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# buzzstream.com

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## Homepage

- [BuzzStream: All-in-One Digital PR & Link Building Solution](/content/site-root.html): BuzzStream is the best digital PR and link building solution to help promote products, services, and content to build links, buzz, and brands. (324 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Email - BuzzStream](/content/outreach/connect/index.html): Leave those complicated spreadsheets behind. Send personalized, relationship-based messages without sacrificing efficiency. (313 words)
- [What's Working in SEO During All the AI Chaos (with Candour) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/candour-podcast/index.html): Candour's Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers-Ward on AI query fan-outs, why brand mentions may beat links for AI visibility, and what core updates are really punishing in 2026. (5,933 words, 2026-07-15)
- [How AI Mentions and Cites Your Brand (New Study) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/ai-mentions-vs-citations-study/index.html): See what happens when AI names a brand but doesn’t cite it — and why that gap could matter for SEO, PR, and AI visibility based on our study of 12,000 prompts. (956 words, 2026-06-29)
- [State of Digital PR Report (2026) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/state-of-digital-pr-2026/index.html): We polled 150 digital PR experts and practitioners for our 2026 State of Digital PR Report. Here's what we found! (11,197 words, 2026-02-09)
- [News Publishers with AI Partnerships in 2026 - BuzzStream](/content/blog/partnerships-in-ai/index.html): This is an active list of the news publishers that have data partnerships with AI technologies. It's updated as new partnerships get announced. (1,190 words, 2026-01-14)
- [Which News Sites Block AI Crawlers in 2025? [New Data] - BuzzStream](/content/blog/publishers-block-ai-study/index.html): 79% of top news sites block AI training bots via robots.txt. Google-Extended is the least blocked among training bots. 71% of sites also block AI retrieval bots. PerplexityBot, used for indexing, is blocked by 67%. Only 14% of publishers block all AI bots, while 18% don’t block any. Bots can circumvent robots.txt directives. Everyone wants to show up in AI. And in the digital marketing realm, everyone is flocking to digital PR in hopes of getting their brands mentioned in citations. However, there is a vocal majority of publishers (and their journalists, especially) who are very vocally anti-AI. Some, such as the New York Times, are actively suing AI companies for using their data. But are the publishers blocking it from showing up in AI results, or from using the data to train their models? When you examine the data, specifically the robots.txt files, you begin to see a clearer picture of how publishers are handling AI crawling of their sites. In this post, I analyzed the robots.txt files of 100 top news sites in the US and UK to determine who is blocking AI—and more importantly, what it means for digital PR. (I credit the Screaming Frog team for giving me the idea for this piece. They analyzed UK sites back in July 2025.) Methodology We examined the top 50 in the UK and the top 50 in the US, based on SimilarWeb traffic share, for a combined total of 100. We then deduplicated the list to produce the final list used for the calculations presented in this study. Background on AI Bots, Robots.txt, and Crawlers If you are unfamiliar with robots.txt, crawlers, and related concepts, here is a brief primer to get you up to speed. If you know all of that stuff, skip to the takeaways! What is […] (1,732 words, 2025-12-18)
- [Digital PR vs. PR: Where the Line Actually Is (and Why It Matters in 2026) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/digital-pr-vs-pr-podcast/index.html): Jon Amar and Vince Nero discuss the differences between digital PR and more traditional PR tactics, and what they can learn from one another. (908 words, 2025-12-17)
- [Why Link Building Will Look Radically Different in 2025 - BuzzStream](/content/blog/link-building-in-2025/index.html): Google’s 2024 updates devalued scaled outreach and low–quality backlinks, favoring high-authority PR coverage. Email sender guidelines now penalize non-personalized, bulk outreach; precision matters more than volume. Helpful Content and Link Spam Updates targeted affiliate, guest post, and “best” list sites lacking unique value. AI Overviews and leaked Google docs suggest fresh, click-worthy, brand-authoritative content earns ranking power. 2025 SEO success depends on PR-style, data–rich, targeted outreach—not traditional link building tactics. 2024 was one of the most turbulent years in SEO history. A culmination of six events combined that signaled the growing importance in brand —and weakened the case for many “traditional” link building strategies. And before you dismiss this post as a sales pitch, we have a lot of customers who use our tool for traditional link building. Nevertheless, the evidence is hard to ignore. It’s not that all link building is bad. However, a significant shift in how you think about your SEO and link building strategies in 2025 is needed. The shift is moving away from the traditional, spray and pray, wide-scale approach you knew. The focus now needs to be building a brand with targeted outreach, high-quality links, and coverage from sites that Google (and consumers) value. Here are the six major events shaping the shift from link building to PR. 1. Google and Yahoo Email Guidelines (February) Google announced new email requirements for senders emailing over 5,000 emails within 24 hours to personal Gmail accounts. Senders must have one-click unsubscribe links, and spam rates must be kept below .3%. If you fail to comply, your emails will land in spam folders, rendering them useless for outreach. What did we learn? Spray and pray, scaled outreach is no longer viable. Personalized email outreach is the key to success. Learn more about Google’s new email requirements 2. Google Changes […] (1,494 words, 2024-12-18)
