Case Study: Recreational Storage

When AI gets asked, this business is THE answer.

Client anonymized at their request. Largest share of category mentions in its market, and named first in 64% of the AI answers that mention it.

#1 NAMED

Not just mentioned. Recommended first.

A recreational storage business in a crowded metro market. It holds the largest share of category mentions of any name in its market, and in 64% of the AI answers that name it, it is the answer rather than one option on a list. Measured over four and a half months, not one good week.

Growth tracker

0419AprilSeptember
AI mentions: 419Google top-10: 128

Share of category mentions vs competition

  • This client34.5%
  • Competitor A22.8%
  • Competitor B14.7%
  • Competitor C12.7%
  • Competitor D12.5%
  • Competitor E2.8%
#1
Share of category mentions
64%
Of answers naming them put them first
128
Google top-10 placements
#2.0
Average Google position

The question shapes it wins

The real questions stay private at the client's request. The shapes do not, and the shape is the transferable part: these are the questions a buyer asks when they are close to choosing.

[service] near [major local landmark]

101 of 184answers name them
83put them first

The highest-intent shape there is. Someone naming a landmark already knows where they need to be.

[service] in [city], [state]

54 of 92answers name them
22put them first

The plain category search, and the one with the most competitors fighting over it.

Where should I [do the thing] near [city]?

6 of 8answers name them
4put them first

A full spoken question. This is the shape that grows as people talk to AI instead of typing at it.

AI search wins

7 / 11

questions where ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity names this business, in the most recent audit

Google wins

7 / 11

questions where this business ranks on page 1, at an average position of #2.0

Measured weekly across five engines from 28 April to 14 September 2026, on non-branded questions only. Questions carrying the business's own name are excluded, because winning those proves nothing. One comparison question has never gone its way, and that is left in the data rather than trimmed out of it.

What some other clients say after deploying ACE

Doubled down on high-converting content only
Content became a lead source
Replaced guesswork with a data-backed growth system
Increased revenue by aligning content with business outcomes
Slashed time spent on what should we post
Applied winning strategies across the entire portfolio
Freed up capacity to focus on expansion, not just survival

You focus on your business. We'll focus on your content

If you want to take content off your To Do list, and want a Done-For-You system that works, you need ACE