AstraRad free backlinks and listings guide (2026-08-01, verification pass 2026-08-02)
Provenance. This page rendersseo/research/backlinks-2026-08-01.mdin the repo, unchanged since the 2026-08-02 verification pass. Every free/paid claim carries a VERIFIED, UNVERIFIED or NOT VIABLE verdict as of that date, and the 14 items in Open questions are deliberately unasserted: check them from a normal browser before acting. Republished here 2026-08-09 because the oldartifacts.xdvu.comhost now returns 401 site-wide. Companion tracker: Action Center.
Single apply-ready plan. Merges the verified base research (seo/research/listings-research-2026-07-31.md) with five new research lenses (open questions, expert quotes, company profiles, healthcare directories, communities/LLM surfaces, listicle outreach), all adversarially re-verified 2026-08-02 against live pages.
Legend: VERIFIED = the free/paid claim was confirmed by loading the primary page directly. UNVERIFIED = primary page bot-blocked or ambiguous; do not assert the claim as fact, confirm manually before relying on it. NOT VIABLE = confirmed unusable or paid. Never state an UNVERIFIED claim as fact in any outreach.
Hard constraints baked into every entry: AstraRad is fully remote with no staffed office (anything requiring a visitable address is out). It is a human-delivered interpretation service, not software. No individual physician names anywhere. No AI capability claims. No published per-read prices.
Do these this week (free, verified, highest value)
| Done | # | Target | URL | Time cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LinkedIn Company Page (already done) | linkedin.com/company/astrarad | Verified live 2026-08-09, titled AstraRad LLC, logo uploaded 7 August. What is left is the reverse link: the Organization JSON-LD on astrarad.com still has no sameAs, so add this URL there. | |
| 2 | Crunchbase profile | https://www.crunchbase.com/add-new | 20 min | |
| 3 | BBB Business Profile (free, not accreditation) | https://www.bbb.org/get-listed | 20 min submit, days to weeks review | |
| 4 | Clutch basic profile | https://clutch.co/get-listed | 45 min | |
| 5 | Source of Sources signup (HARO successor) | https://sourceofsources.com/ | 5 min, then daily digest scanning | |
| 6 | Qwoted free expert profile | https://app.qwoted.com/users/sign_up | 30 min | |
| 7 | GitHub org + official MCP Registry publish | https://github.com/pricing and https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry | Half a day (cascades free into PulseMCP and Glama) | |
| 8 | HIT Consultant op-ed | submissions@hitconsultant.net | 3 to 5 hours writing | |
| 9 | MedCity Influencers byline pitch | https://medcitynews.com/medcity-influencers/ | 1 hour pitch, article after acceptance | |
| 10 | Verified Market Research listicle pitch | enquiries@verifiedmarketresearch.com | 15 min |
Also this week, three emails to a human (free to send, timing-sensitive):
- Liz.Carey@scienceandmedicinegroup.com, AuntMinnie Vendor Connect (ask free-tier scope, whether a record exists, and the current Connected Plus rate card; do not quote the rumored $1,495).
- laura.dowden@wainscotmedia.com + barbara.murray@wainscotmedia.com, ITN Teleradiology Services chart questionnaire (chart refreshes around December; ask to confirm inclusion is free and that this is the editorial chart, not the paid buyers guide).
- mstempniak@innovatehealthcare.com, Radiology Business editorial pitch (do NOT use the $295 press release form).
