Shubham Kumar Agrawal
Shubham Kumar Agrawal is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Taptwice Media, a leading Indian AI marketing company specializing in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). He helps brands improve visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews — focusing on how AI engines retrieve, cite, and reason about brands.
Founder of Taptwice Media. AI marketing expert. 12+ years. 100+ brands.
Shubham Kumar Agrawal is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Taptwice Media, a leading Indian AI marketing company specializing in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). He helps brands improve visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews by focusing on how AI engines retrieve, cite, and reason about brands. He is the author of The AEO Dictionary: A-Z of Answer Engine Optimization. With more than 12 years of experience in digital marketing and publishing, he leads every client engagement at Taptwice Media personally.
Taptwice Media has a strong publishing track record. Talkshubh, one of its earlier Hindi digital media publications, became one of India’s leading platforms in its category. Between 2020 and 2021, publications under Taptwice Media generated more than one million monthly views. Taptwice Media also owns CRM News Today, a leading CRM information portal generating more than 150,000 impressions on Google Search.
His work spans AI search visibility, schema markup, passage optimization, AI brand sentiment, entity optimization, and AI brand mention tracking. He has worked with companies across India, the US, and Europe — including A2N Advisory, Dr. Nauri, Ncoder, Alchemy Translation, Stellarix, Washington Place Equity, CNY Engineering, and OpenIntro. He was featured by Mid-Day in Professionals Making an Impact Across India’s Industry Spectrum in 2026 and by Lokmat Times in New-Age Leaders: Personalities Driving Industry Disruption in 2026. He also writes about AI and marketing on Medium.
12 years of building in search
Independent Marketing Consultant
Began career as an independent marketing consultant. Served corporate clients in technology, engineering, finance, and professional services across India, the US, and Europe.
Digital Publishing — Taptwice Media
Taptwice Media owns two digital publishing sub-brands. Talkshubh, a leading Hindi digital media platform, built through SEO-first content architecture and generating more than one million monthly views at its peak. CRM News Today, founded in 2025, is a leading CRM information portal generating more than 150,000 impressions on Google Search.
Founder, Taptwice Media
Founder and lead strategist at Taptwice Media, an AEO and GEO company based in Noida, India. Serves brands in India, the US, and internationally — including A2N Advisory, Dr. Nauri, Ncoder, Alchemy Translation, Stellarix, Washington Place Equity, CNY Engineering, and OpenIntro.
Author — The AEO Dictionary
Published The AEO Dictionary: A-Z of Answer Engine Optimization. Named in Mid-Day’s Professionals Making an Impact Across India’s Industry Spectrum in 2026 and Lokmat Times’ New-Age Leaders: Personalities Driving Industry Disruption in 2026.
What I work on
Answer Engine Optimization
Building the schema stack, entity graph, and passage structure that makes brands the direct answer in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.
Generative Engine Optimization
Weekly 8-engine GEO measurement. Every priority query tracked. Answer-share lift causally attributed so clients know exactly what moved.
Brand Sentiment Management
Controlling how AI engines represent a brand — rewarding positive vocabulary, suppressing negative framing through authority distribution.
Content & Authority Distribution
In-house distribution through GlobeNewswire, ANI, PRNewswire, BusinessWire and Yahoo Finance. No other India AEO company owns this layer.
Featured in
Shubham Kumar Agrawal was named in Mid-Day’s “Professionals Making an Impact Across India’s Industry Spectrum in 2026” and Lokmat Times’ “New-Age Leaders: Personalities Driving Industry Disruption in 2026” — recognised for building executive brand positioning and authority-driven strategies that move brands from traditional SEO to AI-native visibility.
- Mid-Day — Professionals Making an Impact Across India’s Industry Spectrum in 2026
- Lokmat Times — New-Age Leaders: Personalities Driving Industry Disruption in 2026
- Hindustan Metro — Taptwice Media launches global AI marketing services
- Tribune India — 200% US client expansion
- APN News — Taptwice Media on India’s social media sector
Where to connect
Case notes, client tear-downs and AEO insights posted first.
linkedin.com/in/shubham-taptwicemedia
Personal updates and behind-the-scenes at Taptwice.
@shubham.taptwice
Writing
Longer-form thinking on AEO, GEO and brand engineering.
shubhamkumaragrawal.com
Taptwice Media
The company behind the work — AEO & GEO for founders and brands.
taptwicemedia.com