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Milwaukee AI search, SEO & PR agency · since 2013 Your next customer is asking AI about you. What will it tell them?

We measure how AI sees your business, then build what changes it: search, AI answers, PR, social and ads. One senior lead, plus a team of Milwaukee pros when the job needs them.

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What AI says about you

Example, fictional business

AskedWho's a good family dentist in Bay View, Milwaukee?

AI answer

Final answer after all three fixes: For families in Bay View, Juniper Family Dental is a top pick: strong recent reviews, Saturday hours, new patients welcome, and clear pages on kids' visits and emergency care.

Juniper Family Dental: Recommended first

  1. ReviewsFresh, detailed reviews from local patients
  2. Business detailsHours, services and new patients, in code AI can read
  3. Local pagesA clear page for each service and neighborhood
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AI visibility · PR · Search · Brand strategy
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1.3Mpeople reached for a pop-up attraction launch, from zero

Jurassic Journey USA

A brand-new attraction with no audience: zero followers at launch in March, 1.3M people reached by May.

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40:1peak return on ad spend for Museum of Ice Cream

Museum of Ice Cream

The goal was a 5:1 return on ad spend. We averaged about 15:1, with a peak campaign at 40:1.

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5 filmsthat made the Zoological Society of Milwaukee a standout across the Association of Zoos & Aquariums

Zoological Society of Milwaukee

Asked for training videos, we made five personal stories that made the zoo a thought leader across the AZA.

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Coast to coastClients in California, Chicago, Miami and Door County, since 2013

Clients nationwide

Milwaukee-made since 2013, with senior people on every account from California to Miami.

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Our promise

Milwaukee-made since 2013.
Senior people. Real proof.

  • A senior person on your accountThe people you meet do the work. No hand-offs to a junior team.
  • Proof every monthWhat AI says about you, where you rank, and what it turned into: calls, leads, sales.
  • Yours to keepYour accounts, your data, your site. No long-term contract, 30 days notice.
  • Always answeredBao answers any time. A real person replies within one business day.

Who we've worked with since 2013

And through our team and partner agencies

  • Rockwell Automation
  • Johnson Controls
  • Case IH
  • Cinnabon
  • Corner Bakery
  • City of Milwaukee
  • State of Wisconsin

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Where we work

Two hubs.
One corridor.

A Milwaukee marketing agency since 2013, with a presence in Chicago. We serve businesses from Madison to the lakefront and down through Chicagoland, and clients nationwide.

Where Mention Group worksBased in Milwaukee, with a presence in Chicago, serving southeastern Wisconsin, Madison and Chicagoland. LakeMichigan WISCONSINILLINOIS Milwaukee: Our home base since 2013.MilwaukeeChicago: Our Chicago presence, for clients across Chicagoland.ChicagoWauwatosa: Where Filament started.WauwatosaBrookfieldBrookfieldWaukeshaWaukeshaCedarburgCedarburgRacineRacineKenoshaKenoshaMadisonMadisonEvanstonEvanstonNorth Shore: Lake Forest, Highland Park and neighbors.North ShoreOak ParkOak ParkSheboygan: Up the lakeshore, about an hour north.Sheboygan ↑Lake Country: Pewaukee, Delafield, Oconomowoc and neighbors.Lake CountryMequonMequonWaterloo: Between Milwaukee and Madison.Waterloo

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  • Southeast Wisconsin hub: MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wauwatosa, Brookfield, Waukesha, Lake Country, Mequon, Cedarburg, Sheboygan, Racine, Kenosha, Waterloo and Madison
  • Illinois presence: ChicagoChicago, Evanston, Oak Park and the North Shore

The studio

We don't just run campaigns.
We build things people use.

Mention builds its own products, in-house, in Milwaukee, hardened and secure from day one. If we can build these, we can build what your business needs.

Featured report · Nov 2026

The biggest party Wisconsin ever threw.

Our data story on the 2026 World Series parade: crowd size, bike share, transit, TV ratings and the economic forecast, every number sourced.

