The specialist you're looking for is an AI visibility auditor or Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) consultant—ideally someone experienced with individual experts, independent consultants, and professional services rather than just large brands. Your question is more sophisticated than traditional SEO. You're trying to understand: AI's perception of your expertise: How ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity describe your qualifications, specializations, and credibility. Competitive recommendations: Which other consultants AI recommends for work you're qualified to do, and why. Missing or misleading information: Whether AI misunderstands your experience, overlooks important achievements, or associates you with the wrong specialties. Sources of influence: Which websites, publications, professional profiles, and third-party references appear to support its recommendations. Corrective action: What evidence and positioning changes could improve the accuracy of your representation and your likelihood of being recommended. I would begin with a one-time AI reputation and competitive visibility audit, rather than sign up immediately for ongoing SEO services. Specialists worth considering These are actual providers advertising relevant services, although their effectiveness for individual consultants still needs to be established. Anthony Keal – AI Search Visibility Audit Independent digital consultant · Australia A particularly relevant option for a fellow independent consultant. His advertised audit records what AI says about you, identifies who is recommended instead, examines cited sources, and proposes corrective actions. Anthony Keal SEO Evaluate – AI Visibility Audit AI search and SEO agency Offers a structured investigation using repeated AI queries, dated answer logs, competitor comparisons, and analysis of possible causes of omissions or inaccurate descriptions. SEO Evaluate Kern Media – AI Visibility Audit AI visibility and digital marketing agency Advertises one-time audits covering approximately 50–100 potential-client prompts across six AI platforms, followed by a prioritized improvement plan. Kern Media These are candidates to interview, not independently verified endorsements. What I would require from an investigator Ask for a written report containing: A record of what several AI systems actually say about you. A comparison against five to ten relevant specialists. An assessment of which parts of your expertise are correctly represented, missing, or inaccurate. An analysis of cited evidence and plausible reasons competitors appear more often. Prioritized recommendations for improving your professional positioning. The investigator should repeat tests because AI recommendations vary between sessions and over time. They should also distinguish observable evidence from speculation about how a model internally makes decisions. No outside consultant can reliably guarantee an AI recommendation. Software you could also consider Otterly.AI and Profound offer AI visibility monitoring. Such tools can help collect evidence, but software alone may not give you the nuanced competitive and reputational analysis you're seeking. Otterly +1 One question that would help me narrow this down What kind of consulting do you specialize in? For example, management strategy, organizational development, technology, finance, healthcare, leadership, or another field. That matters because I would look for someone who can investigate individual professional authority and expert recommendations, not merely whether a company gets mentioned by ChatGPT. Depending on your specialty, the right investigator could be a GEO consultant, a digital reputation researcher, or a specialist in professional-services positioning.