AI visibility for Austin roofing companies

When homeowners ask ChatGPT who should fix their roof, be the first answer.

Nearly half of consumers now ask AI tools for local recommendations instead of scrolling Google. First Answer measures exactly what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity say about your roofing company, fixes the signals they rely on, and shows you the improvement every month — screenshots included.

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10 real customer questions · 3 AI engines · in your inbox within 48 hours · free

45%of consumers now ask AI tools to recommend local businesses — up from 6% a year ago
98.8%of local businesses are never mentioned in AI answers. The few that are win the call
<20%overlap between top Google rankings and the sources AI cites — your SEO doesn't carry over
How it works

Measure. Fix. Prove.

No black box, no jargon. You see the AI's answers about your company before we start, and every month after.

1

Measure

We ask the major AI engines 50 real customer questions about your market — "best roofer in Austin," "who handles hail damage insurance claims," "my roof is leaking, who do I call" — and record who gets recommended and which sources the AI read to decide.

2

Fix

We repair what the AIs check: your Google, Bing, and Apple business data (ChatGPT runs on Bing — most roofers have never claimed it), your review signals, retrieval-ready pages on your site, and your presence in the exact directories, articles, and communities the AIs cite.

3

Prove

Every month you get a share-of-voice report: the same 50 questions, re-asked, with screenshots. "In January, AI recommended you in 3 of 50 answers. Today it's 14 of 50." You always know exactly what you're paying for.

Pricing

Simple plans, founding-client pricing

We take one roofing company per service area — when your market is claimed, it's claimed.

AI Visibility Audit

$497 one-time
$1,500 — founding-client rate
  • 25 real customer questions × 4 AI engines
  • Who wins now, with screenshots
  • Which sources the AIs cite — and where you're missing
  • Technical scorecard (data, reviews, site, crawlability)
  • Prioritized 90-day roadmap — yours to keep
  • Fee credited if you start a plan within 30 days
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AI Found

$997/mo
Single location · 3-month start, then month-to-month
  • 50-question monitoring across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity & AI Overviews
  • Google, Bing & Apple business data managed
  • Review engine: ask systems, responses, trajectory
  • 2 retrieval-formatted content pieces / month
  • Schema, llms.txt & AI-crawler access handled
  • Placement outreach to the sources AI cites
  • Monthly share-of-voice report with screenshots
Claim your market

Growth

$1,997/mo
For competitive metros & multi-crew operations
  • Everything in AI Found
  • 100-question prompt set + competitor tracking
  • 4 content pieces / month
  • Active PR & "best roofer" listicle campaigns
  • Storm-event response monitoring
  • Quarterly strategy session
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No long contracts — 3 months to start (that's honestly how long the engines take to update), month-to-month after. We never guarantee a specific AI ranking, because answers change daily and anyone promising one is lying to you. We guarantee the work, and you see the measurement every month.

Why this exists

Your customers changed how they search. Quietly. Fast.

Ask ChatGPT who the best roofer in your city is. Go ahead — it's the fastest sales pitch I have.

If you're like 98.8% of local businesses, it just recommended your competitors by name and didn't mention you at all. Not because you do worse work — because the AI builds its answer from Bing listings you never claimed, review patterns nobody manages, and "best roofer in Austin" articles you're not in.

That's fixable. It's a system, not magic: fix the data, build the review engine, get into the sources the AI actually reads, and re-measure every month until your name is the answer. That's the entire business. I'd love to show you what the AIs say about your company right now — the snapshot is free and takes me a day.

— Lleyton Thoreson, Founder

FAQ

Fair questions

What is AI search optimization?
AI search optimization (also called GEO, generative engine optimization) is the work of making sure AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity mention and recommend your business when people ask them who to hire. AI assistants build answers from your business data, reviews, and the third-party sources they read — we systematically improve all three, then measure what the AIs actually say every month.
How is this different from regular SEO?
Traditional SEO gets you ranked in Google's list of links. AI assistants don't show a list — they name two or three companies, and the overlap between top Google results and AI-cited sources has fallen below 20%. You can rank #1 on Google Maps and still never be mentioned by ChatGPT. AI visibility requires different work: entity data across Google, Bing, and Apple; review signals; retrieval-formatted content; and presence in the specific sources AI engines cite.
How fast will I see results?
Honestly: month 1 is foundation work with little visible change, first appearances typically show in Perplexity and Google AI Overviews in months 2–3, and ChatGPT mentions usually follow in months 3–4 as Bing and directory data refresh. Meaningful share-of-voice movement takes 3–6 months. Anyone promising faster is guessing or lying.
Do you guarantee my company will be recommended?
No — and no honest agency can, because AI answers change daily and are probabilistic. What we guarantee is the work (every deliverable, listed in writing) and full transparency: you see exactly what every major AI says about your company each month, with screenshots. If your share of voice hasn't improved by month 4, we work free until it does.
Why do you only work with roofing companies?
Focus wins. Because we only do roofing, we already know the 50 questions homeowners ask AI about roofers, which sources the AI engines cite for them, and what content earns citations in this industry. You get a playbook that's been run on companies like yours, not a generic marketing package. We also never work with two roofers in the same service area — one client per market.
What do you need from me?
About 30 minutes a month plus access: your Google Business Profile, website, and review platforms. We handle the rest — data, content, review systems, placements, and reporting. The one thing we'll coach your team on is asking happy customers for reviews, because review velocity is something only you can generate.

Find out what AI says about your company. Free.

10 real customer questions, 3 AI engines, screenshots of every answer — in your inbox within 48 hours. No call required, no strings. Worst case, you learn you're already winning.

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