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AEO for
metal and glass.

Example: an owner asks ChatGPT who repairs aluminum storefronts in their county. It names two shops. Your site decides if you’re one.

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Without AEO

Of business buyers use AI in their buying process
94%
Forrester, 2026
Of consumers use AI tools for local recommendations
45%
BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026
Of Google visits with an AI summary clicked a result, against 15% without
8%
Pew Research Center, 2025
Consumers using AI tools for local recommendations

  • 6%in 2025

  • 45%in 2026

Two yearly surveys. The line only joins them. BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026

Nothing quotable

AI tools lift plain facts. Storefront weeps at the sill. Curtain wall weeps at each lite. A site that never explains that gives them nothing to cite.

Missing facts

Service area, systems installed, IGU makeup, metals, finishes. If it isn’t written down, the answer names a shop that wrote it.

Zero-click answers

Many searchers stop at the summary. So being named inside it counts, even when nobody clicks.

1% of visits with an AI summary clicked a link inside it. Pew Research Center, 2025

The storefront question

A sample shop, six monthly checks apart, where written scope is what the answers lift.

Example of a sample glass and metal shop, Corvane Glass & Metal, on an AI answer. Before: asked “Who repairs aluminum storefronts in Kestrel County?”, the answer names two other shops, and the shop’s page is read but not cited because its scope isn’t written down. After the shop writes down its scope, the same answer names Corvane Glass & Metal, quotes its line on where storefront weeps and cites its page. The sample monthly check moves from 4% to 37% of 90 sample answers, and one question stays almost out of reach.

Asked An owner asks who repairs storefronts in the county.

  1. Asked: An owner asks who repairs storefronts in the county.
  2. Answered: It names two shops. Corvane isn’t one.
  3. Why: Scope, systems, metals and insurance aren’t written down anywhere.
  4. Fixed: Town, system and job type in the first lines. The scope on one page.
  5. Named: Asked again, the answer lifts Corvane’s line on weeps and cites its page.
  6. Checked: The monthly check counts every sample answer, for owners and GCs alike.
  1. Sample, after, month 6, answers.example

    A building owner in Kestrel County

    Who repairs aluminum storefronts in Kestrel County?

    Searched the web

    Three shops come up for aluminum storefront repair in Kestrel County. Corvane Glass & Metal reglazes and replaces failed IGUs. Its page explains, “Storefront weeps at the sill. Curtain wall weeps at each lite.”1 It lists center-set and front-set systems.2 Ostrey Glazing and Thessaly Architectural Metals also do this work.3

    1. 1Corvane Glass & MetalQuoted: where it weeps
    2. 2Scope pageSystems and metals
    3. 3Ostrey GlazingScope and towns
    Ask a follow-upWho repairs aluminum storefronts in Kestrel County?
  2. Sample, before, month 1, answers.example

    Who repairs aluminum storefronts in Kestrel County?

    Two shops come up for aluminum storefront repair in Kestrel County. Ostrey Glazing lists storefront and entrance repair by town.1 Thessaly Architectural Metals states its systems and carries commercial insurance.2 Ask whether they reglaze in place or replace the frame.

    Cited

    1. Ostrey Glazingostreyglazing.exampleScope and towns in the first lines
    2. Thessaly Architectural Metalsthessalymetals.exampleSystems and insurance written down

    Read, not cited

    Corvane Glass & Metalcorvaneglass.example/storefront-repairGlass and metal solutions. Nothing to cite.
  3. Sample monthly check
    Sample monthly check
    QuestionsMonth 1Month 6
    Storefront repair0 of 1511 of 15
    Foggy IGU or new frame1 of 158 of 15
    Tempered or laminated1 of 156 of 15
    Storefront or curtain wall1 of 155 of 15
    Tenant fit-out glazing1 of 152 of 15
    Stainless railing0 of 151 of 15
    Sample answers4 of 90, 4%33 of 90, 37%

What you get

  • Plain answers to what buyers ask: tempered vs laminated, repair vs replace, storefront vs curtain wall
  • Your facts in one place: scope, systems, metals, service area, insurance
  • Pages that state the town, the system and the job type in the first lines
  • Hidden labels that match the page, so an AI tool reads it right
  • Monthly checks of what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity say about you

The cycle

AEO also sits in Lead. The same pages feed Google and the answer engines, so nothing gets written twice.

