Case Studies2 min read • Jan 27, 2026By Jordan Reyes

Case study: Correcting brand misconceptions in LLM responses (Jan 2026 Update 8)

Title: How RelayPoint Fixed Its AI Visibility and Doubled Pipeline with Abhord

Title: How RelayPoint Fixed Its AI Visibility and Doubled Pipeline with Abhord

Company overview

RelayPoint is a mid-market B2B SaaS platform that provides demand forecasting for CPG and food-and-beverage manufacturers. The company sells to operations leaders and revenue teams at firms with $50M–$500M in annual sales, integrating with common ERPs and data warehouses.

Engagement window

  • Project start: October 7, 2025
  • Measurement period: October 7, 2025 – January 15, 2026
  • This is a refreshed edition with newly observed model behaviors and updated recommendations relevant as of January 27, 2026.

1) Initial problem

By late 2025, RelayPoint noticed that general-purpose LLMs rarely included the brand in responses to queries like “best demand forecasting software for mid-market CPG” or “predictive inventory tools for food manufacturers.” When the brand was mentioned, it was often misattributed as:

  • A logistics brokerage defunct since 2018 (entity collision).
  • A JavaScript library named “Relay” (partial-name confusion).
  • A freight routing tool (incorrect category).

Symptoms quantified (baseline, week of October 7, 2025):

  • Inclusion rate across four major LLMs for 15 intent queries: 6%.
  • Correct entity attribution when mentioned: 58%.
  • AI-assisted sessions to site (attributed by Abhord’s answer-layer tracking): 412/month.
  • Pipeline influenced by AI-originating touches (last 90 days): $1.1M.

2) What Abhord’s analysis uncovered

Abhord ran an entity and evidence audit across RelayPoint’s public footprint and third-party references. Key findings:

  • Entity collisions: Three similarly named entities dominated model memory. RelayPoint lacked a machine-readable “do-not-confuse-with” profile.
  • Evidence gaps: High-signal facts (industries served, integrations, and customer logos) were scattered across PDFs and webinars, not easily digestible by models.
  • Freshness decay: Core facts (pricing tiers, supported ERPs) hadn’t been updated in >300 days. Several models now down-rank stale claims in comparative answers.
  • Source concordance deficit: Third-party descriptions varied; analyst write-ups used outdated positioning (“SMB inventory tool”), reducing confidence in model summaries.
  • Weak answer-ready surfaces: Long-form thought leadership performed well in organic search but underperformed for LLM ingestion; there were few concise, verifiable snippets.

3) Optimization strategy implemented

Abhord and RelayPoint executed a four-part GEO/AEO plan over 10 weeks.

A. Canonical entity disambiguation

  • Published a machine-readable Entity Card (JSON-LD + OpenAPI fragment) with: official name, aliases, “not-us” entities, industry tags, integration list, founding

Jordan Reyes

Principal SEO Scientist

Jordan Reyes is a 15-year SEO and AI search veteran focused on search experimentation, SERP quality, and LLM recommendation signals.

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