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BREAKING: Today, we witnessed the future of marketing.
Introducing Citation Outreach
A profitable company can add +$3M/month just by getting recommended by ChatGPT. 12 months ago nobody believed this was possible.
Here's what changed:
People don't Google anymore. They ask ChatGPT.
"What's the best tool for [Category]?"
"Which [Category] tool/service should I use?"
ChatGPT gives them 3 or 4 names. Those brands get the customer. Everyone else doesn't exist.
So how does ChatGPT pick those names?
It reads what other websites say. Listicles, comparisons, reviews, how-to guides. The brands that keep getting mentioned there are the ones it recommends.
Citation Outreach gets your brand mentioned on those exact websites.
We find them, reach out to the people who run them, and get your brand offsite mentions. Fully done for you.
You just watch your brand start showing up in the answers.
This is absolutely insane.
Founders and marketers: the first page AI reads about your brand is often not on your own website.
It's on someone else's blog, in articles like:
> Best [product] for [use case]
> [Competitor] Alternatives
> [Competitor] vs [Competitor]
> [Competitor] Review
> Top [category] tools for [year]
> [Software] for [role]
> [Software] for [industry]
Here's how our team gets brands onto those pages, in 8 steps:
1- Ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI the top questions buyers ask.
2- Open every page they cite.
3- Check whether the brand is mentioned and whether the mention is accurate.
4- Keep the real articles the brand is missing from.
5- Find the person who runs each page (the author, editor or founder).
6- Ask them to add the brand to the list they already have.
7- Make it worth their time with a mention back, a backlink or a fair fee.
8- Recheck the AI answers every week.
Over time, the brand shows up on the right pages and AI models start to recommend it.
Gamma, a $100M ARR company, grew its ChatGPT traffic 8x and made AI search its #1 way to get customers.
here's the genius AEO workflow behind it:
1. They spotted it before everyone else
- In mid 2023, ChatGPT traffic was under 1% of their total
- Most teams would ignore that. Gamma went all in
2. They went where ChatGPT actually reads
- Their growth lead calls Reddit "by far the most influential" source for ChatGPT
- So they showed up in big, established subreddits, not just their own
3. They fought for the 4-5 slots that matter
- An AI answer only names 4-5 brands, so every slot is a fight with competitors
- So instead of "best presentation tool", they went after narrower questions they could actually win
4. They got compared to the giants
- "Gamma vs PowerPoint". "Gamma vs Canva"
- Third-party comparisons came the closest to a guaranteed citation
5. They ignored size and authority
- They get cited for a YouTube video with 18K views AND one with 400K
- To AI, Forbes and a new startup can carry the same weight
6. They wrote for the AI first
- About 80% of the content was built for AI crawlers, 20% for humans
- Titles and transcripts matched the exact words people type into ChatGPT
7. They treated every AI engine differently
- ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini only overlap about 30-40%
- ChatGPT can take 30-45 days to pick up a Reddit thread. Perplexity can do it the next day
8. They never let citations go stale
- A citation can fade after about 3 months
- So they kept tracking their key prompts and adding fresh mentions
9. They measured it the right way
- Clicks drop because people get the answer right inside ChatGPT
- So they asked "How did you hear about us?", and AI kept climbing
the result:
- ChatGPT-referred traffic grew 8x
- over 90% of their consumer AI traffic now comes from ChatGPT
- ask ChatGPT "which AI tool is best for creating presentations?" and Gamma is #1
Gamma didn't win AI search by JUST publishing more blogs & content like every other company.
instead they got mentioned on the exact pages AI already trusts, and kept doing it.
AI search is now one of their biggest growth channels.
and it should be one of yours too!
if you want our team to show you which pages AI cites in your space,
reply "citations"
BREAKING: ChatGPT can now do citation outreach research like a $10,000/month agency (for free).
Here are 5 insane ChatGPT prompts that show you exactly which pages to get your brand mentioned on: (Save for later)
5. ChatGPT can find the freshest listicles in your category.
"Search the web for the most recent 'best [category]' articles published this year. Link each one."
Fresh lists get updated often, so editors are already open to edits.