- [Where Do #Journorequests Come From [Data Study] - BuzzStream](/content/blog/journorequests/index.html): Learn about the use of #journorequests and other media requests on X and where in the world the requests come from. (557 words, 2024-12-18)
- [How to Create Once, Distribute Forever (With Ross Simmonds) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/content-distribution-podcast/index.html): Learn from marketing expert Ross Simmonds about the power of content distribution and how it can take your business to new heights. (1,039 words, 2024-12-12)
- [Link Building Pricing (Updated for 2026) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/link-building-pricing/index.html): Average guest post link costs $461; high-quality posts average $3130 based on traffic and DA/DR benchmarks. Link insertions average $179 but are rarely offered by high-quality, high-traffic sites. Digital PR links cost $1,250–$1,500 per link and remain the most valuable for authority and rankings. Only 1.37% of guest post opportunities meet quality standards—Google devalues most low-cost options. Link lifetime value varies by industry—finance commands higher ROI and justifies greater link investment. Pricing for links can vary widely. Obviously, several factors go into determining the cost of a link in 2026—and whether that price makes sense for you. Working with an agency vs doing it alone will change the pricing. Different tactics will have different costs. The quality of a link also contributes to the cost. Considering all of this, I put together some numbers so that you can make more educated decisions about your link building strategies. I’ve combined my experience at an agency, analyzed link vendor databases, and interviewed agency leaders to get you link building pricing in 2026 and beyond. Note: We’ve updated this with all-new link numbers in 2026 based on a few new studies. Guest Post Link Pricing The average price for a guest post directly from a site is $295 on average, and approximately $461 through a vendor. To determine the cost of guest posts, I accessed a vendor’s database of over 500,000 guest post sites and analyzed and categorized them. While the vendor’s price may be significantly higher, they typically handle the heavy lifting of writing the post, establishing the connection to the website, and publishing the post. The highest highs on sites like Forbes.com can range in the $10k range, while you can get guest posts for as low as $150. When breaking it down by DA/DR, you can see that, as expected, the higher […] (2,451 words, 2024-10-10)
- [We Tested 20+ AI PR Tools, So You Don’t Have To (2025 Update) - BuzzStream](/content/blog/pr-ai-tools/index.html): Unlock the power of AI in your PR campaigns. Find the best AI tools for research and simplifying complex topics. (1,328 words, 2024-08-12)
- [Relationship Tracking Automation Improvements - BuzzStream](/content/blog/relationship-tracking-automation-improvements/index.html): As you may know, Relationship Stages are one of the ways BuzzStream allows you to get insight into your relationship with contacts in your campaigns. Some of those stages are defined by you, and others are set by BuzzStream and will transition automatically when certain criteria are met (for example, when you send an email we’ll move a contact to “attempting to reach”, and when you receive a reply we’ll change the stage to “replied”). We’ve just added several new automated stages so BuzzStream can do even more work for you to enable you to easily get insight into relationships without any additional work on your part. Those new stages are: Scheduled: when you schedule an email to send in the future, the contact will be moved to this stage so you know they’ve got emails coming up. Paused: when an email is paused, either by a user or by BuzzStream’s system, the contact will move to this stage  Bounce: if an email is sent but can’t be delivered to a recipients email address, the contact will move to this stage so you can modify or remove the email address Send Failure: if a known problem causes an email to fail to send, the contact will move to this stage so you can take corrective action Unsuccessful – No Reply: if a contact has been sent the last stage of their sequence and don’t reply within a certain period of time that you define, they will be moved to this stage We’ve put together a quick video talking you through these stages as well: We hope these new stages provide more actionable information you can use to manage and interact with your contacts. Please let us know any questions or feedback you’ve got! (372 words, 2022-10-26)
