AI is the new first stop for Wilmington customers.
When people moving to the Cape Fear ask ChatGPT or Google's AI who to hire, I make sure your business is one of the answers. Based right here, working with owners nationwide.
The Wilmington market is growing. So is the competition for who gets chosen.
Greater Wilmington is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Every month, new residents are looking up a dentist, a real estate team, a contractor for the kitchen. And existing customers are re-evaluating where they spend, more often than they used to.
That growth is the opportunity, and the pressure. National brands with bigger budgets are establishing local footprints. The old playbook of Google rankings, print ads, and word of mouth is still valuable. It is just not enough anymore. The businesses winning here right now are the ones built to show up in AI answers, not only in blue links.
Start where you are. We'll take it from there.
Three ways to work together, whether you want a read on where you stand or a partner for the long haul.
AI Visibility Audit
An honest read on where you show up in AI answers today, and what is holding you back. Yours to keep.
Launch and Learn
A focused engagement to build the content, schema, and entity that get you found, trusted, and cited.
Fractional CMO
Ongoing strategy that ties every move to booked work. A senior marketing mind in your corner.
Who I work best with.
A few things show up across every engagement that works. None of them are about industry. All of them are about how the business runs. See how many sound like you.
You're owner-operated
The person making the marketing decision is also the person responsible for the revenue. Strategy lands faster when the decision-maker is the operator.
You're doing $1M to $5M
The budget can support real strategy, but the team is still small enough that strategy needs to be embedded, not delegated downstream.
You care about the work
Your standards show up in how your team treats the customer. That is a brand worth being early for in AI search, and the kind I take on.
If that sounds like you, the industry matters less than you'd think. I take a limited number of engagements per market, so the fit conversation goes both ways.
Gillespie Group Real Estate
A Wilmington real estate team whose next client is choosing who to trust with the biggest decision they make. We built the content and entity foundation so that when buyers ask AI who to work with, the Gillespie name is in the answer.
Wilmington is my home. And my proving ground.
I'm based right here, in the Cape Fear region. The work I do for a Wilmington business is the same work I do for owners across the country. The difference is that I get to watch it play out in my own backyard. Wrightsville Beach, Brunswick County, downtown. That is where the proof lives.
More about me →Wilmington based. Working nationwide.
Ready to find out where you stand?
Book a strategy call and get an honest read on where your Wilmington business shows up in AI answers today, and what it would take to be the one it recommends.
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