{"id":11329,"date":"2025-11-13T09:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=11329"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:20:00","slug":"agency-growth-series-with-ryan-shelley","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/podcast\/agency-growth-series-with-ryan-shelley\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Sell AI SEO Services to Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your clients are asking how to show up in ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. They&#8217;re seeing competitors get cited by AI. They want in on this new traffic source and are willing to pay for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI SEO is the fastest-growing service opportunity for agencies in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>But there&#8217;s a problem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The market is flooded with overnight &#8220;GEO experts&#8221; making impossible promises. Your clients are interested, but skeptical. They want AI visibility, but they&#8217;ve been burned by hype before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how do you sell legitimate AI SEO services that clients actually trust?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, Ryan Shelley of SMA Marketing reveals the exact framework for selling AI SEO services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the proven playbook that&#8217;s helping agencies add $5-10K\/month AI SEO retainers, without sounding like snake oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udca1 What You\u2019ll Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan goes beyond buzzwords and shows you how to talk about AI SEO in a way that earns trust and drives revenue. You\u2019ll learn how to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decode what clients are really asking for \u2014 and how their concerns differ from what most agencies assume<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use \u201ctrust-first\u201d framing to reduce skepticism and establish authority early<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Position AI SEO as visibility + demand capture, not manipulation or \u201cgaming the algorithm\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Package, price, and prove your offer so clients see the business case instantly<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nWhether you\u2019re already offering AI SEO or still figuring out how to explain it, this episode gives you the playbook for selling it with confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Ryan Shelley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Shelley is the founder of SMA Marketing, a top-tier search marketing agency based in Florida, USA. As an AI and SEO consultant with over 15 years of experience, Ryan helps businesses like <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dealhub.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DealHub.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and PopFoam to grow their organic visibility across AI and traditional search platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryancshelley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to sell AI SEO services without sounding like a hype merchant. In this Agency Growth Series episode, Ryan Shelley shares how to build trust, package your offer, and turn client curiosity about AI visibility into real revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11331,"template":"","class_list":["post-11329","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/11329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}