What AI charges to recommend your business
Quick Audit — score + full signal breakdown
Full Audit + live platform testing across all 4 AI platforms
AI platforms tested — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google
Learn about AI visibility, the Viki Score, and why this is the most important marketing move you can make right now.
Avikiva "Viki" · AI Visibility Agent
The Problem Nobody In Advertising Will Admit
Every channel you've ever paid to advertise on was built on one simple premise — you need customers, they have the audience, and you will pay them forever to stand in the middle. The entire marketing and advertising industry was built on that toll booth. And they have known for years it's failing. They just haven't told you.
Newspaper circulation has collapsed by over 70% since 2000. Radio listening is at historic lows. The average person skips, mutes, or leaves the room during TV commercials — and has for twenty years. Billboards are driven past at 65mph by people staring at their phones. These are not emerging trends. These are documented, decade-long collapses in audience attention that every media company with a sales department already knows about.
And yet media companies have spent decades selling these placements to small business owners as if the audience was still there. They built rate cards, hired more sales reps, hosted luncheons, and kept cashing checks — while privately watching their own numbers crater quarter after quarter.
The audience left. The invoices kept coming.
These platforms built their businesses by positioning themselves between you and customers who were already looking for you. They didn't create demand. They captured it — and charged you a toll every single time you wanted to reach it. Google Ads cost-per-click has increased every single year for a decade. HomeAdvisor sells the same lead to five contractors simultaneously and calls it a service. Yelp charges you to respond to your own reviews. The Yellow Pages — "The Original Search Engine" — turned a legitimate discovery tool into a declining directory that still sends invoices.
And now Google has put an AI-generated answer at the very top of their own search results — above every paid ad, above every SEO-optimized page, above everything you've paid an agency to build for years. Google is admitting with their own product that the old model of ten blue links is finished.
And yet they'll gladly keep charging you for ads that now appear below their own AI answer.
Social media platforms spent years building your audience — then algorithmically throttled your reach and sold it back to you as paid ads. Email inboxes became landfills that filters auto-sort before human eyes ever see them. Influencer marketing borrowed audiences that don't belong to you and evaporated when the deal ended. SEO agencies optimized for algorithms that changed quarterly, charged retainers for rankings that disappeared overnight, and delivered reports nobody could read.
The entire industry constructed an ecosystem of dashboards, funnels, attribution models, A/B tests, and KPI reports specifically designed to make you feel like something measurable was happening. The complexity was never about your results. It was about making the service impossible to evaluate and too confusing to leave.
The more confusing they made it, the harder it was to leave. That was the product.
The marketing and advertising industry has known for years that their channels are failing. Audiences are fragmenting, attention is collapsing, costs are rising, and returns are declining. They have the data. They see the numbers. They know that a small business owner spending $2,000 a month on Google Ads is getting a worse return every single year.
And they have not changed their model. They have not lowered their prices. They have not told you the truth. They hired more sales reps, built better-looking dashboards, and kept cashing checks — because the system works perfectly for them, even when it doesn't work for you.
The wasted marketing dollars across all industries, all company sizes, all geographies — paid to channels that were already failing — represent one of the largest ongoing wealth transfers from small business owners to large media companies in economic history.
A lot of information is not the same as the right answer. Google built the greatest index of human knowledge in history. Every page, every article, every review — crawled, ranked, and returned in milliseconds. Remarkable.
But say you have a specific problem. You search it. You get 2.3 million results. You click through six of them. You evaluate each one for credibility. You cross-reference. You're still not sure you found the right answer — or the right business. A lot of information is easy to find. The right answer to your specific situation? That's still entirely your problem.
The answer exists somewhere in the index. It might be result number 1,385,295. But finding it is entirely your problem.
The entire internet. In memory. Finding your answer. AI search has absorbed everything Google ever indexed — and adds to it every day. It doesn't hand you a list of links and wish you luck. It reads your specific situation, described in your own words, synthesizes everything it knows across every source, and delivers one precise answer directly to you. In seconds.
That answer buried at result 1,385,295 in Google? AI already read it. Already synthesized it. The person who needed it got it — without two hours of clicking, without evaluating credibility, without frustration. They just Chatted It.
When a customer Chats It looking for the best business to solve their problem — one answer comes back. The only question is whether yours is it.
