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Podcast appearances · October 29, 2026
Getting Featured in the Media in the Age of AI: Brett Farmiloe on The Marcomm Grind
Brett Farmiloe, CEO of Featured and HARO, joins The Marcomm Grind on what 1.4M scored pitches reveal about AI, journalist inboxes, and AI visibility.
Podcast appearances · October 28, 2026
AI Visibility for Consultants: Brett Farmiloe on Unleashed
Brett Farmiloe, CEO of Featured and Help a Reporter Out (HARO), joins Will Bachman on Episode 659 of Unleashed to discuss how consultants can increase thei
Research reports · October 22, 2026
Where Authors Can Pitch: Independent Bookstores and Author Events in the United States
Featured's Find Bookstores data on 1,093 U.S. independent bookstores: how reachable they are, which run author events, and where they cluster.
Press releases · October 22, 2026
Featured Launches Find Bookstores for Authors Planning Book Signings and Book Tours
Authors and book publicists can search 1,093 independent bookstores by place or genre and draft a pitch to the stores that host author events.
Research reports · October 20, 2026
How Reachable Is Local TV News? — Featured TV Newsroom Report
Featured's Find TV Stations data shows how reachable local TV news is.
Press releases · October 20, 2026
Featured Brings Newsjacking to Local TV News
PR teams can go from a breaking story in a client's beat to the news desks of the TV stations in the client's market, with newsroom contacts for 470 stations across 195 U.S. TV markets.
Press releases · October 20, 2026
Featured Launches Find Substacks So PR Professionals Can Find and Pitch Substack Writers by Topic
Journalists have moved to Substack, have your media lists? Featured's Find Substacks tool searches a database of 38,746 publications and drafts pitches.
Research reports · October 19, 2026
The State of Substack for PR
Data from Featured's Find Substacks database of 38,746 Substack publications. October 2026.
Media mentions · October 16, 2026
Human Pitches Still Beat AI Pitches, HARO Data Shows
A new HARO report put real numbers behind what many PR pros already suspected: human-written pitches land far more often than AI-generated ones.
Media mentions · October 15, 2026
Media Mention: Yes, AI Can Write Your Pitch. But Can It Give Journalists What They Need?
HARO CEO Brett Farmiloe told EIN Presswire what millions of media pitches reveals about AI, human oversight, and what actually makes journalists choose you
Podcast appearances · October 15, 2026
76% of Domains Cited by AI Appeared Only Once
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe joins Spin Sucks: 34% of AI citations come from sites under DA 40, 21% of HARO pitches are fully AI-written. Full transcript.
Press releases · October 14, 2026
Featured Launches A Free Newsjacking Tool That Lets PR Agencies Run Reactive PR For Every Client
One workflow per client. As often as every 15 minutes, Featured flags breaking stories with a suggested angle and the reporters and HARO requests to pitch.
Media mentions · October 13, 2026
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on What Still Wins a Journalist in Ten Seconds
How to get featured in the media, from Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe: the HARO pitch checklist, realistic first-month results, and what gets pitches deleted.
Podcast appearances · October 13, 2026
64% of AI citations come from editorial coverage, data says
Brett Farmiloe, Featured CEO, tells The Nick Standlea Show why 64% of AI citations come from earned media and how small businesses get into AI answers.
Media mentions · September 23, 2026
Journalists Hate AI-Generated PR | Pangram x Featured
Pangram's case study on a year of AI detection across Featured, HARO and Connectively: 1.39M pitches, 21% fully AI-generated, 35% of journalists opt out.
Podcast appearances · September 22, 2026
How to Get Subject Matter Experts Into the Media
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Bigeye's IN CLEAR FOCUS: how brands get subject matter experts in front of journalists, and why human pitches win 3 to 1.
Research reports · September 21, 2026
Featured Workflow Usage Report — September 2026
Featured's automated workflows help users find press opportunities on a custom cadence. Here's the data we've gathered so far.
Press releases · September 15, 2026
Featured Launches Find Awards To Search 4,596 Business Awards, Rankings And Best-Of Lists Across 43 Industries
Featured launches Find Awards to help PR professionals and experts find relevant awards to apply for all in natural language.
Media mentions · September 15, 2026
Inngest Profiles Featured's Orchestration Layer
How Connectively, HARO, and Featured run three brands and 2,500 articles a month on a team of seven — and where the reliable, boring layer underneath actua
Media mentions · September 13, 2026
Featured on Vercel: 100K Media Pitches a Month
How Featured's users make 100K media pitches per month on Vercel, with a three-person engineering team managing three brands, including HARO.
