Essentials
One location getting serious
$750per location a month
- 25 tracked questions
- Source and listing upkeep
- Google Business Profile care
- 4 articles a month
- Monthly snapshot
- Quarterly senior strategist review
Your customers ask AI who to hire. If it doesn't name you, it names your competitor.
No card needed. Prefer to talk first? Book a call
Damex is an AI visibility agency. Experienced marketers work to get your business named and cited in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot. Two weeks free. You pay nothing unless the needle moves.
An example of two weeks at
MeasureRan the same questions again for the day-14 report.
#marketingIn the channel: your team, Shakhawat and Damex.
ShakhawatDay 7Published “How much is a new furnace in Columbus?”
ShakhawatDay 10Asked recent customers for a review and replied to new ones.
ShakhawatDay 14Ran the same questions again for the day-14 report.
Every account is owned by a senior marketer with 10+ years of experience. Mid-level specialists do the hands-on work, and you always know who's responsible.
An example of two weeks at an HVAC company.
- Day 1, Audit. Ran the buyer questions on five AI engines and recorded who got named.
- Day 4, Fix the sources. Fixed the Saturday hours on Apple Maps and Yelp.
- Day 7, Publish answers. Published “How much is a new furnace in Columbus?”
- Day 10, Earn mentions. Asked recent customers for a review and replied to new ones.
- Day 14, Measure. Ran the same questions again for the day-14 report.
Shakhawat
Search gave you ten blue links.AI gives two or three names.
A search page let customers scroll, compare and land on you at number six. An AI answer doesn't. It names a few businesses, says why, and the customer calls one of them. Not named means not considered. There is no page two.
Who's the best emergency plumber near me in Austin?
Searching reviews and local lists
For a burst pipe tonight, these three answer around the clock and have strong recent reviews:
- 1Ortega & Sons Plumbing
- 2Lakeline Rooter Co.
- 3Barton Creek Plumbing
Google reviewsAustin best-of list
Ask anything
Your businessPendingNot named
45%
In BrightLocal's 2026 survey of 1,002 US adults, 45% had used AI tools for local business recommendations in the past year, up from 6% the year before.
Source: BrightLocal: Nearly half of consumers are asking AI for business recommendations
8% vs 15%
Pew Research Center found Google users clicked a traditional result in 8% of visits when an AI summary appeared, against 15% when none did.
Source: Pew Research Center
AI doesn't pick at random.It picks from sources we can fix.
An AI engine builds its answer from what the web already says about you: your reviews, the directories it trusts, your own site, the best-of lists in your market and local press. Every one of those can be corrected, written or earned.
Those sources also feed each other. A business on a best-of list gets more reviews and mentions, and the next list cites it too. So the longer a competitor is the one being named, the more places point to them. The sooner you start, the less ground there is to make up.
Where the answer comes from
Example question
Who's the best emergency plumber near me in Austin?
ReviewsHow many, how recent and what customers say.
What we doA steady review program, with replies.In Growth and Authority
DirectoriesGoogle Business Profile, Bing Places, Apple Business Connect, Yelp and your trade's directories.
What we doListings that are complete and agree.
Your siteService pages, FAQs and structured data.
What we doAnswer-first pages AI can quote.
Best-of listsThe "best in your city" roundups AI leans on.
What we doOutreach to earn a place on them.In Growth and Authority
Local pressNews and community sites that mention you.
What we doStories worth covering, pitched to them.In Authority
When these sources agree about you, AI has a reason to name you.
Every package fixes your listings and publishes answers. The review program and best-of outreach come with Growth and Authority; local press with Authority.
What does AI say about you?Free, for your trade and city.
We ask five AI engines the questions your customers ask, then email you what they said. If you want help with what it finds, that's what the team is for.
Not sure where to start?Five quick questions point to it.
Optional. Answer what you can about your marketing today, and the list below shows what may need attention, in the order we'd fix it. These are your own answers, not your AI results. The free check measures those.
0 of 5 answered
Your name, address and phone match everywhere
Google, Bing, Apple and Yelp show the same details, so customers and AI find one clear answer.
Your Google profile is complete, with a post this month
Google Maps and AI Overviews lean on it for local answers.
You got a review this month, and replied to it
Fresh, specific reviews help people choose you.
Your site answers price and emergency questions
Pages that answer the question straight get quoted and get calls.
Every call gets answered or texted back fast
Being found only pays if someone picks up.
Where HVAC companies lose calls.Usually it's one of these.
