Strategic Consulting · Est. Before the Category Had a Name

Strategic consulting for businesses navigating the shift to AI.

We owned AI search before anyone else saw it coming. Right now, your company is either leading because of AI — or about to fall behind because of it. The window to get ahead is open. We get your company ready for the opportunity, because that's what it is.

"We've been doing this work since before most firms had a name for it."

Three published books. Nine industries. A framework the rest of the field is still catching up to.

While the industry caught up to the idea that AI was about to rewire how businesses get found, evaluated, and recommended — we were already building the framework. Running it on real companies. Documenting what worked.

That history matters because it changes what we offer. No generic online courses. No templated playbooks. Every engagement starts with research, runs through a full analytical process, and ends with systems your business actually operates on.

If your company has the credentials, the track record, and the team — and you're trying to figure out what AI means for the next decade of growth — that's the conversation we're built for.

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Industries where the methodology
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What We Do

Four disciplines.
One integrated practice.

Most engagements draw from more than one. The architecture is designed that way on purpose.

01 — Strategy

Strategic Advisory

The thinking layer. Discovery, competitive research, 30/60/90 roadmaps, and the analytical work that determines what should be built before anything is built.

What this looks like
Market positioning audits · revenue diagnostics · AI readiness assessments · board-ready strategic plans.
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02 — Build

Digital Infrastructure

The foundation that makes strategy operational. Website architecture, structured data, technical SEO, schema implementation, and full site builds engineered for how AI systems read and recommend businesses.

What this looks like
Full site builds & rebuilds · technical audits · schema and structured data · conversion architecture · AI-ready content systems.
See infrastructure packages
03 — Implement

AI Implementation

Operational AI for businesses that need to do more than talk about it. Custom agents, content systems, automation, and the internal tooling that compounds over time.

What this looks like
Content automation · internal AI agents · customer-facing AI systems · workflow design · the governance layer around all of it.
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04 — Methodology

Answer Engine Optimization

The proprietary methodology that started it all. The Layer 0–4 framework for making businesses discoverable, parseable, and recommendable by AI search — tested across nine industries.

What this looks like
Full AEO audits · five-layer implementation · ongoing visibility monitoring · the methodology behind every service we offer.
See the methodology applied
The Framework Behind the Work

We don't make claims about AI we can't back up.

The methodology has been published, tested in the market, and refined across hundreds of engagements in nine industries.

The Books

  • The Strategic Intelligence Guide to Answer Engine Optimization
  • Stop Asking It For Tacos
  • Don't Guess. Design.
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The Framework

The Layer 0–4 AEO methodology — robots.txt, schema, content, entity, citation. Built deliberately, sequentially, and designed to be operated, not just installed.

See the Framework

The Research

Active research on how AI systems recommend businesses, the credential-visibility gap, and the economics of AI search.

Enter the Research Lab

The Tools

Free AEO Analyzer. Run a diagnostic on your own business in under two minutes — same engine we run on clients.

Try the Analyzer
Where We've Worked

Industries where the methodology has been put to work.

Not a list of who we'll take on — a record of where the framework has been tested, refined, and proven.

Construction

Legal Services

Healthcare

Dental

Senior Living

Home Services & Trades

CPA & Accounting

Veterinary

Real Estate

We work nationally. The engagement model is selective: a small number of clients each year, by design.

How We Work

Four phases. One clear outcome.

Every engagement follows the same disciplined sequence. No guesswork. No generic playbooks.

01

Discovery

We map the business from the inside out. Revenue sources, customer behavior, competitive landscape, and the digital systems that determine how AI sees you today.

02

Research

Quantitative analysis meets competitive intelligence. We identify the specific gaps between your credentials and your visibility — and quantify what those gaps cost you.

03

Strategy

Your 30/60/90 day roadmap. Custom-built frameworks, prioritized by impact. Every recommendation specific to your constraints, your market, and your goals.

04

Implementation

We build the systems, not just the strategy. Infrastructure, structured data, content architecture, and AI integration designed to make your business operate on what we recommended.

About

Built by a consultant
who's been here a while.

PT Collins is the Managing Partner of Collins Tech. Twenty-five-plus years across strategic consulting engagements, and the author of three published works on AI-era business strategy.

Collins Tech developed the proprietary AEO framework and the credential-visibility gap research. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida — working nationally.

Figure out what AI means for your business.

That's the conversation.

ptcollins@collinstechflorida.com
(727) 318-0311 · St. Petersburg, FL · Serving clients nationwide