Outreach Services
The full outreach practice — finding, pitching, and managing partnerships across every channel.
Learn moreTikTok & Instagram Outreach Services
TikTok influencer outreach means finding the creators your buyers already follow, pitching partnerships worth their time, and running collaborations that respect how creators actually work. Rank Rays handles the research, the personal outreach, and the deal management.
What Creator Outreach Covers
Creators are drowning in lazy outreach: copy-paste pitches, fake "paid opportunities," instant AI replies that prove nobody read their work. Brands that show up with genuine, personal pitches stand out immediately. That's the gap we fill. Here's what the service covers:
TikTok surfaces content by interest, not follower count — so we look for creators whose comment sections are full of your potential customers. You don't need the 3M-follower dance creator; you need the 80k-follower reviewer whose viewers ask 'where do I buy this?' under every post.
Instagram runs on trust built over time — Reels for reach, Stories for daily connection. We find creators whose audiences engage like fans, not strangers: saves, shares, genuine comments, and the loyalty that moves people toward checkout.
Bought followers are an open secret, so we check what matters: engagement rate relative to audience size, comment authenticity, consistency, and demographics. A creator with 20k real followers beats one with 200k hollow ones.
Creators know their audience better than any brand, so we send creative briefs — the message, the must-haves, the guardrails — and let creators make the content their way. Scripted posts feel like ads. Creator-shaped content feels like a recommendation.
Not every partnership needs a big fee. For the right creators, receiving your product starts relationships that grow into paid collaborations. We manage seeding lists, shipping, and follow-ups so gifted products turn into genuine content.
When creators post, their audiences search your brand name, mention you in comments, share the content, and visit your site. That wave of branded searches, mentions, and referral traffic supports everything your SEO is doing.
Our Process
Creator campaigns fail when they're rushed — wrong creators, generic pitches, no follow-through. Ours runs on a deliberate sequence: research, vetting, personal outreach, and careful management all the way to the report:
We define who needs to see your brand, then work backward to the creators those people already watch. Hashtag research, competitor mentions, and comment-section analysis feed a prospect list built on audience reality, not follower vanity.
Researchers assemble creators matching your niche, audience size, and budget — logging engagement rates, content style, and contact details. You approve the list before anyone is contacted.
Before outreach, every creator is checked for real engagement, brand-fit content, and a clean history. Creators with bought audiences or controversy-prone content are cut.
Creators get spammed relentlessly — instant AI replies, 'paid opportunities' that are actually commission links. We cut through with personal outreach from your brand email or verified accounts: short, honest, referencing their actual work.
Rates, deliverables, timelines, usage rights, and disclosure get settled in writing first. Then we build the creative brief and coordinate product delivery or payment. Creators keep creative freedom; you keep brand standards.
After content goes live, we track views, engagement, brand mentions, referral traffic, and branded search movement. Every partnership lands in your report — and strong performers become repeat partners.
How We Work With Creators
Creators aren't ad inventory — they're people with audiences who trust them. Treating them well isn't just polite; it's the entire strategy. These are the rules every campaign of ours follows:
The fastest way to get ignored — or get a stiff, unwatchable post — is sending a word-for-word script. We give creators the message, the key points, and the boundaries, then let them speak in their own voice. That's what their followers signed up for, and it's what converts.
Nothing poisons a creator relationship faster than a 'paid opportunity' subject line hiding a commission-only offer. We're honest about compensation from the first message — paid, gifted, or hybrid — because creators talk to each other, and a brand's reputation in their community is hard to rebuild.
Sponsored content must be disclosed — on both platforms, in every market that matters to you. We make disclosure part of every brief from the start, so partnerships stay transparent and compliant, and never put the creator's account or your brand at risk.
One great creator who posts about you 3 times over 6 months beats 3 forgettable one-offs. We structure campaigns around creators worth keeping — follow-up collaborations, early access to new products — because compounding trust is how creator marketing pays off.
Why Rank Rays
Handing your brand to creators means handing it to people whose audiences will judge you by the partnership. You want a team that earns creators' respect instead of spamming their inboxes. Here is why we're that team — stated in facts, not promises:
Faisal Mahmood runs outreach full-time, with Muhammad Razaq leading link building, Muhammad Umar and Tahir Ali on research, and Ahmar Ali on content — under founder Muhammad Shakeel, in SEO since the oDesk era in 2013. We court creators as partners, not inventory.
Every creator list is built by hand, every pitch is written for its recipient, and outreach goes out from your brand's own email or verified accounts — never bulk blasts from a generic address. In an inbox full of AI spam, a real message from a real brand stands out immediately.
Plain talk: TikTok and Instagram posts build brand searches, social mentions, referral traffic, and audience trust — signals that support your SEO, not direct ranking boosts. If you need links that move rankings, our link building team handles that side.
Muhammad Shakeel carries a 100% Job Success Score across 300+ completed Upwork projects, with over $200,000 earned on the platform and 500+ clients served overall. Creator outreach is a trust business on both sides — and that trust has to be earned.
Go Deeper
Short-form creators are one part of a full outreach strategy. Explore the services that round it out:
The full outreach practice — finding, pitching, and managing partnerships across every channel.
Learn moreLonger-form creator partnerships on YouTube — reviews, integrations, and description links from trusted channels.
Learn moreSponsorship deals with newsletters, podcasts, and events — exposure paired with real SEO value.
Learn moreGuest appearances and podcast partnerships that build authority with engaged, listening audiences.
Learn moreManual outreach to editors and site owners for guest posts, niche edits, and resource page placements.
Learn morePitching original articles to blogs and publications in your niche, with contextual links that last.
Learn moreThe ranking-power side of the equation — editorial backlinks earned through genuine, manual outreach.
Learn moreNewsworthy angles and expert commentary that earn coverage from sites with real editorial standards.
Learn moreStraight answers about how our creator outreach works, what it costs, and what it does for your SEO.
Tell us about your product and audience. We'll find the TikTok and Instagram creators worth partnering with — starting with a free audit.
Case studies
A few projects we're allowed to talk about — the problem, what we did, and what changed. Client names stay private; the numbers don't.

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

UK-based Shopify store selling NFC cards
640 → 8,000 +1,200%Monthly organic visits in 6 months
Great work, amazing customer service. Good SEO strategy, which had a very positive impact on our website traffic, ranking and conversion. We…

PixelPhotArt — custom portrait builder

Muhammad Shakeel — Founder, Rank Rays. 300+ Upwork projects and a 100% Job Success Score built on outreach that respects the recipient — no mass DMs, no spam. We shortlist creators your buyers follow, check engagement for real, and reach out personally. Tell me your product and I'll sketch the approach.