Use Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) tools to discover unsolved user problems within ChatGPT prompts. Then, build simple applications to solve these specific needs and advertise them directly against those prompts, creating a profitable portfolio of niche software products.
To effectively sell ads, OpenAI must provide advertisers with targeting tools and performance data. This will inadvertently open up a treasure trove of analytics for all marketers, offering the first real glimpse into user behavior, popular topics, and prompt trends within ChatGPT.
Unlike search ads that target keywords, ChatGPT ads will target a user's intent inferred from a conversation. The system essentially qualifies the user's needs *before* showing an ad, resulting in traffic that is already in a buying mindset and more likely to convert.
Traffic from ChatGPT ads is expected to convert at a far higher rate than traditional search. Early advertisers can capitalize on this by buying ads for much less than their true value before the market matures and costs normalize, creating a significant arbitrage window.
AI models use brand mentions (citations) from across the web to determine authority. Entrepreneurs can create niche review sites and sell these citations to businesses. This influences a brand's organic AI visibility, creating a new monetization model beyond traditional SEO link-building.