"Top Cities for Hiking," "Best States to Start a Business In," "Most Exciting Summer 2024 Road Trips," and "Worst Places to Own Income Property." We've all seen regional articles highlighting the best and worst reasons to be present in different cities, states, countries, etc. These types of posts Read more

Links don’t last forever. A study from Ahrefs found that 66.5% of links in the last nine years have been dead! Links drop for numerous reasons. They could be technical, like a crawl error or a purposeful move when the site updates content. Either way, getting those links back is valuable, Read more

If you’ve ever popped into your spam folder, you’ve seen what a lousy outreach email looks like. You may have even seen one creep into your main folder. Because of this spam, email outreach has gotten a bad reputation. But not all outreach is spam. Blogger outreach, link building outreach, Read more

Digital PR can help rankings, organic traffic and more. The term digital PR may differ slightly depending on who you ask. We recently discussed the differences between US and UK digital PR with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson on our podcast. But ultimately, the goal is the same: to get high-authority Read more

The term digital PR means different things depending on who you ask. We even had an entire podcast episode devoted to the differences between digital PR strategies US and UK with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson. Some people refer to digital PR as content-led link building. But there is a lot more Read more

Email is the best way to contact reporters, though social media is a close second. Finding them can be a challenge. We’ll show you how.   Imagine a world where journalists saw every piece you published. Unfortunately, that world doesn’t exist. We need to work for our coverage, get Read more

Unfortunately, no one tool or tactic captures every mention of a campaign. Journalists don't respond; they post. Some forget to link. And even if they do, link indexing tools don't cover every nook and cranny of the internet. However, for link builders and digital PRs, reporting that one extra Read more

If you aren’t reaching the correct person, a media pitch, no matter how good, will not matter. According to Muck Rack’s 2024 State of Journalism Report, the top reason for rejecting a pitch (73%) is the lack of relevance to their coverage area. Not personalization, timing, or pitch length; Read more

Digital PR is one of the best strategies for building high-authority backlinks in 2024. As Google continues to tighten the noose on borderline link building tactics with March 2024 Helpful Content updates, building backlinks is more important than ever. Even some white hat link building strategies Read more

You’ve just completed a great new study, and you’re keen to get journalists to cover your findings, but how do you do that? Writing media pitches for data-led stories or studies is very different from writing a media pitch to promote the launch of a new product, service, or event. Maybe you’re Read more