Answer the five questions above and this turns into your own list, in the order we'd fix it.
Your fix plan is on its way
Sent to . Your free AI check is queued too, and the results come by email when it's done.
Listing every suburb on one page instead of a real service-area section.
Seasonal hours that change on the website but not on the Google profile.
Review replies that never mention the job, so they tell customers and search engines nothing new.
Fix first
Calls go unanswered
Getting named only helps if someone picks up. A caller who gets voicemail may simply try the next name.
Why now. You've already earned these calls, so every one you miss is the most expensive gap.
Our AI receptionist answers, and texts back any call it misses.Missed calls and AI receptionist$197/moFix first
Your details don't match everywhere
AI sees two phone numbers or two addresses, can't tell which is right, and has less reason to repeat either.
Why now. Everything else AI reads builds on matching details, so this is the foundation.
We match them on Google, Bing, Apple, Yelp and the directories your trade uses.Local SEOFrom StarterFix first
Your Google profile is thin or quiet
Google Maps and AI Overviews lean on it for local answers. A quiet profile gives them little to say about you.
Why now. It's the quickest change customers will see on Google Maps.
We complete it and keep it up to date.Google Business ProfileFrom EssentialsFix first
Your reviews have gone quiet
Customers and AI both look at how recent your reviews are. A competitor with fresher ones can look like the safer pick.
Why now. Reviews build up job by job, so the sooner the asking starts the better.
We ask after every job, with consent, and answer every review.ReviewsFrom GrowthFix first
Your site doesn't answer what people ask
When someone asks about price or emergencies, AI quotes a page that answers it. If that page isn't yours, it's someone else's.
Why now. Pages take longest to write and get picked up, and keep paying off the longest.
We publish answer-first articles that answer your customers' questions directly.ContentFrom Starter
You've covered the basics. The free check asks five AI engines 20 questions about your trade and city and shows whether they name you.
The Damex Answer Method.Five steps, measured every month.
Every package follows the same five steps. How far each step goes depends on the package. We start with what AI says about you today and measure every change against it.
Audit
We run the buyer questions your package tracks on 5 AI engines and record who gets named today.
Day 0 of your free trial.
Fix the sources
We correct your profiles and listings, check AI crawler access and add structured data.
Publish answers
We publish answer-first articles and pages that AI engines can quote.
Earn mentions
We build the reviews, best-of lists and press that other sources point back to.
Measure
We run the same questions every month and report what changed.
Step 5 feeds step 1. Every month we ask the same questions again, report what moved and choose the next fixes from it.
Two weeks of real work.You pay only if it works.
Not a demo and not a sales call. We count how often AI names you, do two weeks of the work, then count again. No card needed to start.
What we deliver in 14 days
- A kickoff call to agree your 25 buyer questions and get access
- 6 answer-first articles published on your site
- Source fixes: Google Business Profile, Bing Places, Apple Business Connect and the directories AI engines read for your category
- An AI crawler access check, with fixes
- Structured data on your key pages
- A review-profile check across the platforms that matter for your category
- A baseline report, then a day-14 report with a 90-day plan
- Day 0
- We run 25 buyer questions on 5 AI engines, which is 125 answers, and count the ones that name or cite you.
- Day 14
- We run the same questions on the same engines and count again. The needle moved if the day-14 count is higher.
- Moved
- we ask for payment details, and billing for your package starts on day 15.
- Not moved
- you owe nothing, we never ask for payment details, and you keep all 6 articles and every fix.
You can cancel any time before day 15, whatever the result. This promise is about measured movement. We do not promise a position in any AI answer.
Pick the pace.Free for two weeks first.
You pay nothing unless the needle moved. No card to start, month to month after.
Growth
RecommendedThe core program
$1,500per location a month
- Everything in Essentials
- 8 articles a month
- Reviews program
- "Best of" list outreach
- Named senior strategist
- Monthly report
Authority
Owning a market
$3,000per location a month
- Everything in Growth
- 50 tracked questions
- 16 articles a month
- Local press and digital PR
- A plan to displace the names competitors hold
- Monthly strategy call
- One add-on included
Prices are per location per month. Starter is $350 a month, and multi-location groups and national brands get a Custom quote. No setup fee, no contract. Ad spend is billed by Google and Meta straight to you, with no markup.
Experienced marketers own your account.You always know who's responsible.
Damex is an agency of marketers, not a dashboard. Software helps us run and track the questions. People own the strategy and do the work.
