Be the answer, not just a result.

Optimize a brand for AI search engines and LLM citations. The next frontier of discoverability — and most agencies aren’t ready for it yet.

Search is splitting in two.

Half of it still happens on Google. The other half happens inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and every assistant that’s about to ship. When someone asks ChatGPT “who’s the best web design studio in Tustin?” — the answer doesn’t come from a SERP. It comes from whichever brands the model decided are worth citing.

Showing up in that second half doesn’t work the same way as showing up in the first. Traditional SEO optimizes for crawlers and rankings. AIO — AI Optimization — optimizes for extraction, citation, and entity recognition. Most agencies are still optimizing for the wrong one.

Orange County Design has been shipping LLM-integrated products since the day they were viable. The same playbook now applies to brand visibility.

What’s included

• LLM visibility audit — which models cite the brand, on which prompts, with what context. The baseline most brands have never measured.
• Structured data and schema markup tuned for AI extraction — Article, Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQ, Product. Done right, the brand becomes a citable entity.
• Content rewrites for LLM citability — clear claims, dated sources, named entities. The patterns LLMs actually surface.
• Brand entity strengthening — knowledge graph, authoritative mentions, structured biographical data. The work that makes a brand recognizable across models.
• Tracking and reporting on LLM mentions over time. Monthly check-ins on visibility across the major surfaces.

Why this matters

AI assistants are already answering buying questions before users ever hit a SERP. The brands cited become the brands considered. The brands not cited become invisible.

This is the moat Orange County Design’s clients build now, before competitors notice the shift.

Pricing

• AIO Visibility Audit — Starting at $3,500. 2–3 weeks. Output: a baseline of which models cite the brand on which prompts, what’s missing, and a prioritized fix list.
• AIO Retainer — Scoped per engagement. The retainer shape depends on which surfaces matter most for the brand (ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity / Google AI Overviews), how broad the entity work needs to go, and whether content production is in scope. Get a quote.

A note on engagement type

AIO work runs as fixed-fee audits or monthly retainers. For advisory sessions, scoping calls, and time-boxed consulting, the rate is $225/hr.