Now you know which pages ChatGPT trusts.
But knowing isn't enough. Your brand has to be on them.
That's what Citation Outreach does.
We find those exact pages, reach out to the people who run them, and get your brand mentioned. Fully done for you.
You just watch your brand start showing up in the answers.
Book a call: go.crowdreply.io/citation-ou…
A brand followed the advice in this post and generated more than $25,000 in revenue from ChatGPT driven traffic
How to get ChatGPT to recommend your brand, step by step (the citation outreach process)👇
The process is called Citation Outreach
It is getting your brand mentioned on the websites ChatGPT already reads and trusts, so when people ask it "what's the best X," it says your name
Step 1: Write down what your customers ask
-> List 10-20 questions people would ask AI before buying, like "what's the best app for X?"
Step 2: Ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI those questions
-> Each answer shows the links it used. Save every link
Step 3: Repeat for a few weeks
-> You'll see the same 10-20 articles keep showing up. These are the articles AI trusts in your niche
Step 4: Pick the ones that mention competitors but not you
-> That's your target list. Don't worry if the site is small. If AI keeps quoting it, it matters
Step 5: Start with the "Top 10" lists
-> Articles like "10 best tools for X" are the easiest to get added to, and AI quotes them a lot
Step 6: Find the writer
-> Check the author bio, the site's contact page, or find them on LinkedIn or X
Step 7: Send a short, personal message
-> Mention their article by name, say what you liked and explain why your product fits in it
Step 8: Give them a reason to say yes
-> Small bloggers will often add you for free access to your product. Bigger sites usually charge $200 to $2,000+
Step 9: Check if AI starts naming you
-> Once the mention is live, ask ChatGPT the same questions again. You'll also rank higher on Google because you got a real link
Step 10: Keep the list fresh
-> The articles AI reads keep changing, so go back to Step 2 every week and add new ones
Bookmark this before your competitors find it🔖
How to get ChatGPT to recommend your brand, step by step (the citation outreach process)👇
The process is called Citation Outreach
It is getting your brand mentioned on the websites ChatGPT already reads and trusts, so when people ask it "what's the best X," it says your name
Step 1: Write down what your customers ask
-> List 10-20 questions people would ask AI before buying, like "what's the best app for X?"
Step 2: Ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI those questions
-> Each answer shows the links it used. Save every link
Step 3: Repeat for a few weeks
-> You'll see the same 10-20 articles keep showing up. These are the articles AI trusts in your niche
Step 4: Pick the ones that mention competitors but not you
-> That's your target list. Don't worry if the site is small. If AI keeps quoting it, it matters
Step 5: Start with the "Top 10" lists
-> Articles like "10 best tools for X" are the easiest to get added to, and AI quotes them a lot
Step 6: Find the writer
-> Check the author bio, the site's contact page, or find them on LinkedIn or X
Step 7: Send a short, personal message
-> Mention their article by name, say what you liked and explain why your product fits in it
Step 8: Give them a reason to say yes
-> Small bloggers will often add you for free access to your product. Bigger sites usually charge $200 to $2,000+
Step 9: Check if AI starts naming you
-> Once the mention is live, ask ChatGPT the same questions again. You'll also rank higher on Google because you got a real link
Step 10: Keep the list fresh
-> The articles AI reads keep changing, so go back to Step 2 every week and add new ones
Bookmark this before your competitors find it🔖
Want this done for your brand?
Our team finds the sites ChatGPT trusts in your space and gets your brand mentioned on them, fully done for you.
Learn more: go.crowdreply.io/citation-ou…
We took CrowdReply to the UK this month 🇬🇧
Had the best time at @brightonseo. So many great people and great chats about how brands get recommended by AI.
Back home we're building a lot of new stuff for you. More on that soon 👀
2027 will be even bigger. See you at the next one 👋
BREAKING: Today, we witnessed the future of marketing.
A SaaS brand can now outrank a company making $17M/month and rank #1 in ChatGPT, just by getting mentioned on websites it already trusts.
This is insane.
Book a call and see it for yourself: go.crowdreply.io/citation-ou…