AEO video agency: answer engine optimization with presenter-led YouTube video
Videos that get quoted when buyers ask AI.
Presenter-led YouTube videos your buyers watch and trust, built so Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Perplexity quote them. Under 10 days, from $2,000 a video.
1,700+ videos delivered340+ clientsReal people, never avatars
Your product walkthrough12:40
04:12 · Pricing07:30 · Salesforce01:05 · Setup
AI answer
How much does it cost for a five person team?Plans start at $49 per seat , and the Growth plan at $99 covers most small teams. The pricing chapter of the walkthrough breaks it down tier by tier.Quoting 04:12 · Pricing breakdownDoes it integrate with Salesforce?Yes. Two-way sync with Salesforce , HubSpot and Slack, set up in about ten minutes according to the integration chapter.Quoting 07:30 · Salesforce integrationHow long does setup take for a small team?About five minutes , with no admin required. The setup chapter walks through it step by step for teams under 50.Quoting 01:05 · Setup in five minutesTrusted by 340+ businesses and creators
Built for people. Cited by AI.
Videos your buyers watch, and AI quotes.
The citation is the upside. The goal is a YouTube channel your buyers watch, trust and come back to. Every video is edited for retention first, the kind you would watch yourself and be proud to put your logo on.
Audience retentionOur editTypical
62%22%
0:004:008:0012:00
Made to be watched
A real presenter, a tight script and a pace that holds attention. Retention is the number we edit for, not length.
Your channelSame presenter, every video
08:12
11:40
06:55
01:31
Made to build trust
The same face every week on your branded set. Buyers recognise the channel long before they book a demo.
AI Overview
Yes. The pricing chapter of the walkthrough covers all three plans.
Your product walkthroughYouTube · 04:12 Pricing
Cited as a result
Clear chapters, a clean transcript and a title that matches a real question are what engines quote. Good for viewers first, good for AI because of it.
How AI search uses video.
Buyers ask AI first, and AI answers with YouTube.
An engine reads the title, description, chapters and transcript, then quotes the chapter that answers the question. Here is what the data says, and what we build for.
What the engine reads
TitleThe buyer's question
Description300+ words
ChaptersEach one quotable
TranscriptPlus the article
Full product walkthrough · 12:40
00:00What it does and who it's for01:05Setup in five minutes04:12Pricing breakdown07:30Salesforce integrationWebCompanion article on your site
Who quotes it
Google AI Overviewsquotes chapter 04:12
Google AI Modequotes chapter 01:05
Perplexitycites the whole video
ChatGPTquotes the article
Google AI Overviews read the chapter list and quoted 04:12, Pricing breakdown
Google AI Mode matched the description and quoted 01:05, Setup in five minutes
Perplexity matched the title and cited the whole video
ChatGPT read the transcript and quoted the companion article
Most cited domain
20.9%
YouTube's share of Google AI Overview mentions. The #1 domain across 3M+ US queries.Ahrefs Brand Radar, June 2026
Answers citing a YouTube video
Google AI Overviews29.5%
Google AI Mode16.6%
Perplexity9.7%
ChatGPT0.2%
BrightEdge, 2026. Perplexity alone drives 38.7% of all YouTube citations (OtterlyAI).
Small channels get quoted
40.8%
of cited videos have under 1,000 views. 35% of cited channels have under 10k subscribers. Views vs citations: r ≈ −0.03.OtterlyAI YouTube Citation Study, 2026
Long form wins
10 to 20 minutes32.1%
5 to 10 minutes26.1%
Shorts5.7%
94% of citations go to long form.OtterlyAI, 2026
Every chapter is an answer
78%01:05Setup02:40Users04:12Pricing07:30Salesforce10:02Security
of chaptered videos get cited more than once, usually across 2 to 5 chapters.OtterlyAI, 2026
The format.
Five video types that get quoted.
Each one with the structure an engine reads, and the answer it builds from that chapter. Hover a card to see it quoted.
✓Open the app00:20✓Add your details01:103Upload documents02:354Submit and verify04:00
How to
One task from start to finish, titled exactly the way a buyer searches. The most common question shape in software.
Cited forhow to do X in Yset up X
AI answerHow do I set up X for a small team?Open the app, add your details and upload your documents. Verification takes about a day, as the how-to shows step by step.Quoting 02:35 · Upload documentseSafetyFirst · How-to, filmed by us
00:00 Overview01:05 Setup04:12 Pricing07:30 Salesforce
Walkthroughs
10 to 20 minute chaptered demos, one feature per chapter, named the way a buyer would ask.
