AEO Case Studies
Real results from companies that optimized for AI citations. Every case links to a primary source. No made-up metrics.
Speed to Citation: First AI Overview Appearance in 11 Days from a Zero-SEO Domain
A bootstrapped SaaS founder with no prior SEO investment, no backlinks, and a domain registered 3 weeks earlier appeared in Google AI Overviews and Perplexity citations 11 days after publishing one long-form informational article. Full breakdown of what the page did right.
Stratabeat: 209% LLM Brand Mention Increase in 90 Days
AI voice SaaS client became second-most-cited domain across tracked non-branded prompts in three months. Strategy: high Domain Rating + structured entity authority + comparison content.
Netpeak USA: +120% Revenue, +693% AI Traffic via Conversational GEO
E-commerce case study demonstrating that restructuring product descriptions to earn AI citations in shopping contexts drives real revenue.
Mentimeter: 124,000 ChatGPT-Referred Sessions in 6 Months
B2B SaaS scale evidence that AEO delivers pipeline, not just visibility. Mentimeter's ChatGPT-referred sessions demonstrate answer engines produce real product traffic when technical signals align with content authority.
Discovered Agency: 6x AI-Referred Trials in 7 Weeks
SaaS client went from 575 to 3,500+ trials attributed to ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity recommendations. Two-part strategy: 66 decision-intent articles plus off-domain trust signals via Reddit.