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).
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 under $50/user?"
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 (Pro+ plans) shows the prompts where competitors appear but you don't. These are your highest-leverage opportunities.

Open Gap Analysis (or, on Starter Lite/Starter, sort the prompts table by visibility ascending).
Pick the top 3 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 (Pro+ plans).
Look at which domains are cited most often when your competitors are mentioned.
Note any obvious gaps — "AI cites G2 reviews of my competitor 30 times. I have 3 G2 reviews."

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 ends on day 7. By now you should 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.