Book a call with usEvery account is owned by a senior marketer with 10+ years of experience.
Sets the strategy, agrees your buyer questions and answers for the results.
Mid-level specialists do the hands-on work.
Articles, listings, structured data, reviews and outreach, directed by the senior marketer on your account.
- Founded by Shakhawat Ullah Badhon.He led product marketing and go-to-market at weDevs, led marketing at Damex and managed a marketing team at Genex.
Built for businesses people ask AI about.Local, professional, e-commerce and B2B.
We built the method for local businesses whose customers research before they call. The same method and the same free two weeks apply wherever people ask AI who to hire or what to buy.
- Local businessesFor owner-run businesses where one job is worth a lot and customers research before they call."Who's the best roofer near me?"
- Professional servicesFor law firms, accountants, real estate teams and financial advisors, whose clients ask AI who to trust."Who's the best injury lawyer in Austin?"
- E-commerce and consumer brandsFor online stores and consumer brands whose shoppers ask AI what to buy before they open a store."What's the best running shoe for flat feet?"
- B2B and SaaSFor software and business services with a considered purchase, where evaluators ask AI for a shortlist."What's the best CRM for a 10-person agency?"
Fair questions.Straight answers.
What is AEO?
AEO, answer engine optimization, is the work of getting your business named and cited when people ask AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot who to hire or what to buy. It overlaps with SEO, but the goal is to be in the answer itself, not in a list of links under it.
SEO vs AEO vs GEO, explainedWhat happens in the free two weeks?
On day 0 we hold a kickoff call, agree 25 real buyer questions for your business and get access to your profiles and site. We run those questions on 5 AI engines and count the answers that name or cite you. Over the next 14 days we publish 6 answer-first articles on your site, fix your Google Business Profile, Bing Places, Apple Business Connect and key directories, check AI crawler access, add structured data and check your review profiles. On day 14 you get a report and a 90-day plan.
See the free trialHow do you measure whether the needle moved?
On day 0 we run 25 buyer questions across 5 engines, which is 125 answers, and count the answers that name or cite your business. On day 14 we run the same questions again. The needle moved if the day-14 count is higher than the day-0 count. AI answers vary from run to run, so the questions and engines stay the same on both days and we keep screenshots of every answer.
Read the full guaranteeWho does the work?
Every account is owned by a senior marketer with 10+ years of experience. Mid-level specialists do the hands-on work. You always know who's responsible. Software helps us run and track the questions; people own the strategy and do the work.
What does it cost after the trial?
Nothing unless the needle moved. If it did, packages are $350 (Starter), $750 (Essentials), $1,500 (Growth) and $3,000 (Authority) a month per location. Multi-location groups, franchises and national brands get a Custom quote. Add-ons run from $149 to $497 a month. There is no setup fee.
Compare every packageCan I cancel?
Yes. During the trial you can cancel any time before day 15, whatever the result. After that, packages are month to month: you can change package any time, prorated, and cancelling stops future charges. The current period isn't refunded unless the law requires it.
What do I need to provide?
A kickoff call, and access to your Google Business Profile, your website or CMS, and your main listings. The 14-day clock pauses while access we asked for is missing. If it's still missing 7 days after sign-up, the trial ends and nothing is charged.
Do you guarantee rankings in ChatGPT?
No. Nobody controls what AI engines say, and you should be wary of anyone who promises you a spot. What we stand behind is measured movement: if the day-14 count of answers naming or citing you isn't higher than day 0, you pay nothing.
How AI assistants choose local businessesWho is Damex for?
Owner-run US local businesses first, where one job is worth a lot and customers research before they call: HVAC, plumbing, roofing, water damage restoration, electrical, dental and med spa, among 15 trades. Professional services, e-commerce brands and B2B and SaaS companies get the same method. Packages start with the free two weeks. Custom engagements, the usual fit for e-commerce and SaaS, get a two-week trial scoped on a call.
See how it works for your tradeWill you write fake reviews?
Never. We only ask your real customers, with their consent, and reply to the reviews they leave. Fake reviews break Google's rules and US law, and they put your profile at risk.
Do you mark up ad spend?
No. Ad spend is billed by Google and Meta to your own account. Management is $497 a month for up to $5,000 of monthly spend, plus 10% of any spend above that.
Every week you wait, someone else gets named.Start your free two weeks.
No card needed. We count the AI answers that name you on day 0 and again on day 14. If the count goes up, billing starts on day 15. If it doesn't, you owe nothing and keep the work.