How do I know if my AEO campaign is actually working?

You need to track specific metrics: (1) Citation frequency in LLM responses for your target queries, (2) Share of voice compared to competitors in AI results, (3) Brand mention lift across answer engines, and (4) Direct brand search volume spikes that correlate with increased AI visibility. Plugins like AEO God Mode include citation trackers that ping ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude twice daily with your own prompts to show which pages got cited.