Podcast appearances · September 8, 2026
35% of Journalists Opt Out of AI Pitches
Brett Farmiloe of Featured on Comms Confidential: AI detection on every HARO pitch finds 21% fully AI-generated; 35% of journalists opt out of AI pitches.
Research reports · August 31, 2026
HARO Statistics (2026): 100M Emails, 2M Pitches, AI Trends
21% of HARO pitches are written entirely by AI. Journalists are about three times more likely to use a human-written pitch, and 35% now block AI-generated
Press releases · August 25, 2026
Featured Launches GEO Audit
Featured launches GEO audit to help users see how their brand is showing up across the 4 largest LLMs. Check how your brand shows up against search prompts
Research reports · August 24, 2026
Featured AI Citation Report, June-August 2026
We analysed 405 GEO audits and 22,881 real citations from AI search. More than a third pointed to domains with Domain Authority under 40.
Press releases · August 18, 2026
Featured Launches Find Creators Search With 380 Million Creators Across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Featured launches Find Creators to help PR and marketing teams discover relevant creators across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube using natural language.
Media mentions · August 17, 2026
HARO Subscribers Are Up 54% Year Over Year
HARO (Help a Reporter Out) subscribers are up 54% year over year, as more experts and PR pros sign up for free journalist requests by email each weekday.
Press releases · August 13, 2026
One in Three Journalists Now Filter Out AI-Written Pitches, Says Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe
One in three HARO journalists chose to filter out AI pitches, a box that is left unchecked by default.
Media mentions · August 12, 2026
HARO Journalist Requests Climb 68% Year Over Year
Journalist requests posted on HARO (Help a Reporter Out) climbed 68% year over year, giving experts and PR pros more free chances to land media coverage.
Media mentions · August 11, 2026
HARO Rejects 32% of Journalist Requests
HARO (Help a Reporter Out) rejects 32% of journalist requests, nearly 1 in 3, after vetting the journalist and outlet so sources can trust what they see.
Podcast appearances · August 11, 2026
Why Your AI-Written Pitch Might Never Reach a Journalist
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Let's Talk PR & More with Sherry Goldman: 21% of HARO pitches are AI-written, and 35% of journalists filter them out.
Press releases · August 8, 2026
AI Has Made Media Pitching Noisier and Less Effective, Says Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe
AI is making media pitching noisier. HARO and Connectively are cracking down by using AI detection on every pitch.
Podcast appearances · August 5, 2026
Why Are Journalist Request Platforms So Important for SEO?
Brett Farmiloe joined Majestic's SEO in 2026 podcast to share insights on how to leverage journalist request platforms like HARO and Connectively for SEO a
Podcast appearances · May 30, 2026
AI Is the New Front Page | Brett Farmiloe on In Reality
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on In Reality with Eric Schurenberg: AI is the new front page, 21% of HARO pitches are AI-written, and 3,000+ accounts banned.
Podcast appearances · March 27, 2026
Inside the HARO Acquisition and the Launch of Featured
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Brandinc PR Podcast with Brandi Sims: why HARO still matters, what its acquisition signals, and how AI fits in.
Podcast appearances · March 18, 2026
Eight Revenue Streams For Journalists
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Under Embargo: HARO's AI detection, the two camps of journalists on AI pitches, and why influence moved to individuals.
Podcast appearances · March 13, 2026
AI in PR: The Strategic Edge
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PureLogics Pulse: human-in-the-loop PR, why unedited AI pitches hurt credibility, and what a good pitch looks like in 2026.
Podcast appearances · March 10, 2026
Media Mentions Help With Model Mentions
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on On Top of PR with Jason Mudd: why HARO came back, how it scores pitches, and why media mentions feed AI model mentions.
Podcast appearances · March 6, 2026
AI Has Set a New Quality Threshold for Pitches
Brett Farmiloe of Featured on Cognito Media's cogcast: AI raised the bar for every pitch, journalists are now entrepreneurs, and outlets may be people.
Podcast appearances · March 3, 2026
Get Quoted by a Human, Found by Machines
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast: reactive PR for SMBs, and why media mentions get brands cited by AI models.
Podcast appearances · February 20, 2026
The AI PR Hack: Match Stories to Journalists
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The Edward Show: an AI feature that matches your press release to the right journalists from HARO's 33,000-plus.
