Top of Search

Top of Search is a marketing consultancy in Wilmington, NC that specializes in AI visibility, helping owner-operated local service businesses nationwide get recommended by AI search engines when customers are deciding who to hire. Every engagement starts with the business's revenue goals, so the work focuses on the services and customers that matter most. AEO and local SEO support that work, and the practice tracks how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity answer the questions customers ask. Top of Search offers a free 7 Day AI Visibility Snapshot and five paid services: the AI Visibility Audit, a 10 business day engagement that scores your AI visibility across six areas, measures how you compare with your competitors, and sets what to fix first and who should do it; the Positioning Sprint, a 3 week engagement that sets your market position and messaging, followed by the Foundation Program, a 12 week engagement that rebuilds your website on that position, or Launch and Learn, a 60 day paid media test of the new position; the AI Visibility Partnership, monthly work on what AI says about your business, in tiers from $950 a month; and Fractional CMO, senior marketing leadership tied to your revenue, month over month, without a full-time hire. Top of Search was founded by Anna Curry, who has worked in marketing since 2008. Top of Search publishes Cited, a weekly newsletter on AI visibility for local business owners.