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Brand Mentions That Make AI Recommend You

Brand mentions are placements of your brand name, with a link, inside "best of" listicles and product reviews on sites with real authority. Those pages are what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews read when someone asks for a recommendation. We place you in them from $100 per mention on DR 30+ sites, up to $300 on DR 60+, and you choose listicle, review or a mix.

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DR 30–60+four site tiers, verified with Ahrefs at placement
From $100per placement, listicle or review, written and placed
14–21 daysfrom order to live placement, URL sent the day it publishes
Lifetimeplacement guarantee: removed or edited out, replaced free
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Definition

What are brand mentions in SEO?

A brand mention is any time a website names your brand. In SEO it matters twice: Google uses mentions, linked or not, as a signal that a brand is real and talked about; and AI search engines build their recommendations from the pages that mention brands most often in a category. If your brand does not appear in the listicles and reviews an AI model reads, it will not recommend you.

Tracking mentions with a monitoring tool tells you where you stand. This service earns new mentions in the places that move the needle.

Cost

How much does a brand mention cost?

$100 for a mention on a DR 30+ site, $150 for DR 40+, $200 for DR 50+ and $300 for DR 60+. Each placement is a named entry in a listicle ("best X tools") or a review with your brand described and linked. Prices are per placement and include the pitch, the writing and the live-URL report.

Pair mentions with Reddit mentions at $30 each and AI models see your brand in both the articles and the threads they cite.

Sound familiar?

What goes wrong elsewhere, and the check that stops it

"We rank #1 on Google and ChatGPT has never heard of us."

Rankings come from your own pages; AI recommendations come from what other sites say about you. If no third party names you, you don't exist to the model.

"The 'AI PR' agency got us one line in a directory."

A directory entry is not a mention the model reuses. We place you inside listicles and reviews, the formats AI answers are visibly built from.

"Our competitor is in every 'best tools' article. We're in none."

That gap is the whole game. Listicles put you on the same lists, with your USP as the reason you belong there.

"The listicle put us at #9 with one line."

Your brand gets a proper entry: what it does, who it's for and the USP you gave us, the same context AI reuses when it recommends you.

"The mention was on a site nobody reads."

Every tier has a traffic floor, 1,000 to 20,000+ monthly organic visits, checked in Ahrefs at placement, not claimed.

"It disappeared after the site 'refreshed' the article."

Lifetime placement guarantee: edited out or removed, replaced at no cost.

Listicle or review

Two formats, one job: give AI a positive reason to name you

Both are written around the USP and use case you provide, placed on real sites in your category, and indexed so search-grounded AI answers can find them.

1

Brand Listicle

A "best X for Y" article that includes your brand with your USP as the reason it made the list, the format that wins "best / top / alternatives" queries.

2

Brand Review

A standalone positive review of your product or service that seeds sentiment and answers "is X any good?" when models look for opinions.

3

Your context, repeated

Give us the USP and the use case; that is what the article says, and what the model repeats when it recommends you.

 Brand ListicleBrand Review
What's publishedA "best X for Y" article that includes your brand, with your USP as the reason it made the listA standalone positive review of your brand, product or service
Best forWinning "best / top / alternatives" queries against competitorsSeeding positive sentiment and answering "is X any good?"
Your inputBrand, website, USP, category, competitors to be listed alongsideBrand, website, USP, the use case to praise
LinkContextual link where the publisher allows (usually dofollow)Contextual link where the publisher allows
PriceSame, by site tier, from $100Same, by site tier, from $100
ChooseOn the order-details form after checkoutOn the order-details form after checkout
What's guaranteed

Every placement, every tier

The same brief, screening and guarantee whether you order one placement or a monthly programme.

Listicle or review

You choose the format per placement on the order form; split an order any way you like.

USPs & context you control

Give us the USP and the use case; that is what the article says about you, and what AI repeats.

DR & traffic verified

Ahrefs DR and organic traffic recorded at placement in your report.

Real, trafficked sites

Blogs and media publications with readers, never PBNs or link farms.

Google-indexed

Every placement is indexed, so search-grounded AI answers can find it.

Lifetime guarantee

Placement removed or your mention edited out, replaced at no cost.

How it works, end to end

Six steps from order to a live mention

Pay first, brief after. Site selection starts the day your brief arrives.

Order

Pick a site tier and quantity, pay, then enter brand, website, USP and whether each placement should be a listicle or a review.

Site Selection

We shortlist relevant sites at your tier with the traffic floor, checked for real organic visits in Ahrefs.

