Ali Imran

AEO & SEO for Brands| Helps ecommerce brands get cited by ChatGPT,Perplexity,Gemni | Founder

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

The marketing funnel didn't get shorter.

It got invisible.

AI is compressing the buying journey from:
Ads → Clicks → Browsing → Retargeting → Checkout
to:

Ask → Compare → Buy.

And that changes what brands need to optimize for.

#AI #Ecommerce

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

AI recommendations aren't random.

There's a reason some brands keep getting recommended while others disappear.

I looked at what actually influences those recommendations.

#AI #ecommerce

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

I'm mapping this by category through Q2.

If you run an ecommerce brand and you're thinking about AEO, my DMs are open. Happy to trade notes on what's actually working right now.

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

SEO doesn't win AI shopping.

We tested 10,000 prompts. Backlinks correlated r=0.2 with ChatGPT citations.

Third-party mentions correlated r=0.5.

Google rewards your site. AI rewards what other sites say about you.

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

One more wrinkle: the models don't agree.

Only ∼11% overlap in cited domains between ChatGPT and Perplexity on the same prompts.

ChatGPT leans Wikipedia + narrow editors. Perplexity leans Reddit + recency. Gemini cites more Google properties. Claude prefers independents.

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

https://t.co/q4tLgZYLar

If you found this useful, a repost of the first tweet helps more people see it.

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

A dentist in Lahore has 400 five-star⭐ reviews and is completely invisible to ChatGPT.
His patients are starting to ask AI for recommendations instead of Googling.
He's losing customers he doesn't even know he had a chance to win.
Here's how to fix it 🧵

[Ali Imran @saliimranz]

I wrote the full playbook — 4,000 words, every layer, every realistic timeline, every risk.
Specifically for single-location service businesses (dentists, derms, lawyers, accountants) — not SaaS, not e-commerce.
Link below 👇