Ask an assistant which company to choose, and it often answers from a ranking or a directory. If you’re not on the list, you’re rarely in the answer. Here is how to get on, without paying for it or bending the truth.
Find the lists that matter
Not every list is worth your time. Start with the ones the assistants actually quote for your questions, and leave out the ones that already name you. In aeoo, open Where AI looks and choose Get listed: every ranking and directory the answers quoted without you, with the questions it was quoted for.
Get listed
Rankings and directories the assistants quote, without you on them
The ask, drafted for itlistan.se
Hi, we’re Your company, an IT partner for companies of 100 to 300 people in Stockholm. Could we be considered for your list next year? Here is what we do and who we do it for.
Read how each one works
Directories usually have a form. Rankings are written by a person, who updates them when they learn about a company that fits. Look for the submission page, the editor’s name, or a contact address before you write anything.
Ask honestly
- Say who you are and who you serve, in two sentences.
- Say why you fit what the list covers, with one fact the editor can check.
- Link to the page that proves it, not your home page.
- Don’t offer payment for a place on an editorial list.
“A short, true note gets read. A pitch gets archived.”
Keep track until you’re on
Lists change slowly. Note when you asked, and read the page again every week until your name is there. aeoo drafts each ask for you, keeps the ones you’ve sent under Asked so far, and reads each list again weekly until you’re listed.
