
Nectiv
Nectiv is a Philadelphia-area SEO and answer engine optimization agency founded in 2025 by Chris Long and Jason Melman for B2B and technology brands with more than $20 million in annual recurring revenue. It reports AI citations for CHEQ's product pages rising from 26 to 1,482 in three months.

Facts
| Website | nectivdigital.com |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Nectiv AI instructions page) |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Ownership | Founder-led |
| Stance | SEO practice with GEO |
| Typical buyer | B2B and technology brands with more than $20 million in annual recurring revenue, with marketing leaders buying |
| Delivery | Philadelphia-area agency of about seven people founded in 2025 |
| Verticals | High Tech, AI, Cybersecurity |
| Specialties | B2B SaaS, AEO Measurement / Tooling, Technical GEO |
Buyers, use cases, price, and similar agencies
| Who uses it | Its clients are B2B and technology brands with more than $20 million in annual recurring revenue, including CHEQ and Sama, with marketing leaders buying. |
|---|---|
| What for | Teams hire it for SEO, content built for AI citations, off-site placements, technical audits, and tracking across AI engines. |
| Price | Nectiv is in the $$$ band, the third of our four monthly cost bands. 54 of the 109 agencies we review are in the $$$ or $$$$ bands. It does not list prices, so its band is our estimate. |
| Similar agencies | Go Fish Digital, SimpleTiger, and Rock The Rankings are also listed in our GEO agency reviews. All three are in the $$$ monthly cost band. |
GEO / AEO philosophy
Nectiv says AI search work should follow data on what AI tools cite, not theoretical keyword research.
Its case studies are dated and report detailed figures, though the results are self-published.
Offering
- Runs SEO and answer engine optimization for B2B and technology brands.
- Builds content from data on which pages AI tools cite.
- Tracks visibility across five or more AI engines with its own platform.
Editorial scores
We scored the agency on eight dimensions to show a buyer where it is strong and where it is thin. Scores run from 1 to 10. The last column shows each score's difference from the median for all reviewed agencies.
| Dimension | Score | Score bar | Vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical GEO | 8 | 2 | |
| Lead generation | 6 | = | |
| Thought leadership | 7 | 1 | |
| Entity / knowledge graph | 6 | 1 | |
| Local / multi-location | 1 | 2 | |
| Enterprise readiness | 5 | 1 | |
| Innovation | 8 | 3 | |
| Measurement | 8 | 2 |
Service mix
We estimated how the agency's work splits across service types, which shows a buyer where its effort goes.
Best At
- AI citation work driven by citation data
- SEO and AEO for B2B technology brands
- tracking across many AI engines
Poor Fit When
- you need public monthly retainer prices
- your firm needs a partner for a company under $20 million in annual recurring revenue
- you need a long public track record
Clients
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| CHEQ | Named in case study |
| Sama | Named in case study |
Innovation
Nectiv built its own AI visibility platform with a signals dashboard that ties page attributes to AI citations.
Pricing
Nectiv does not list prices and quotes after a call. We estimate its retainers at about $10,000 a month, in the $$$ band.
Review Excerpts
“They showed us which of our pages ChatGPT and AI Mode were citing and which ones our competitors were winning, then built the solution pages to close that gap.”
“We came in with years of negative organic traffic. Within six months it was positive again, and we went from almost no AI Mode citations to a few hundred.”
“Their reporting tracks us across five AI engines, so we can see which pages earn citations and which ones still need work.”
Pricing vs Performance Spectrum
Practice timeline
2025
Agency founded
Chris Long and Jason Melman found Nectiv.
2026
CHEQ results
Nectiv reports CHEQ's citations reaching 1,482 between May and July.
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Agency Leadership
| Name | Title | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Cofounder | Cofounded Nectiv in 2025 after more than 10 years consulting on search for startups and Fortune 500 companies. | |
| Jason Melman | Cofounder | Cofounded Nectiv in 2025 and founded SEOWorkflows.com, whose tooling Nectiv runs on. |
Evidence
| Type | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Figures reported by the agency | CHEQ and Sama case figures on the agency's site; no independent study. | Nectiv CHEQ case study |
| Method and product | Proprietary AI visibility platform and signals dashboard. | Nectiv AI search service page |