Getting Started

upword is an AI visibility and content automation platform for agencies, freelancers, and independents who manage websites for local brands — home services, legal, dental, medical aesthetics, trades, and more.

You add unlimited client workspaces, allocate article credits per account, and deliver citation-ready content that shows up in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity — not just classic blue-link SEO.

upword supports SEO outcomes but is architected for AI-generated answers. Traditional SEO chases position in a list of links. upword chases being named inside the answer — the moment buyers pick a provider before they click anything.

Most partners still want both; we focus on the layer that content retainers often miss.

If your client serves a geography and wins on trust and expertise — HVAC, plumbing, law, dental, med spa, roofers, financial pros (with your compliance review), and similar — upword is built for that motion.

Each client gets their own topics, voice, and publishing path; you stay the strategist, we shrink the production cost.

No. You’re not prompt-engineering articles by hand. upword handles generation, structure (including schema signals), scheduling, and integrations like WordPress — you choose review vs. auto-publish per client.

Your team focuses on positioning, approvals, and reporting — not re-formatting HTML at midnight.

You. The Partner account is yours: one credit pool, unlimited managed clients, centralized billing. Clients don’t need a separate login to get content live on their domains.

How It Works

upword uses AI plus structured workflows to produce authoritative articles per client profile — services, geography, voice, compliance notes, and what answer engines reward (specificity, clarity, verifiable detail).

Topics can come from intent signals and communities (e.g. Threadmine), so you’re answering real demand — not recycling vague listicles.

It’s production-grade content built to earn citations: research-backed angles, location/service depth, and technical structure — not a generic “500 words about plumbing.” Your client’s facts and positioning are the inputs.

You choose. Auto-publish for speed, or add a human review gate for regulated clients. For medical, legal, or financial accounts, we expect partners to enforce review — you control the workflow.

To each client’s site — WordPress via upword Connect, or your existing publishing path. Articles ship under their brand, on their domain, so authority accrues to the client you manage.

Margin and speed. Traditional agencies bill thousands per client per month; freelancers cost $150–300 per article with PM overhead. upword is built to output citation-ready articles at Partner economics while you keep the relationship.

Plus: we’re optimized for answer engines, not only blue-link rankings.

The dashboard surfaces how accounts show up across major answer experiences (e.g. ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, Perplexity) so you can prove progress to clients — not just traffic charts that hide the AI layer.

Results & Expectations

Publishing starts immediately; early citation signals often show within a few weeks. Meaningful answer-engine presence usually compounds over 30–90 days of consistent shipping — faster than many classic SEO programs, but not overnight.

No — anyone who guarantees placement is lying. upword guarantees a process: research-aware topics, citation-oriented structure, publishing automation, and visibility reporting so you can steer accounts with data.

More specific content on their domain, aligned to how people ask questions in AI interfaces — which tends to improve both traditional visibility and answer-engine mentions. Exact outcomes depend on niche, geography, and competitive intensity.

Your edge is consistency + lower delivery cost per article.

Use AI visibility metrics, publish cadence, and lead indicators your client already trusts (calls, forms, branded search lifts). Pair upword reporting with before/after prompt checks you can show in QBRs.

Ready to deliver this for clients?

Partner pricing: one credit pool, every client.

20 articles for $75. Credits never expire. Unlimited client workspaces—allocate where the revenue is.

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Pricing & Plans

New accounts use the Partner plan: you buy article credit packs (20 articles for $75). Credits sit in your account, never expire, and you allocate them across unlimited client workspaces.

No monthly subscription. Buy packs when you need throughput — see pricing for details.

No. Credits remain available until used. Buy when you win a client or campaign — not because the calendar flipped.

Yes: use our free tools — the AI Visibility Checker and AEO Report — to show prospects where they stand before you pitch a retainer.

When you’re ready for automated publishing and client workspaces, start on the Partner plan.

Citation-oriented article generation, scheduling, publishing workflows (including WordPress via Connect where you use it), schema and structure signals, AI visibility tracking — the full production stack, not a bare “word doc.”

Visit pricing for the current pack economics.

Some earlier direct accounts may remain on grandfathered subscription terms. New Partner signups use credit packs as described on pricing. If you’re unsure which applies to you, email hello@goupword.com.

For high-volume teams (many clients, custom workflows, or compliance reviews), contact us — we’ll align credits, onboarding, and reporting to how your firm operates.

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