AI optimisation
Customers are no longer only researching businesses on Google. They are using AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other tools to compare options, ask questions and shortlist providers – so I help you understand where your brand is visible, where it is missing, and what needs to change across your content, website, trust signals and external mentions.
AI optimisation framework
I use a practical six-step framework to audit and improve how your brand appears across organic search and AI-driven discovery surfaces.
Where are your customers looking?
The first step is to understand where your customers are looking for you, your services and the problems you solve. This can include Google Search, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, LinkedIn, Reddit and relevant industry forums.
Brand presence across surfaces
Next, I review what AI systems and search surfaces understand about your brand. Are you named in AI-generated answers? Are you cited as a source? Are you included in comparison and buying queries? Are your services, locations, people and key entities clear across Google and the wider web?
Content optimisation
Full setup and optimisation so your products surface on Google Shopping and AI surfaces where shoppers are looking.
This includes content structure, headings, answer-led sections, original data or perspectives, internal linking, topical coverage and clear prompts around the questions your customers are actually asking.
Trust signals
AI systems need clear signals that your business is legitimate, experienced and relevant. I review the trust signals around your brand, including E-E-A-T, named authors, verifiable credentials, consistent messaging, reviews, business information and relevant schema markup.
Authority and citations
As with SEO, your brand’s authority is shaped by what exists outside your own website. I review backlinks, brand mentions, citations, reviews, Reddit, forums, LinkedIn, industry websites and other credible sources that help search engines and AI systems understand who you are and why you should be trusted.
Technical foundation
To improve visibility across search and AI surfaces, your website needs a solid technical foundation. AI bots need appropriate access, priority content needs to render properly, HTML should be structured semantically with logical headings, and schema should provide a clear semantic layer for additional context.
Don’t just take my word for it
Trusted by businesses and agencies across New Zealand.
Driving real business growth
Examples of what can happen when SEO work is planned clearly, prioritised properly and carried through.
Increase in organic search traffic to New World online shopping through category, product and technical SEO work.
Increase in organic search traffic to Pak’n Save’s butchery category through content and search optimisation.
Growth in residential property organic search visibility, supported by consistent year-on-year traffic growth and enquiries up 6%.
Increase in Google exposure through local SEO and website content, growing organic visits from 1.5k to 7k per month.
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search performance?
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Other services
Strategy and planning
I’ll develop an SEO and AI strategy that aligns with your business objectives, is fully resourced and ladders up to revenue generation.
SEO programmes
Ongoing SEO support for businesses that need senior help across technical SEO, content, reporting, implementation and continuous improvement.
Website content
Practical website content that helps your products, services and expertise get found in search and understood by real people.