Podcast appearances · February 11, 2026
Earned Media in the Agent Era
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The AI SEO Insighter with Chris Raulf: AI scores on every HARO pitch, why roundups still work, and AI agents as sourcers.
Podcast appearances · January 19, 2026
Human in the Loop, on Everything: AI and PR
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Build a Better Agency: every HARO pitch is AI-scored, 21% are fully AI-generated, and a human still decides what gets sent.
Podcast appearances · December 9, 2025
DIY PR Pitching to US Media With HARO
HARO CEO Brett Farmiloe on Hack Your Own PR with Odette Barry: expert commentary in US media, the HARO pitch formula, and what citations mean for LLMs.
Podcast appearances · December 4, 2025
How HARO Helps You Stand Out
Brett Farmiloe on The Real Connect with Tamika Carlton: how HARO works behind the scenes, what journalists want, and using AI without losing your voice.
Podcast appearances · November 26, 2025
Founder to Founder on HabitStack
Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on the HabitStack Podcast with Scott Ward: HARO pitch rules, life after product-market fit, and a fourth founder's habits.
Podcast appearances · November 11, 2025
21% of HARO Pitches Are AI-Generated
About 21% of pitches submitted through HARO score as fully AI-generated, and journalists split into a camp that filters them out and a camp that cares only
Podcast appearances · November 5, 2025
The Two PR Tools You Need | Brett Farmiloe on Visibility Era
Featured founder Brett Farmiloe on Visibility Era: how he built Featured, why he bought HARO, and why niche blogs and expert sources matter for LLMs.
Podcast appearances · September 24, 2025
Scaling Trust: Nobody Has the Definitive Answer for LLM Visibility
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe with Jason Barnard on Fastlane Founders: short expert contributions, AI citations, and an audit-first path to visibility.
Podcast appearances · September 23, 2025
How To Get Free Press Coverage in an AI World
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Brand Rescue with Whitney Lee: reviving HARO, why trust in media matters more than ever, and going from agency to platform.
Podcast appearances · September 20, 2025
Sourcing Experts Is an Infinite Problem
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Right About Now with Ryan Alford: the HARO relaunch, AI detection on every pitch, and how to measure PR in 2025.
Podcast appearances · September 17, 2025
Navigating HARO's Relaunch | Brett Farmiloe on PRessing On
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PRessing On: Real Life in Public Relations: the 2025 HARO relaunch, AI in PR, and building the expert economy.
Podcast appearances · September 16, 2025
42 Answers Per Query: How Featured and HARO Work
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on the Public Relations Review Podcast: three daily HARO emails, about 42 answers per query, and a freemium model for experts.
Podcast appearances · September 15, 2025
Your New Customer Is AI
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on PR Yourself with Leah Frazier: 175,000 experts, 3,000 publishers, HARO's three daily emails, and why your customer is AI.
Podcast appearances · July 31, 2025
70% of HARO's Audience Is in the US, 15% in the UK
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Propellernet's Digital PR Podcast: where HARO's audience is, when its three daily editions send, and how to pitch now.
Podcast appearances · July 22, 2025
HARO Reloaded: How to Pitch Like It's 2025
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Stories and Strategies: why HARO faded, how it came back, and how to pitch when 7 to 14 people pitch every journalist.
Podcast appearances · July 6, 2025
PR Hacks for Small Business Owners
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Marketer of the Day with Robert Plank: how small business owners land media features by being concise and credible.
Podcast appearances · July 2, 2025
Cracking the B2B Marketplace Code
Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on SaaS That App: turning a manual PR service into a two-sided marketplace, Magic Moments metrics, and manual-first automation.
Podcast appearances · June 27, 2025
HARO for Australian Entrepreneurs
HARO's Brett Farmiloe on Media Magnet with Liz Nable: how Australian and New Zealand experts break into global media, six days after HARO's relaunch.
Podcast appearances · June 17, 2025
Transforming Knowledge Into Media Opportunities
Featured's Brett Farmiloe on Your Brand Amplified with Anika Jackson: why experts struggle to share knowledge and how Featured links them with journalists.
Podcast appearances · June 17, 2025
Featured Acquires HARO: Domain Name Wire Podcast #539
Brett Farmiloe returns to the Domain Name Wire Podcast: how the Featured.com domain and rebrand paid off, and why Featured acquired HARO in 2025.