You were tasked by your company with finding an agency for AI search. You Googled “best AEO agencies” and searched relevant terms on ChatGPT. You visited Reddit, and maybe checked in with a couple of acquaintances. After some research, you built a shortlist of agencies to reach out to for proposals.
One of the agencies you shortlisted is Minuttia. The logos on the homepage did their job. So did the case studies, the reviews, and the fact that we look like a choice that wouldn’t put you in trouble.
All you want is a proposal. You don’t want to jump on a call with us. You don’t have the time to explain your needs, share your budget, or map out the timeline for a potential engagement. All of that comes second. You just want to see scope and pricing. That’s all.
Good. Before you reach out through our Let’s Talk page, we want you to keep one thing in mind: we don’t do RFPs. And here’s why:
- To know if we can help you, we need to talk to you.
- A form and a brief can’t tell us whether AI search is even the right bet for you right now.
- We don’t like calls either, but face time is non-negotiable.
- The half-hour you’d rather skip is the same half-hour that decides whether we save you six months of the wrong work.
- Vibes matter.
- We want to work with people we like, and we want you to feel the same about us.
- We spend our time serving our clients, not writing proposals for brands left and right.
- Every hour we’d spend on a cold RFP is an hour we’d take from a client already trusting us with their AI search strategy.
- We don’t send cookie-cutter proposals and pray for the best.
- If we send you a proposal, it’s because we’ve diagnosed the problem and know we can help.
- Our best clients are invested in the process from the start.
- They come to the first call ready to talk about their current status, the goals, and the constraints.
- We believe that the sales process is a preview of the work.
- An agency that skips the diagnosis to send you a template proposal will skip the diagnosis to send you a template strategy.
None of this is a knock on your process. You’ve been given a task, and you’re trying to close it out. We get that. But we’ve seen enough proposal-first engagements go sideways to know the shortcut costs more than it saves for both sides.
So, we’re sorry if that’s not what you expected. We just want to be upfront to save your time and ours. If you’re convinced that what you need is a cookie-cutter proposal, you’ll be better off reaching out to the other agencies on your list. If you want to explore working with one of the most reliable partners in this SEO and AEO industry, who’s worked with 60+ B2B SaaS companies, and you’re open to how we do things, request a call below.
