I asked ChatGPT to recommend a plumber in Miami last week.
It gave three names. My client wasn't one of them. Great reviews. Solid website. 15 years in business. Didn't matter. ChatGPT had never heard of them.
The businesses that show up when AI gets asked are going to get the calls. Everyone else is going to wonder why the phone stopped ringing.
I'm Matthew Johnson.
I've spent 8 years in the trenches of local business marketing. Paid ads, SEO, door-to-door, cold calling. If there's a way to get a local business more customers, I've tried it.
About a year ago, I started noticing something. The strategies that worked for years were getting more expensive and less effective. Google Ads costs climbing. SEO getting slower. Business owners all telling me the same thing: "My phone isn't ringing like it used to."
So I started digging. I ran over 200 queries asking AI platforms to recommend local service businesses. I tracked what came up, what didn't, and why. The answer surprised me.
Keywords had almost nothing to do with it.
The businesses showing up in ChatGPT had one thing in common: strong presence on the specific data sources AI pulls from. Foursquare. Bing Places. Apple Maps. Structured schema markup. Consistent citations. Active review profiles.
I audited 60+ businesses across dental, med spa, roofing, HVAC, and plumbing. Over 90% had zero AI visibility. That told me everything. This was the most important problem to solve for local businesses right now.
Pleiades Consultancy exists to fix that.
The path here
Started in local marketing
Paid ads, SEO, door-to-door, cold calling. Every channel that exists for getting a local business more customers.
Noticed the shift
The strategies that worked for years were getting more expensive and less effective. Business owners kept saying the same thing: "My phone isn't ringing like it used to."
Built the AI search playbook
Ran 200+ queries asking AI platforms to recommend local businesses. Tracked what came up, what didn't, and why. Audited 60+ businesses across 5 industries.
Founded Pleiades Consultancy
Launched with one mission: make local businesses the answer when customers ask AI for recommendations. Now helping businesses rank #1 on ChatGPT in 30 days.
The numbers behind the work.
Why Pleiades
We help local service businesses show up where their customers are actually looking. Not just Google. Every platform where someone asks a question and gets an answer.
Specifics over promises.
We show you exactly what changed, with numbers and screenshots. If we can't measure it, we don't claim it.
Honesty over salesmanship.
If AI search optimization isn't right for your business, we'll tell you. We'd rather lose a sale than take money we can't earn back in results.
Teaching over pitching.
Most of our content explains exactly how AI search works. We publish our methods openly. If you want to try it yourself, go for it.
Long-term over quick wins.
We're building your presence on a channel that's growing every month. This isn't a hack. It's foundational visibility that compounds over time.
Want to see where your business stands?
Book a free 30-minute AI visibility audit. We'll check your business across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews live on the call.
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