Straight answers about AI visibility and KBhaus.
AI visibility basics
What is AI visibility?
AI visibility is how often and how accurately AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews name and describe your business when people ask for a recommendation.
What is AEO?
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring your business information and content so AI answer engines can understand it, trust it and repeat it in their answers.
What is GEO?
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the work of earning mentions and citations inside AI-generated answers. In practice, AEO and GEO overlap, and KBhaus treats them as one discipline.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO helps your web pages rank in search results. AEO helps AI systems understand who your business is and recommend it directly. Strong SEO supports AEO, but ranking alone no longer guarantees you appear in an AI answer.
Where does ChatGPT get its business recommendations?
When ChatGPT searches the web, it draws on public sources such as business listings, review sites, directories, news and your website. It favors businesses that multiple trusted sources describe consistently.
Can I pay to appear in AI answers?
Organic AI recommendations can't be bought. They are earned through consistent listings, structured data, useful content, specific reviews and credible third-party mentions.
Working with KBhaus
Who does KBhaus work with?
Founders, consultants, medspas, dental practices, real estate professionals and service businesses doing $20K to $300K a month, mostly in South Orange County, with remote clients nationwide.
Where is KBhaus based?
KBhaus is based in Laguna Niguel, California, and is a Maxwell Industries, LLC company. Kate Bakker is the founder.
What is the AI Answer Sprint?
A 10-day, one-time engagement that measures what AI says about your business today, audits the sources AI uses to verify you, maps your competitors and delivers a ranked fix list and 90-day roadmap.
Why does KBhaus train front desk teams?
AI visibility only pays when inquiries convert. Every KBhaus package includes a front desk sales review and training so the calls AI sends you turn into booked appointments.
How will I see results?
Retainer clients get a private client portal with AI visibility snapshots, the content calendar and monthly reports.
Do you need access to patient or client data?
No. KBhaus never uses patient health information or private client data in marketing content.
Packages and pricing
How much does the AI Answer Sprint cost?
$2,500, one time. The full amount is credited to your first month if you sign a 6-month retainer within 10 days.
What is the Founding Sprint?
The first three businesses through November 15, 2026 get the full AI Answer Sprint for $1,250, in exchange for permission to publish their before and after results as a KBhaus case study. Revenue figures are never published without written approval.
Is there a free way to start?
Yes. The AI Visibility Snapshot is free. We ask 10 real buyer questions in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity and send you a one-page report showing who gets named, plus a short video walkthrough, within 24 hours.
How much do KBhaus retainers cost?
Authority Core and Signature are scoped to each business, so pricing is shared on a fit call. Consolidated starts at $11,500 a month on a 6-month term, or $9,998 a month plus 3% performance on the Partnership option.
Can I go month to month?
Yes. Month-to-month terms are available on every retainer and run 15% above the 6-month rate.
What is the 90-Day Visibility Promise?
Get recommended in at least 5 more of your 30 tracked AI answers within 90 days, or your next month of service is free while we keep working. Your AI Visibility Score counts how often you're recommended across 10 buyer questions asked in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, measured against your Sprint baseline. If you start above 20 of 30, the target is 25. It applies to 6-month retainers, with listing access and review requests in place within 14 days of kickoff.
Are there add-ons?
Yes, including paid ads management backed by Motion creative insights, monthly filming with reels, a founder authority channel, past-client reactivation, extra shoot days, additional locations and website rebuilds.
Have a question that isn't here?
Email kate@kbhausagency.com or book a 15-minute fit call.