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For lean marketing teams that want clear, actionable tracking, Airefs combines AI mention monitoring with practical opportunities to improve visibility.
Used by 100+ teams
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Show up in AI answers by getting into the sources they cite
Airefs's team finds the third-party articles AI already trusts in your category and negotiates to get your brand added.
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Brand mention opportunityFound in
Cited across 18 relevant AI answers
Placement progress
Citation found
Outreach handled
Mention live
Placement impact
Tracking live18
AI answers
+24%
Mention rate
Engine coverage
97%
of what AI cites lives outside your own website. Optimizing your own site only gets you so far.
How it works
Three steps to getting your brand cited
We find, contact, and negotiate every placement.
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Zapier
18 citations
The Verge
12 citations
We find the citations worth getting into
We find the articles AI cites most in your category, and flag every one where you're missing.
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Contacted
We negotiate the placement, not just draft the email
We contact every publisher directly and handle the back-and-forth, so you're not chasing cold contacts yourself.
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For lean teams, Airefs tracks AI visibility.
You approve every placement before it goes live
You review 4-8 placement offers a month and approve each one — nothing goes live without your sign-off.
Placements that get cited across every AI engine, not just ChatGPT
Why Airefs
How we are different
Doing it yourself
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Manual search. You have to track down which articles AI actually cites in your category.
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Cold contacts. You have to find the relevant contact for each publisher, one by one.
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No leverage. You negotiate a price with no idea what's fair.
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No guarantee. Outreach can go unanswered with nothing ever going live.
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Time sink. Tens of hours a month spent searching, contacting, and following up.
Airefs
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Already tracked. We already track the articles AI cites most in your category.
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Vetted offers. 4-8 placement offers land in your inbox every month.
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Handled for you. Our team handles outreach and negotiation.
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Controlled costs. You approve every placement and publisher fee before it goes live.
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Minutes, not hours. Just review and approve the offers we send you.
The data
Four mentions is the tipping point
One mention rarely moves the needle — we target 4-8 a month instead.
54%of brands sustain a visibility lift once they pass 4 mentions
4-8placements found for you every month
< 1 moto start showing up in AI answers
Simple pricing
One plan. We handle the whole process.
From finding the right publishers to negotiating every placement.
Brand Mentions
$250per month
A predictable monthly fee for continuous discovery, outreach, negotiation, and follow-up.
Book a free consultationEverything needed to get cited
- 4–8 vetted placement offers each month
- Publisher research and contact finding
- Outreach, follow-ups, and price negotiation
- Your approval before anything goes live
Publisher fees are separate. Most approved placements cost $100–$500, billed only when the mention is live.
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A dedicated strategist runs your strategy, site audits, monitoring, and content — not just placements.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Why does getting mentioned in these articles matter?
AI answers are built from the sources they already trust in your category — if those articles don't mention you, you're structurally excluded from the answers built on them, no matter how much content you publish on your own site. We get you a live placement on those exact domains, approved by you before it goes live.
How long until mentions land, and how many should I expect?
Expect 4-8 placement offers per month to review, with your first live mentions typically landing within 2 weeks.
What counts as a brand mention?
A reference to your brand in an article, roundup, comparison, or resource page that AI engines are already citing in your category, either a new mention where you're currently absent, or a correction to a mention that's outdated or unflattering.
How is this different from the self-serve Backlinks feature?
Backlinks shows you the domains and drafts the outreach email, but you send it and handle the negotiation. Brand Mentions has our team run the entire process, from finding the gap to getting the placement live.
How much does it cost?
The service costs $250/month. The publisher's own placement cost is separate, typically $100 to $500, and billed only once a mention is live.
Do I approve placements before they go live?
Yes. Expect 4-8 placement offers per month to review, and you see every publisher we're pursuing before we reach out. Publisher fees are only billed once a mention is confirmed live.
Can this fix an inaccurate mention, not just add a new one?
Yes. If AI is already citing an article that mentions you inaccurately or unfavorably, we treat that the same way, reaching out to the publisher to get it corrected.
How do I get started?
Book a 20-minute call. We'll pull the citation gaps for your category, walk through them, and agree on a starting budget.