Founding Cohort — 5 Spots

You Built the Expertise.
The People Who Need It Can't Find You.

Your credentials are real. Your work is substantive. But when someone goes looking for your expertise, on Google, through AI, by referral, what they find doesn't reflect what you've built.

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Your Expertise Isn't Speaking for Itself Anymore

Most experts assume their reputation carries. That the work speaks for itself. It doesn't. Not online, and not to the systems increasingly mediating how people find help.

What You Assume

Your reputation precedes you
Your website reflects your expertise
People find you through word of mouth

Result

The work speaks for itself

What's Actually Happening

Someone Googles you before every referral
Your best work never made it online
They ask AI, search Google, check directories. And trust what comes back

Result

The findable version of you is a fraction of the real thing

When your work is surfaced, the equation changes.

The right people find you.

When someone encounters the real depth of your expertise, not a flattened version, they're not comparison shopping. They already know you're the answer.

Structure compounds.

Clarity built once works everywhere. Google, AI, directories, referral vetting. The same foundational work makes you reachable across all of them.

Hidden expertise helps no one.

Someone out there has a problem your work can solve. If they can't find you, you both lose. The gap between what you've built and what someone actually finds is closable.

Common Mistakes and Misleading Advice

"Post more content."

Volume without depth is noise. More content doesn't close the gap between your expertise and what someone actually finds. Structure, substance, and depth do.

"Double down on SEO."

The fundamentals behind good SEO still matter. But rankings alone don't solve the problem. If your best work isn't online, or isn't structured so someone can find and use it, traffic to thin pages doesn't help.

"Get your schema optimized."

Schema helps machines identify who you are. It's valuable infrastructure, and I include it. But it can't build the expertise depth or the content it's meant to describe.

What You Actually Need

Not another tool. Not another tactic. A diagnosis. A clear view of where the gaps are between what you've built and what someone actually finds.

None of this is hidden knowledge. The hard part is seeing your own blind spots.

You Already Did the Hard Part.

The expertise is real. The work exists. It's just not in a form anyone searching can find.

What I Do

There's always a gap between what you've built and what someone searching actually finds. That's where the work is.

The Three Truths

The disconnect between what experts intend to project and what actually shows up follows a pattern. The diagnosis starts by pulling apart three layers.

Truth #1

Who you say you are

Your positioning. Your bios, about pages, LinkedIn, podcast intros. The identity you're actively putting out. This is intentional. It's also what most people assume is working.

Truth #2

What your work actually demonstrates

The full body of your professional expertise: protocols, research, case studies, methodologies refined through practice. For most hidden experts, this is far richer than anything on their website. The work exists. It just hasn't made it online in a form anyone can find.

Truth #3

What someone actually finds

What actually happens when someone needs your expertise and goes looking. Does your work show up? Are you the clear authority, or absent entirely? This is the truth most experts have never tested, and for most, it's the widest gap of the three.

The gaps between these three layers tell me exactly where the disconnect is and what to fix first.

How It Works

01

Extract what's actually there.

I built a tool for this. It analyzes your entire digital presence and surfaces what's objectively there. Distinct frameworks (named or unnamed), voice patterns, topic clusters, audience signals, and positioning claims.

Deliverable

A Brand Intelligence profile: your distinct frameworks, voice patterns, ownable topics, and competitive positioning, surfaced and organized.

02

Compare against the fuller picture.

The extraction only sees what's publicly accessible. Your actual body of work is almost certainly richer than what made it online.

Through the intake and our conversations, I get context the internet can't provide: the scope of your practice, the methodologies you apply, the outcomes you've documented. The gap between what I extracted and what you tell me exists is the diagnostic's central finding.

Deliverable

A gap analysis: where your positioning, your work, and your findability align and where they don't.

03

Test what someone actually finds.

I run the queries your audience would actually use, in their language, not yours, across Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and wherever your audience searches. I check directories, review platforms, and what happens when someone Googles your name.

This isn't a score. I'm looking for patterns. Does your work show up at all? Are you the clear authority, or absent entirely? Is someone with less depth showing up instead?

Deliverable

A directional findability assessment: what currently surfaces when someone searches, and what should.

04

A plan you can act on.

The diagnostic compares all three pictures and identifies which gap patterns are present: positioning undersell, the hidden expert gap, findability gap, or some combination of all three.

