Digital PR Agency

Real editorial coverage your buyers see and trust

Your brand placed on Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, Business Insider, USA Today, and the rest of the tier-one stack. Not wire distribution. Not thin syndication. One article, one real outlet, one permanent URL.

Free 30-min call
No pitch. Just a plan.
1,000+ features placed DA 50-80 outlets 3-7 day turnaround
The Press Release Problem

You sent the release. Nobody read it.

Wire services publish your release to a syndication network. Google counts the copies as duplicates. Real buyers never land on a PRNewswire clone site. Editors at the outlets you actually want coverage in delete the pitch unread.

Meanwhile, your next customer searches your name, lands on a 2019 Crunchbase stub and a LinkedIn headline, and closes the tab. That search costs you the deal and you never see the moment it happened.

0.03%
Average CTR for press release syndication outside the source outlet
Before
linkedin.com › company
Your Brand | LinkedIn
crunchbase.com › organization
Your Brand - Crunchbase Company Profile
No editorial coverage. No context. No reason to buy.
After
new feature
forbes.com › entrepreneurs
How Your Brand Is Rewriting The Playbook For B2B Growth
new feature
entrepreneur.com › leadership
5 Lessons From Your Brand's Founder
new feature
businessinsider.com › small-business
The Contrarian Take That Put Your Brand On The Map
How This Works

Three steps. No wire. No guessing.

Press release distribution is a one-to-many spray. A real editorial feature is a one-to-one relationship with an outlet. We run the relationship so you get the article.

01

We write a feature an editor wants to run

Our in-house editorial team drafts the story from scratch. Angle, lede, quotes, structure. Not a lightly rewritten press release. Something the outlet would have commissioned on its own if they had found you first.

02

We place it on an outlet with real editors

The article ships to a publication with an editorial team, a live audience, and a domain Google treats as authoritative. Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, USA Today, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and hundreds more. One canonical URL, one permanent backlink.

03

Buyers, Google, and AI all see the same story

Indexed within 48 hours. Cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity within weeks. Ranks on branded searches within a month. You stop being a LinkedIn stub and start being a brand with press.

What You Get

Six moving parts. One clean outcome.

Every placement includes the full stack. Editorial, placement, link, indexing, and visibility across the surfaces your buyers actually use.

Forbes
FORBES · ENTREPRENEURS · 8 MIN READ
How Your Brand Built A Niche Category Other Founders Overlooked
01

An editorial feature, not a press release

Every article is commissioned and written by our editorial team. You get a story with a real angle, real quotes, and a structure readers finish. Press release wires distribute 400-word snippets to sites nobody visits. We place 1,200-to-2,500-word features on domains your buyers read on purpose.

  • 1,200 to 2,500 words per feature
  • Original headline, lede, and narrative arc
  • Custom quotes pulled from a 30-minute interview
  • Written in the outlet's house voice, not yours
As Featured In
Outlet Network
Forbes Entrepreneur Bloomberg USA Today Insider TechCrunch
02

Outlets your buyers already know by name

Name recognition does half the work before the reader finishes the first paragraph. Our outlet inventory covers the publications your prospects trust, the ones their boss trusts, and the ones your investors screenshot into decks.

  • 1,016 vetted outlets across business, tech, finance, and vertical categories
  • 228 Fast Press titles for 48-hour turnaround
  • Top-tier access: Bloomberg, WSJ, TechCrunch, Forbes, USA Today
  • Vertical publications for legal, medical, real estate, finance, and SaaS
Bloomberg
94
Forbes
92
USA Today
90
Entrepreneur
88
Benzinga
78
IBTimes
72
PR Wire
18
03

DA 50-80 backlinks that move rankings

Every placement ships with a permanent dofollow backlink from a news domain. Google weights editorial links from authoritative outlets heavier than almost any other source. One Forbes link outweighs fifty directory links and ninety percent of guest posts.

