AI Answer-Engine Reputation Baseline and Monitoring Retainer (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that establishes what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews currently say about a client brand, then installs a recurring monitoring and correction loop. Built for agencies that want a defensible retainer instead of a one-off audit. Time: 10-14 days.
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AI Answer-Engine Reputation Baseline and Monitoring Retainer (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that establishes what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews currently say about a client brand, then installs a recurring monitoring and correction loop. Built for agencies that want a defensible retainer instead of a one-off audit.
- Signed client authorization to query AI platforms on the brand's behalf and to publish corrective content | Access to the client's review profiles, Google Business Profile, and analytics so AI referral traffic can be separated from Direct/Other buckets | A named client-side approver for any public statement or review response | A chosen monitoring platform with white-label reporting enabled, plus a review aggregation source | Baseline keyword and prompt list agreed in writing (brand name, brand plus competitor, brand plus 'reviews', brand plus 'is it legit')
- 1.Run the agreed prompt list through at least four AI platforms and capture raw answers with timestamps
- 2.Record which sources each answer cites and whether the brand appears at all
- 3.Log sentiment per answer as positive, neutral, negative, or absent
- 1.Pull review data from Google, Facebook, and any vertical-specific directories into one view
- 2.Check NAP consistency across the top ten citation sources the AI answers referenced
- 3.Flag any factual error in an AI answer that traces back to an outdated or wrong directory listing
- 1.Separate AI referral traffic from Direct/Other in the client's analytics and quantify the hidden volume
- 2.Compare the client's citation rate against two named competitors on the same prompt set
- 3.Score each prompt by commercial intent so remediation effort follows revenue, not vanity
- 1.Draft the baseline report: current AI narrative, citation gaps, and the three highest-risk misstatements
- 2.Write a one-page client-facing summary that avoids jargon and states what changes if nothing is done
- 3.Present findings and secure sign-off on the correction scope
- 1.Fix the directory and profile errors identified on day two
- 2.Publish or refresh the two pages most likely to be cited as the authoritative brand source
- 3.Submit corrected business data to the platforms feeding AI answers
- 1.Configure the monitoring platform with the approved prompt list and alert thresholds
- 2.Set up automated review requests via email and SMS where the client has consent coverage
- 3.Enable weekly sentiment and citation-rate reporting under the agency's own branding
- 1.Draft response templates for negative reviews and for factual AI misstatements
- 2.Define the escalation path for a hallucination that names an executive or alleges a legal issue
- 3.Agree the response SLA in hours, not days, and put it in the retainer terms
- 1.Re-run the original prompt set and measure movement in citation rate and sentiment
- 2.Document which corrections moved an answer and which did not
- 3.Package the before-and-after into the client's monthly report template
- 1.Train the client's front-desk or support staff on the review request flow and response tone
- 2.Hand over the monitoring dashboard with a recorded walkthrough
- 3.Confirm the client can read the report without agency explanation
- 1.Deliver the final baseline-to-current comparison and the standing monitoring cadence
- 2.Set the next quarterly prompt-list review date
- 3.Invoice setup and confirm the first retainer period start date
The setup fee covers a fixed 10-day labor block that most agencies can staff with one strategist and one analyst, so gross margin lands near 60-70% once the prompt list and report template are reused across clients. The retainer is defensible because the work never stops: AI answers change as models retrain and as new citations enter the index, and a client who cancels loses visibility into a channel they cannot check manually. Agencies that bundle this with existing SEO or local search retainers add $600-$1,500/mo to an account without adding a new sales motion.
- AI answer baseline report covering at least four platforms, with raw answers, cited sources, and sentiment scoring
- Citation and NAP gap list with the specific corrections made and the platforms updated
- Configured monitoring dashboard with the approved prompt list, alert thresholds, and white-labeled weekly reporting
- Review response and AI misstatement playbook including escalation path and response SLA
- Day-10 before-and-after comparison plus the standing quarterly prompt-review calendar
The client has a live monitoring dashboard tracking the agreed prompt list, a documented baseline-to-current comparison showing citation rate and sentiment for each prompt, and a signed retainer covering the recurring monitoring cadence.