- [New Ways to Take Action in BuzzStream Mailboxes - BuzzStream](/content/blog/mailbox-improvements-announcement-blog-post/index.html): If you’re familiar with BuzzStream’s mailbox functionality, then you already know that it provides a clean way to manage all of the emails tied to your BuzzStream account across campaigns and team members. In this update, we’ve substantially upped the functionality in your mailboxes even further. Now you’ll have the flexibility to get greater insight into the contacts you’re emailing, have more actionable controls for interacting with them, and greater filtering capabilities to get right to the information you need. Let’s dive in and take a look at all the features in this new update. Opportunities In BuzzStream, you’ve always been able to see the emails tied to contacts you’re interacting with in your campaigns right in your mailboxes. However, it was previously tricky to get at a glance insight into all of the campaign data tied to those emails, including which specific projects they were tied to, the contacts associated with them, and the relationship stage they were in. Now, you’ve got all of that information included right in your mailboxes (and elsewhere) with Opportunities. In BuzzStream, an opportunity represents all of the project-specific information about a contact. With opportunities in your mailboxes, you can quickly see this critical information for all of the emails you’re interacting with. These opportunity details are also included on the contact profiles in your projects, so you can organize and get insight into this information there as well. Opportunity Tags Along with opportunities, we’ve included a brand new tag type in BuzzStream: Opportunity Tags. Using opportunity tags, you can tag contacts with project-specific information to help you keep track of key details throughout your outreach workflow. These will differ from the Website and People Tags that you are currently familiar with because these are only tied to the opportunity. This means that these […] (770 words, 2022-08-16)
- [The Art of Writing Subject Lines That Journalists Will Love - BuzzStream](/content/blog/how-to-write-subject-lines/index.html): They may comprise a mere 9 to 13 words (which is the optimal length according to our recent subject line study), but these words hold plenty of power. As one of the only chances you have of getting your campaign seen by a journalist, subject lines are arguably the most important part of your media pitch. As a journalist, I’ve seen and deleted thousands of PR emails over the years. Many were trashed after reading just the subject line, others, after reading the introduction. I’ve encountered good, bad and outright awful attempts. As a Digital PR, I’ve probably produced all of the above. However, after four years in the industry and eight as a journalist and writer, I’d like to believe that I understand what makes a ‘good’ subject line. While there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach, given the diversity of campaigns, multiple factors go into making your subject line interesting and enticing to journalists. Some aspects will make them more likely to succeed. So, from relevancy and clarity to reframing your statistics and making them a little sexier, I’m going to talk you through: my dos and don’ts, what journalists have to say about subject lines, and some of the tips and tricks from others in the industry. Relevancy We’ll start with the most important aspect, which is crucial to your pitch standing a chance of getting picked up. In Cision’s State of The Media Report 2020, it found that a mere 1% of journalists surveyed said that they ‘consider 75%-100% of the pitches they receive as relevant’. This is commonly found among journalists I spoke to for this piece. When asked what percentage of pitches she receives are irrelevant, Freelance journalist Ella Delancey Jones reveals, “I would say a large majority, around 80-85%, are not relevant. Sometimes it’s that I’ve […] (2,057 words, 2021-06-30)
- [Hunter.io Integration and Updated Contact Management - BuzzStream](/content/blog/hunter-io-integration-and-updated-contact-management.html): Ever since we launched our feature request page, one request has consistently ranked at the top in terms of overall demand and popularity: Please (PLEASE) integrate Hunter.io into BuzzStream! Well, today I am extremely excited to announce that, yes, if you’ve got a BuzzStream group plan or above and a Hunter.io account you will now be able to use all of their contact info data in BuzzStream to help you find emails and people even faster. Oh, and by the way, we’ve also added contact information filters and updated our “Add Contact” functionality. More on those below! Hunter.io Integration To get started all you need to do is add your Hunter API key to BuzzStream through our third party integrations page.  Now, you can add Hunter’s discovered contact information to your contacts while maintaining full control of your Hunter account so you don’t accidentally go over any limits.  To enrich contacts with Hunter.io data, simply navigate to the project you’d like to add those contact details for. From that project, go to either your Research List or Outreach List, highlight the contacts you’d like to enrich, then click Research, then Search Hunter.io for contact info. Now you’ll be able to choose whether you’d like to use any of Hunter’s deliverability filters to help narrow down the contact info they discover. For full information on these filters, I recommend you check out the documentation available on Hunter’s site. Once you’ve done that, just click continue and Hunter will begin adding their contact details to your contacts! Now you can access that information in a variety of different ways. First, you can use Hunter contact information and bylines to populate recipients for your campaign so you know you’re sending emails to the right people. Just click in the recipient field and you’ll […] (1,192 words, 2021-04-22)
