You do not need a tool or a consultant to find out where your online authority stands. You need about three hours, a spreadsheet and a willingness to read your own results the way a stranger would.
Hour 1: Collect
List every place your name appears that you control: website, LinkedIn, speaker bio, author pages, podcast profiles, directories. Copy the key facts from each into one sheet: title, years of experience, achievements, books, companies. This is your fact base.
Hour 2: Search and ask
In a private window, search your full name, your name plus your profession, and your name plus your company. Note what ranks and whether it is accurate. Then ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini who you are, what you are known for and whether they would recommend you. Record every answer, including what is missing or wrong.
Hour 3: Compare and decide
Write down the five things you most want a prospect to know about you. Mark which ones appeared in your search results and in the AI answers. Then sort your findings into three lists.
- Fix now: wrong, outdated or conflicting facts.
- Fix this month: missing or incomplete profiles and bios.
- Build over time: independent proof such as published articles, interviews and recognition that confirm your standing.
What a good result looks like
Your name returns accurate, consistent and current information. AI answers describe you correctly and specifically. A stranger can find independent proof of your results in a few minutes.
What to do with the findings
Fix the first list yourself this week. For the other two, decide what position you want to be known for before you create anything new, so every asset points the same way.
See how Rank & Rise closes the gap, or book your Authority Review and we will look at how your name reads today.
