FeaturedO-Liv E-commerce Design: From Zero to AI-Cited in 8 Months
241 keywords ranking and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview, and AI Mode
Built with eSEO Space
Start typing to search. Press βK anytime to search across all pages and blog posts
Be the Answer AI Recommends
When someone asks ChatGPT for a plumber, dentist, or contractor in Phoenix, the businesses with structured content get cited. Everyone else gets skipped. Most Phoenix small businesses have not started thinking about AI search. That gap is your opening, and it will not stay open forever.
Sound familiar?
Ask ChatGPT or Perplexity for a recommendation in Phoenix and you get Yelp aggregations and national franchise results. Local businesses without structured content are invisible to AI tools. The businesses that build AI-readable pages now claim the recommendations before competitors catch on.
Phoenix's winter population surge brings hundreds of thousands of people who have no local word-of-mouth network. They ask AI for 'best dermatologist in Scottsdale' or 'reliable HVAC near Chandler' because it is faster than scrolling search results. If your business is not in the AI answer, someone else gets the call.
The Phoenix metro has nearly 5 million residents and thousands of local businesses, but almost none have content structured for AI consumption. That means the field is wide open. Businesses that invest now will be the default recommendations in their category before competitors even understand what AIO is.
Before you hire anyone
AI search optimization is new, which makes it an easy place to get sold something vague. Before you pay anyone for it, check these:
AI tools change fast. If the person you're hiring doesn't use the tools they say they optimize for, they're working from theory. Ask which AI tools they use every day, and what they use them for.
Ask them to define AI optimization without buzzwords. If the answer sounds like a LinkedIn post full of "AI-powered" and "next-generation," they're selling hype.
AI search work builds on SEO, but it adds work SEO doesn't cover: checking what AI platforms say about you, mapping your topics, and finding the sources AI pulls from. If all you get is the same keyword report with a new label, you're paying for a rebrand.
No one controls which sources AI models cite. Anyone who promises your business will appear in AI answers is selling something they don't control. It's the same playbook as promising a top Google ranking.
If they can't explain, in plain words, how AI models find, process and cite information, they're guessing.
Ask how they'll check whether the work is getting your business mentioned in AI answers. If they can't show you a before and after, you're paying blind.
More blog posts on their own aren't AI optimization. Someone has to organize the content into clear topics an AI tool can pull a confident answer from.
AI optimization sits on top of SEO. If they're not looking at your current search presence, technical health and authority signals, they're building on sand.
AI search as a discipline is new. Anyone claiming a long track record in it is stretching the truth or relabeling older SEO work under a new name.
What I've learned working with small businesses in Phoenix
AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are changing how Phoenix customers find local businesses. Instead of scrolling through 10 search results, more people ask an AI 'who is the best HVAC company near Chandler?' and call whoever the AI recommends. Right now, AI defaults to Yelp aggregations and national franchise results for most Phoenix queries because almost no local business has content structured for AI consumption. The businesses that fix this first become the default recommendation in their category. Snowbird season amplifies this: winter visitors with zero local knowledge rely on AI even more than Google.

From zero online presence to 241 ranking keywords and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview. I designed the full e-commerce experience for O-Liv, a high phenolic olive oil supplement brand launching in Bettendorf, Iowa. I designed the complete e-commerce experience in Figma. eSEO Space handled Shopify development, SEO strategy, content creation, and marketing execution.
And before you pay me a cent, I put in writing exactly what "results" means for your business. For AI search, that means the first-month items listed below, each of them countable. It never means "AI will mention you by day 30."
Always included with the AI Visibility add-on
Proven results
Results from across my portfolio showing what AIO can do for your business.
Featured241 keywords ranking and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview, and AI Mode
Built with eSEO Space
Featured991 keywords in top 3, 175 AI Overview citations
Built with eSEO Space (I handled design and content architecture)
FeaturedRanking #1 on Google with AI Overview features for a niche biotech e-commerce market
Built with eSEO Space
Proven across markets
Every project here has an AI result in its case study. The roles are listed, because each one involved my partner eSEO Space.

