VC DIGITAL EXPERIENCE Free AI check
For local businesses

When people ask AI for your service, do you show up?

Your customers stopped scrolling. They ask ChatGPT, Google or Siri for a gym, a dentist or a plumber near them, and an assistant names one business. The question is simple: is it you, or a competitor?

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Search changed. Most local businesses did not.

People used to scroll Google. Now they ask an assistant and trust the answer it gives. If your business is not the answer, you are not in the room when someone is ready to buy.

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Ask ChatGPT for your service nearby and your name never comes up.
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A competitor shows above you on Google Maps, even with worse service.
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Your Google profile is out of date, and reviews go unanswered.
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You pay for ads but have no idea why the calls dried up.

Start with a free AI check

No commitment. A clear look at where your business shows up today, where it does not, and the three quickest things to fix first.

Free
AI check

A short, plain-English report on how your business appears when customers ask AI and Google for what you do.

  • Where you show up in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI
  • How your Google Business profile compares to rivals
  • The three fixes that move the needle fastest
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How it works

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Free check

Send your business name. Back comes a simple report on where you show up and where you do not.

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Simple plan

A short list of fixes in plain words. No jargon, no homework, nothing you need to understand to approve.

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Get found

The work gets done for you. You start showing up when customers ask. Weeks, not months.

Demonstration — illustrative of VC Digital's method and expected outcomes

How I'd approach a business like yours

These are demonstration cases, not past clients — worked examples of exactly what I'd do, with conservative, industry-grounded projections. Honest by design: here's the method, and the results it typically produces for a business of each profile.

Demonstration: a local rent-a-car going from invisible on page 3 to recommended in Google and AI search
Demonstration · AI Presence

Local rent-a-car

Independent, family-run · 12-car fleet · Cornwall
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Demonstration: a specialty café appearing in an AI assistant's answer for a tourist asking where to get coffee
Demonstration · AI Presence

Specialty café

Independent · Shoreditch, London · walk-by + social dependent
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Demonstration: an n8n automation triaging email, drafting replies and running follow-ups to cut inbox time
Demonstration · AI Automation

Email automation

Small B2B service business · owner loses 1–2h/day to email
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Demonstration: a WhatsApp AI agent answering a hotel guest's question instantly at midnight
Demonstration · AI Automation

WhatsApp AI agent

Independent hotel / guesthouse · 15–25 rooms · 1–2 on reception
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Vitor Correia, founder of VC Digital Experience

Who does the work

Run by Vitor Correia, based in Houghton Regis. Thirteen years inside marketing for real brands, now helping local businesses get found by the tools their customers actually use.

No agency layers, no jargon, no long contracts. Straight answers and work that shows up where it counts.

Common questions

How do I get my local business to appear in ChatGPT answers?

ChatGPT and other AI assistants pull local business recommendations from Google Business Profile data, structured website content, and review signals. To appear in those answers you need a fully completed and regularly updated GBP listing, FAQ-style content on your website that directly answers common customer questions, and consistent NAP (name, address, phone) information across directories.

What is AI presence and why does it matter for local businesses?

AI presence means your business is recommended by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews when local customers ask for services near them. It matters because a growing share of searches now happen through conversational AI tools instead of traditional search results — if your business is not in those answers, you are invisible to those customers.

How long does it take to appear in AI search results?

Most local businesses start seeing measurable improvements in AI visibility within 60 to 90 days of optimising their Google Business Profile, adding structured schema markup to their website, and building citation consistency. Highly competitive niches may take 3 to 6 months. Unlike paid ads, the gains compound over time.

What is the difference between SEO and AEO?

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) targets traditional search engines like Google and focuses on ranking pages in a list of results. AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) targets AI assistants and voice search tools that give a single direct answer to a question. AEO requires structured data, FAQ content, and entity signals so AI systems can extract and cite your business as the authoritative answer.

Does my business need a website to be recommended by AI assistants?

A website is not strictly required, but it significantly increases your chances. AI assistants cross-reference Google Business Profile data with website signals to assess authority and relevance. A website with structured schema markup, clear service descriptions, and FAQ content gives AI systems more data to cite your business confidently in recommendations.

What does VC Digital Experience actually do for my business?

VC Digital Experience audits your current AI and search visibility, identifies the gaps preventing your business from appearing in AI recommendations, then implements the fixes: Google Business Profile optimisation, schema markup on your website, FAQ and answer-style content, and review strategy. You also get a monthly review so your visibility keeps improving as AI tools evolve.

Find out if customers
can find you.

The free check costs nothing and tells you exactly where you stand. Worst case, you learn you are already doing well.

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