  1. Lead

    Everything that gets you a lead.

    More people find you and reach out.

  2. Prospect

    Turn interest into a sale.

    More of them say yes, and you never chase.

  3. Client

    Keep the job moving.

    Jobs run on time, with less of you managing them.

  4. Kept or closed

    What happens after the job.

    Finished work brings in the next job.

  5. Growth

    Feed it back into the machine.

    Every finished job helps bring the next lead.

Then it starts again.

CRM: Customers, conversations, bookings, jobs and employee tasks in one place, across all five.

The outcome

Less Work

One set of facts, kept current, instead of chasing every new AI tool.

Less Time

Buyers arrive knowing your scope, so the first call is shorter.

More Sales

More chances to be the shop an AI answer names.

Free website

Plans from $1,500 a month.

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On your site

  • Free website, managed, with hosting and upkeep handled
  • Separate paths for GCs and architects, and for owners and homeowners
  • A capabilities page: Division 05 and 08 scope, metals, glass types, finishes, shop size
  • A form that takes plan sets and DWG files
  • A prequal page with your COI request, bonding contact and safety record
  • Unlimited pages and changes

You always keep your name, logo, photos, copy and domain. We keep the code and the system behind the site.

Automated

$1,500 a month

No lead lost.

Not in this plan

Every lead answered and booked, and we keep it running.

Your website

  • Hosted and kept up by us. Your domain stays in your name
  • Unlimited pages and changes. Send it and it goes live

Answer and book

  • An AI reply in minutes, day or night, aiming for under 5
  • It asks what you would ask, then books the estimate, showing or measure
  • Anything it can’t handle goes straight to you
  • Follow-ups that stop when they book or go cold

Get found

  • Text posts on the platforms you pick, no limits. Image and video are separate

Measure

  • A monthly report: every request, what it became, the money attached

Managed

$4,000 a month

Every stage handled.

Starts hereContent that moves your numbers in AI answers

Everything in Automated, and we run every stage for you.

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Every stage

  • Every stage built and run by us, from lead to growth

Get found

  • Content for Google and AI answers, as much as it moves your numbers
  • Unlimited landing pages and lead magnets, with an alert on every form
  • Email campaigns to your lead list, no cap from our side
  • Campaigns on the social platforms your customers use, on your accounts

Measure

  • A dashboard for every lead, job and customer
  • A private site with a stat assistant that keeps watch on your customers

No AI brain or agents of your own.

The partnership

$7,500 a month

We run the whole cycle.

IncludedContent that moves your numbers in AI answers

Everything in Automated, plus us working it and building on it.

Get started, The partnership

Get found

  • Content for Google and AI answers, as much as it moves your numbers
  • Unlimited landing pages and lead magnets, with an alert on every form
  • Email campaigns to your lead list, no cap from our side
  • Campaigns on the social platforms your customers use, on your accounts

Your AI brain

  • One AI brain on your phone: leads, jobs and customers in one place. Ask it anything
  • Connected to your forms, email, calendar and records, so it does the work
  • Hosting and tech run by us: domain, updates, monitoring. Accounts stay yours
  • Skills for your trade: lead questions, follow-up, booking, review requests

Run the work

  • Custom AI helpers for replies and booking, with a person where needed
  • Internal tools built for how you really run
  • Two builds in progress at any time, in the order you pick

Measure

  • One shared live board: every lead and job, where it came from, what it’s worth

Ad budgets and paid software stay on your accounts. Designed image and video posts start once you’re comfortable with AI drafts.

Read first

Your questions

Do buyers use ChatGPT to find fabricators and glass shops?

Some engineers, buyers and property managers now ask AI tools for suppliers, and nobody publishes a reliable count yet. The answers draw on the same pages and listings Google already reads.

How do I get my shop named in AI answers?

Publish plain facts an answer can quote: materials, thicknesses, glass types, certifications by facility and the towns you serve. Let OpenAI’s crawler read the site, and keep your directory listings and Business Profile current.

What questions should a glass shop answer on its site?

The ones customers type, like tempered vs laminated glass or why a window fogs. Owners ask about foggy windows, not a failed IGU seal, so a page that uses both words is the one an AI tool can lift and credit.

Is AEO different from SEO?

SEO puts your page in a list, and AEO gets your shop named in the answer. Written facts about your scope and towns do both jobs, so start with SEO.

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