1. Healthcare and imaging industry directories
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AuntMinnie Vendor Connect | Email Liz.Carey@scienceandmedicinegroup.com; login https://www.auntminnie.com/user/login | Free courtesy tier UNVERIFIED; $1,495 Connected Plus is rumor until confirmed in writing. Listings ARE individually indexed pages (Company.xml sitemap verified; DocPanel has one) | Company name, https://astrarad.com, categories Teleradiology - Subspecialty Interpretation and Teleradiology - After Hours, 2 to 3 sentence description from the fact block, logo | 1. Register free account with astrarad.com email (login form is JS-rendered, use a normal browser). 2. Email Liz Carey asking three things in one message: does a record exist, free tier scope, current Connected Plus rate card. 3. Once record exists: sign in, Vendor Connect, Edit Company Information. There is NO public create-company URL (full Page.xml enumerated; it does not exist, stop hunting) | Account minutes; listing days to 2 weeks after reply | unknown | HIGH |
| ITN Teleradiology Services chart | Email laura.dowden@wainscotmedia.com and barbara.murray@wainscotmedia.com (both VERIFIED on /content/contact-us) | UNVERIFIED, leaning free: chart page states charts are compiled by ITN editorially, no fee wording anywhere; only Laura Dowden can confirm. Caveat: reader registration opts readers into partner emails (lead-gen for readers, not a vendor fee) | Questionnaire answers from the fact block; no dollar figures, no physician names, no AI claims | 1. Email both contacts asking for the teleradiology services questionnaire for the next update and confirming inclusion is free. 2. State explicitly you mean the editorial comparison chart at /chart/teleradiology-services (about 21 vendors incl. vRad, StatRad, ONRAD), not the paid noindex buyers guide. 3. Return questionnaire same week | Reply days to weeks; inclusion at next refresh, likely December 2026 | unknown | HIGH |
| DOTmed free directory | https://www.dotmed.com/register.html | VERIFIED FREE: registration form has the opt-in "YES, include me in the FREE Directory" with a 256 character description field. Paid Gold Dealer / Virtual Trade Show are separate upsells. Site 403s crawlers, use a normal browser; flow not click-tested end to end | 256 character description (see copy-paste assets), category Imaging services, mailing address (form field, not a storefront requirement) | 1. Register from a normal browser: name, title, company, astrarad.com email, Service Provider type, healthcare-provider question No. 2. Tick YES to the FREE Directory. 3. Enter description. 4. Activate via email | 15 min plus email activation | unknown | MED |
| ensun.io supplier discovery | Register company link in header of https://ensun.io/ (NOT /register, that 404s) | UNVERIFIED: their Top 100 Teleradiology Companies in 2026 page is real and US-filterable, but free basic profile could not be confirmed (aggressive 429s); ensun also sells Search Pro and Ads, do not buy | Company profile with the 50-word description, category teleradiology services, US | 1. Open in a normal browser. 2. Use header Register company link. 3. Confirm the basic listing is free during signup; abort if payment required | 20 to 30 min once confirmed free | unknown | LOW |
| Vizient supplier program | https://www.vizient.com/suppliers (vizientinc.com now 301s here) | FREEMIUM: no application fees shown; GPO contracting later involves standard admin fee economics. Sales motion, not SEO | Company profile, category purchased clinical services / radiology interpretation, SLA stats, compliance posture | 1. Follow Explore supplier program, or the Innovative Technology Program submission. 2. Have D-U-N-S, W-9, insurance certs ready | Weeks to months | unknown | LOW (sales) |
| symplr Access vendor credentialing | https://www.symplr.com/vendor-registration | UNVERIFIED, assume paid subscription (Already subscribed? language on page; no public pricing) | Legal details, W-9, insurance, per requiring hospital | Do nothing until a client hospital requires it; then ask their vendor relations office which tier | Days once required | unknown | LOW (only when required) |
2. Expert-quote platforms (HARO-style)
Spokesperson discipline for this whole section: the founder/CEO is the only named expert. Positioning: teleradiology operations, imaging turnaround benchmarks, radiology staffing economics. Never volunteer a radiologist, never give clinical advice, no AI claims, no prices.
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of Sources (SOS) | https://sourceofsources.com/ | VERIFIED FREE ("This list doesn't cost a dime"), Shankman's HARO successor, 20,000+ journalists | Founder pitch: 3 to 5 quotable sentences answering the exact question, one credential line, company URL, no attachments | 1. Submit source signup form (press@astrarad.com alias ideal). 2. Confirm email. 3. Scan up to 3 daily digests for radiology, imaging, hospital ops, staffing, outsourcing topics. 4. Reply to the journalist within 1 to 2 hours. 5. Track pitches in a sheet; expect ~1 placement per 5 to 10 on-topic pitches | First link realistically 3 to 8 weeks | varies by outlet, editorial usually dofollow | HIGH |
