Get Your Brand Into the Content AI Uses to Recommend
Research analyzing millions of AI citations repeatedly surfaces ranked lists, comparisons, buyer-oriented content, and other third-party recommendation formats. Mention Engine helps your brand build visibility in those exact environments.
Managed plans start at $399. You choose the quantity; we handle the strategy, publisher selection, content workflow, and fulfillment.
Brands that appear credibly across relevant recommendation content have more third-party evidence for AI systems to encounter when answering commercial questions.
Your Brand Belongs in the ConversationRanked listicles identifying tools or vendors represented 54% of the most-cited content in LinkedIn/Meltwater's 9.5 million-citation B2B analysis.
LinkedIn / Meltwater research ↗Listicles accounted for 40.86% of commercial-intent citations in Wix/Peec's analysis of more than one million AI citations.
Wix Studio / Peec research ↗Among the top professional-services listicles analyzed by Wix/Peec, 80.9% of citations went to third-party lists rather than self-promotional lists.
Wix Studio / Peec research ↗Comparative prompts such as “best,” “vs,” and “recommend” generated 2.4X more explicit brand mentions than informational prompts in Semrush/Kevin Indig research.
Semrush / Kevin Indig research ↗These studies show citation and brand-mention patterns. No individual placement can guarantee an AI recommendation.
Your Website Can't Create Third-Party Validation by Itself
Your site explains what you sell. Commercial AI answers also draw from content elsewhere on the web that ranks, compares, reviews, categorizes, and recommends companies.
Mention Engine helps build the off-site recommendation footprint your owned content cannot create alone.
10 Content Types Built Around Buyer Questions
Buy a specific mix — including all Best Ofs if that's what you want — or let Mention Engine build the mix around your brand, goals, and recommendation opportunities.
Best Of Lists
“What are the best X?”
Broad category recommendation visibility.
Comparison Pages
“X vs. Y?”
Head-to-head competitive evaluation.
Alternatives Pages
“What are alternatives to X?”
Replacement and competitor discovery.
Expert Recommendation Roundups
“What do experts recommend?”
Third-party expert recommendation context.
Buyer Guides
“How should I choose an X?”
Evaluation criteria and purchase guidance.
Use Case Recommendations
“What is the best X for Y?”
Buyer-, industry-, problem-, or situation-specific fit.
Product / Service Reviews
“Is X good?”
Structured third-party evaluation and consideration.
Educational / Problem-Solution
“How do I solve X?”
Associate the brand with a real problem and solution.
Resource / Vendor Directories
“Who provides X?”
Structured category inclusion and discovery.
Decision Matrices
“Which X is right for me?”
Map buyer requirements to appropriate providers.
Done For You — Or Do It Yourself
The marketplace is still there for power users. But if you want the outcome without managing publishers, content types, and fulfillment, Managed Mention Engine is now the fastest path.
Done-For-You Managed Plans
Tell us how many placements you want and what you're trying to accomplish. Mention Engine handles the operational complexity.
- Fixed number of live completed placements
- Strategy and content-type mix included
- Publisher research and selection included
- Content workflow, QA, and fulfillment managed
- Choose your mix or let Mention Engine build it
DIY Marketplace
Built for agencies, experienced marketers, and buyers who want direct control over publisher opportunities and marketplace pricing.
- You create the projects
- You choose publishers and opportunities
- You control the content-type strategy
- Marketplace pricing + existing platform fee
- New DIY users keep the $100 credit offer
How Many Recommendation Placements Do You Want?
Every plan gives you a hard placement count. A placement is consumed only when the third-party inclusion is live. Failed or rejected publisher opportunities do not consume your allocation.
Get on the List
- Managed strategy + fulfillment
- Choose your content type or let us choose
- Standard publisher inventory included
The Shortlist
- Enough volume to start building a footprint
- Use all 3 on Best Ofs — or diversify
- Managed strategy + fulfillment
Recommendation Builder
- Broader content-type coverage
- Target more buyer questions
- Managed strategy + fulfillment
Category Presence
- High-volume managed footprint
- Multiple categories and use cases
- Managed strategy + fulfillment
Enterprise
- Dedicated strategy
- Custom placement volume
- International and multi-brand options
Build Your Managed Plan
Choose the mix yourself, or let Mention Engine determine the right portfolio after it researches your brand.
We'll scan your site, understand your category, competitors, buyers, and use cases, then build the content-type mix. Your strategy is posted to your campaign dashboard before publisher outreach starts, and you get an email the moment it's ready.
Secure checkout is handled by Stripe. Your Mention Engine account and campaign dashboard are set up the moment payment clears — you sign in with a one-time email code, no password to remember.
From URL to Live Placements
The managed model removes the project setup, inventory filtering, and publisher-by-publisher decisions that created friction in the DIY experience.
Choose Your Quantity
Pick 1, 3, 5, or 10 managed placements and choose one-time, monthly, or annual billing.
Tell Us Your Brand
Enter your domain. Mention Engine researches your brand, market, buyers, competitors, and likely recommendation opportunities.
We Build the Plan
Choose your content mix yourself or let Mention Engine recommend Best Ofs, use-case content, comparisons, reviews, and more.
