SEARCH HAS CHANGED

More people are asking AI who to trust.

We make sure the answer is you.

60 seconds — what's changed, and what it means for your business.

The decision is being made about you, without you.

Someone hears your name — from a friend, a review, a neighbor, an ad — and does the one thing everyone does now: they look you up. But before they ever reach your website, AI has already answered the real question for them: who's good, who to trust, who to call. If your name isn't in that answer, you're not on the shortlist — and you'll never know the client you lost was even deciding.

6% → 45%
of consumers used AI to find a local business in the past year — up from 6% the year before.
BrightLocal, 2026
64%
of people already using AI trust its recommendations as much as they trust online reviews.
BrightLocal, 2026
58%
of U.S. searches now end without a single click to any website.
SparkToro, 2025

We build your presence everywhere AI looks.

AI answers aren't random. They're assembled from what already exists about you across the web — and most businesses have left that to chance. We don't.

01 — DIAGNOSE

We show you where you stand

Before anything is built, we ask the AI systems your clients use what they say about you and your competitors right now. You see the honest answer, in writing, first.

02 — BUILD

We create what AI reads

Our Authority Network™ places substantive, verifiable content about your business across the sources these systems draw from — engineered to be read and cited, not just seen.

03 — MEASURE

We test it every month

Every month we run the same questions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews and report whether your name comes back. You watch the answer change.

One business per market.

This only works if it isn't being done for your competitor at the same time. When we take a market in your category, it closes — so your competitor can't hire us. That isn't a sales line. It's how the work functions.

Is yours open? Most are. Some aren't. Ask before someone else does.

Who this is for.

We work with businesses people research before they commit — where trust is the product and the wrong recommendation costs a client, not a cart.

A GOOD FIT

  • Established businesses with a real reputation to build on
  • An owner or partner who can decide without a committee
  • Businesses whose name gets searched — referrals, ads, word of mouth
  • Anyone who wants the AI answer to say their name

NOT A FIT

  • New businesses with little track record to work from
  • Anyone wanting guaranteed lead counts or volume quotas
  • Markets already taken by a competitor in your category
  • Businesses looking for the cheapest option available
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Find out what AI says about you right now.

Fifteen minutes. I'll tell you straight whether your market is open and whether this is worth your time.

Book a 15-minute call

Or email mike@digitalapplause.com or call 805-702-7850. You'll reach me, not a call center.