First you fill out the contact form and specify exactly what individual or packaged major press items you’d want.

Then once we go over everything, we’ll send you next steps and an order intake/payment form.

We will need your artist’s bio or some type of write up about them, as well as their socials.

We ask you to describe their sound and explain what the release is about.

We ask how the music was produced.

We also ask for a high resolution photo.

This can only be done post-release to draw attention to your artist’s track/video.

Embeds:

Part of the reason we stick to after the release is because embeds are only possible post-release, and we want to drive traffic to your project on its platform (such as a Spotify track or YouTube video). Most of our major press items can do embeds, but it depends on the publication’s format.

Regular Order Process: For most publication orders, we collect order info/payment, create a 600+ word SEO optimized article, and send it over to each of your desired publication(s). The article is spun with different wording for each publication. After we send it over, it is usually guaranteed placement with the deals we have made.

That being said, it is possible that the publications may on occasion exercise their discretion and decide that your music is not the best fit. This is a more rare circumstance, however we would know within a week of sending it over whether or not it was placed. If for some reason it did not make the cut, then we can refund you for that major publication, or you can order another one of equal or higher value.

Extra Pitching Process: There are certain bigger publications that require an extra pitching process on their end, such as for Lyrical Lemonade, Wonderland, and XXL. These would require approval on the publication’s end before receiving payment –  we will get back to you either way with the response.

First we reply to your initial contact form (which is as soon as we can get to it but usually within a few days). Then once we have sorted out any details, we send over your order/payment form.

Upon receiving your form, we may take a few days processing time to send out any needed materials.

If it is a regular process, once we send over the placement, the turnaround time is up to one week.

For the publications that require an extra pitching process (Lyrical Lemonade, Wonderland, XXL), the turnaround time could be up to a few weeks.

So all in all the process could take a few days to a few weeks depending on the publication(s).

If you wish to do a PR Campaign with the major placements and are interested in many of these publications, you can email us for a custom package.

If you have a significant budget for major PR you can provide us with your goal, your budget for PR and press and then we can set up a bundle and give you the best possible price up to the budget point.

If your budget point is really high (we’re talking mid 4 to 5+ figures) we do have the capabilities to get you major press even higher than what is listed above such as with Billboard (original), Elle, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Variety, and Rolling Stone (this is the original Rolling Stone and not the Rolling Stone UK limited time deal we are offering). These particular blogs at the higher level always have a pitch-approval process, but our team does have real contracts with them. In some cases for bigger blogs, such Rolling Stone, they need journalism on a press story – especially for picking up indie artists. Our team can help build a promotion plan around that story (we can chart the single, get them an official RIAA plaque, build the success around the release) and then go to the blogs with that story.

Email publicist@risingartistsblog.com with serious inquires only