We Fulfill the Count
LSEO manages publisher selection, content workflow, quality control, and execution. A placement counts only when it is live.
Market Evidence on the Front End. Agency Execution Behind It.
Mention Engine turns a research-backed idea into an operational system brands can actually buy and scale.
Built by an Agency That Has Spent 25+ Years Chasing Visibility
Mention Engine combines LSEO's search and visibility experience with a publisher marketplace and an AI-assisted campaign workflow designed for the new recommendation economy.
- Built around buyer questions — not random mentions
- Designed to support third-party visibility at scale
- Editorial positioning must remain supportable and credible
- No promise that payment guarantees a #1 ranking, positive review, award, or AI recommendation
Built for Brands That Care About Visibility
LSEO has supported organizations across professional services, healthcare, technology, ecommerce, and national brands.
Mention Engine Managed Plans FAQ
What exactly counts as one managed placement?
Can I buy only Best Of placements?
What happens if the publisher I want is expensive?
Do I have to choose the content types myself?
How does annual pricing work?
What if an opportunity fails before publication?
Does a managed placement guarantee an AI recommendation?
Can I still use Mention Engine DIY?
Running Campaigns for Clients?
Agencies can use Mention Engine to scale AI visibility, GEO, recommendation-content, and third-party placement programs across multiple accounts without adding the same amount of headcount.
Talk About Agency VolumeOwn a Website?
Publishers can join the network, list eligible opportunities, set availability, participate in advertiser campaigns, and get paid for approved placements.
Become a PublisherStop Buying “Mentions.” Start Building a Recommendation Footprint.
Choose how many live third-party placements you want. Tell us whether you want Best Ofs, comparisons, reviews, or a strategic mix. Mention Engine handles the rest.
Learn How the AI Recommendation Economy Works.
Mention Engine is built around more than publisher inventory. LSEO has created a growing educational system covering the research, strategy, content types, publisher decisions, measurement frameworks, and execution standards behind AI recommendation visibility.
See the Entire AI Recommendation Content Moat We're Building.
Access the complete 360-article roadmap organized around market research, AI recommendation strategy, third-party authority, measurement, publishers, social signals, industry playbooks, and the 10 recommendation content formats buyers use when evaluating brands.
Two Foundational Research Streams
These 40 articles form the evidence and planning layer behind the 16 deep-dive hubs below and bring the complete roadmap to 360 articles.
Market Research & AI Citation Data
Follow the studies shaping what marketers know about citations, brand mentions, commercial intent, source selection, and the content formats repeatedly appearing in AI research.
AI Recommendation Strategy
Learn how to map buyer questions, identify recommendation gaps, build the right content mix, establish cadence, and prioritize investment around commercial AI visibility.
Understand the System Around the Content.
These six hubs cover the authority, measurement, search, publisher, social, and industry layers required to build a complete AI recommendation strategy.
Third-Party Authority & Brand Mentions
Understand independent validation, entity authority, digital PR, brand mentions, and the broader external evidence surrounding a brand.
AI Visibility Measurement & Reporting
Benchmark visibility, track mentions and citations, measure competitors, test changes, and connect AI discovery to business outcomes.
GEO / AEO / SEO Integration
Connect classic SEO, generative search, answer engines, owned content, technical foundations, and off-site authority.
Publisher & Placement Strategy
Learn how to evaluate publisher fit, inventory quality, editorial standards, geographic relevance, and managed versus DIY execution.
LinkedIn / Social / UGC for AI Search
Explore expert voices, social content, freshness, user-generated discussion, reputation, and the information environment beyond your site.
Industry & Vertical AI Recommendation Playbooks
Apply recommendation strategy across SaaS, healthcare, financial services, legal, ecommerce, professional services, agencies, and more.
10 Content Types. 200 Dedicated Articles.
Different buyer questions require different content structures. Explore the strategy, execution, positioning, quality standards, buyer intent, and measurement behind each format.
Best Of Lists
Ranked and curated content built around the question: “What are the best options?”
Comparison Pages
Head-to-head evaluation that helps establish competitive context, differentiation, and consideration sets.
Alternatives Pages
Capture switching and replacement intent when buyers ask for alternatives to an established product, provider, or brand.
Expert Recommendation Roundups
Use credible expert perspectives to add independent recommendation context around categories, products, and services.
Buyer Guides
Help buyers understand selection criteria, tradeoffs, segmentation, and what matters when choosing between providers.
Use Case Recommendations
Connect brands with specific industries, audiences, problems, budgets, needs, and real-world buying situations.
Product / Service Reviews
Build structured third-party evaluation around strengths, limitations, evidence, buyer intent, and overall fit.
Educational / Problem-Solution Articles
Connect real buyer problems with solution categories, expertise, useful education, and credible providers.
Resource / Vendor Directories
Strengthen structured category presence, vendor discovery, geographic relevance, and vertical context.
Decision Matrices & Selection Frameworks
Structure complex purchase decisions around criteria, requirements, fit, tradeoffs, and the options buyers should consider.
Don't Just Read About AI Recommendation Visibility. Build It.
Use the Learning Center to understand the research and strategy. When you're ready to execute, Mention Engine helps turn those insights into a managed or DIY third-party recommendation program.