AI search has no sales rep. No rate card. No auction. No monthly invoice. No complexity designed to keep you confused and paying. It recommends the most credible, clearly positioned, best-matched business — for free. The toll booth is gone. The question is whether your business is positioned to walk through it.
Find Out If You're Positioned →Why AI Search Changes Everything
Right now, when a customer Chats It, AI platforms still rely heavily on what Google has already indexed and ranked. Google is still the middleman — even in AI search. But that window is closing fast. Anthropic, OpenAI, and Perplexity all have their own web crawlers right now, building independent maps of the internet in their own language. As their direct crawling matures, Google's influence shrinks. Businesses that built AI-readable websites won't just rank better in Google — they'll be known directly by AI, independent of Google entirely. That's a permanent advantage.
What You've Been Paying For
This is not mass advertising
When someone asks AI for help, it already knows their location, their situation, and their history. It gives one specific answer to one specific person at the exact moment they need it. That's not an ad — that's a referral at scale.
Highest-rated emergency plumber in your area. 24/7 live dispatch, licensed and insured. 47-minute average response time for your zip code.
Boutique firm specializing in partnership disputes and business transitions. Strong track record with Denver-area small businesses. Initial consultations within 48 hours.
AI knows who is asking, where they are, and what they've said before. Recommendations match the person — not a demographic guess.
By the time someone acts on an AI recommendation they're already convinced. They're calling to confirm — not to shop.
AI platforms don't sell placement. You can't buy your way in. Visibility is earned through clear positioning — which is exactly what we build.
The Two Things Nobody Talks About
When AI recommended Riverside Plumbing at midnight — Riverside didn't pay a cent. No cost-per-click. No monthly ad budget. No bidding against competitors. The recommendation happened because Riverside was positioned to be found. That's it.
Compare that to what that same moment would have cost on Google Ads, Yelp, Angi, or HomeAdvisor. Hundreds of dollars. Maybe more. AI gave the recommendation for free — because the business earned it through visibility.
Businesses that establish their AI visibility now receive free, high-intent referrals every single day — from a channel their competitors are still paying to ignore.
Every customer database ever built captures demographics — age, zip code, income bracket. Companies pay thousands for lists that tell them who someone probably is. AI doesn't guess. It knows.
By the time someone asks AI for a recommendation, it already knows their situation in their own words. Their urgency. Their location. Their budget signals. Their actual problem — not a demographic approximation of it. That's not a lead. That's a pre-qualified buyer with their hand raised.
The close rate on an AI referral is fundamentally different from a cold ad click. The person already trusts the recommendation. They're calling to confirm, not to shop.
| Channel | Cost | Knows context? | Pre-qualified? | Ready to act? | Can be bought? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Search (Avikiva) | $0 | Deeply | Yes | Yes | No — earned only |
| Google Ads | $15–$150+/lead | Keywords only | Rarely | Sometimes | Yes |
| HomeAdvisor / Angi | $20–$80+/lead | No | No | Shared w/ 3 others | Yes |
| Social Media Ads | $25–$200+/lead | Demographics | No | Rarely | Yes |
| Yellow Pages / YP.com | $200–$15,000+/mo | Category only | No | 1 of 40+ listings | Yes |
| Word of Mouth | $0 | Partially | Yes | Yes | No — earned only |
AI search is the first channel since word-of-mouth to deliver zero-cost, pre-qualified, high-intent referrals at scale.
35 million small businesses in the United States. Almost none have established their AI visibility. The businesses that move first will own this channel in their market — earning free, pre-qualified referrals every day while their competitors are still paying for clicks.
Find Out Where You Stand →The Number That Changes Everything
Below 80, AI platforms pass over your business entirely — no matter how good you are or how long you have been in business. Above 80, recommendations may start to appear. When your Viki Score is above 95, you become the recognized expert in your market and AI platforms will recommend your business without hesitation.
It's that simple.
Avikiva - Proprietary AI Visibility Audit Expert
Viki is Avikiva's proprietary AI Visibility Audit expert. She's an AI agent that does one thing — she determines whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI can actually read, understand, and recommend your business. The "Vikifyd" audit evaluates 60+ signals across 5 dimensions and delivers a scored report, an industry benchmark, and a clear prioritized action plan. Viki tells you the truth about where your business stands — and exactly what it takes to earn a recommendation from her AI peers.
