Buzzstream

JANUARY 8, 2025

Therefore, there has been a shift in how brands and agencies are thinking about building links. The big move is towards “digital PR.” So, I was able to chat with Clearlink’s Director of Digital PR, Sage Singleton to get a sense for why this is happening and how it’s impacted their agency.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

Since I have amassed a bucket of tips, secrets, and tricks over my ~ seven years of agency work in digital PR and link building, I thought Id start sharing them in the newsletter. After getting some great feedback from readers, I recently started expanding it to include tips from other digital PRs and link builders in the game.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

After working and learning from Ross Hudgens , the founder of content marketing agency, Siege Media , for close to seven years, I am thrilled to have him on the podcast. Ross and Emily Campbell-Snidal , their VP of Content Marketing, recently released a podcast explaining their new “product-led digital PR” approach.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2017

Do you work in digital PR? The difference between digital PR and “traditional” PR is fuzzy, yet worth examining, because it has transformed our profession in so many ways. In some ways PR hasn’t changed that much. Digital PR practitioners have had to step up and learn new skills.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Chris is the co-founder of UK-based digital PR link building agency, Linkifi. Can you define digital PR? So the way that I feel about digital PR specifically is that it’s it’s link building, but it’s earned media link building. What role does SEO have in digital PR these days?

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Prowly

APRIL 9, 2024

The evolution of Digital PR has been quite a journey, from the early 00s days of shifty SEO link-building tactics to today’s proud industry that delivers campaigns that help get your brand front of mind and at the top of Google.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 15, 2025

I’ve been looking to speak with more in-house brands who have had success with digital PR. I looked to Chris Lewis , the Associate Digital PR at Launch Potato because he works on several brands under the Launch Potato umbrella. Do you view it as an agency? This, to me, is the definition of viral. Vince: Yeah.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

Alex Cassidy of UK digital PR agency Distinctly wrote a post about how they were trying to use ChatGPT to build creative campaigns. The digital PR team’s doing it, and other agencies are doing it. How has AI changed the way your agency thinks? That’s how it all started. That’s good.

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Remote PR Jobs

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Google Meet : Perfect for smaller teams, Google Meet is an easy-to-use video call platform that integrates seamlessly with Google Workspace, making it one of the best collaborative project management tools. Best PR Tools The PR profession demands specialized tools for media outreach and relationship building.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I was clueless about the world of Digital PR and what it entailed – until I landed in the industry myself. Unlike its traditional PR counterpart, Digital PR is also conducted with SEO in mind and one of the key aims of outreach is to gain linked coverage on online news publications.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. To get more complete information, I reached out to a range of experts in the industry to gain their insights on the go-to tools for their teams or agencies. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 26, 2024

So, Google and Yahoo have introduced new requirements to reduce spam and protect recipients from malicious messages. Not to worry, we’ve compiled a detailed — yet simplified — guide for link builders and digital PR professionals to help navigate these new standards and make it into your prospect’s inbox.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

At one point during the summer Olympics, I saw a compelling LinkedIn post from a fellow digital PR, Victoria Schmid. Digital PRs suddenly see open rates, click-through rates, and responses drop precipitously and scramble to meet KPIs and link goals. This tip comes from Bri Goodwin, Digital PR Manager at Journey Further.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The PRCA Digital PR and Communications Report 2016 reveals a sharp rise in digital PR budgets, but continuing concern over the lack of investment in training. It’s the fourth annual Digital PR and Communications report the PRCA has produced. More education and training needed to acquire digital PR skills.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

However, I believe that the PR agencies should take this as an opportunity rather than a challenge. With such alterations in the media industry, PR agencies have a window to get more creative and embrace newer avenues, such as social media platforms, more aggressively than before. Will India See a Rise in Digital PR?