Cited forhow does X workdoes X integrate with Salesforce
AI answerDoes X integrate with Salesforce?Yes. The walkthrough covers it chapter by chapter: two-way sync at 07:30, setup in five minutes at 01:05.Quoting 07:30 · Salesforce integrationRevion · SaaS explainer, made by us
CriteriaYouRivalPricing 02:10✓○Integrations 04:48✓✓Onboarding 07:15✓○Support 09:30✓○
Pricing comparisons
X vs Y, one chapter per decision criterion. The pricing chapter gets quoted on its own, and almost nobody makes one.
Cited forX vs Yhow much does X cost
AI answerHow much does X cost compared with Y?X runs $12 a seat against Y at $20, with the same core features on the base plan.Quoting 02:10 · PricingYour product · X vs Y
1Category leader00:452Your product03:203The enterprise option06:104The budget pick08:405The niche tool10:55
Listicles
Best X for Y, one tool per chapter, your product included with fair, criteria based framing.
Cited forbest X for Ytop X tools in 2026
AI answerWhat are the best X tools for small teams?Five tools stand out. Your product is the pick for teams under 50 because setup takes minutes.Quoting 03:20 · Your productYour product · Best X for Y
how do I invoice a business1The question, answered00:002Step by step, any tool00:403The same job in your product02:154Where to start04:30
Question hijacks
A question buyers already search, like how to invoice a business, answered properly, with your product as the way to do it.
Cited forhow do I invoice a businesshow to track work hours
AI answerHow do I invoice a business?Three ways work. The fastest is the invoicing flow inside your product, shown in the video at 02:15.Quoting 02:15 · The same job in your productYour product · How do I invoice a business
What you get.
Everything included, every week.
One flat price per video covers the presenter, the set, the script, the edit and the YouTube optimization. You approve, we deliver.
We handle everything
Plan20 buyer questions, a calendarScriptWritten chapter by chapterFilmOur presenter, your setEditScreen capture, motion, soundOptimizeTitle, chapters, description, thumbnailDeliverReady to upload, under 10 days
Two decisions from you: the presenter and the set. After that the pipeline runs weekly without you in it.
Every video ships with
- Chapters named as buyer questions
- 300+ word description
- Transcript and captions
- Companion article for ChatGPT
- Thumbnail, title and tags
- Two social cuts
Cadence
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
Weekly
One, two or three videos a week depending on the plan. Each one takes under 10 days from script to delivery, so month one already has four on the channel.
Pricing
From $2,000
per video, all in. No retainers on top and no add-on you did not ask for.
Launch4 a month$2,500Growth8 a month$2,300Authority12 a month$2,000
Simple terms
- Unlimited revisionsuntil you are happy with the cut
- Videos roll overunused ones stay yours for 3 months
- You own everythingfootage, files, music and graphics, all licensed
The first 90 days.
From zero to cited in one quarter.
The exact plan we run with a new client. It compounds over months, so anyone promising citations next week is selling something.
Weeks 1 to 2
Map the questions
- 20 buyer questions you want to own
- Citation gap check in AI Mode and Perplexity
- Presenter and set chosen
Weeks 3 to 8
Ship four reference videos
- Comparison, listicle, walkthrough, pricing explainer
- 10 to 20 minutes each, fully chaptered
- Weekly cadence starts
Weeks 9 to 12
Add the text layer, start measuring
- One companion article per video
- Monthly citation report across four engines
- Film again and update the chapters as the product changes
Real people, never avatars.
10 presenters on our roster.
Cast from our network or filmed in our Dubai studio, on a set and wardrobe built for your company. Same face every week, which is how a channel builds a habit.
Presenters 01–10 on set
01020304050607080910
On our roster, not on a call sheet
No casting round and no availability gap.
Sets built for you
A custom set and wardrobe per company, as eSafetyFirst had.
Buyers trust a face
Engines can’t tell an avatar from a human. Your buyers can.
Results.
Numbers our clients put their names on.
We measure success the same way you do, in views, subscribers, leads and revenue. Clients average around 3x return.
143K
Subscribers, from 7,500
Jon TamYouTube channel growth
+219K
Subscribers in 2026
Sabrina RamonovYouTube channel growth
+31%
Evaluation lift
TuMekeCase study result
45+
Ad creatives over 15 months
eSafetyFirstPresenter-led ads
1.3M
Views in two months
Patrick RyanYouTube
$390K
New revenue in 10 months
Riley ColemanYouTube education
300M+ views across client channels1,700+ video projects340+ clients5.0 Clutch, 12 verified reviews
Recent work
Presenter-led, explainer and clinic videos we made for businesses: the formats engines quote.