I handled the store design, SEO, schema markup and AI optimization; eSEO Space handled client communication and account management. When I tested 6 golf eyewear queries across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Gemini, JondoSport appeared in 1 out of 6, with a partial mention on a second. I included that in the case study because it's the honest version.
Why work with me
Almost no Phoenix small business has AI-optimized content. That means the first businesses to invest in AIO will be the default recommendations in their categories. Once AI tools learn to cite your business, competitors have to work much harder to displace you. Early movers win disproportionately.
The structured, answer-ready content I build for AIO also improves your Google rankings. FAQ pages, topic-specific service pages, and schema markup help search engines and AI tools understand your business. You get results from both channels with one investment.
No long-term contracts. Give me 30 days. Before you pay a cent, I write down exactly what I'll ship to make your business readable to AI tools. If I miss any of it, you get your first month back. The written list keeps us both honest.

241 keywords ranking and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview, and AI Mode

991 keywords in top 3, 175 AI Overview citations

Ranking #1 on Google with AI Overview features for a niche biotech e-commerce market

0 to 352 organic keywords, #1 for all branded terms in 3 months, 13+ page 1 positions competing against Oakley and Maui Jim

My agency was a Google ActΓvate success story.
I've worked in digital marketing for 17 years, 15 of them running my own agency. Google featured that agency, KREAKTIVE, in a Google ActΓvate story (screenshot, Oct 2026). I moved to Colorado Springs in 2023 and brought KREAKTIVE with me (it operated as Digital Marketing Services until 2026), and you work with me directly, not an account manager.
Here's what clients say on Google. These reviews are about my SEO, website and communication work, not AI search specifically.
"Kristian, is a pleasure to work with. He is detailed and communicates well."
"The best SEO especialist and most honest man i ever met. I recommend it to everyone that wants to improve leads on their websites. 100% trust on him."
"Kreative is knowledgeable, professional, and thorough with their marketing strategies. Kris' support with our website and digital marketing has strengthened our branding as a company and generates solid organic leads! Thanks Kreative!"
More services in Phoenix
Search Google for what you offer. Someone is showing up and getting calls. Is it you? If not, you need:
Get found by customers actively searching for what you offer, on Google Search and Maps. The AI Visibility add-on sits on top of this plan.
Is your website getting you new clients? Can you handle more? If not, you need:
Websites built to turn visitors into calls, then tested for speed with the before and after numbers measured.
People judge your business by how you look before they read a word. Do you look pro? If not, you need:
Stand out from competitors with a brand identity your ideal customers remember.
The first 30 days are in writing. What AI platforms do after that is an expectation, not a promise.
I ask AI about your business and show you what it says
I check what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI, Copilot and Gemini say about you and your category, and hand you an AI Visibility Report with screenshots.
You'll see: where you show up today, and who gets named instead.
I map your topics so AI can pull answers from your site
5 core topic clusters are mapped in month 1. Each cluster builds your authority on one topic, so AI tools start to recognize you as someone who knows it.
You'll get: content organized so AI tools can understand it and cite it.
I find the sources AI trusts in your category
The citation source audit shows where AI pulls information in your category. Then I work on getting you mentioned on those sites: industry publications, directories, expert roundups. Those sites decide what they publish, so I promise the audit, not the citation.
You'll get: a list of the sources that matter, and the work to get you onto them.
I keep checking as AI changes
I monitor AI platform updates weekly and adjust your strategy when they change. Entity establishment (AI tools recognizing who you are and what you do) usually starts showing in 60 to 90 days. That's an expectation based on past work, not a promise.
You'll keep: a monthly view of what AI says about you, against your first-month baseline.
No hidden fees. Here's what the AI Visibility add-on costs.
Add-on to a Search Visibility plan ($1,500/mo or $2,800/mo). Not sold on its own. You pay the plan plus the add-on: $1,500 plus $797 a month on Search Visibility, or $2,800 plus $797 on Search Visibility Pro.
Good fit when:
AI search is growing and you are invisible
When someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for a recommendation in your category, they do not mention you. The AI Visibility add-on works on that, on top of your Search Visibility plan.
Why KREAKTIVE?
An honest comparison so you can decide what's right for your business.
Your SEO plus a monthly check on what AI says about you.
+$797/mo add-on to SEO
