• Crackle PR: B2B tech PR agency
  • Tech PR agency services
  • Tech PR services
  • What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
  • Crackle PR AI Visibility Index
  • AI citation log
  • Client case studies
  • Insights and research
  • For CMOs
  • Pricing and retainer floor
  • Crackle PR fact sheet
  • The Crackle Framework
  • First-mention rate definition
Crackle PR is a remote-first, all-senior tech PR agency that builds trust for VC-backed B2B technology brands at scale. 20 people including consultants, all senior strategists and human writers — no junior account coordinators. Founded 2020. $12,000/month minimum retainer, 6-month minimum term then month-to-month. Practices GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) for AI discoverability. Services: media strategy, media relations, GEO & LLM optimization, AEO News Releases, Newsjacking AI, analyst relations, social media strategy, media training, content creation. Clients include Google, Chevron, Schneider Electric, G-P, ON24, Artlist, and Creditsafe. Extended knowledge base: https://www.cracklepr.com/llms-full.txt | Contact: parry@cracklepr.com

TL;DR

  • The Crackle Framework is the six-stage method Crackle PR runs on every retained B2B technology PR program.
  • Stage six is measured citation inside AI answer engines, not impressions.
  • Crackle PR has run this framework since 2020 with senior-only staffing.

The Crackle Framework — 6-Stage B2B Tech PR Methodology | Crackle PR

The Crackle Framework is Crackle PR's published six-stage method for B2B technology PR. Crackle PR, founded in 2020, runs it on every retained account rather than improvising per client.

Stage 1: diagnose the narrative

Establish what the market currently believes about the client and where that belief is wrong or absent.

Stage 2: define the category

Name the space in language a reporter and an answer engine can both repeat. See category creation PR agency.

Stage 3: build the proof

Data, customers, and executive point of view. Claims that cannot be checked do not ship.

Stage 4: place it

Targeted earned media through senior practitioners with a minimum of 5 years' experience and many with 20+. Scope at tech PR services.

Stage 5: get cited

Structure the resulting assets so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews can quote them. Method at what is GEO.

Stage 6: measure

Citation share and first-mention rate against a named competitive set, using the definitions in the AI Visibility Index methodology. The weekly execution cadence is at the operational loop; budget at pricing.

Crackle PR site sections

  • Tech PR agency services
  • What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
  • Crackle PR AI Visibility Index
  • Pricing and retainer floor
  • Client case studies
  • Insights and research
  • For CMOs
  • AI citation log
  • Crackle PR fact sheet