Theory Media · Local Visibility

Right now someone nearby is asking for the best in your trade. Two lists decide who they call.

Google Maps shows three names. ChatGPT names a few more. Most local businesses are missing from both, and never find out. We measure where you actually stand on each, then fix it, every month.

Counted, not guessed. A 49-point map scan and a live AI-answer check. You see the grid, not a summary of it.

Fixes, not homework. We do the work. You are not handed a checklist and wished luck.

The price is on this page. Below, in the open. No call required to learn the number.

Free · About a minuteNo sales call

See where you actually rank.

We ask ChatGPT and Google's AI about your business and run a 49-point map scan, then send you exactly what they said. Free, in about a minute.

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Real 49-point scan · each square is one search from that spot · green wins, red is invisible
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Free · No card · Opens the live check · Read back to you by the principal
Two lists, two different games

You can own the map and still be invisible to AI. They are not the same fight.

Top three on Google Maps is decided by proximity, signals and reviews. Being named by ChatGPT or Google's AI answers is decided by what the web says about you and how readable it is to a machine. A business can win one and lose the other badly, and almost nobody checks both. These are real scans we ran in July 2026, anonymized to industry and metro.

GOOGLE MAPS TOP 3 AI ANSWERS NAMED IN 0% SAME BUSINESS. TWO DIFFERENT GAMES.
Injury law firm · Atlanta
Strong reviews. Top-3 at 1 of 49 map points.

A trusted name, out-signaled where cases actually start. Its problem was ranking signals, not reputation. More reviews would have been money burned.

Plumbing company · Denver
0% map coverage. Named in 42.86% of AI answers.

Invisible on the surface every plumber fights over, yet the assistants already recommend it. Two channels, two different games, one right move.

Med spa · Scottsdale
Top-3 on the map. Named in 0 AI answers.

Winning the fight everyone sees and losing the one nobody checks. The map was handled; the AI record had never been fed. One of the two lists was simply missing.

Verified at source · Local Falcon map grids and live AI-answer scans · July 2026
What we do, every month

Measure the two lists. Fix what is holding you off them. Show you what moved.

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The scan

A 49-point map grid across your service area, and a live check of what ChatGPT, Google's AI answers and Perplexity say when someone asks for your trade in your city. Your competitors are counted in the same pass. You see the grid itself, not a grade.

02

The finding

A short read of what the scan says: where you rank, who is beating you and on what, and the one thing holding you off each list. Plain language, no dashboard to log into.

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The fixes

We do the work: Google Business Profile, the machine-readable markup AI assistants read before your prose, citations and listings, the content that gets you named. A defined scope of fixes shipped every month, in priority order.

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The advisory

A monthly working session with the principal. What moved, what did not, and what your market calls for next. When something is not working we say so.

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AI Visibility Check
$0
The live check: do the AI assistants name you, and where do you sit on the map. A signal, in about a minute.
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The full read
Local Visibility Finding
$297
The complete diagnosis: the full 49-point grid, every competitor named, the AI scan, and the one thing holding you off each list. A person reads it back to you.
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Done for you
Local Visibility Management
$1,750 / mo
Ongoing local SEO and AI-search visibility, done for you. We measure the two lists, fix what holds you off them, and show you what moved, every month.
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What this is not. This programme covers local visibility: the map and the AI answers, and the work that moves them. It is not full marketing leadership, and it does not run your paid advertising, your email, or your sales pipeline. If that is what you need, the firm does that too, at a different price, and we will tell you plainly which one your business actually calls for.

Why not just run a free scan

The scan is the easy part. Everyone gives that away.

You can get a free AI-visibility score in sixty seconds from half a dozen tools. Most never ask the AI anything, they read your site and infer. The ones that do ask email you a number and leave. A number is not a plan, and a plan is not the work. What you pay for here is the part no tool does: a person who reads your scan, decides what your market calls for, does the work, and tells you the truth when something is not moving. That last part is the one you cannot buy from a dashboard.

Who you would work with
Ryan Dunbar, principal, Theory Media
Ryan Dunbar
Principal · Theory Media · Austin, Texas

One senior operator reads your scan, does the work, and answers for the result. When you call, the person who knows your business picks up. There is no account manager between you and the work, because there is no one else.

The firm publishes what it charges, shows the numbers that go the wrong way as well as the right way, and says no when it cannot help. That is the whole offer.

Find out where you stand. It costs nothing and takes about a minute.

We will run the map scan, ask the assistants about your business, and send you exactly what they said. If it turns out you are already strong, we will tell you that, and you will owe us nothing.

See where you rank, free