Cited Co

What AI visibility looks like in practice.

We run this system on real businesses before we ask anyone else to trust it. Living with Lolo was first. The full approach is in our guide to AI citation optimization.

For the full mechanics behind that result, see what an AI SEO agency actually does, which walks through the process case by case.

These case studies are the proof behind why businesses hire Cited Co as their AI visibility agency: real, documented citation movement, not a promise.

Case Study 001

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Luxury Interior Design and Design-Build

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Living with Lolo

AI-Generated Leads · All Time

Cited.co

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3x

Phoenix Mag winner

+49 pts

Score Growth, Apr–Jun 2026

Living with Lolo

The situation

Living with Lolo is a full-service luxury interior design and design-build firm in Scottsdale. The firm has won Phoenix Magazine’s Best Interior Design award three years running (2024, 2025, 2026), holds an active Arizona ROC general contractor license, and has been recognized by Arizona Foothills as a top innovator.

When we ran the baseline AI visibility scan, Living with Lolo scored 22/100 overall across four platforms. On Claude, the mention rate was just 17%. The firm had strong real-world credibility. AI tools had almost no way to describe it.

The business had the reputation. AI tools did not know how to talk about it.

What we built

Schema markup on the homepage and about page, structured around LocalBusiness and Person types with explicit credential and award references. A content calendar targeting the specific queries Scottsdale-area clients use. Entity optimization so the firm’s Arizona ROC license number, award history, and founder credentials were accessible in structured form.

The result

AI Visibility Score reached 75/100, up 53 points from the 22/100 baseline as of the end of July 2026. Claude citation rate reached 75%. Perplexity reached 75%. Gemini reached 67%. When Living with Lolo appears in an AI answer, it is almost always named first.

“We have seen a noticeable increase in qualified inquiries and have been able to identify opportunities originating from AI-generated recommendations from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. These leads tend to be highly relevant and result in more productive conversations.”

Cited Co Client  •  Scottsdale, AZ  •  ★★★★★

Case Study 002

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AI Visibility Agency

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Overall AI Visibility · Jul 2026

0 to 40%

16

AI mentions across 4 platforms

100%

Query coverage, all tracked prompts

Visibility by platform

ChatGPT50%
Claude40%
Gemini40%
Perplexity30%

Cited Co

The situation

Cited Co launched on June 8, 2026 with no ads, no press, and no backlink history. We sell AI visibility for a living, so the fair question every prospect asks is whether the system actually works. We answered it the only honest way. We ran the entire playbook on ourselves first.

The baseline was blunt. Across the four engines we track, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, a brand-new Scottsdale agency barely registered in the answers. Claude did not mention us at all.

You cannot ask a business to trust a system you have not tested on your own name first.

What we built

The same work a paying client gets. Schema markup and entity signals so all four platforms could parse who we are, what we do, and where we do it in Scottsdale. A content engine aimed at the exact questions people type when they want an AI visibility agency in the Phoenix metro. Original research published under Lauren Lerner’s name, which gives these models something concrete to cite. No shortcuts.

The result

Overall AI visibility climbed from effectively zero at launch to 40% by July 2026. Claude leads at a 40% mention rate, up from zero at launch. Gemini and ChatGPT each sit at 20%, and Perplexity has climbed from no citations to a 10% rate. Coverage across tracked queries holds at 100%, so Cited Co lands somewhere in the answer set every time. Overall visibility has moved from 8% at launch to 23% across the four engines in about two months. That is honest early traction on our own name in a crowded Scottsdale market, not a victory lap. You can read the full breakdown in our Month 0 results.

“We would not ask a business to trust a system we had not run on ourselves first. Cited Co is client number zero. Every tactic on this page worked on our own domain before it touched a client account.”

Lauren Lerner • Founder, Cited Co • Scottsdale, AZ

This page will grow as we onboard new clients. In the meantime, see how this framework applies to general contractors and trade vendors targeting the interior design industry.

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Original Research

We published the first AI visibility study of Scottsdale interior designers.

Only 2 of 7 top firms in the Phoenix market scored above 70/100 on AI Citation Readiness. See the full firm-by-firm breakdown, methodology, and key findings.

Read the AI Visibility Report

About Cited Co Case Studies

What These Case Studies Measure

About

Cited Co is a boutique AI visibility agency founded by Lauren Lerner in Scottsdale, Arizona. The case studies here document real AI visibility results for service businesses. The foundational case study is Living with Lolo, a Scottsdale-based luxury interior design and design-build firm that also works throughout Paradise Valley, tracked across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of results has Cited Co actually gotten a client in AI search?
Our first client, Living with Lolo, went from an AI visibility score of 22 in April 2026 to 71 in June 2026, a 49-point jump in about two months, and the score has since climbed to 75 by the end of July 2026. Before the work, ChatGPT and Perplexity rarely named the firm. After it, all four platforms cited the business by name, license number, and award history. That is a documented before and after, not a projection.
How long did it take Living with Lolo to start showing up in AI answers?
About 60 days. Perplexity moved first, since it retrieves live from the web, and the other platforms followed as the entity and schema work was indexed. Most Cited Co clients see measurable movement in the same 60 to 90 day window. Anyone promising overnight placement is not being straight with you.
What did Cited Co do to get Living with Lolo cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity?
We fixed the signals AI tools actually read, in order. First entity consistency across directories, then schema markup on the site, then content written to answer the exact questions clients ask, then a few third-party mentions. We tracked citation frequency across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude every month so the progress was visible, not guessed.
Can you prove AI visibility work moves the needle, or is it guesswork?
We treat proof as the whole point. Every engagement starts with a baseline scan and reports scored, month-over-month citation data across all four platforms. The Living with Lolo case study shows the exact scores and dates. If an agency cannot show you a documented client result with real numbers, be skeptical.
Will this work for my kind of service business, not just interior design?
Yes. The process is built around entity, schema, content, and citations, which apply to any high-consideration service category. We work with interior designers, med spas, attorneys, luxury real estate, mortgage brokers, and financial advisors across Scottsdale and the Phoenix metro. The tactics are the same even when the industry is not.
How do I get results like this for my own Scottsdale or Phoenix business?
Start with a free snapshot that shows where you stand today across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. From there, Cited Co builds the entity, schema, and content work on a flat monthly retainer and reports your citation movement every month. Founder Lauren Lerner keeps the roster small on purpose, so the work stays thorough.

Curious how Living with Lolo’s results compare across platforms? Read the full cross-platform study for the platform-by-platform breakdown.

The same entity and content model now underpins how Cited Co works with legal clients: see how this applies to law firms.