TuMeke · Case study
eSafetyFirst · Platform walkthrough animation
GoDaddy · Customer story
Revion · SaaS explainer video
eSafetyFirst · Training video
ACPS · Doctor profile video
Hugo · Product launch video
ScribbleLive · 3D explainer video
Blue Zones Health · Brand film
Pricing
Video plans built for how marketing teams actually work. Every plan includes the monthly AI visibility check.
Launch
$2,500 /video
4 videos per month ($10k billed monthly)
INCLUDES:
- 4 full story videosFull story video A horizontal presenter video with animations, product screens and graphics: tutorials, demos, explainers.
- 8 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
- Monthly AI visibility checkAI visibility report Your 20 target questions checked monthly in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and ChatGPT.
50% off on any add-onAdd-on discount 50% off Design support or Distribution while the plan is active.
Most popular
Growth
$2,300 /video
8 videos per month ($18,400 billed monthly)
INCLUDES:
- 8 full story videosFull story video A horizontal presenter video with animations, product screens and graphics: tutorials, demos, explainers.
- 16 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
- Monthly AI visibility checkAI visibility report Your 20 target questions checked monthly in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and ChatGPT.
Design or DistributionOne add-on included Design support or Distribution included while Growth is active.$2,900 Value
Authority
$2,000 /video
12 videos per month ($24,000 billed monthly)
INCLUDES:
- 12 full story videosFull story video A horizontal presenter video with animations, product screens and graphics: tutorials, demos, explainers.
- 24 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
- Monthly AI visibility checkAI visibility report Your 20 target questions checked monthly in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and ChatGPT.
Both add-ons includedBoth add-ons included Design support and Distribution included while Authority is active.$5,800 Value
1 Video
$5,000 /video
Suitable for one-time projects or as a test-drive for our service.
INCLUDES:
- 1 x 4K video up to 5 minutes long4K video A horizontal presenter video up to 5 minutes, delivered in 4K with graphics and product screens.
- 2 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
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5 Videos
$3,500 /video
Total of five videos / $17,500, paid upfront
INCLUDES:
- 5 x 4K video up to 5 minutes long4K video A horizontal presenter video up to 5 minutes, delivered in 4K with graphics and product screens.
- 10 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
10 Videos
$3,000 /video
Total of ten videos / $30,000, paid upfront
INCLUDES:
- 10 x 4K video up to 5 minutes long4K video A horizontal presenter video up to 5 minutes, delivered in 4K with graphics and product screens.
- 20 social cutsSocial cut Vertical and square versions of each video for social, with subtitles and adapted graphics.
- Content planContent plan The 20 buyer questions to own, SEO video ideas and a publishing calendar.
- ScriptingScripting A full script per video from your brief and source material. You approve the words before we film.
- YouTube optimizationYouTube optimization Title tests, a 300+ word chaptered description, tags, transcript and upload.
- Thumbnails design and testingThumbnails Two concepts per video, A/B tested for clicks.
- Bespoke set designSet design A custom set and wardrobe per company: branded props, shirts, mugs, stickers.
- 10 presentersReal presenters One or several faces from our roster of 10. Never an avatar.
Add-ons
Design support
$2,900 /mo
- One active request at a time
- New design every 48 hours
- Unlimited companies and products
- Unlimited revisions
- Private Slack channel
- $175 for an extra active request
Distribution
$2,900 /mo
- For media budgets up to $50,000
- Strategy and funnel mapping
- Up to 3 active channels
- Full ad and platform management
- Weekly performance reports
- Creative refreshes as needed
Monthly plans are billed monthly, bundles are paid upfront. Unused videos roll over for up to 3 months. You own everything once paid. No refunds: revisions are unlimited instead. The single video is the way to test us before a monthly plan.
Be the answer the next time a buyer asks AI.
We’ll walk you through the 90-day plan, show you which of your buyer questions already have a video answer, and tell you whether we’re the right fit.
Questions we get on the first call.
If yours isn’t here, book a call and ask it. That is what the 30 minutes are for.
Do AI search engines really cite YouTube videos?
Yes, more than any other site. YouTube is the #1 cited domain in Google AI Overviews with a 20.9% mention share across 3M+ US queries (Ahrefs, June 2026), and 29.5% of AI Overviews cite at least one YouTube video (BrightEdge). Perplexity leans on it even harder.
What is AEO, and how is it different from SEO?
