Digital PR Agency
Digital PR Services

Content marketing and link building lay strong foundations. But there's a tier above that: editorial coverage in the publications your audience actually trusts.
A single link from the AFR or The Sydney Morning Herald carries authority that takes years to build any other way. The opportunity for Australian businesses is that those links can be earned, and earning them is exactly what our Digital PR service is built to do.
Digital PR at Optimising is built around creating content that journalists and editors want to publish, so you earn the kind of backlinks that actually move rankings. That means original data, timely expert commentary, research-led stories with a real news angle, and the publications your audience reads: the AFR, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, and the industry titles that matter in your category.
What makes Digital PR and SEO even better? It compounds. As your domain authority climbs, your rankings follow. As AI-generated search answers increasingly pull from trusted publications, the brands being cited in reputable media are the ones that show up.
First Things First: What is Digital PR?
Digital PR is an SEO-driven approach to earning high-quality backlinks through media coverage. Instead of paying for placements, you create content that journalists want to run: original data, expert commentary, research-led stories with a genuine news angle.
Every link you earn from a reputable publication is a trust signal to Google. Your domain authority builds. Your rankings lift. And because the same campaign that earns backlinks also builds brand recognition and drives referral traffic, Digital PR extends the value of your broader SEO investment.
Why Digital PR Matters for SEO
High-authority backlinks at scale
Not all backlinks are equal. A link from a high-traffic news publication carries far more weight than dozens of links from low-quality directories or guest posts. It's well established that links from trusted, high-traffic sources have an outsized impact on rankings, and our Digital PR campaigns are purpose-built to earn exactly these kinds of links. We target publications with strong domain ratings and genuine editorial standards.
Stronger domain authority
As we build links from authoritative sources on your behalf, your site's domain authority grows. That rising authority lifts the SEO performance of every page on your site, not just the ones being linked to directly.
AI search visibility

AI-generated answers in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google's AI Overviews draw from the same trusted sources that rank well organically.
The more your brand is cited in authoritative publications, the more likely you are to surface as a source in AI answers too.
Our Digital PR work builds exactly that kind of citation profile.
Brand authority and audience trust
Being featured in publications your target audience already reads builds trust before they've even visited your site. It positions your business as a credible industry voice, not just another website competing for attention.
How Our Digital PR Campaigns Work
Every campaign is built around a newsworthy idea validated for originality, relevance and media appetite.
Here's the process:
01. Discovery & ideation
We dig into your brand, industry, audience and target publications. We identify the angles that will resonate with Australian journalists and the outlets most likely to pick up your story.
02. Campaign creation
Our team of writers, data analysts and designers build the campaign asset — whether that's an original data study, an expert commentary piece, a reactive news hook, or a more substantial hero campaign with supporting visuals and a dedicated page.
03. Media outreach
We write tailored pitches and build targeted media contact lists. Effective outreach is personal, timely and built on genuine media relationships — not spray-and-pray email blasts.
04. Coverage and link tracking
You get real-time access to a live campaign report tracking every placement, including domain authority, reach, and link profile. We send weekly progress updates so you're never left wondering what's happening.
One link. Three places it shows up.
An earned link from a national publication isn't a single piece of value - it pays off in Google rankings, in AI citations, and in direct referral traffic, simultaneously.

Types of Digital PR Campaigns
No two brands need the same approach. Campaign strategy depends on your industry, your competitors, your brand visibility and your SEO goals. We run two main campaign formats:
Quick-win campaigns
Fast, targeted campaigns designed to generate placements with minimal lead time.
- Reactive: Your brand responds to a breaking news story, trending topic or cultural moment. Timely expert commentary placed in real-time.
- Planned: A simple data story or one-question survey structured to generate fast results without the resource investment of a larger campaign.
Hero campaigns
Larger, research-led campaigns built around original data and purpose-built assets. These are designed to generate significant coverage, multiple links from high-authority publications, and lasting SEO value.
- Smaller-scale hero: Original data analysis with a well-designed landing page and targeted pitching.
- Larger-scale hero: Comprehensive research-led stories — often involving original surveys, third-party data and detailed visualisations — pitched to national news publications.
The right campaign type depends on your timeline, budget and goals. We'll recommend the approach that makes the most sense for where you are right now.
Digital PR vs. Traditional PR
Traditional PR focuses on building brand reputation across all media — TV, print, broadcast, events, social influencers. It's primarily qualitative, measured by share of voice and advertising equivalent value.
Digital PR is narrower in scope and more data-driven. We focus exclusively on earning links and coverage from online publications with strong domain authority. Every placement is measurable: number of links earned, referring domain quality, referral traffic generated.
The two aren't mutually exclusive, but they serve different purposes. If you already have a traditional PR partner, Digital PR is the complementary layer that turns media exposure into measurable SEO results.
Why Optimising for Digital PR?
We're an SEO-only agency. Digital PR sits inside a broader SEO strategy — which means every campaign is built with your organic rankings in mind, not just link counts or press clippings.
Our team has deep knowledge of the Australian media landscape and long-standing relationships with journalists and editors across national publications. We know what stories get picked up and why.
We've been doing SEO since 2008. We've seen what works across hundreds of campaigns, across every major Google algorithm change, and across the emergence of AI search. We build Digital PR campaigns that earn links from sources Google and AI systems trust.

Ready to Earn the Links That Actually Move Rankings?
If you want to build domain authority with links from publications your audience trusts, let's talk.
We'll take a look at your site, your industry and your current link profile and tell you exactly what a Digital PR campaign could do for you.