Hiring managers build a shortlist before they call anyone. We help your agency earn a place on that shortlist in the lists that rank on Google, in the AI answers buyers ask first, and on the commercial pages you own.
We map how clients search for agencies like yours, who gets shortlisted now, and where your reputation needs to show up next.
That second number decides whether you get briefed. Not where your homepage ranks.
Watch how the machines actually choose. The winning brands are supported by lists, comparisons, mentions, and sources beyond their own website.
Every programme is set around your sector, geography, fee model, client profile, and the search surfaces that can realistically create placements.
Your desk, your fees, your highest-value briefs.
Zone 4 feeds Zone 2 every month. That feedback loop is why engagements run for six or twelve months.
These are illustrative six-month targets. We set the real targets after your baseline audit.
For specialist recruiters, one new retained client can create several placements. That is why we start with your real fee model, not traffic projections.
At that fee, two incremental placements can cover several months of a typical programme. Most programmes sit between $5,000 and $10,000 per month, with $4,000 as the minimum for a tightly defined scope. We run the calculation with your actual fees and close rates on the call.
Three new articles were cited by an AI answer engine within eleven days. AI-channel traffic moved from 49 to 185 sessions over the quarter.
Our tooling extracts live AI Overview citations so we can show which pages get quoted about your market and which competitors are being named instead.
The right answer depends on your fees, your sector, and whether one more client is commercially meaningful. Here is how we think about the common objections.
Most programmes are scoped between $5,000 and $10,000 per month, with $4,000 as the minimum. Run that against your own average fee, then compare it with a mid-level internal hire or paid channels that stop producing the day you stop paying. This programme builds sector pages, list positions, mentions, and AI visibility that can continue working after the initial campaign.
That usually means the proof is already there. The visibility is not. You are winning the briefs where you are already in the room. This work is about the briefs where a buyer made a shortlist without knowing you existed.
Many agencies were sold generic blog posts and rankings for their own brand name. Neither creates a new shortlist position. We focus on commercial sector pages, the lists other people own, and the answers buyers receive before they contact an agency.
You can improve your own pages. The harder part is earning inclusion in third-party lists and mentions on trusted sites at enough quality and volume to shift your category position. That requires relationships, research, outreach, and continual quality control.
Ranking lists have shaped recruitment search results for years. AI systems now read many of the same sources and turn them into one answer. If AI answers disappeared tomorrow, the Google visibility and third-party authority would still remain.
The first list placements can land within weeks. Rankings and AI citations usually move on a 90 to 120 day lag as authority accumulates and search systems learn the new positioning. Clients typically see positive indicators in the first few months. The six-month minimum gives those signals time to become commercially useful.
You help us validate the target sectors, commercial priorities, and positioning at the start. After that, you approve major decisions and read a short monthly report. Most customers spend less than an hour a month on ongoing management.
We capture the baseline in the opening weeks and report against it every month. By month three, you should be able to see whether the leading indicators are moving: list inclusion, target-page visibility, mentions, rankings, and AI shortlist presence.
A growing library, not a one-off sales claim.
We review the 20 lists ranking for your priority terms, check which ones name your agency, and test 30 buyer questions across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. You keep the findings either way.