Writing

Our writers produce the listicle or review with your brand, USP and context woven in naturally, positive, non-promotional, publisher-approved.

Placement

The piece goes live on the publisher's site; you get the URL, DR and traffic snapshot the day it publishes.

Indexation Check

We confirm Google has indexed the placement before it's reported complete.

Monitoring

Placements are re-checked automatically; removed or edited out and they're replaced under the lifetime guarantee.

Pricing

Priced per placement, by site tier

Listicle or review at every tier, you choose after checkout, and you can split an order between both. Writing, placement, Google indexation and the white-label report are included. Subscribe monthly and save 10%.

Which format do you need?

Tick one to help you decide. The actual choice (and mixes) are entered on the order form after checkout.

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DR 30+
1,000+ monthly traffic · per placement
$100
One-time • or subscribe from $90/mo
  • Ahrefs DR 30+ at placement
  • Listicle or review, your choice
  • White-label report
  • Lifetime placement guarantee
Most popular
DR 40+
5,000+ monthly traffic · per placement
$150
One-time • or subscribe from $135/mo
  • Ahrefs DR 40+ at placement
  • Listicle or review, your choice
  • White-label report
  • Lifetime placement guarantee
Competitive categories
DR 50+
10,000+ monthly traffic · per placement
$200
One-time • or subscribe from $180/mo
  • Ahrefs DR 50+ at placement
  • Listicle or review, your choice
  • White-label report
  • Lifetime placement guarantee
Major publications
DR 60+
20,000+ monthly traffic · per placement
$300
One-time • or subscribe from $270/mo
  • Ahrefs DR 60+ at placement
  • Listicle or review, your choice
  • White-label report
  • Lifetime placement guarantee

Want mentions and links in one plan?

The AI Visibility packages bundle brand mentions with Reddit mentions and DR-tiered editorial links, and the AI Visibility retainer runs the whole programme monthly with tracking.

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How many placements do you need?

Most brands start with 5–10 placements split between listicles and reviews. Ten or more in one order earn 5% off, twenty-five or more 10%.

Per placementfrom $100
Formatslisticle · review
Turnaround14–21 days
Subscribe monthlySave 10%

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FAQ

Brand Mentions, answered

What are brand mentions? +
Any time a website names your brand, linked or unlinked. Search engines use them as a signal that a brand is real and discussed. AI search engines build recommendations from the pages that mention brands most often in a category.
How much does a brand mention cost? +
$100 for DR 30+, $150 for DR 40+, $200 for DR 50+ and $300 for DR 60+ per placement, in a listicle or a review. Pitching, writing and reporting are included.
Do brand mentions help AI visibility? +
Yes. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite listicles and review articles when they recommend products and services. Getting named in those articles is the most direct way to be included in the answer. We track which AI engines mention you before and after.
How do you track brand mentions? +
Tools such as Ahrefs Brand Radar, Semrush and Google Alerts show where your brand is mentioned on the web and in AI answers. We include a before-and-after check with every order so you can see new mentions appear.
What is a brand mention? +
A placement in a listicle ("best X for Y") or a positive review on a real site in your category that names your brand, describes it using your USP, and links to you where the publisher allows.
Listicle or review, which should I choose? +
Listicles win competitive "best / top / alternatives" queries; reviews seed positive sentiment and answer "is X any good?". Most orders split between the two. You choose per placement after checkout.
Which sites will my brand appear on? +
Blogs and media publications in your niche at the DR tier you bought (DR 30+, 40+, 50+ or 60+) with the matching traffic floor, verified in Ahrefs at placement. We can't promise specific publications; we can promise the metrics.
Will there be a backlink? +
Usually a contextual, often dofollow link, but the goal of this service is the mention and context, not the link. Some publishers link nofollow or not at all; the mention still works.
Will the article be marked sponsored? +
We aim for organically published pieces; a minority of publishers require a sponsored label. It doesn't change what AI models read.
Do you guarantee AI will recommend us? +
No one can guarantee an AI answer. We guarantee live, indexed placements on sites at the tier you bought; repeated positive mentions are the strongest input those answers use.
How long does it take? +
14 days for DR 30+ and DR 40+, up to 21 days for DR 50+ and DR 60+. URLs are sent as each placement goes live.
How is this different from Reddit mentions? +
Brand Mentions are editorial articles on publisher sites. Reddit Mentions & Posts are user-generated threads and comments. AI answers draw on both; most programmes run the two together.
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Pick a site tier, choose how many placements, pay and send your USP, and placements start the same day.

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