SEO + GEO AI for micro-businesses: exist against giants on a small budget
A micro-business (under 10 employees) can't compete with a national brand on 'best CRM'. But on 'CRM for artisan bakers Lyon', yes. GEO massively favors the long tail.
1. Niche hyper-specialization
Your micro-business can't be 'marketing agency', but can be 'Meta Ads agency for dental practices'. LLMs cite specialists: less competition, 3-5x higher conversion (OMNIRK estimate).
2. Founder as entity
Your name + expertise = best SEO asset. Build a complete LinkedIn, a Wikidata Person, podcast interviews. LLMs link expert to brand.
3. 20 great pages > 200 weak pages
In a micro-business, quality > quantity. One page per offer + one per persona + 1 blog article/month in AEO format. Enough to become the niche authority.
4. Minimal but muscular llms.txt
Entity, 3 services, 5 numeric facts, 5 FAQ. Your CV for AI.
5. Free tools to start
Search Console + Bing Webmaster + Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (free). Enough for 0 → 1.
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