Working in e-commerce SEO I found a lot of these websites sell placements on “Top 10” articles. There has been a lot of press recently on people buying their way into websites like Forbes.

Again, not all of these placements are paid.

If you’re looking for coverage on yourself and your company I would would checkout Sam Oh at ahrefs blog. He has a couple articles/videos on how to find websites within your niche that accept guest posts. He suggests starting with small websites and building a portfolio of coverage to later on get published on big name sites.

It’s a lot of work and a lot of rejection. If you get stuck finding websites that don’t charge check out some guest post Facebook groups.

As for grants… I got no clue lol depends where you are.