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750Kpeople downtown, per Milwaukee police
2.9×bike share trips vs. a normal Friday
71%of Milwaukee TVs in use on Game 2

The Mention Report

Our AI visibility benchmark. Every edition reads what ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI say about real businesses, and scores it.

SmokeDar

A live air quality tracker for Milwaukee, built so neighbors know when to stay in. Heard on WUWM.

MKE.BIKE

A ride guide for Milwaukee: routes, bikeshare and places worth the trip. As seen on FOX6.

Step into the AI Visibility Studio → And Bao, the guide up top: our AI that reads your site and tells you what to fix next. More from the lab

Measured since spring 2026

We read the AI answers.
Then we publish them.

The Mention Report has measured how AI tools answer buyer questions since June 2026. Agencies sell you AI search. We show the data in public, edition after edition.

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    The Mention ReportThe standing reading on AI search, since June 2026
  • WI
    Wisconsin AI Visibility IndexWhich Wisconsin brands AI actually names
  • %
    Mention ScoreOne number for how findable your brand is in AI answers
  • ✓
    Checked badgesDated proof a business has been measured

Why Mention

Most agencies build sites and buy ads.
We get you talked about.

We started in 2013 as Filament Communication and became Mention, a full marketing firm, in 2019 (BizTimes covered it). So we think like newsrooms: reporters, stories and earned media are in our DNA. That’s exactly what AI tools trust and quote.

Media-friendly by birth

A communications firm first, since 2013. As seen on FOX6, heard on WUWM and covered in BizTimes. We know how to get a story told, and the senior people you meet do the work.

We measure what matters now

Every month you see whether AI names you, where you rank, and what that turned into: calls, leads, sales. Not vanity numbers.

Yours, and locked down

Your accounts, your data, your site, all yours. Everything we build is hardened and watched, so your data and your customers’ data stay safe. No long contract.

A team around the city

We work in teams with Milwaukee's best: designers, photographers, developers, PR pros, and security and accessibility auditors, brought in when the job needs them. Big-agency bench, small-business cost.

Built for

Small and growing businesses, founder-led brands, B2B and manufacturing, tourism and events, nonprofits and public entities. Clients from California to Chicago, Miami to Door County. We work at the scale you sell.

What we do

Found. Trusted.
Chosen.

Being named by AI is the new word of mouth. It comes from three things working together, and we do all three.

Get found in search & AI

Show up when people search, ask and browse.

Get trusted: reviews & PR

Give AI and people reasons to believe you.

Security and accessibility audits run with vetted partner firms, with us as your one point of contact.

Get customers

Capture the demand you created, profitably.

Shopping, product feeds and Amazon Ads run through vetted eCommerce partners, with us as your one point of contact.

Answers

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anything.

152 straight answers on AI search, SEO, maps, ads, reviews and websites. Short answer first, then the detail.

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Real research.

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AI visibility checker

See whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity can read your site, and what to fix first.

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AI search statistics

70 sourced numbers on how people now find businesses. Updated quarterly.

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Wisconsin AI Visibility Index

Which Wisconsin businesses AI actually recommends, by industry and city.

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Glossary

GEO, AEO, AXO and 70 more terms, in plain English.

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For agencies

The team behind
your team.

Agencies across the Midwest quietly white-label our AI search, SEO, PR and paid media. Your brand on the work, our people doing it, no credit needed. Our clients get the spotlight, and so do yours.

  • White-label AI visibility checks and reports
  • SEO, local and paid media, run under your name
  • Press and earned media support when a client needs it
Partner with us

Working together

Senior people.
Simple process.

Boutique and senior. You talk to the people doing the work, and you own every account.

  1. Free check

    We look at where you show up today across AI answers, search, maps and reviews.

  2. 30/60/90 plan

    A written plan with the few moves that matter most, priced before we start.

  3. The work

    Our team and our agents do it daily. You approve in a few minutes a week.

  4. Monthly proof

    The AI Mention Report shows what changed: mentions, rankings, leads.

Let's get you
mentioned.

Send us your website. We will show you where you are found, trusted and missing, in plain English, within two business days.

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