Your 30-Day AEO Implementation Plan

Don't let AEO overwhelm you. Success comes from consistent, modular improvements. Follow this 4-week roadmap to start earning citations.

Week 1: Audit & Foundation

Goal: Remove technical barriers and define your landscape.

Day 1: Crawl Check. Ensure robots.txt allows AI bots.
Day 3: Keyword Research. List 20 questions users ask about your product.
Day 5: Competitive Audit. Find where your competitors are being cited.
Day 7: Baseline. Record your current citation rate for your top 10 keywords.

Goal: Mark up your data and create "Answer Capsules."

Day 8: Deploy Organization Schema.
Day 10: Create 5 FAQ blocks on your top-performing pages.
Day 12: Rewrite the introduction of your 5 best blog posts to include a 50-word direct answer.
Day 14: Validate all schema through Google's Rich Results Test.

Goal: Build a "Human Voice" footprint.

Day 15: Identify 5 subreddits. Answer one question per day with expert advice.
Day 18: Request 3 new reviews on G2 or Trustpilot.
Day 20: Optimize your YouTube channel transcripts if you have video content.
Day 21: Setup GA4 to track AI referral sources.

Goal: Refine based on data and future-proof.

Day 22: Review the "Answer Capsules" from Week 2. Are they being cited? If not, sharpen the language.
Day 25: Add "Author Schema" to all blog posts to link to expert bios.
Day 28: Create 1 piece of "Deep Data" (e.g., a survey or a table of specs).
Day 30: Review Month 1 results and set targets for Quarter 2.

AEO is a cycle. Every month, you should:

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