Your first week with SimplyRank

Here's a sensible plan for the first seven days. Follow it and you'll have a working AI visibility baseline, a list of competitive gaps, and at least one improvement underway.

Day 1 — Get a baseline

Goal: see where you stand right now.

Sign up and complete the 5-step onboarding.
Wait for your first scan to finish (usually a few minutes: it's a small set of trial questions).
Open the Dashboard and note three numbers:
- Your overall visibility score (what % of prompts mention you).
- Your average position when you do appear.
- Your sentiment breakdown.
Open Brands and see which competitors AI mentions most.

Don't try to fix anything yet. The goal today is just to see the truth.

Day 2 — Sharpen your prompts

Goal: make sure SimplyRank is asking the right questions.

The default prompts are auto-generated from your industry. They're a reasonable start, but they're rarely perfect.

Open Prompts.
For each prompt, ask: would a real customer of mine actually ask this?
Replace any that feel too generic with prompts that match how your customers think:
- Bad: "What's the best CRM?"
- Better: "What's a good CRM for a 5-person marketing agency on a tight budget?"
Add commercial-intent prompts — questions someone asks when they're close to buying ("Should I use X or Y?", "What's an alternative to X?").

See How prompts work for what makes a good prompt.

Day 3 — Audit your competitors

Goal: track the competitors that actually show up beside you.

The competitors you added in onboarding may not be the ones AI mentions most. Look at your scan results and adjust:

In Brands, scan the list of other brands that show up alongside yours. Some you might not have heard of.
Add the unexpected ones as competitors — they're real rivals in AI's view, even if not in yours.
Drop any competitors AI never mentions — they're not relevant in this channel.

Day 4 — Open Gap Analysis

Goal: find the prompts where competitors win and you don't.

Gap Analysis shows the prompts where competitors appear but you don't. These are your highest-leverage opportunities.

Open Gap Analysis.
Pick a few prompts where you're absent but a competitor is present.
For each, ask: what content or signals does the competitor have that I don't?

Day 5 — Read the Citations page

Goal: understand which sources are influencing AI answers.

AI models cite external sources (G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, Wikipedia, news sites). Those citations shape who AI recommends.

Open Citations.
Look at which domains are cited most often when your competitors are mentioned.
Note any obvious gaps. For example: "AI cites G2 reviews of my competitor 30 times. I have 3."

See Citations and sources.

Day 6 — Pick one thing to fix

Goal: turn data into one concrete action.

After five days of looking at data, pick one improvement:

Update a comparison page on your site to better match a high-volume prompt.
Pitch a third-party publication for a citation.
Refresh your G2/Trustpilot listing.
Publish a blog post answering a prompt where you're absent.

See The visibility playbook for tactics that work.

Day 7 — Decide on a plan

Goal: pick the right paid plan or step away.

Your trial runs for 14 days, so you have another week in hand — but by the end of week one you should already have enough information to decide:

If you saw clear gaps and SimplyRank felt useful — pick a plan. Most teams choose Pro ($175/mo) for the full feature set.
If you're not sure yet — extend the trial by emailing [email protected]. We can usually give you a few extra days.
If it's not for you — no charge. Your account stays in trial-expired state and you can come back later.