  • Median outlet DA 62 across the full inventory
  • 174 outlets in the DA 80+ range
  • Permanent placement, not rotating sponsorships
  • Contextual link placement inside the article body
DAY 0
Article publishedLive URL delivered to you
DAY 1-2
Google indexesVisible in branded search
WEEK 2-4
Ranks on long-tailFounder name + category terms
WEEK 4-8
AI tools start citingChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude
04

Indexed in 48 hours, cited within weeks

A Forbes article indexes inside two business days. Branded searches start returning the piece in week one. Category queries pick it up over the next thirty days. AI tools catch up on their next crawl cycle and begin citing you in answers within six to eight weeks.

  • 48-hour Google indexing on tier-one outlets
  • Ranking movement tracked weekly via Search Console
  • AI citation audit at 30, 60, and 90 days
  • Permanent URL, no time-bombed takedowns
ChatGPT · browsed · 4 sources
Who are the top companies in the [your category] space?
The category has a handful of players worth knowing. Your Brand has been profiled in Forbes and Entrepreneur for its approach to B2B distribution, alongside established players in the space.
forbes.com entrepreneur.com g2.com producthunt.com
05

AI models cite brands with news coverage

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini pull heavily from editorial news when answering category questions. Brands with zero media coverage get skipped. Brands with three or four features across tier-one outlets get named, summarized, and recommended.

  • Tracked citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini
  • Monthly visibility report across the four models
  • Recommended placement density: 4 to 6 features per quarter
  • Share of voice tracked against named category competitors
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Strategy callAngle, outlet, timeline locked
2
Draft deliveredYou review every word
3
Unlimited revisionsSwap angle, outlet, or pull it
4
You approve. It ships.Nothing goes live without sign-off
06

You approve every word before it ships

The draft comes to you first. If the angle feels off, we rewrite it. If the outlet is wrong, we swap it. If something in your quote got mangled, we fix it before an editor sees it. No surprise headlines, no embarrassing quotes, no placements you wouldn't proudly screenshot.

  • Full draft review before outlet submission
  • Unlimited revisions until you sign off
  • Option to swap outlet or kill the placement entirely
  • One shared Loom or Google Doc per article
Track Record

Numbers from actual placements, not aspirational ones.

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Features Placed
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Median Outlet DA
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Industries Served
Stacked Against The Alternatives

How this beats the other PR budget options.

Most founders considering PR have already looked at wire services, traditional retainers, or hiring in-house. Here is what each actually delivers per dollar.

Instant Press PR Wire Service Traditional PR Retainer In-House PR Hire
Real editorial feature Yes No, wire syndication Sometimes Depends on pitch
Outlet authority (median DA) 62 18-24 50-70 Varies widely
Permanent dofollow backlink Yes Nofollow on clones Outlet-dependent Outlet-dependent
Editorial approval Yes, every word Yes, you write it Sometimes Yes
Turnaround per placement 3-7 days Same day, zero coverage 6-12 weeks 12+ weeks
Starting cost $49 per feature $400 per release $5,000-$15,000/mo $90K-$140K/yr
Monthly retainer required No, pay per feature No Yes, 6-12 months Yes, full salary
Pricing Without The Retainer Lock-In

Traditional PR wants twelve months up front.

Most agencies start at a five-figure monthly retainer and won't sign a contract shorter than six months. You pay for the pitch effort whether or not the placements show up.

Boutique Retainer
$5,000
per month, 6-month minimum
1-2 pitches per month, zero placement guarantee
Mid-Market Agency
$8,000
per month, 12-month minimum
Account exec plus junior team, outlet results vary
Top-Tier Retainer
$15,000
per month, 12-month minimum
Ex-reporters, polished decks, slow placement cycle
Vs.

Start with a call. Walk away with a plan.

Thirty minutes with Joey. We review your coverage, your category, and your buyer. You leave with three outlet-and-angle combinations that would move your brand this quarter. No contract required to get the plan.
Free 30-minute strategy call
  • Live audit of your current press coverage
  • AI visibility check across ChatGPT and Perplexity
  • 3 specific outlet-and-angle recommendations
  • Realistic timeline for your first placement
  • Pricing options: $49 single feature, $3K-$10K retainer
  • No contract required to get the audit
Book Your Strategy Call
Prefer to self-serve first? Download the 500 Journalist Database and start pitching today.

