optimized profiles, and conversion-grade CTAs.
This isn’t a directory. It’s the local AI readiness layer for Sioux Falls — and it changes the competitive landscape for every business in town.
Phase 2 · Closing the click gap
Seen. Now get chosen.
The structural SEO is working. The hard part is done. The challenge shifts from being seen to being chosen.
The gap · February 2026
What this means
Every unclicked impression is a real buyer who saw your business and kept scrolling. Phase 2 is about converting visibility into booked consultations — 5-second clarity, single CTA, condition-specific pages, and video that builds trust before the first call.
Step 01
5-Second Clarity
Visitors must understand what you do, who you serve, and what to do next within five seconds. No ambiguity.
Step 02
Single Dominant CTA
One clear action per page. No competing links, no decision fatigue — just a friction-free consult pathway.
Step 03
Condition-Specific Pages
Pages that speak directly to the buyer’s question — engineered to answer their specific clinical or commercial query.
Step 04
Video Integration
Provider-facing video that builds trust before the first call. The highest-leverage conversion asset in service categories today.
What changed
Three signals.
One unlock.
Signal 01
Google Trust Confirmed
The site crossed Google’s credibility threshold — recognized as a legitimate topical authority, surfacing across a much wider range of related queries.
Signal 02
Intent Alignment Verified
Content now matches actual buyer search behavior. Every page answers the specific question buyers type — high-intent queries indicating real consideration.
Signal 03
Brand Visibility at Scale
Your business now surfaces for real category queries across the Midwest. Buyers researching the service see your practice before competitors.
What it costs
Two ways to start.
Both compound.
No hourly billing. No surprise SEO add-ons. SEO is bundled into every AEO engagement at no additional cost.
Tier 01
AEO + SEO Services
SEO included at no additional cost.
- Full structural rebuild on your existing site
- All six structural pillars deployed
- AI citation tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
- Schema, metadata, entity clarification
- Monthly attribution reporting — view to revenue
- Quarterly strategy review with founder
Tier 02
AEO + SEO + New Site, Built & Managed
Everything in Tier 01, plus a new site engineered for AEO from day one.
- Brand-new site, designed and built by Gravity
- Engineered for AI citation from the foundation up
- Hosting, security, performance — all managed
- Video-first authority asset (Midwest Hyperbarics pattern)
- Lead-quality scoring + Calendly integration
- No setup fees. No platform fees. All-in.
Questions answered
Honest answers,
no agency-speak.
What is AEO?
Answer Engine Optimization. The structural work that makes your business discoverable by AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini when buyers ask them questions instead of searching Google.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO targets blue-link Google rankings. AEO targets AI-generated answers. Same foundation, different signals — entity recognition, schema density, citation worthiness. We do both. SEO is included with every AEO engagement at no additional cost.
Do I need AEO if I already rank on Google?
Yes. Google’s AI Overviews and the LLM crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) use different ranking signals than blue links. You can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible in ChatGPT. Most businesses we work with rank fine on Google and disappear completely the moment a buyer opens an AI engine.
How long until I see results?
Structural work shows in 60–90 days. Citation lift in AI engines comes in 90–180 days. From there it compounds. Midwest Hyperbarics went from invisible to fully booked with a 6-month waitlist in six months.
What does AEO cost?
AEO Services start at $1,500–$2,500+ per month, with full SEO included at no additional cost. AEO + SEO + a new site built and managed by Gravity Growth is $3,499 per month, all in. No hourly billing, no setup fees, no surprise add-ons.
How do you measure success?
Citation tracking in major LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity), branded vs. non-branded query lift, and full attribution from AEO traffic to booked revenue. No vanity metrics. We tracked $1.2M in attributed revenue for Midwest Hyperbarics, end-to-end.
Your move
Want to know if your business is the answer?
Take the AI Readiness Quiz. We’ll tell you what AI engines think of your business right now — and what to do about it.