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Lenny’s Podcast97 min

The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product

Ethan Smith · Sep 14, 2025
Key learnings
  • Everything that works in traditional SEO also works for AEO, so start with landing pages targeting high-volume keywords before…
  • In LLM answers you win by being mentioned across many citations, not by ranking first, so pursue multiple third-party mentions…
  • Early-stage companies can win in AEO quickly, since a single citation from a Reddit thread, YouTube video, or blog can get you…