Guides for hospitality businesses
How restaurants, wineries, cafes, breweries and food and drink brands get found on Google and named by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Written from running our own family winery's marketing.
- AI SearchHow to Get Your Restaurant, Cafe or Food Brand Recommended by ChatGPTHow ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity find and choose businesses, what a local venue and an online food brand should each fix, and how to check where you stand.9 min read
- For Shopify StoresHow Shopify Food and Drink Brands Get Found in ChatGPT and AI SearchWhat Shopify ships for ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI Mode in 2026, what it leaves out (alcohol included), and a step-by-step setup for food, drink and hospitality stores.8 min read
- For WineriesHow Wineries on Vinoshipper Get Their Wines Found in ChatGPTWhat Vinoshipper does and does not do for AI search, why your embedded wine shop may be invisible to ChatGPT, and the fixes a winery or craft beverage brand can make on its own site.8 min read
- ChecklistThe AI visibility checklist: how a hospitality business gets found on Google and named by ChatGPTA practical, item-by-item checklist for restaurants, cafes, wineries, breweries, inns and food brands, built on Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity and Bing documentation, with how to check each item yourself.8 min read
- SEO and AEOAEO vs SEO for Small Business: What Changes and What Stays the SameWhat answer engine optimization (also called GEO) is, how it differs from SEO, what Google says stays the same, and what a small hospitality business should do first.8 min read
- CostsMarketing manager vs agency vs software: what marketing costs a hospitality business in 2026Real 2026 numbers for a full-time hire, a freelancer, an agency, an email agency, a fractional CMO, restaurant marketing software and a done-for-you service, with a side-by-side table and an honest take on which fits.7 min read