How Cited works
A 10-minute walkthrough of every way to use Cited, pick the scenario closest to your job.
PMM scenario
“A competitor came up in a deal and sales needs intel fast, and you need positioning that wins it.”
| Step | Where in Cited | What you walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Run a Competitive Snapshot on the named competitor | Competitive Snapshot | Instant AI-visibility read on them, shareable with the rep |
| 2. Generate a Battle Card if they keep coming up | Act → Battle Card | Internal sales enablement grounded in real cited evidence |
| 3. Check which gap affects the most buying conversations | Understand | Gaps ranked by buying conversations affected, a number, not a hunch |
| 4. Track the fix | Action Center (Starter/Pro) | Every gap re-checked by every newer audit, not lost in a Slack thread |
| 5. Get pinged when a competitor moves | Threat Alerts + Slack (Pro) | You find out first, not a month later |
| 6. Export the Executive Brand Report | One click | A board-deck-ready PPTX/PDF: your SOV, the gaps, the trend, ready to present. |
Growth & demand gen scenario
“You need to tell your VP whether AI is quietly hurting your brand's visibility, with a number, not a hunch.”
| Step | Where in Cited | What you walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Run a real audit on your domain | Onboarding → Discover | Your AI share of voice: a real number, not a guess |
| 2. Read which evidence competitors have that you don't | Understand | The gap list, each with cited URLs and sample size |
| 3. Generate the highest-impact missing asset | Act | An editable draft, exportable for the deck |
| 4. Run it again next cycle | Discover (re-run) | SOV trend + whether AI's narrative about you shifted |
| 5. Forward the weekly number to your team | Weekly SOV Digest (Starter) | A recurring, reportable metric, no manual work |
| 6. Export the Executive Brand Report | One click | A VP-update-ready PPTX/PDF: your SOV, the gaps, the trend, ready to present. |
What the Weekly SOV Digest looks like
Your weekly AI share of voice from Cited
SOV moved +3% this week (16% → 19%). ChatGPT now cites your integration guide in 2 of 9 buying conversations. Biggest open gap: migration comparison page (affects 4 conversations).
One forwardable paragraph, every week. Nothing to build by hand.
Content marketing scenario
“You need three pieces this month that actually move the needle, backed by evidence, not guesses.”
| Step | Where in Cited | What you walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Open the ranked gap list | Understand | A prioritized content plan you didn't have to research |
| 2. Click a gap to see the actual competitor pages cited | Understand → evidence | The brief writes itself, real examples, not vibes |
| 3. Generate the draft | Act | A half-written asset grounded in the specific gap |
| 4. Edit, export, publish | Act → Share/Export (MD/PDF) | Content shipped, same day |
| 5. Track the before/after | Workspace (Starter/Pro) | Proof the piece moved your AI visibility |
| 6. Export the Executive Brand Report | One click | A leadership-ready PPTX/PDF: your SOV, the gaps, the trend, ready to present. |
Startup scenario
“Your buyers are asking AI what to buy right now, and you have no idea whether you're in the answer.”
| Step | Where in Cited | What you walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| 1. See the product in action, no signup | Home Page → demo | Understand the product in 30 seconds |
| 2. Audit your AI visibility, free | Onboarding → Discover | One honest signal: your AI visibility vs. competitors |
| 3. See why competitors win the recommendation | Understand | The specific evidence gap, in plain language |
| 4. Publish your first fix | Act | The single highest-impact fix, drafted for your edit |
| 5. Re-check and watch the trend | Discover (re-run) | The trend, the thing no single ChatGPT query shows |
| 6. Export the Executive Brand Report | One click | A leadership- and partner-ready PPTX/PDF: your SOV, the gaps, the trend, ready to present. |
Agency scenario
“Your clients are asking about AI visibility, you want to be the agency with the answer, and the retainer that comes with it.”
| Step | Where in Cited | What you walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Run a real audit on a prospect's domain | Discover | A pitch no cold email can match: “AI recommends your competitor, not you, here's proof” |
| 2. Add each client as its own project | Projects (Pro) | Every client tracked separately, whole team in one login |
| 3. Generate the missing assets for clients | Act | Billable deliverables, grounded in evidence, shipped same week |
| 4. Track SOV client by client | Discover + Workspace | Retention proof: the number moving is why they keep paying you |
| 5. Export the client-branded report | Executive Brand Report + custom attribution | A monthly client deliverable with your name on the work |
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