The AI Whisperer (Part 1): How to Train ChatGPT to Recommend You | Voxel Labs

The AI Whisperer (Part 1 of 4): The Existence Crisis — Why ChatGPT Doesn't Know Your Name | Voxel Labs

Key Takeaways

  • The Reality: If AI doesn't know you, it can't recommend you. You are fighting "Digital Amnesia."
  • The Fix: "Feed the Machine." You must create high-quality data (Video Podcasts) to train the AI on your expertise.
  • The Cheat Code: YouTube is the fast lane to Google Gemini's brain.

The AI Whisperer (Part 1 of 4)

The Existence Crisis: Why ChatGPT Doesn't Know Your Name

By Edwin Duterte & Jennifer Wolfe
Founders of The Donn Allan Experience

Series Intro: You conquered Google Search. Congratulations. But the game just changed. Your customers aren't "Googling" anymore; they are having conversations with robots. Welcome to "The AI Whisperer," a 4-part guide on how to teach the machines that YOU are the best business in the South Bay.

The "Invisible Expert" Problem

Imagine a wealthy couple moves to Redondo Beach. They need an architect. Instead of scrolling through 50 blue links on Google, they open ChatGPT and ask: "Who is the best modern architect in the South Bay for a sustainable renovation?"

The AI thinks for a second. It spits out three names.

Your name is not on the list.

It’s not because you aren't talented. It’s not because you don't have a website. It’s because to the AI, you don't exist as an Entity. You are a ghost. You haven't created enough "Training Data" for the model to learn who you are.

Most local businesses treat AI like magic. It isn't magic; it's a puppy. If you don't train it, it will ignore you (or worse, recommend your competitor).

The Existential Question:

"How do I make sure ChatGPT knows my business exists when someone asks it for recommendations in my city?"

The Voxel Answer: You must become a "Teacher."

Feed the Beast

ChatGPT is trained on Text. It reads the internet. If your website is just a few pretty photos and a "Contact Us" form, the AI has nothing to read. It thinks your business is a hallucination.

To "Train" ChatGPT, you need to produce a massive amount of high-quality, authoritative text content that links Your Name + Your City + Your Expertise.

The Shortcut: Record a video podcast at Voxel Micro Video Labs. We transcribe that audio into 5,000 words of dense, expert text. You post that text on your site. Now, when the AI crawls the web, it finds a "Textbook" on why you are the expert in Redondo Beach Architecture. You just fed the beast.

The Google Advantage:

"Since Gemini is Google, does using YouTube give me an advantage on Gemini over ChatGPT?"

The Voxel Answer: Yes. It is an unfair advantage. Use it.

The "Family Connection"

ChatGPT is smart, but it’s an outsider. Google Gemini is the ultimate insider. It lives inside the Google ecosystem.

Gemini has direct access to YouTube. It doesn't just "read" about videos; it watches them. It understands them.

If you are a Divorce Attorney in Torrance:

  • On ChatGPT: You need thousands of blog posts to prove you are an expert.
  • On Gemini: You need one high-quality YouTube video titled "California Divorce Law: Asset Division in Torrance."

Gemini sees that video in its own database. It trusts it more because it owns the platform. By recording video at Voxel, you are speaking directly into Google’s ear.

Don't Be Invisible

The future of search is conversational. If the AI doesn't know your name, you will never be part of the conversation.

Stop hoping the robots find you. Come to the studio, turn on the mic, and introduce yourself.

Up Next in Part 2: You know you need to feed the AI data. But can the AI actually "read" the text on your screen? Can it read the sign behind you? "Can AI models 'read' the text that appears on screen in my video?" In the next post, we discuss "The Machine Reader" and why your slide deck is your secret weapon.

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