Be the answer.
The Hills Agency is the world’s first pure-play AEO, GEO & AI SEO agency. We position your brand inside the answers of ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok — on the queries that create your customers and revenue.
Limited capacity this quarter — one brand per sector.
Global brands we have made unavoidable for AI
Search has changed. Authority is the new ranking.
Your customers no longer only search on Google. They ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity — engines that name only three to five brands. If you are not among them, you are not in the conversation.
27%
Google’s share of total search
3–5
Brands named by AI
4×
Higher conversion from AI traffic
90d
To enter the top AI answers
The Hills AI Domination System™
We position your brand inside AI answers — in three precise movements.
AI Mapping
We diagnose your current standing across every major model and identify the queries that move your business.
AI Influence
We deploy the assets, content and authority signals that models rely on to build their answers.
Positioning Control
We continuously monitor, defend and compound your position against competitors.
Brands we made AI-recommended
Luxury Automotive
Rolls-Royce
#1
Cited ultra-luxury EV
+65%
AI share of voice
5
AI engines covered
“What is the best ultra-luxury electric car?”
Sportswear
Nike
Top 3
AI running answers
x3
AI mentions
150+
Prompts tracked
“What are the best running shoes for everyday training?”
Sport & Entertainment
Paris Saint-Germain
#1
AI answer, match experience
+120%
AI citations
5
Languages covered
“How can I experience a football match in Paris?”
Luxury & Travel
Orient Express
#1
AI “best luxury train”
+50%
AI citations
+41%
Qualified traffic
“Best luxury train journeys in the world”
Healthcare
Cedars Sinai
+62%
AI citations in 90d
#1
On 9 queries
90d
Results
“Best telehealth services in the US”
SaaS · Fitness
Ladder Fitness
#1
ChatGPT & Perplexity
+58%
AI citations
✓
Multi-LLM coverage
“Best female-focused fitness apps”
Choose your level of AI dominance
One signature engine — AEO · GEO · AI SEO powered by Content — grown through four levels of maturity. Then amplified by two accelerators: a Fractional CMO to pilot, Paid Media to scale.
The complete system
The Full Hills Growth System
Everything, orchestrated by one team: the signature AEO · GEO · AI SEO engine, a Fractional CMO steering the strategy, and Paid Media amplifying every result. The full-stack answer for brands that intend to own their category — and keep it.
- ✓ The signature engine at its highest level (Category Ownership)
- ✓ A Fractional CMO piloting your whole marketing at board level
- ✓ Paid Media amplifying every AI citation into traffic & pipeline
- ✓ Monthly C-Level reporting & results guarantee
- ✓ Priority access to the Hills AI Lab
AEO · GEO · AI SEO, powered by Content
One discipline, four levels of maturity — from invisible in AI answers to owning your category. Start where you are and climb.
Hills AI Awareness Diagnostic
Awareness
On request
4 weeks
Before conquering, you need the map. In 4 weeks we scan how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok talk about you — and about your competitors — across hundreds of real buying prompts. You walk away with hard numbers: where you are cited, where you are invisible, who owns your category today — and a prioritized roadmap to flip the balance. The fastest way to know if the AI opportunity in your market is still open, or already taken.
Ideal for: brands that have never measured their AI visibility and need a factual starting point before investing.
- • Full LLM visibility audit
- • AI competitive analysis
- • Prioritized action plan
- • Positioning report
Understand and fix your AI presence
Hills AI Consideration Engine
Consideration
On request
2–3 months
This is where your brand starts existing in AI answers. We build your first layer of machine-readable authority: ten answer-ready assets engineered for LLM retrieval, schema markup deployed across your site, and your brand entity cleaned and consolidated. Within weeks, the engines stop guessing who you are — and start citing you. Ideal for brands who want proof of traction before scaling up.
Ideal for: brands ready to publish and structure content so AI engines start citing them — with proof of traction before scaling.
- • Everything in Diagnostic +
- • AI-ready content (10 assets)
- • Schema markup deployed
- • First citation signals
Start being cited and credible in AI
Hills AI Conversion Domination
Conversion
On request
4–6 months
Our flagship engagement — the one most clients choose, because it is where AI visibility turns into revenue. We industrialise your citation machine: 25+ answer-ready assets, digital PR placements in the sources LLMs actually quote, and continuous monitoring across the five major engines. The objective is explicit and contractual: enter the top recommendations on your money queries. If we do not move you into the answers, we keep working until we do — that is the guarantee.
Ideal for: brands with revenue targets that want to enter the top AI recommendations on their money queries — and amplify every citation with paid media.
- • Everything in Consideration +
- • AI-ready content (25+ assets)
- • Digital PR & citations
- • Multi-LLM monitoring
- • Results guarantee
Enter the top AI recommendations
Hills AI Category Ownership
Domination
On request
6–12 months
The endgame: not being one of the answers, but being the answer — and making sure no challenger can take your place. We build a defensive moat around your category: proprietary share-of-voice strategy, counter-positioning against emerging competitors, monthly C-Level reporting your board will actually read, and privileged access to the Hills AI Lab where tomorrow's visibility tools are tested first. This is how category leaders stay category leaders in the AI era.
Ideal for: category leaders (or challengers who intend to become one) that want full C-Level marketing leadership and a defensive moat no competitor can cross.
- • Everything in Conversion +
- • Category ownership strategy
- • AI defensive layer
- • Monthly C-Level reporting
- • Hills AI Lab access
Own your category — build a defensive moat
Add them when you’re ready to scale
These plug onto the engine — they don’t replace it. One drives the strategy, the other amplifies the results.
Fractional CMO
Not a level — a pilot. A senior marketing leader who owns your strategy at board level, orchestrates the engine, aligns teams and reports to your executive committee. For brands that need marketing leadership without a full-time hire.
Paid Media
The accelerator you switch on once the AI already recommends you. We put fuel on your earned visibility — turning citations and authority into qualified traffic and pipeline across search, social and programmatic. Amplification, never a substitute for being cited.
What our clients say
The Hills Agency didn’t just improve our visibility — they made us the default answer. In 90 days we went from invisible to #1 on the queries that matter most.
— VP Marketing, Orient Express
In a fiercely competitive sector, The Hills Agency gave us an edge our competitors don’t even understand yet. We are the AI’s answer.
— CMO, Regent Santa Monica
Frequently asked questions
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of optimizing brand content so it is selected and cited by AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok. Unlike classic SEO that targets Google rankings, AEO targets direct recommendation by AI.
The window is still open.
AI rankings are not yet settled. The first brands to act will define their categories. Book a thirty-minute strategy call.
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