Dani PelevaFounder & CEO, Franchise Fame · I help franchisors attract quality franchisees & grow their networks globally | Founder & CEO @ Franchise Fame | Bestselling Author | Most Innovative Woman in Franchising | Best Marketing Agency Globa

Is Your Franchise Recommended by AI?

5 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief, under‑5‑minute video, the presenter urges business owners and franchisees to test whether large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or simple Google searches are recommending their brand. The speaker outlines a quick three‑step exercise: (1) run a search in ChatGPT or Google to see if the business is cited; (2) if it isn’t, ask the model why, prompting it to reveal perceived deficiencies such as low reputation, weak authority, or insufficient customer reviews; (3) use the model’s feedback to address those gaps—adding reviews, improving authority signals, etc. The presenter emphasizes that this rapid diagnostic can surface blind spots and actionable fixes, positioning the exercise as a fast, data‑driven way to boost a brand’s AI‑visibility.

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Here's a question for you. Have you recently searched on AI models about your business? Have you run a quick search to see if your business is getting recommended by ChatGPT or other LLM models? Even a quick Google search will reveal what AI thinks about your brand. If AI does not recommend and cite your website or your brand, you can always ask it why, and you can find out what are the exact reasons as to why AI does not recommend you and doesn't think that you're a business that's worth citing. This can be very valuable because normally AI would pinpoint what the problems with your own business and website are. It could be reputation or authority or the fact that you might just need more customer reviews so that you— AI thinks that you are a more legit and verified business, or it could be something else. This is one exercise that's gonna take you less than 5 minutes. Start digging, Go on ChatGPT, run a quick Google search and make sure that you look at the AI overview and check out what LLMs say or know about your business. It'll be very eye-opening for you and it'll, if you continue asking it questions, it's gonna also tell you what the limits, blind spots, gaps that you haven't thought of are that you can very quickly fix yourself. Thank me later.