| Qwoted (Basic) | https://app.qwoted.com/users/sign_up | VERIFIED FREE tier: 2 pitches/month, 2 hour delay, searchable expert profile. Pro $149/mo not needed | Expert profile: founder headshot, bio with the fact block, expertise tags healthcare, hospital operations, medical imaging, staffing | 1. Sign up as Source/Expert. 2. Complete profile, set alert keywords (radiology, teleradiology, imaging, staffing, turnaround). 3. Spend the 2 monthly pitches only on exact-fit queries from named outlets. 4. Answer in-platform with the complete quote, not an offer to talk | Profile same day; link in 4 to 10 weeks | varies by outlet | HIGH |
| Featured.com | https://featured.com | UNVERIFIED: Vercel bot wall (429) blocked all checks; historically freemium. Confirm free tier from a normal browser before signup | Same founder profile; answer only operations/staffing/vendor-selection questions | 1. Verify current plan terms from a residential browser. 2. If free tier exists, register founder, pick healthcare and business feeds. 3. Answer matching questions with specific data | Published answers 2 to 6 weeks if free tier confirmed | unknown | MED |
| MentionMatch (ex Help a B2B Writer) | https://mentionmatch.com/ | VERIFIED FREE (FAQ in live JS bundle: sources pay nothing). Caveat: "launching soon" banner but registration active; NO healthcare category (marketing/SaaS/sales lenses only) | Founder as B2B services founder: SLAs, per-unit pricing models, remote-first ops, selling to hospitals | 1. Register as Source (or join waitlist). 2. Pick Sales and Analytics as closest areas. 3. Answer only where a niche-services founder angle genuinely fits | Sporadic; a link every month or two of light effort | commonly dofollow on B2B blogs | MED |
| X #journorequest / #PRrequest | https://x.com/search?q=%23journorequest&f=live | Free method (page login-walled to bots; the paid aggregators reselling this feed were confirmed live, which proves the free feed) | One-line credential pitch template (see assets), full quotes by email | 1. Save live searches: #journorequest radiology / health / hospital, #PRrequest healthcare. 2. Check twice daily (US Eastern morning + early afternoon). 3. Reply/DM per journalist preference. 4. Mirror searches on LinkedIn | Opportunistic, 1 to 2 placements/quarter | varies | MED |
| PitchRate | https://pitchrate.com/ | VERIFIED FREE ("It's FREE!", active site, 2026 copyright) | Founder profile, tags healthcare operations, medical imaging services, staffing economics | 1. Register as Expert. 2. Complete profile. 3. Opt in to leads, respond only to healthcare/business/staffing | Leads trickle; any link is a bonus | unknown | LOW |
| SourceBottle | https://www.sourcebottle.com/expert-account.asp (302s to login.asp which has Sign Up) | VERIFIED FREE tier: profile, directory listing, alerts, 10 keywords, unlimited call-out responses. Do not buy pitching credits | Founder profile framed globally (US operator, cross-border HIPAA/GDPR angle) | 1. Sign up via the login page. 2. Set 10 keywords. 3. Respond to on-topic Drink Up! call-outs | AU/NZ centric; low but nonzero yield | varies | LOW |
| Newspage (UK) | https://newspage.media/ | FREEMIUM: 1 free alert response/month plus unlimited own-story pitches; paid tiers from 49.99 GBP/mo | Founder as US market comparator for UK imaging backlog stories; GDPR angle | 1. Sign up free. 2. Watch alerts for NHS imaging/staffing stories. 3. Spend the single monthly response only on a strong fit | A few UK placements/year at most | varies | LOW |
| helpareporter.com (HARO relaunch check) | https://www.helpareporter.com/ | UNVERIFIED (Vercel 429 bot wall). SOS is the canonical free channel | Identical founder positioning as SOS; never pitch the same journalist from two feeds | 10 min check from a residential browser: if it is a skin over the SOS stream, do not double-subscribe; if distinct and free, subscribe | 10 min task | unknown | LOW |
NOT VIABLE (paid, see skip list): PressPlugs, Editorielle, JournoLink, Dot Star Media, ResponseSource (absorbed JournoRequests.com).
3. Company profiles, B2B review sites, data providers
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn Company Page | https://www.linkedin.com/company/setup/new | Free (URL bot-blocked with HTTP 999, standard LinkedIn; the feature itself is free) | Logo 300x300 min, 160-word description, industry Hospitals and Health Care, size 201-500 | 1. Use a personal account 7+ days old with verified email. 2. Verify with a company-domain email (Gmail rejected). 3. Complete all profile fields | ~20 min, no approval delay | nofollow | HIGH (do first if missing) |
| Crunchbase | https://www.crunchbase.com/add-new (VERIFIED live) | VERIFIED free for registered users | Logo, description, HQ state, [founded year], founders, website, categories Health Care, Telehealth | 1. Register. 2. Add company. 3. Frame as health-tech/telehealth, not a medical practice | Same day | nofollow | MED-HIGH |
