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Five Towers Media Launches Suite of New Services to Help Small Businesses Compete in an AI-Driven Search Environment

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Submitted by Five Towers Media • Disclosed as written with AI assistance

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — August 2026 — Five Towers Media, a website agency serving small businesses in Saratoga Springs and the Capital Region of New York, today announced the launch of three new service offerings designed to help small businesses maintain visibility and competitiveness as AI systems fundamentally reshape how consumers discover and choose local businesses.

The new offerings — an SEO/AEO/GEO Management Plan, updated website hosting packages, and a process automation service through its Foundry 5 platform — reflect the agency’s response to a rapid shift in consumer search behavior that is leaving many small businesses behind.

The Search Landscape Has Changed

For years, local business visibility meant ranking well on Google. That remains important — but it is no longer sufficient. AI-powered answer engines, including ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Claude, are now responding to local search queries with direct recommendations rather than lists of links. The businesses that appear in those recommendations are not chosen at random. They are the ones whose websites are structured with the schema markup, content, and technical configuration that AI systems require to identify and cite a business with confidence.

“We’ve been watching this shift for over a year,” said Michael Nelson, President and CRO of Five Towers Media. “The businesses that move on this now — while most of their competitors are still figuring out what AEO even means — are going to own their markets in AI search. We built these services because our clients deserve to be in that position.”

SEO/AEO/GEO Management Plan — $499/Month

The SEO/AEO/GEO Management Plan is a monthly managed service that addresses all three dimensions of modern search visibility:

  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) — ongoing Google Search Console monitoring and traditional search performance management
  • AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) — schema markup, structured data updates, and content written specifically to be cited by AI answer engines
  • GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) — llms.txt creation and monthly maintenance, Google Business Profile signals, and broader AI footprint management

The plan includes four hours of managed work per month, a quarterly strategy call with the Five Towers team, and operates on a month-to-month basis with no long-term contract. An optional Google Business Profile Management add-on is available for $249 per month, providing weekly posts, photo and video uploads, and full profile optimization.

Updated Website Hosting Plans — Starting at $39.95/Month

Five Towers Media has updated its managed WordPress hosting lineup to provide clients with a range of options that include active AI-aware content support at multiple price points. The updated plans are:

  • Basic — $39.95/month: Hosting, SSL, backups, uptime monitoring, and routine plugin updates
  • Essentials — $149/month: Everything in Basic plus WordPress core and security updates, two hours per month of content updates, and a monthly performance report
  • Advanced — $299/month: Everything in Essentials plus four hours per month of content updates, same-day support, monthly llms.txt review, quarterly strategy call, and an annual site audit

All plans are billed quarterly with no long-term contracts. The Essentials and Advanced plans now include monthly labor hours that clients can direct toward content updates written with AI search visibility in mind.

Foundry 5 — Process Automation for Small Business

Through its Foundry 5 platform (foundry5.us), Five Towers Media is offering process automation services built around the principle of Automate to Elevate — removing one manual, repetitive process from a team’s workflow and replacing it with a reliable automated system, freeing staff to focus on higher-value work.

Foundry 5 engagements are fixed-scope and fixed-price, completed in two to three weeks per process. Common automation candidates include lead intake and follow-up, document processing and filing, recurring report generation, data movement between systems, and internal approvals and handoffs. Optional monthly System Care plans are available to monitor and maintain automated systems as business needs evolve.

“The bottleneck in most small businesses isn’t talent — it’s time,” Nelson said. “When your best people are spending hours on tasks that follow the same steps every week, that’s capacity being wasted. Foundry 5 gives it back.”

Buying Local as an Earned Media Platform

Alongside these new services, Five Towers Media is highlighting its Buying Local platform (buyinglocal.us) as a key earned media asset for local businesses seeking to strengthen their AI search credibility. Buying Local is a local media and directory platform serving the Capital Region with approximately 20,000 monthly impressions.

In an AI search environment, earned media — third-party mentions, press coverage, and citations from trusted regional sources — has emerged as a significant trust signal for AI recommendation systems. A Buying Local listing provides businesses with a citation on an indexed regional platform, backlinks that strengthen domain authority, access to press release distribution, and expert column publishing opportunities.

Availability

All new services are available immediately. Small businesses interested in learning more or scheduling a free discovery conversation can visit fivetowers.us or book directly at calendar.app.google/9XmESopNb7PsLmoe8.

About Five Towers Media

Five Towers Media is a website agency based in Saratoga Springs, New York, serving small businesses across the Capital Region and beyond. Founded in 2013 and relaunched as Five Towers Media in 2023, the agency offers website design and build, managed hosting, website maintenance, and SEO/AEO/GEO management services. Five Towers Media also owns and operates Buying Local (buyinglocal.us), a regional media and directory platform, and Foundry 5 (foundry5.us), a process automation service for small businesses.

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