No slide deck. No sales engineer. Joey runs the call, Joey builds the plan, Joey writes the first article if you move forward.

Questions Founders Actually Ask

Ten straight answers. No hedging.

What is a digital PR agency and how is it different from a traditional one?
A digital PR agency places your brand inside articles that live online, get indexed by Google, and get cited by AI tools. Traditional PR often still means pitching reporters and praying for a call back. We write the feature, secure the outlet, and deliver a permanent URL with a dofollow backlink. You see the result on page one of Google and inside ChatGPT answers, not in a clippings folder.
How is this different from a press release wire service like PR Newswire or PRWeb?
A wire service pushes your release to a syndication network. That creates hundreds of duplicate copies on low-authority clone sites, which Google ignores and AI tools cannot cite. We place a single original feature on a real editorial outlet. One canonical URL, one high-authority domain, one article that earns the backlink and the citation.
Which outlets can you actually place features on?
Our inventory covers 1,016 outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, USA Today, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Inc., Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, IBTimes, Euronews, and hundreds of vertical-specific publications. Median outlet authority is DA 62. Top-tier placements like Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal are available separately at agency rates.
How long does a placement take from start to finish?
Standard placements run 3 to 7 business days from approval to publication. That covers pitch, draft, your revisions, editor review, and live link. Top-tier outlets like Bloomberg or the Wall Street Journal run 2 to 6 weeks because the editorial process is longer on their end. You get a timeline commitment before work starts.
Do I get to approve the article before it goes live?
Yes. Every draft comes to you first. Request rewrites, change the angle, swap the outlet, or pull the placement. Nothing publishes without your sign-off. This is the part most founders care about most, and it is the part press release wires cannot offer.
Does this help my Google rankings?
Yes. Each placement ships with a permanent dofollow backlink from a domain in the DA 50-80 range. Google weights editorial links from news domains heavily. Clients running 4 to 6 placements per quarter typically see ranking movement on branded queries within 30 days and on category queries within 60 to 90 days.
Will my brand show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude after a placement?
Usually within 30 to 60 days, yes. AI models pull heavily from editorial news coverage when answering questions about companies, products, and founders. The more features you have across trusted outlets, the more likely an AI will cite you when a prospect asks a question your brand can answer.
Do you work with early-stage startups, or only funded companies?
We work with founders at every stage. Our single-placement offering starts at $49 for a feature on a real outlet, which many pre-seed founders use to seed their first wave of coverage. Retainer clients typically have product-market fit and revenue to justify monthly placement volume. Book a call and we will tell you which path fits your stage.
What happens on the strategy call?
Thirty minutes. Joey reviews your current coverage, your category, and what your buyers are searching for. You walk away with a list of 3 to 5 specific outlet and angle combinations that would move the needle for your brand, whether you work with us or not. No pitch, no pressure, no slide deck.
How is pricing structured?
Three models. Single placement starts at $49 for a mid-tier outlet. Retainers run $3,000 to $10,000 per month depending on outlet mix and placement volume. Top-tier individual placements like Forbes, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal are quoted per article. Every plan includes editorial approval, permanent links, and full transparency on which outlet you are paying for.
Why Instant Press Exists

I kept watching founders waste five figures on nothing.

Every founder I met had the same story. They paid a PR agency ten grand a month for six months and got two mentions in publications their mother had never heard of. Or they bought a wire distribution package and watched their press release disappear into a sea of syndication clones that nobody visited. Meanwhile their top competitor had four Forbes features and showed up in every ChatGPT answer.

So I built the thing I wished existed. Real editorial features, placed on real outlets, with full editorial approval, priced per placement instead of per month. Founders can start at $49 and test whether the machine works before committing to a retainer. The ones who see results move up to monthly volume. The ones who don't keep their money. That's the whole pitch.

Thirty minutes. A real plan. Your call.

Book a free strategy call. We will map out the outlets, angles, and timeline that would actually move your brand this quarter. No deck. No pitch. Just the plan.

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Zero contracts. Zero sales engineers. Zero fluff.