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is making your content the answer an AI assistant gives, not just a blue link. SEO earns a ranking; AEO earns a citation inside the answer in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity or ChatGPT. Engines read structure: a title that matches a real question, chapters, a transcript and a description. Video is the format they quote most.
Does ChatGPT cite videos?
Rarely, around 0.2% of answers, because it is a text first engine. So every video we make also becomes a companion article on your site with the video embedded. The video earns citations in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Perplexity; the article earns them in ChatGPT.
We barely have a YouTube channel. Does that matter?
No. 40.8% of AI cited videos have under 1,000 views and 35% of cited channels have under 10,000 subscribers. Engines read structure, not subscriber counts. A company with no channel today can be the cited answer within a quarter if the videos are built right from the first upload.
How long until we see citations?
Plan for a quarter. First citations typically appear within a month or two of a well structured video, and the picture fills in as the library and the companion articles grow. We check your 20 target questions across four engines every month and report what changed.
Do you guarantee citations?
No, and nobody honest does: the engines decide what they quote. We control everything they read and show you the result every month. If a question is still not answered with your video after a quarter, we re-cut the chapters and the article rather than wait.
Do you use AI avatars or AI voices?
No. Every video is presented by a real person from our roster of 10, filmed on a set built for your company and edited by our team. We use AI for research and tooling, never for the presenter or the creative work.
What does it cost?
Monthly plans run $2,500 a video for 4 a month, $2,300 for 8 and $2,000 for 12. Bundles are $5,000 for a single video, $3,500 each for 5 and $3,000 each for 10. The prices on this page are the prices you pay.
How fast is delivery?
Under 10 business days from script to finished video, with revisions adding around two days. After the first month the cadence settles at roughly one video a week.
Who owns the videos and can you publish them for us?
You own every finished video, with music, graphics and assets licensed. We can upload to your channel with chapters, description, tags and thumbnail in place, or hand you the package to publish yourself.
More about AEO video and answer engine optimization
What answer engine optimization is
Answer engine optimization is the work of becoming the source an AI assistant quotes. Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and ChatGPT no longer show ten links: they write an answer and cite two or three sources inside it. An AEO agency makes sure one of those sources is you. The raw material is a clear answer to a real buyer question; the packaging is what engines read: a title that matches the question, chapters that each answer one part of it, a transcript and a description that summarises the whole thing.
AEO vs SEO vs GEO
SEO earns a ranking on a results page. AEO earns a citation inside an AI answer. GEO, generative engine optimization, is the same goal described from the engine’s side, and most AI search optimization agencies use the terms interchangeably. What differs is the measurement: SEO counts positions and clicks, AEO counts how often you are quoted for a set of questions. A page that ranks is more likely to be quoted, and a video quoted in an AI Overview also sits at the top of the classic results.
How an AEO agency works, and why video
Every serious AEO agency runs the same loop: question research (the 20 to 50 questions your buyers ask an assistant), structured content that answers each one, technical hygiene (schema, transcripts, a page per video) and monthly visibility tracking across the engines. We do all four, and the content is a chaptered presenter video because YouTube is the most cited domain in Google AI Overviews, ahead of Reddit and every publisher. A chaptered walkthrough with a transcript is a set of ready-made answers with timestamps, so an engine can quote one chapter without the rest. Our YouTube video production service exists for this.
What AEO video production costs
We price per finished video with everything included: the content plan, script, presenter, set, shoot, edit, two social cuts, thumbnails, YouTube optimization and the monthly AI visibility check. Monthly plans are $2,500 a video for 4 a month, $2,300 for 8 and $2,000 for 12; bundles are $5,000 for one video, $3,500 each for 5 and $3,000 each for 10, paid upfront. There is no separate AEO retainer. Other formats are on our service pricing page.
How long until citations, and how to choose an agency
Plan for a quarter: a well structured video is indexed within days, narrow questions get cited within a month or two, broad ones take longer. By day 90 most clients have four reference videos live, an article for each, and a report showing which target questions now return their video. When choosing an AEO agency ask three things: are the prices and inclusions visible, is there a monthly measurement plan, and does it promise citations? Nobody controls what an engine quotes, so a guarantee is a warning sign. Then look at the work: our case studies and portfolio show the videos.
What we measure
Citations first: each month we run your 20 target questions through Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and ChatGPT and record which sources each engine quotes. Then the YouTube numbers that lead to citations, watch time and retention by chapter, because the chapter people skip is the one the engine will not quote either. Then the business numbers you already track: traffic from YouTube, demo requests and sign-ups that mention a video. Clients average around 3x return. Our done-for-you YouTube page covers channel management if you want publishing handled too.