ENTREPRENEUR · SEO & GEO EXPERT · AI BUILDER
I help businesses get found in Google & AI, and automate the work they shouldn't do manually.
Worked with Business Insider · Bitvavo · HEMA · Coinmerce
ABOUT ME
Matt Timmermans is a Dutch entrepreneur, SEO and GEO expert, and AI automation specialist based in Bali, Indonesia. He helps businesses get found in AI search, puts AI to work for entrepreneurs and companies, and builds digital products like GiveRadar and Noisely.
What started with web design in 2018 grew into a deep focus on how people — and now AI systems — find things online. Through my agency Timmermans Media I've worked with brands like Business Insider, Bitvavo, HEMA, and Coinmerce.
Started building digital products. Web design quickly turned into a deep focus on SEO, content marketing, and how people find things online.
Graduated in IT & Marketing at Fontys University of Applied Sciences with a specialization in cybersecurity, trained as an ethical hacker.
Founded Own Property Abroad, a platform helping investors navigate real estate markets in Southeast Asia. It became my testing ground for search strategies and led to my first software product: LandLoom, a market analysis dashboard for the Bali property market.
Specialized in generative engine optimization (GEO) and LLM optimization: the discipline that determines whether AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity mention your brand. It has been at the core of my agency work ever since.
Launched Runami, an AI running coach born from my marathon training, and Noisely, a B2B feedback scraping tool covering 22+ review platforms.
Launched GiveRadar, a free global charity transparency database that aggregates official registries from 100+ countries into data on 7.9 million+ nonprofits.
Today I combine everything I've learned across marketing, software development, and AI into one thing: building systems that help businesses get found and work smarter.
SERVICES
Getting businesses found on Google and in AI-generated answers, chatbots, and AI Overviews. Through Timmermans Media I combine traditional SEO with generative engine optimization (GEO), for brands like Business Insider, Bitvavo, and Coinmerce.
Timmermans Media →AI systems that handle the work your team shouldn't be doing manually: lead follow-up, client onboarding, review requests, email pipelines, and AI agents that answer calls and book appointments 24/7. Set up for your business, and it just runs.
Let's talk →PORTFOLIO
Everything I run and build, in one place.
SEO, GEO & AI automation agency. Clients include Business Insider, Bitvavo, HEMA, and Coinmerce.
Learn more → GiveRadarFree global charity transparency database: 7.9 million+ nonprofits from official registries in 100+ countries.
Learn more → Own Property AbroadPlatform helping investors navigate real estate markets in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2022.
Visit website ↗ NoiselyB2B feedback scraping tool covering 22+ review platforms.
Visit website ↗BEYOND WORK
I live and work from Bali, Indonesia, and I run marathons in countries most people wouldn't think to look for one — from Tokyo to an Indonesian village half marathon as a pacer. My first marathon in Tokyo in 2025 raised training questions that grew into Runami, my AI running coach. That is how most of my products start: as a personal need I take seriously. Outside of work I train at the gym, play guitar and piano, and read a lot, mostly on spirituality, business, and history. Traveling shapes how I think; Japan, Australia, and Lebanon left the biggest mark.
In November 2026 I'm running the New York City Marathon, raising money for Pencils of Promise, an organization that builds schools in Laos, a country I've visited myself. Researching charities for that campaign is also what led me to build GiveRadar. You can support the campaign via my GoFundMe page.
RESEARCH
Original research, published open access with data and DOIs.
Global Charity Register Transparency Index 2026: official charity registers of 76 countries scored on openness and machine readability
Timmermans Media Research · July 2026 · DOIAI errors about Dutch brands: 1,917 answers from ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity, human-scored in a preregistered study
PRESS
I write about entrepreneurship, online marketing, and AI for Dutch business media, and give interviews about building businesses from abroad.
Do you still need an SEO specialist? Back with host Elwin on ads in ChatGPT, why AI content drops after a few weeks, and my research on Reddit and llms.txt as AI sources
AI-boys Podcast · October 2026Why I'm quitting Perplexity: host Elwin and I discuss my study of almost 2,000 AI answers about Dutch brands, and why AI repeats outdated information more often than it makes things up
De Grote B2B Marketing Show Podcast · October 2026Episode 42 — getting found by AI: what B2B marketers should do differently than with SEO to show up in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
Frankwatching Article · August 2026'AI vertelt klanten vooral verouderde informatie over merken': my byline on why outdated facts, not fabrication, are AI's real brand-accuracy problem
BNR Nieuwsradio Article · August 2026'AI-chatbots veranderen het internet, maar SEO blijft belangrijk': quoted on why a chatbot gives one answer, and how brands earn a place in it
De Technoloog Podcast · August 2026De Technoloog — Matt Timmermans on going from SEO to GEO and how brands become visible in AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude
Donateursbelangen Podcast · August 2026Podcast #40 — interview with founder Matt Timmermans about GiveRadar and charity transparency
Computable News · August 2026Donateursbelangen integrates GiveRadar data — "Our mission is to make the charity sector more transparent through data"
Noordhollands Dagblad Interview · €'Ik ga het leven leiden zoals ik dat zelf wil' — living and working around the world
deZZP Interview'Om vakantie te hebben, moet ik weg uit Bali'
RunningNL Interview · September 2026 · €'Matt Timmermans ontdekt Indonesië op hardloopschoenen': magazine feature on Indonesia's fast-growing running culture, with my photos
RunningBE Interview · September 2026 · €'Indonesië op loopschoenen': running between Buddhist temples, rice fields and volcanoes, in the Belgian edition
AD / Brabants Dagblad Interview · July 2026 · €'Levensgevaarlijk soms, maar de sfeer is heel gaaf' — running marathons in the world's strangest countries
Brabants Centrum Interview · July 2026'Running is a healthy addiction' — digital nomad Matt Timmermans from Boxtel
ProRun Feature · April 2026How a guy from Boxtel became a pacer at a half marathon in an Indonesian village
GOOD TO KNOW
Matt Timmermans is an entrepreneur, SEO expert, and AI builder based in Bali, Indonesia. He helps businesses get found in AI search through SEO, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and LLM optimization. He also builds AI-powered automation systems and digital products like GiveRadar and Noisely.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing content so it gets surfaced in AI-generated answers, chatbot responses, and AI overviews. Matt Timmermans specialized in GEO in 2024 and helps brands like Business Insider, Bitvavo, and Coinmerce improve their visibility in AI-powered search.
Matt builds AI-powered systems for businesses including automated lead follow-up, client onboarding, review requests, email pipelines, and AI agents that answer calls and book appointments 24/7. These are set up for your business and run without requiring you to learn new software.
GiveRadar is a free global charity transparency database founded and built by Matt Timmermans. It aggregates official government registries from 100+ countries into integrity assessments, financial data, and contact details for 7.9 million+ nonprofits. He built it after struggling to find reliable information on small international charities while fundraising for the New York City Marathon. Visit giveradar.com.
Matt's current products are GiveRadar, a global charity transparency database covering 7.9 million+ nonprofits, and Noisely, a B2B feedback scraping tool. He founded Own Property Abroad and runs the agency Timmermans Media. Earlier products include Runami, an AI running coach, and LandLoom, a market analysis dashboard for the Bali property market.
CONTACT
If you run a business and want to get found in AI search, or automate the work your team shouldn't be doing manually, reach out. I'll show you what's possible.