From invisible to the brand AI names first

Earning AI answers for retail

More AI-cited brand mentions
90 days
From first audit to results
+38%
Organic enquiries from search
Client
Aunt Sally's
Sector
Retail
Market
Cape Town, ZA
Engagement
GEO + Local SEO
The challenge

Absent from the answers buyers trusted

A Cape Town retailer was absent from AI answers entirely. Buyers querying LLMs for local product recommendations were receiving answers listing only three established competitors. Our diagnostic audit found that the brand lacked structured entity markings and clear contextual links to local search themes.

The approach

A focused local strategy

We structured content and entity work to make it the brand engines recommend when buyers ask for options. This involved implementing comprehensive schema markings, targeting question-based local SEO search queries, and generating high-authority local citations.

“Being remote was never an issue. The team at Kiyado mapped out exactly what buyers were asking models, and structured our pages so Gemini and ChatGPT recommend us first. It changed our inbound channels completely.”
Owner, Cape Town retail business
The results

Cited, found, and chosen

Within 90 days, the brand became the first recommendation in local search models. This drove a 4x lift in AI-cited brand mentions and a substantial increase in direct local store visits.

AI citations / month
~3 12+
Top-3 local terms
2 9
Organic enquiries
base +38%
A Cape Town retailer was absent from AI answers entirely. Structured content and entity work made it the brand engines recommend when buyers ask for options.

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