“A business can actually try this themselves in, for example, ChatGPT, put in the service that they deliver and the name of their city or their town and see what comes up.”
“I used ChatGPT in a temporary chat, so nothing from my own history could skew the answers. And I asked two kinds of questions. First, what do you know about a business, by name, in its town? Second, for every trade and town in the test, who's the best roofer or plumber or electrician in that town?”
Pod Position - Winning Google & AI Search · I Asked ChatGPT About 47 Local Businesses - It Wouldn't Recommend 19 of Them
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run a test by asking ChatGPT in a temporary chat two questions for each of 47 local businesses: (1) what do you know about the business by name and town, and (2) who is the best provider of the service in that town
47 businesses; 28 named, 19 skipped
Said nearby on the same subject
“Step one, ask an assistant about your own business the way a customer would. Ask who it recommends in your town for your main service. And listen to what it says and what it gets wrong. That 30-second test tells you exactly where you stand”
“You are running two businesses at the same time, you know, in the sense that you are doing the legal side of the business and also trying to run, you know, all, you know, making a successful business”
“The other thing is we you know sometimes we just have ai run that test on on on the company's business model which is not perfect but it provides beautiful insights”
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