- [Faster and More Flexible Prospect Research - BuzzStream](/content/blog/prospect-research-improvements/index.html): Earlier this year, we released a complete overhaul of BuzzStream, introducing a new UI as well as brand new features all geared towards making your outreach faster, more efficient, and more scaleable across teams. Since then, we’ve been listening to your feedback and honing in on those areas of the product that are most critical to the overall success of your campaigns.  Almost universally, we heard that the most painful part of the outreach process comes in building a highly qualified outreach list and managing the contact info gathering, research, and eventual email responsibilities across multiple teams or campaigns. So, I’m excited to announce that we’ve just released a major overhaul of our prospecting web research features that will dramatically reduce the time you spend on tedious aspects of list-building while also giving you the tools to conduct research and better manage outreach responsibilities across your team. We’ll be rolling these features out to all users over the next few days, so if you don’t see them in your account just yet don’t worry, they’ll be available soon! We’ll go over all the details in this post, but if you’d rather get a quick overview you can just check out this video: Conduct Better Research with Outreach Fields Generally speaking, within the context of any given campaign, there is a fairly discrete list of things you need to properly research a prospect. The two major ones are: Finding the right contact and contact information for the site or publication Making sure that all of the fields you use in your template are properly filled out Now, BuzzStream provides Recipient and Outreach Fields while you are prospecting so that you can gather relevant information right as you move through your web research process. This means that you or your team won’t […] (1,018 words, 2020-12-10)
- [The New BuzzStream Is Here - BuzzStream](/content/blog/the-new-buzzstream-is-here/index.html): After over ten months of dedicated development work, six months of beta feedback and user studies, and countless conversations with product testers and (2,324 words, 2020-06-25)
- [Major BuzzStream Improvements Are Coming - BuzzStream](/content/blog/major-buzzstream-improvements-are-coming/index.html): In the next month, we’ve got some major changes coming to BuzzStream that are going to seriously improve the product. After numerous iterations, user (1,301 words, 2020-06-03)
- [Connecting to Ahrefs - BuzzStream](/content/blog/connecting-to-ahrefs/index.html): Connecting to Ahrefs in BuzzStream is very straightforward. To so do, just click on the Connect to Ahrefs button in the edit project screen, or new (235 words, 2020-05-27)
- [The New BuzzStream User Interface Beta is Open - BuzzStream](/content/blog/the-new-buzzstream-user-interface-beta-is-open/index.html): Every now and then, you’ve got to shake things up a bit. That’s why we’re extremely excited to announce that BuzzStream is starting the open beta for our (1,234 words, 2020-02-04)
- [Select Recipients: Updated Flexibility to Send Outreach to the Right People - BuzzStream](/content/blog/select-recipients-updated-flexibility-to-send-outreach-to-the-right-people.html):   Just in time for the holidays, we’ve got an announcement that is short but oh so sweet. We’re very pleased to announce that you can now select (508 words, 2019-12-12)
- [New BuzzStream Dashboard & Inbox: A Single Place to Review and Act on Your Outreach - BuzzStream](/content/blog/buzzstream-inbox-a-single-place-to-review-and-act-on-all-your-communications.html): We’re extremely excited to announce the completion of a new Dashboard and Inbox in BuzzStream. The Dashboard gives you a single place to act on all of (1,123 words, 2019-03-06)
- [BuzzStream Research Improvements: Powerful Tools to Find The Information You Need - BuzzStream](/content/blog/buzzstream-research-improvements-powerful-tools-to-find-the-information-you-need.html): Whether you’re putting together your list for the first time, reviewing data that we’ve discovered for a list that you’ve imported, or gathering relevant (1,002 words, 2019-01-16)
- [How Two Startups Streamlined Their Organizations and Outreach to Drive More Links - BuzzStream](/content/blog/how-two-startups-streamlined-their-organizations-and-outreach-to-drive-more-links.html): Since starting our companies, Exercise.com and CarInsuranceComparison.com, my team and I have always practiced a slow and steady approach as we build our (1,137 words, 2018-02-28)
