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Marketing

SEO · AI search · content · demand gen

Marketing guides focus on how B2B buyers find vendors now. Classic search still matters, but a growing share of research starts with a question typed into ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot or Google's AI features, and those answers draw on reviews, comparisons and articles that live on other people's websites.

That changes what a marketing team has to manage. Pages still need to be crawlable, indexed and clearly structured, because AI systems mostly retrieve from the same web indexes as search engines. On top of that, a brand needs to be described accurately in the places those systems cite: review sites, industry publications, community discussions and partner pages. Our guides separate what the platforms themselves document from what the industry guesses, and they say plainly when the evidence for a tactic is thin.

We also cover measurement, which is where many teams lose the argument for budget. AI visibility tools sample prompts and report citation share; analytics tools can show referral traffic from assistants; search consoles report impressions. Each has limits, and we explain them so you can report a trend without overstating it. We update these guides as the platforms change their crawlers, reporting tools and policies, and we date every update so you know how current the advice is.

Every guide ends with a verdict and a practical plan that a small team can run. Start with the AI search visibility guide, then read the outbound guide for the other half of pipeline, and the revenue stack guide for how marketing systems connect to sales and finance.

  1. Thesis 002 · Marketing

    The complete guide to AI search visibility

    How B2B brands get cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude and Copilot: crawlers, evidence, measurement and a 90-day plan.

    Oct 23, 2026 · 20 min read