
0.664
Across 75,000 brands, web mentions had the strongest correlation with showing up in Google’s AI Overviews. Backlinks came in far lower.
Source: An Analysis of AI Overview Brand Visibility Factors (75K Brands Studied)Editorial links, digital PR, expert quotes and brand mentions on real publications. The kind of footprint that wins page one and the AI answer.
1,400+ placements live for 40+ brands
Placements this month
What it moved
Google ranking
“best crm for small teams”
AI answers
ChatGPT now lists YourBrand among the CRMs it recommends for teams under ten.
Placements
1 of 8
Indexed
1 of 1
Top-10 keywords
9 (+4)
AI answers naming you
14 of 42
Trusted by teams at
The Shift
Your buyers still search on Google. But more often now, they read the AI Overview at the top and stop there. Or they skip search completely and ask ChatGPT.
Three places, three kinds of answer. All three lean on the same thing: what trusted sites say about you. That's what we build.
See how we build itBest CRM software for small business in 2026
YourBrand: the CRM built for small sales teams
CRM for growing companies | BigCRM
What you get here: a ranking
AI Overview
For a small sales team, the best CRM is usually the one that's quickest to set up. YourBrand is a frequent pick for teams under ten
Best CRMs for small teams
saasweekly.com
The CRMs we'd pick in 2026
founderstack.io
What you get here: a citation
ChatGPT
Which CRM should a five-person sales team use?
For a team of five, I'd shortlist two:
What you get here: a recommendation
Authority links & mentions
on the publications all three already trust
What the data says

0.664
Across 75,000 brands, web mentions had the strongest correlation with showing up in Google’s AI Overviews. Backlinks came in far lower.
Source: An Analysis of AI Overview Brand Visibility Factors (75K Brands Studied)
4.4×
The average visitor from AI search, such as ChatGPT, is worth 4.4 times the average organic search visitor, measured by conversion rate.
Source: We Studied the Impact of AI Search on SEO Traffic−61%
When an AI Overview shows, click-through on informational searches drops 61%. On branded searches it rises 18.7%. Data aggregated from four research sources.
Source: AI Overview Expansion Is Cutting Organic CTR by Up to 61%Solutions
Most clients start with one and add a second once it's working. All four build the same thing: what trusted sites say about you.
Guest posts and niche edits on publications we've checked by hand, aimed at the pages you need to rank.
48K
visits / mo
71%
US & UK
Rising
12-mo trend
Why small sales teams are switching to lighter CRMs
…teams under ten told us setup time mattered more than features, which is why a CRM built for small teams tends to win…
48K
visits / mo
71%
US & UK
Rising
12-mo trend
Why small sales teams are switching to lighter CRMs
…teams under ten told us setup time mattered more than features, which is why a CRM built for small teams tends to win…
“They rejected a site we would have happily paid for. That's when we knew the vetting was real, not a sales line.”
Amira KhanMarketing DirectorOcucoCustomer support software · 7 months
+212%
organic clicks
A help desk platform with great reviews and almost no authority beyond its own site. Seven months of editorial links and brand mentions took its category pages into the top five and got it named in AI answers.
Home services (heating & cooling) · 5 months
7 of 10
terms in the map pack
A family-run HVAC company was invisible for its most valuable searches while national directories took the calls. Local links and two local press features put it in the map pack and more than doubled calls from search.
E-commerce (home & lifestyle) · 6 months
21
editorial placements
A UK homeware brand expanding into the Gulf had great products and a thin link profile. A delivery-data study, Gulf business press and links to the pages that sell built authority in both markets.
Who it's for
Five kinds of teams we work with most. Pick yours to see where we'd start.
Add links, PR and brand mentions to what you sell, without hiring a team to deliver them.
Vetted placements delivered under your logo, with reports your client can read without you translating them.
Every publication is checked by hand before we use it, so you never have to defend a placement.
The Process
The same five steps whether you hire us for links, PR, mentions or all of it.
Step 1 of 5
We map where you stand today: your backlinks, your rankings, and whether AI answers mention you at all. The gaps become the plan.
The Process
Step 01
We map where you stand today: your backlinks, your rankings, and whether AI answers mention you at all. The gaps become the plan.
Step 02
We pick the pages to push and the mix that fits them: link building, digital PR, brand mentions or expert quotes. You see the plan before we start.
Step 03
Every publication goes through our 8-point check, starting with relevance: is it about your industry? Then real traffic, the keywords behind it, the trend, the audience, authority, indexing and editorial standards. Roughly one in five fails.
Step 04
Our writers and PR team create the content: guest posts, data stories, expert quotes. Editors publish it with your link or mention inside the story.
The quiet tools behind the fastest-growing support teams
…more often it's better customer support software that routes the easy questions away.
Step 05
We confirm every link is indexed, track rankings on your target pages and record where AI answers mention you. One clear report every month.
“They took the whole thing off our plate: finding sites, writing, placing. The monthly report goes straight to our CEO, unedited.”
Daniel ReyesHead of GrowthCapCut“Our DR nearly doubled, but the number our board cared about was demo requests from organic. That one finally moved too.”
Amira KhanMarketing DirectorOcuco“Rankings moved, but the bigger shift was being named in AI answers when buyers ask for a recommendation.”
Tom WhitfieldSEO LeadOcucoTestimonials
We've used them for white-label links for over a year. Our clients never see them, and that's exactly how we want it.
Getting into Gulf business press always felt impossible for us. They got us three features in two months.
What I like most is that they say no. They told me two of my target pages weren't ready for links yet. They were right.
Our category page sat on page two for a year. Five months with them and it's at position four.
The articles are actually good. Proper pieces the sites' readers would want to read, not keyword-stuffed filler.
Fast replies, clear reports, and every link indexed. That's rarer than it should be in this industry.
About three months in, ChatGPT started naming us when people asked for tools in our space. Our sales team noticed first.
I've bought links from a lot of vendors. This is the first one where I didn't have to re-check every site myself.
Honest from day one. They told us our product pages weren't ready, fixed the plan around it, and the results came anyway.
We've used them for white-label links for over a year. Our clients never see them, and that's exactly how we want it.
Our category page sat on page two for a year. Five months with them and it's at position four.
About three months in, ChatGPT started naming us when people asked for tools in our space. Our sales team noticed first.
Getting into Gulf business press always felt impossible for us. They got us three features in two months.
The articles are actually good. Proper pieces the sites' readers would want to read, not keyword-stuffed filler.
I've bought links from a lot of vendors. This is the first one where I didn't have to re-check every site myself.
What I like most is that they say no. They told me two of my target pages weren't ready for links yet. They were right.
Fast replies, clear reports, and every link indexed. That's rarer than it should be in this industry.
Honest from day one. They told us our product pages weren't ready, fixed the plan around it, and the results came anyway.
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FAQ
How we work, what we can promise, what we can't, and what it costs.
We build authority for brands outside their own website: editorial backlinks (guest posts, niche edits, authority placements), digital PR, brand mentions and expert quotes on real publications. Links move your Google rankings. Mentions and coverage are what AI answers draw on. Most clients use two or three of these together.
Free visibility audit
Send us your site. Within 48 hours you'll get a short audit: which of your links are pulling their weight, the gaps against your competitors, and whether AI answers mention you yet.