I assess your foundational infrastructure, implement baseline schema, and deliver a prioritized action plan focused on the structural fixes with the highest leverage. I walk you through the whole thing in a 1-on-1 call, because a document alone isn't enough.

Deliverable

Schema implementation, a prioritized action plan (what to fix, in what order, and why), plus a walkthrough call.

What you can't control

  • How algorithms decide what to surface
  • What's already in training data
  • Whether someone finds you on any given search
  • How platforms change next quarter

What you can control

  • The depth and structure of what's online
  • Where you exist beyond your own site
  • Whether your positioning matches your actual work
  • How much of your real expertise is in findable form
  • Entity clarity and consistency
  • Named frameworks and original research

What I Won't Pretend

How people find experts is shifting fast. I don't sell a static playbook. I tell you what's established, what's still in motion, and I update my approach as the evidence changes.

What You Get

I'm looking for 5 professionals with deep expertise who feel under-represented online.

Brand Authority Diagnostic

Founding pricing — 5 spots

$497

one-time

Increases after founding cohort

What you get:

Brand Intelligence Extraction: what makes you distinct, surfaced and organized
Gap Analysis: where your positioning, your work, and your findability align and where they don't
Directional Findability Assessment: what currently surfaces when someone searches, and what should
Prioritized Action Plan: structural fixes with the highest leverage, in order
Schema implementation as foundational infrastructure
Delivered as an interactive HTML document
1-on-1 walkthrough call

In exchange, I ask for:

Honest feedback on what's working and what could be better

A testimonial if you find the work valuable

Permission to use your profile as a case study (anonymized if preferred)

Ready to see the gap between what you've built and what someone actually finds?

Select all that apply.

I review applications personally. If you're a fit, I'll reach out within 1-3 business days.

Questions first? Email sarah@sourcelogic.io

Frequently Asked Questions

A Brand Authority Diagnostic, delivered as an interactive HTML document, not a PDF collecting dust in a downloads folder. You receive:

  1. 1.Brand Intelligence Extraction: what makes you distinct, surfaced and organized
  2. 2.Gap Analysis: where your positioning, your work, and your findability align and where they don't
  3. 3.Directional Findability Assessment: what currently surfaces when someone searches, and what should
  4. 4.Prioritized Action Plan: structural fixes with the highest leverage, in order
  5. 5.Schema implementation as foundational infrastructure
  6. 6.1-on-1 walkthrough call to discuss your results and next steps

I'm looking for 5 founding clients to work with closely as I refine this. Founding pricing ($497) reflects an honest exchange: you get a complete deliverable at a fraction of eventual pricing. I get real-world validation, feedback, and case studies. This isn't a discount. It's how I'm building proof.

The ideal founding client is what I call a hidden expert: real credentials, real substance, but a digital presence that doesn't reflect either. You're ready to act on findings, not just collect a report.

No. And anyone who promises that is overselling. AI outputs are non-deterministic. The same query produces different results every time. AI still fabricates citations and invents sources it never actually used. No one can guarantee this. What I can do is help you close the gap between what you've built and what someone searching actually finds, which includes AI.

Schema helps AI and search engines accurately identify who you are, what you cover, and how your expertise connects. It reduces hallucinations, supports entity disambiguation, and improves discoverability. The research consistently shows measurable impact when schema reinforces what your content already demonstrates. I include it because it's valuable infrastructure, but it's not a substitute for the expertise depth and authority it's meant to describe.

Most GEO services lead with AI visibility scores, citation tracking, and schema packages. Those tools have value, and the discipline is maturing fast. Where I differ: I start with a diagnosis of what's actually misaligned for you specifically, rather than applying a standard optimization checklist. The factors that drive findability are shifting quickly, and most off-the-shelf approaches lag the research. I focus on the fundamentals that have been consistent across every shift: content architecture, authority signals across the web, entity clarity, and making sure your positioning actually matches your work.

AI visibility measurement has improved significantly, and there are tools doing serious work in this space. But no matter how sophisticated the tracking, it doesn't change the fundamentals. Build a strong foundation first: quality content, entity clarity, authority signals, focused distribution. Use measurement to validate progress and spot opportunities, not to replace the work itself.

I review applications personally and typically respond within 24-48 hours. If accepted, you'll receive a payment link and a short intake form (about 5 minutes) to confirm your identity, credentials, and digital presence. Your Brand Authority Diagnostic, delivered as an interactive HTML document, will be ready within 7-10 business days, followed by a 1-on-1 walkthrough call.