11 YouTube creators for Profound, each with vetting notes and a first message ready to send.
One sweep across English YouTube on answer engine optimisation, AI search traffic and digital PR found 11 creators worth a first message, 1 of them a clean fit today. The field is narrow and already sponsored. This is before calibration: what the system finds on day one, from public data only. On a call, we show you what tuning it to your setup would sharpen.
Of the 159 channels screened, 23 passed every gate. 77 were outside the size band, 20 were off-topic, 19 had too few views, 15 were agencies, software vendors or media, 3 had gone quiet and 2 fell to other checks. No channel already promoting Profound was found.
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The SEO suites got here first
8 of the 23 channels that passed carried a recent sponsorship from a company that also sells AI visibility tracking: Ahrefs on 4, Semrush on 3 and Peec AI on 1. 6 of those 8 are on this shortlist, each with a note to check exclusivity.
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The enterprise searches came back empty
Three searches aimed at your buyer (LLM SEO for B2B SaaS, AI search visibility tracking, zero-click marketing strategy) returned 40 channels and none passed. Creators reach practitioners; the enterprise buyer needs seed channels or another route.
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Agencies are publishing your category
15 of the 159 channels screened were agencies or software vendors making their own AEO content. They were cut as company channels here, but they are a ready list for your agency and partner track.
The shortlist · public YouTube data, 8 Oct 2026
11 creators, with the notes and the first message for each.
Every creator passed the same checks: the right topic, the right size, still active, real comments, an audience in a market you sell in, and nothing that puts the brand at risk. Open any creator to read the full vetting notes and a first message written in their language. Fill in [Your name] and [your creator offer] and it is ready to send. Nothing was sent to any creator.
Subject: @nathangotch x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Nathan,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you reduce a noisy topic to one decision, like the one big difference between AEO and SEO.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your SEO training videos.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @graceleungyl x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Grace,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you show marketers the full working setup instead of a list of tools.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your AI marketing builds.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @niklas.buschner x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Niklas,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that your monthly show works from data, like the episode on why digital PR beats technical SEO for LLM visibility.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your monthly AI search show.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @ryandoserai x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Ryan,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you test tools on camera before recommending them, like your video on tracking AI search visibility.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your tool tests.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @nico_airanking x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Nico,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that your tutorials show every step on screen, like the complete guide to AI search optimisation.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your AI SEO tutorials.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @willfrancis x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Will,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you keep marketers current without the hype, like your video on getting traffic from AI search.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your marketing updates.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @mattdiggity x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Matt,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you run the experiment before giving the opinion, like your test of whether Reddit is the key to AI search.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your SEO experiments.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @levelingupofficial x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Eric,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you show how your own team runs AEO day to day, not only the theory.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your marketing playbooks.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Subject: @skillleapai x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey there,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you explain new AI shifts plainly, like your video on answer engine optimisation.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your AI tutorials.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Her video on ranking in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews reached a large marketing audience.
Check first: Carried a Semrush sponsorship recently; Semrush sells its own AI visibility tracking, so check exclusivity first. Much of her audience is in India; confirm it matches Profound's markets.
Subject: @daminitripathi x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Damini,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that your guides are practical enough to follow the same day, like the one on ranking in AI answers.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your marketing guides.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
He hosted a full conversation on how to rank in ChatGPT and AI search with a practitioner.
Check first: Carried a Semrush sponsorship recently; Semrush sells its own AI visibility tracking, so check exclusivity first. Some episodes lean on income claims; review the guest list and titles first.
Subject: @jitendravaswani x Profound || Paid Partnership
Hey Jitendra,
I'm [Your name] from Profound's creator partnerships team.
Love that you give practitioners room to explain how they work, like your episode on ranking in ChatGPT.
Have you heard of Profound?
Profound shows marketing teams how their brand appears in AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, and what to change.
Most of your viewers have accepted that AI answers matter. Where they stall is the next step: they cannot see where their brand shows up, so they cannot tell what is working.
Profound closes exactly that gap: it tracks the prompts, the citations and the sentiment, so the work has a number attached.
Why I'm reaching out: I'm curious to explore scoping a paid collab with you - something that could fit naturally into your interviews.
Happy to share some ideas, possible scope, possible rate - but I just wanted to get this on your radar first.
If you're open, we can dig into any of that - or just brainstorm angles together.
No rush either way - just let me know. :)
PS - A possible starting point: [your creator offer], no strings attached.
Several channels in this field promise rankings. The drafts state product facts only, make no visibility or ranking promise, and each note flags creators whose titles use 'Rank #1' wording.
Before calibration → set up in your team
This is day one. Here’s how much better it gets.
The shortlist above came from one run, on public data, with search terms we picked from your website. Set up inside your team, the same system does three things this demo can’t.
On a schedule
It runs every day or every week
No one has to start a search. New creators arrive already vetted, with a first message drafted for each, on the rhythm you choose.
Your performance data
It learns from what your creators earned
The system reads how each creator’s posts performed for you, then steers the search towards creators who look like your best ones and away from the kind that didn’t pay back.
Your CRM
Everything is logged where your team works
Every creator, verdict and message is saved to your CRM or tracker. The system checks that record first, so nobody is contacted twice by accident, or again before a waiting period you set.
For Profound, we’d also
Seed from the hosts your enterprise customers already follow
Add a seniority gate: in-house marketing leaders over hobby SEOs
Track which creators the SEO suites sponsor, and when slots free up
Route agency channels to the partner team instead of cutting them
The same team that built this sourcing system built five more, and ran a global creator program on them. We set them up with your team, in your own tools, and everything is yours to keep.
Sourcing & vetting
Finds and scores creators every week. This page is its day-one output.
Outreach & inbox
Drafts first messages and replies in your voice. Inbox time from 4 hours to 30 minutes a day.
Pricing
A fair rate for every creator, built from their real views and your own numbers.
Briefing & review
Briefs drafted and creator content checked against them before it goes live.
Onboarding & CRM
Contracts, promo codes and creator records set up without the copy-paste.
Reporting & recaps
Every creator tied to revenue, with reports that write themselves.
A 30-minute call. We look at how you run creators today and tell you if the audit, a build, or neither is right for you. The shortlist above is yours to keep either way.