For twenty-two years I have run a quiet experiment in the back rooms of digital marketing: what if the most reliable path to growth was not advertising at all, but earning the right to be quoted?
The answer, tested across one hundred clients in twenty-plus countries, is yes — and it is repeatable.
After twenty-two years and a hundred clients, the work has settled into three shapes. Each is a different commitment of time and money on your side. A different promise on mine.
Done-for-you digital PR through my agency, DMR.agency. Strategy, positioning, and journalist outreach handled end-to-end. Bylines and quotes in Forbes, HBR, HuffPost and niche trade press your buyers actually read.
A productized system for landing editorial coverage in-house. Trainings, templates, journalist playbooks, and a working OS for repeatable press wins, without the agency retainer.
For founders without a marketing leader. Weekly cadence, full strategy ownership, agency-level execution through DMR.agency. Six months minimum. Two seats open this quarter.
A small selection of recent work, all delivered through DMR.agency. Click any card for the full write-up: traffic, links, revenue, domain rating, and the methods that moved them.
460% organic growth through digital PR, visual content, and pay-for-performance journalist outreach.
A high-trust financial consultancy built durable organic visibility through strategic earned media and journalist outreach.
Through SEO and content marketing, this e-commerce store cleared half a million USD in revenue inside five weeks.
Their biggest weapon has been doing outreach to earn high-quality backlinks and mentions at scale from the likes of Forbes, Mashable, Reader's Digest, and hundreds of other authority sites. The biggest success story has been helping grow Ridester from zero to 1.5 million monthly visitors.
Syed's team earned us high authority links from publications like MSN and Yahoo. Our main site's organic traffic increased by 120%. Our Public Database saw a 515% increase in clicks, and our average daily signups grew 6x.
Irfan and his team earned high authority backlinks from publications like Reader's Digest and MSN. The web portal's traffic increased by 140% in 3 months, greatly exceeding our goals.
It was a pleasure collaborating with Syed for a Uhubs workshop on 'How We Grew from Zero to 1.5 Million Unique Monthly Visitors.' The audience enjoyed his super practical session, clear slides, and concise answers. He is a great speaker with hands-on, practical advice and an amazing personal story.
Syed spoke at our DMSS conference and is an excellent public speaker. He gave me great, actionable tips to increase our media exposure. He comes highly recommended.
Keynotes for diverse audiences in Malaysia, Indonesia, the UAE, and Pakistan. Webinars for American and British listeners. Fifteen-plus guest spots on US podcasts.
Speaker sheet & bookings →The authors of the 150k-copy bestseller break down what an unfair advantage really is — and how anyone can find and use theirs.
Why treating PR and SEO as separate disciplines is costing you reach — and the framework for running them as one compounding machine.
One of the top HARO practitioners breaks down what makes a pitch land in 2024, how to run an SEO agency, and how to build real links at scale.
How to build a personal brand that opens doors — covering positioning, storytelling, visibility, and why most people get it backwards.
The most effective storytelling tactics in one place — with case studies from Nike, Google, and Airbnb. How narrative turns browsers into believers.
Reduced anxiety, stronger memory, sharper thinking — the research-backed case for writing as a daily practice. An interactive infographic.
Podcasts, essays, infographics, talks. What the bureau has shipped over the last twenty-two years, with the latest at the top.
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