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5W PR

MARCH 29, 2025

Google Analytics 4 provides valuable insights into how digital PR efforts influence physical visits. Properties can track the journey from initial social media engagement through to on-site spending, helping PR teams refine their messaging and channel strategy.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Before I was at BuzzStream, I worked with The Grit Group , a fantastic digital marketing agency run by Alex Johnson. Given all of Google’s wild things, like AI Overviews, Site Reputation Abuse, Helpful Content Updates, and ChatGPT’s emergence, his post resonated with me, so I asked him to come on the pod to discuss it.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As consumer trends continue to shift away from traditional brick-and-mortar shopping to online shopping and social media activity, a strong, targeted, and effective digital marketing plan is becoming more important than ever. If people are buying based on a message, something about that campaign was successful. Brand Mentions.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

With seemingly new AI models dropping daily, agencies and site owners are all scrambling for answers on how and what to prioritize to appear in AI search results. At the same time, AI companies are also facing lawsuits from other media giants , leadingto rampant speculation about how to approach digital PR strategy.

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5W PR

MARCH 16, 2025

Preparing for a future without third-party cookies represents one of the biggest shifts in digital marketing since the rise of programmatic advertising. Early tests by Google showed that FLoC-based targeting achieved 95% of the conversion rate per dollar compared to cookie-based advertising.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 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 rub against Google’s spam guidelines if builders don’t properly check websites for quality signals. Enter digital PR.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 30, 2024

One of my favorite examples is when KFC ran out of chicken in 2018 and published this full-page ad apologizing for it: In digital PR, reactive PR campaigns typically pitch quotes, data, or new stories to journalists that tie into a trending topic or news event. I can do this with a simple Google News search.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

My favorite feature, however, is that Thea and Grace have been compiling and categorizing all of the campaigns featured on their list into a free, shared Google Sheet (be sure to make a copy before filtering): Why subscribe? Finding great digital PR examples , campaigns and resources takes a lot of work and time. Why Subscribe?

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Following Google’s latest moves, such as the Helpful Content updates , email anti-spam requirements , and transition into AI, The title of this post shouldn’t surprise anyone. Digital PR is certainly not new, but it’s consistently proven to be the most effective way to gain the links that Google values.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Amelia Selby works for SEO Travel , a unique digital marketing agency based in the UK with a great vision. SEO Travel is a non-profit agency that helps small—to medium-sized travel companies with smaller budgets. However, it also comes with the unique challenge of delivering results in digital PR on a lean budget.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 7, 2025

With interest in digital PR growing almost 30% in the past few years, we wanted to put together a snapshot of today’s industry, looking at tactics, challenges, tools, and much more. We interviewed over 150 digital PR professionals worldwide between November and December 2024 to give you the State of Digital PR Report for 2025.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 14, 2024

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. How Does Digital PR Help SEO?

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Cision

MAY 29, 2017

The search industry was further revolutionized with the introduction Google’s Instant Results around 2010. Pratik Dholakiya is the Co-Founder of E2M , a full service digital marketing agency and PRmention , a digital PR agency. Things gradually changed with the Panda, Penguin, Pigeon and other updates.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Over the past few years, digital PR has become significantly more important for brands and now goes way beyond ‘building links’ It includes increased brand awareness, brand positioning, SEO ranking, marketing share, share of voice, social media performance, organic traffic, sales and more – all encompassed in one.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. Some like to go a different route to find interested journalists and seek websites or articles via Google search. So, continuing our farming example, let’s perform a Google search for farming news. Let’s type farming into Google News.

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Buzzstream

APRIL 4, 2024

Try a Google Search The easiest way to find coverage is through Google Search. Even though your coverage will most likely appear in news publications, I still like to use Google Search instead of Google News to ensure I don’t miss anything! Luckily, there are digital pr tools for alerts.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 4, 2023

Digital PR is a great tactic for driving traffic and brand awareness, which can be matched across your offline and online marketing campaigns. Social media helps to shape the image of your brand online, so by combining digital PR campaigns you’re able to create a more dominating and cohesive online identity.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available. Below, we’ve collected our favorite digital PR tools that have been proven to help launch successful campaigns.

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Buzzstream

JULY 1, 2024

One day, Google says it doesn’t matter as much, and the next day, someone leaks their algorithm, which clearly shows otherwise. Looking at Google Trends to check its popularity shows that link building is almost the same, if not slightly up, from five years ago. So, give yourself (or an agency) a chance to prove a trust cost.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 31, 2020

After beating the SEO drum since 2010, it baffles us that the PR industry hasn’t embraced this discipline. Our push to marry SEO and PR picked up steam seven years ago when Google overhauled its search algorithm. Google used the Hummingbird.more.

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