Earned media

Digital PR

Coverage in publications your buyers read, earned with material journalists actually want — plus reputation management when the coverage is unwelcome.

What is digital PR?

Digital PR earns coverage in online publications through stories journalists want to write — original data, expert commentary on developing stories, or genuinely newsworthy company events. It builds brand awareness and search authority simultaneously, since credible coverage carries citations and links.

Give journalists something they need

Journalists receive far more pitches than they can use, and most are company announcements of interest only to the company. What gets covered is material that helps them write a story: original data nobody else has, an expert available on deadline, or a genuinely unusual development.

For most businesses the most reliable route is proprietary data. You have information about your market that nobody has published. Analysed and packaged well, that becomes a story journalists cover on merit rather than as a favour.

Process

How we deliver it

1Find the angleData you hold, or expertisea journalist would want.2Build the assetAnalysis, survey orcommentary, packaged foruse.3Target properlySpecific journalists on therelevant beat, not a masslist.4Pitch and follow upShort, relevant, and usefulto that journalist.5Monitor and manageTrack coverage, sentimentand search visibility.
Process flow for Digital PR
  1. 01

    Find the angle

    Data you hold, or expertise a journalist would want.

  2. 02

    Build the asset

    Analysis, survey or commentary, packaged for use.

  3. 03

    Target properly

    Specific journalists on the relevant beat, not a mass list.

  4. 04

    Pitch and follow up

    Short, relevant, and useful to that journalist.

  5. 05

    Monitor and manage

    Track coverage, sentiment and search visibility.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • A story angle and supporting data asset
  • Targeted media list with journalist-level relevance
  • Pitch execution and follow-up
  • Coverage report with reach and link acquisition
  • Reputation monitoring and response guidance where scoped

Engagement shape

Campaign-based for data stories, or a monthly retainer for ongoing commentary and reputation monitoring.

Tooling

What we typically build with

  • Media databases
  • Google Alerts
  • Ahrefs
  • Survey tooling
  • Data analysis
  • Search Console

Stack decisions follow the problem. This is where we usually start, not a fixed menu.

Frequently asked

Questions we get about this

Can you guarantee coverage?

No. Editorial decisions belong to editors, and any agency guaranteeing placements is either buying it — which is advertising, and should be labelled as such — or overstating what they control. We commit to the angle, the asset and the outreach.

Can you remove negative search results?

Rarely by removal, unless the content is defamatory or breaches a platform's rules. What usually works is displacement — building enough credible positive material that the negative result falls below where people look. It is slower and it is the honest mechanism.

Talk it through before you commit

A discovery call is a working session on your constraint, not a sales pitch.

Quick inquiry

Tell us what you're trying to build

A short note is enough. You'll hear back from the team, not a bot — usually within one working day.

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