- [5 Ways One Startup Is Using BuzzStream to Maximize Their Potential - BuzzStream](/content/blog/5-ways-one-startup-is-using-buzzstream-to-maximize-their-potential.html): Nothing comes easy for a new company, especially social outreach. From networking in person to cold emailing to just getting someone to open a LinkedIn (1,254 words, 2016-09-21)
- [ParcelHero Increases Engagement 56% Using BuzzStream Email Tracking - BuzzStream](/content/blog/parcelhero-increases-engagement-56-using-buzzstream-email-tracking.html): The logistics industry is enormous, extremely competitive and dominated by several large names. The market leaders are nearly synonymous with the industry (1,544 words, 2016-03-31)
- [How PACIFIC Uses BuzzStream to Synchronize & Magnify Their Outreach Efforts - BuzzStream](/content/blog/how-pacific-uses-buzzstream-to-synchronize-magnify-their-outreach-efforts.html): Our mission at PACIFIC is to help our clients get discovered by their perfect customers. This process encompasses all touch points across the customer (690 words, 2015-11-05)
- [#BreakTheStigma: A Case Study on Uniting a Community of Advocates Online - BuzzStream](/content/blog/breakthestigma-a-case-study-on-uniting-a-community-of-advocates-online.html): In our last guest post, we took a look at how 2U utilized BuzzStream to build valuable networks online. Specifically, we noted how Buzzstream allows us to (1,117 words, 2015-10-01)
- [How Comindware Used BuzzStream to Unify Their Marketing Team - BuzzStream](/content/blog/how-comindware-used-buzzstream-to-unify-their-marketing-team.html): Being part of a dynamic marketing team is extremely exciting but at times can be very overwhelming.  This is most evident when working at a software (786 words, 2015-09-24)
- [How CLEARLINK Uses BuzzStream: Outreach as Business Development](/content/blog/clearlink-case-study/index.html): CLEARLINK uses BuzzStream to build authentic relationships in the communities their brands serve. Here's how: (1,512 words, 2015-07-14)
- [Case Study: How Strategy Digital Streamlines Outreach with BuzzStream](/content/blog/how-buzzstream-helped-strategy-digital-streamline-their-outreach.html): Strategy Digital, a digital agency in the UK, uses BuzzStream to keep their outreach streamlined and organized. Here's how they do it: (806 words, 2015-06-18)
- [Using BuzzStream to Avoid Disavowed or Blacklisted Domains - BuzzStream](/content/blog/avoid-disavowed-or-blacklisted-domains/index.html): Martin Woods explains how to use BuzzStream to avoid building links on domains that your team has already disavowed or blacklisted. (1,472 words, 2014-06-12)
- [Case Study: How eLocal.com Builds Partnerships with BuzzStream - BuzzStream](/content/blog/case-study-how-elocal-com-builds-partnerships-with-buzzstream.html): How eLocal uses BuzzStream to manage their content promotion and business development efforts across a team. (750 words, 2011-03-09)
- [Case Study: How Content Customs Conducts Large-Scale Link Building With BuzzStream - BuzzStream](/content/blog/case-study-how-content-customs-conducts-large-scale-link-building-with-buzzstream.html): Corry Cummings is the owner and founder of Content Customs, an Internet marketing company specializing in content writing services. About Content Customs (866 words, 2011-01-26)
- [3 Ways to Improve Your Blog's Search Engine Rankings - BuzzStream](/content/blog/3-ways-to-improve-your-blogs-search-engine-rankings.html): Look out! It's a guest post by Elisa Gabbert. She is the Content Development Manager at WordStream, a provider of advanced SEO tools for researching, (785 words, 2010-05-10)

## Listings & Categories

- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/ai/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (668 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/new-features/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (658 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/link-building-seo/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (675 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/research-data-study/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (634 words)
- [Content Promotion Tips & Posts from the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/blogger-outreach/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (647 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/case-studies/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (721 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/digital-pr/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (624 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/webinars/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (396 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/special-report/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (205 words)
- [The BuzzStream Podcast - Expert Advice for Digital PRs and SEOs](/content/blog/category/podcasts/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (142 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/special-report/link-building-trends/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (76 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/uncategorized/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (75 words)
- [Posts on the BuzzStream Blog](/content/blog/category/special-report/special-report-2026/index.html): Here are the BuzzStream Blog Posts about . (78 words)

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