Link Building Agency for Rankings & AI Search Visibility

How is Reporter Outreach different from other link building agencies?

We actually pitch journalists and write editorial responses every day — we don't buy guest posts, use PBNs, or recycle the same 50 sites every agency uses. Every placement is earned through reactive digital PR: HARO, Qwoted, and direct media relationships built over nine years. You get a live tracker showing where your links went, the DR of each site, and the anchor text used. If you want to verify a placement, you can click into it and see it on the publication yourself. That's not standard in this industry — most agencies show you a spreadsheet and hope you don't look too closely.

How long until I see rankings and AI citations improve?

First placements usually go live within 2–4 weeks of kickoff. Meaningful ranking movement starts around month 2–3, with most clients seeing compounding gains by month 4–6. AI citations follow a similar curve — Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google's AI Overviews index editorial coverage from authority publications, so the more consistently you're cited in places like Forbes, VentureBeat, or USA Today, the more those tools surface your brand in related queries. This is why we require a 3-month minimum: month 1 builds the baseline, months 2–3 show the compounding.

How do you verify a placement is actually high quality?

Every site gets screened through Ahrefs before we pitch it — domain rating, organic visibility, topical relevance, and whether the site has real editorial standards versus a paid-post farm dressed up as a news site. We don't use PBNs, link networks, or reciprocal schemes. Every placement is verified in your tracker with the underlying data, and if a site doesn't meet the quality bar we agreed on at kickoff, it doesn't count toward your monthly total.

What's the minimum commitment, and can I cancel?

Three months minimum on any monthly package, then month-to-month with 30 days notice. No annual contracts. The three-month minimum isn't a sales tactic — it's the shortest honest window to build a measurable authority signal. If you want a one-off placement instead, our Link Insertions are sold a la carte starting at $300.

What happens if you don't deliver the agreed placement count?

Undelivered placements roll into the next billing cycle and get prioritized. You're not charged extra, and nothing is lost. The goal is that over any 90-day window, you've received every placement you paid for — even if a specific month ran short because of a slow news cycle or a tougher vertical.

Will these placements help my brand get cited in AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity?

Yes — and this is where most link building falls short. AI models cite brands they can verify through authoritative, third-party editorial coverage. They don't cite your homepage. A brand mentioned in Forbes, VentureBeat, or Healthline is one an AI tool can confidently surface in answers; a brand with only private networks and low-tier guest posts has no independent verification to draw from. Our Digital PR service builds the editorial footprint that makes your brand citation-worthy in Google's AI Overviews and LLM-powered search.

Do you work with my industry?

We've run campaigns across 12+ verticals — healthcare, SaaS, eCommerce, financial services, cybersecurity, real estate, HR, food and recipe, interior design, travel, and fitness. Each industry has its own publications, journalist beats, and pitch angles, so campaigns are never templated. If you're in a niche that isn't listed, book a call. Odds are we've run an adjacent campaign, and we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right fit.

How is a Full-Feature Article different from a guest post?

A guest post is something you (or a writer) contribute to a third-party blog in exchange for a backlink. The blog usually doesn't have an engaged editorial audience, and the post sits quietly earning link equity. A Full-Feature Article is an editorial placement on a major publication — USA Today, VentureBeat, Elite Daily — where your brand is the focus of the story, written with editorial oversight and reaching an actual readership. The two aren't interchangeable. They're different product categories.