Ask what "AI optimization" includes.
Ask for the price in writing.
Free to try, slow to measure.
Your time
"Kristian, is a pleasure to work with. He is detailed and communicates well."
You want SEO and AI search handled by the same person, with the first month written down before you pay.
You have time to test AI tools yourself every month and keep careful notes. The tools are free to try; the hours are not.
You need a larger team. Ask to see AI results from real clients, and exactly what they track.
Agency figures come from my research of 20+ Colorado SEO agencies in Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder and Pueblo.
SEO plans: 3-month minimum, then monthly. 30-Day Proof Period: a written list of what I'll ship, or your first month back.
Common questions
AI Optimization ensures your business appears when people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews for recommendations in Phoenix. More consumers use AI tools to find local businesses every month, and the companies with structured, AI-readable content get cited while everyone else gets skipped. Most Phoenix businesses have zero AI presence right now, which makes this a genuine first-mover opportunity.
AIO for Phoenix businesses is a +$797/mo add-on (AI Visibility) to a Search Visibility plan. The add-on covers monitoring on 6 AI platforms, topic clusters, and citation building. In a metro of 4.8 million, getting into AI answers early compounds over time. The businesses that invest now become the default recommendations.
AIO and SEO are complementary. Traditional SEO targets Google's search results. AIO targets the AI-generated answers that increasingly appear above those results. A Phoenix business investing in both captures customers at every stage of search: the traditional click-through audience and the growing AI-first audience. The content you build for AIO also strengthens your SEO, so the investment compounds.
AI tools update their knowledge bases on different cycles. Some changes show up within weeks, others take 1-3 months. The structured content and entity signals I build start working immediately for Google AI Overviews (live web data) and take longer to influence ChatGPT and Perplexity. I track AI citations monthly so you see exactly where your business appears.
It is the opposite. Almost no Phoenix small business has invested in AIO yet, so the field is wide open. Unlike SEO where you compete against years of established authority, AI is a new channel where early movers have disproportionate advantage. Businesses that build structured, AI-readable content now become the default recommendations before competitors understand what AIO is.
You need SEO too. AI Visibility is a +$797/mo add-on to a Search Visibility plan, not a standalone service. SEO alone means you show up on Google, but AI Overviews might answer the query before anyone scrolls. And when people check an AI recommendation by Googling you, they need to find you there too.
SEO gets you ranked in Google's search results. AI search optimization works on how AI tools understand you and whether they cite you in their answers. The two overlap, since well-structured pages help with both. The add-on covers what an SEO plan doesn't: monitoring 6 AI platforms, topic clusters and citation building.
Entity establishment usually starts showing in 60 to 90 days. That's an expectation from past work, not a promise. What's in writing is month 1: the AI Visibility Report, 5 core topic clusters mapped, and the citation source audit.
Before and after snapshots: I ask AI platforms about you and record what they say, with screenshots. I also track where you're mentioned on the sources AI trusts, and listen for calls that start with "AI recommended you." The month 1 AI Visibility Report, with screenshots, is the "before" for every snapshot that follows.
Good start. Then the question is how you're described. Is it accurate? Are you recommended first or buried in a list? I work on how AI tells your story, and keep watching so you stay visible as platforms update and competitors catch on.
Results in 30 days, or your money back. And before you pay me a cent, I put in writing exactly what "results" means for your business. For this add-on, "results" means the first-month items above, added to your Search Visibility plan's list. If I don't ship every item on that list within 30 days, you get the first month's fee back (plan and add-on, one number), claimed in writing within 7 days. It does not cover whether AI mentions you, because nobody controls that. After that, the add-on is billed monthly and you decide whether to keep it.
“I worked with Kristian on my company's branding and website, and the experience was fantastic. He creatively guides you and offers multiple options until you find the perfect fit. He's always...”
Free AIO audit. See where AI mentions your competitors and not you.

Your strategist
Founder & Lead Strategist at KREAKTIVE
#1 Freelance Digital Strategy Expert on Clutch (Oct 2026). 17 years in digital marketing, 15 of them running his own agency. Based in Colorado Springs, where he brought KREAKTIVE in 2023 (operating as Digital Marketing Services until 2026).
Results in 30 days or your money back. Before you pay a cent, I put in writing exactly what I'll ship.