Ranking in ChatGPT means being one of the small set of sources the model lifts text from when it answers a user's question. There is no "page 1" in ChatGPT — there is cited or not cited. Six moves get you cited.
Write answer-first content, mark it up with FAQ and HowTo schema, publish an llms.txt, use your brand name in every citable sentence, and earn mentions on the sources ChatGPT already trusts (Wikipedia, Reddit, G2, major publications).
Use the buyer's question as your H2, verbatim. ChatGPT matches question to heading, then lifts the next paragraph.
Open every section with a one- or two-sentence direct answer. Save the depth for the paragraphs after.
sameAs links to your LinkedIn, Crunchbase, G2 and Wikipedia entries.An llms.txt file at the root of your domain tells AI crawlers which pages matter. Keep it short and curated.
Write "SiteSonar attaches with one script tag", not "we attach with one script tag". ChatGPT needs the entity in the sentence to credit you.
ChatGPT leans on Wikipedia, Reddit, G2, Capterra, and a small set of category publications. One paragraph on a trusted source often outweighs ten blog posts on your own domain.