First, I will test your business live across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI. You'll see word-for-word what these AI systems think about you right now — and also how they're describing your competitors. Since I fluently speak their language, I know precisely what they're looking for.
Secondly, every customer type has a different way of asking for what you do. I will map the full range of intent behind your category — urgency queries, research queries, comparison queries, validation queries — and identify exactly where your business shows up and where it disappears. That map becomes the blueprint for everything that follows.
Then I'll scan your entire digital presence across 60+ signals and 5 dimensions — NAP consistency, schema markup, Google Business Profile, directory citations, and whether your website actually speaks a language the AI platforms can read. Most websites don't. It will tell us definitively what's missing, why it matters, and what to fix first.
Next I run the same tests on your top competitors. We'll see exactly how they're appearing in AI results — if at all. You'll know how these AI platforms are describing them, and where you have a clear advantage. Knowing the competitive recommendation landscape works to your benefit — because your competition probably doesn't understand any of this.
When I'm done, you will get a 20+ page report that summarizes your AI visibility down to a score from 0–100 across all five dimensions, a complete gap analysis, and a specific action plan ranked by impact. No vague recommendations — I tell you exactly what to fix, in what order, and why. Your advisor will walk you through it all on a 60-minute debrief — because, well, I can't walk.
Choose Your Level
Viki scans your business website and returns your AI Visibility Score — a single number from 0 to 100 that tells you exactly how visible you are to AI search right now. Enter your email to receive your score. That's it.
Your complete Viki Score plus the full breakdown of every signal — what passed, what failed, and why your score is what it is. Viki-reviewed for accuracy. Take the report and the book and fix it yourself.
Everything in the Quick Audit plus a detailed action plan — specific guidance on exactly how to fix every gap Viki identified, ranked by impact. Know what to do, how to do it, and begin the process of getting free recommendations.
Everything in the Full Audit plus manual query testing across all four AI platforms. See exactly how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI describe your business right now — with a written summary of every result.
Direct strategic engagement with John Basso. For businesses that want professional guidance, implementation oversight, and ongoing advisory — not just a report. Scope and fee determined together.
After your audit, I keep working. Every month I re-test your business across all four AI platforms, track your score over time, watch your competitors, and flag anything that needs attention.
Who This Is For
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, contractors, repair services. When something breaks, people ask AI who to call right now. Your business needs to be in that answer — without paying per click.
Attorneys, financial advisors, accountants, consultants. Trust drives your business. AI recommendations carry that trust — and they can't be bought by a competitor with a bigger ad budget.
Clinics, therapists, dental practices, chiropractors. Patients research carefully before choosing — and they're tired of ads too. AI gives them a trusted recommendation, not a sponsored result.
If you've written a check to Google, Yelp, HomeAdvisor, or the Yellow Pages and felt vaguely ripped off — this is what you've been waiting for. The playing field just leveled.
The Language of AI Visibility
Why Avikiva
Avikiva was built by practitioners who use AI every day — not consultants who learned the terminology last month. Our founder John Basso has built multiple businesses using AI as the primary productivity and strategy tool, and has developed one of the most complete working models of how AI systems evaluate, trust, and recommend businesses.
Avikiva scores among the highest of any service business in its own category on every dimension we measure others against — entity establishment, platform presence, content signals, citation authority, and competitive position. We eat our own cooking.
"We will never sell a service we haven't validated on ourselves first. If Avikiva isn't visible in AI search, we have no business telling you to be."
— John Basso, Founder, Avikiva
We don't do SEO, social media, paid ads, or web design. We do one thing — AI visibility — and we do it better than anyone. That focus means every hour of your audit is spent on the signals that actually move AI search results.
Our audit protocol tests businesses across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI using all 8 customer intent query types — emergency, recommendation, comparison, validation, expertise, location-specific, urgency, and context-rich — the full range of how real customers actually search.
Avikiva serves small businesses across the entire United States. AI visibility is a national opportunity — the same optimization principles that work in Denver work in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, and Seattle. Our entire service is delivered remotely with no travel required.
Avikiva does not pick sides between competitors. Every plumber, attorney, dentist, and contractor deserves to be visible in AI search. We help all of them reach their own maximum visibility ceiling — independently, without exclusivity arrangements or market wars.
Everything You Need to Know
"For the first time in marketing history, the best business wins — not the biggest budget. The question is whether yours is positioned to prove it."
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