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Case Study · Engagement Amplified
Outbound campaign · 120-day window

215 hand-raisers, 78 booked calls, $50k+ new MRR.

Engagement Amplified gets Ecommerce brands cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. We got 215 Ecom brands to raise their hands for AEO/SEO — and turned them into 78 booked calls and over $50,000 in new monthly recurring revenue, in 120 days.

New MRR closed
$50k+
monthly recurring revenue
Booked calls
0
in 120 days
Interested leads
0
Ecom brands who raised a hand
Brands reached
0
unique Ecom contacts
01

The client

Engagement Amplified is an SEO & AEO agency built for Ecommerce — the people making sure online brands get recommended when a shopper asks an AI what to buy.

About Engagement Amplified

Answer Engine Optimization for Ecom brands

They get Ecommerce brands cited and recommended across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini — driven by real, human community engagement rather than ads or bots. Their promise to the market: "Become the brand AI recommends."

Cited on ChatGPT Claude Perplexity Gemini
engagementamp — homepage
Engagement Amplified homepage: Become the brand AI recommends
Engagement Amplified positions Ecom brands to get cited by AI answer engines.
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From cold list to closed revenue

One outbound engine, 120 days — from 179,998 first touches all the way to booked calls and new MRR.

Emails sent
0
multi-step sequence
≈2.3 / brand
Brands reached
0
unique Ecom contacts
3.64% replied
Replies
0
conversations opened
7.51% positive
Interested leads
0
hand-raising brands

And those 215 hand-raisers didn't just sit in an inbox —

Interested0
36% booked →
Booked calls0
→ closed →
New MRR$50k+
03

Straight from the dashboard

No cherry-picking — this is the live campaign workspace across the full 120-day run.

campaign dashboard
Campaign dashboard for Engagement Amplified showing 179,998 emails sent, 78,627 contacted, 2,862 replies, 215 interested
Engagement Amplified workspace · 120-day window (Apr–Aug 2026).

Sends were run in disciplined waves to protect deliverability while scaling volume across the quarter.

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How we ran it

01 The challenge

AEO is a brand-new category. Engagement Amplified needed to create demand for it — and book calls with Ecommerce brands at scale — without leaning on ads or automation that would undercut their "real, human engagement" story.

02 Who we targeted

We built verified lists of the Ecom decision-makers who care about being found — and recommended — online.

DTC & Ecommerce foundersHeads of growthSEO & marketing leadsOnline retail operators

03 What we ran

A multi-step cold email engine — roughly 2.3 touches per brand across 78,627 contacts — with messaging built around the outcome Ecom teams actually want: showing up when a shopper asks ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity what to buy.

Dedicated, warmed infrastructureAEO-led positioningSent in disciplined wavesHuman reply handling

04 The outcome

Across 120 days the campaign reached 78,627 Ecommerce brands and got 215 to raise their hands for AEO/SEO. Those leads turned into 78 booked calls — and over $50,000 in new monthly recurring revenue for Engagement Amplified.

A repeatable outbound engine for the agency teaching brands how to get found.

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