| Clutch | https://clutch.co/get-listed | VERIFIED free basic tier ("Basic - Set Up Company Profile - Free"); Clutch Verified ~$499/yr optional | Company details, service-line breakdown, hourly-rate band field (pick a band, publish no per-read prices) | 1. Set up basic profile. 2. Reviews come from Clutch phone-interviewing named clients, which needs hospital client consent (the hard part, do later) | ~45 min profile | high DA, scraped into AI answers | HIGH |
| G2 (service provider path) | https://www.g2.com/products/new and https://sell.g2.com/create-a-profile | VERIFIED free tier. Must enter as a SERVICE ("majority human intervention"), not software | Service profile, teleradiology services category (essentially empty today) | 1. Create seller profile. 2. Submit as service provider. 3. Claim approval stated 1 to 3 business days | Days | unknown | MED-HIGH |
| BBB Business Profile | https://www.bbb.org/get-listed | VERIFIED FREE ("Claim your business's free BBB Business Profile or submit a request to add a new"). Accreditation is a separate paid product (background knowledge, decline the upsell) | Legal name, URL, phone, mailing address, closest category (Medical Imaging or Telemedicine), ~80 word description | 1. Search bbb.org for AstraRad first. 2. Submit add request. 3. Verify via BBB phone/email check. 4. Complete profile, hours 24/7/365. 5. Decline accreditation upsell | Minutes to submit, days to weeks review | commonly reported nofollow (unverifiable) | HIGH |
| GoodFirms | https://www.goodfirms.co/get-listed | VERIFIED "Free - $0/forever - No card required"; their page states 23% acceptance on free listings | Company profile; they market schema.org + AI distribution | 1. Register at myaccount.goodfirms.co. 2. Submit profile. 3. Accept possible rejection (dev/IT skew) | Days to weeks | unknown | MED |
| ZoomInfo claim | https://privacyrequest.zoominfo.com/company/verify | Free self-serve Trust Center claim (URL 403s to crawlers, normal browser needed) | Corrected firmographics via work email on domain | 1. Verify with astrarad.com email. 2. Correct name, headcount, industry, description. Also feeds Datanyze (same dataset, no separate work) | Days | nofollow | MED |
| Glassdoor free employer account | https://www.glassdoor.com/employers/sign-up/ | VERIFIED FREE ("Unlock Free Employer Account"; Enhanced Profile is the paid tier) | Industry Healthcare Services, size 201-500, ~100 word talent-facing description (remote radiologist positions angle) | 1. Register with work email. 2. Claim or create employer page. 3. Complete profile. Syncs with Indeed, do both together. 4. Monitor the review surface you just opened | Under a week | widely reported nofollow | MED |
| Indeed Company Page | https://employers.indeed.com (bot-blocked; free claim verified on indeed.com/employers) | VERIFIED FREE registration; sponsorship optional | Same boilerplate as Glassdoor; only post real openings | 1. Create employer account (normal browser). 2. Claim/create Company Page (check for an existing one first). 3. Add logo, description, remote-first HQ | Same day to a few days | unknown | MED |
| Wellfound (ex AngelList Talent) | https://wellfound.com/onboarding/recruit (bot-blocked; pricing page verified) | VERIFIED FREE ("Post jobs free, $0 / forever"); Job Ads/Reach are optional paid | One-liner, 120-word description, tags Health Care, Telehealth, Diagnostics, Medical Imaging, size 201-500, remote-first | 1. Sign up in a normal browser. 2. Create profile; fully remote is the norm here, an asset. 3. Optionally post one real opening | Same day | unknown | MED |
| Tracxn | https://tracxn.com/listyourstartup | FREEMIUM: analyst-reviewed form, no price or payment step anywhere on page | Name, URL, ~100 word description, sector HealthTech/Telehealth/Diagnostics, optional one-pager PDF from frontend/public/kit | 1. Fill form. 2. Reply to analyst follow-up. 3. Fallback hi@tracxn.com | Form 10 min; profile 1 to 3 weeks | minimal (login-walled profiles) | MED |
| CB Insights Analyst Briefing | https://www.cbinsights.com/what-we-offer/technology-vendors/ | VERIFIED FREE ("100% free", "None of the pay-to-play/shakedown tactics") | Position as healthcare services / telehealth with the fact block. Do NOT let them tag AstraRad as an AI radiology company | 1. Click Request an Analyst Briefing. 2. Complete 3 min form with work email. 3. Take the briefing call if offered | Form 3 min; analyst weeks | nofollow, value is data ingestion | MED |
| NPPES Type 2 NPI | https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov (lookup npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov) | VERIFIED free, government | Organizational NPI record accuracy + taxonomy code | 1. If AstraRad bills, the record likely exists: verify accuracy. 2. Otherwise register the Type 2 NPI | Days | authoritative federal record, open API | MED |
| D-U-N-S number | https://www.dnb.com/en-us/smb/duns/get-a-duns.html | VERIFIED free issuance (expedited is paid). Free DUNS Manager VERIFIED ("This tool is free") for later upkeep; nothing else free at D&B | Legal name, address, headcount band | 1. Apply now (30 business day clock). 2. Maintain via DUNS Manager. 3. Ignore paid credit products | Up to 30 business days | n/a | LOW-MED (SEO), HIGH (sales/procurement) |
| Owler | https://corp.owler.com/owler-community | Free, wiki-style | Find or create page, then Update this Profile | 1. Register. 2. Update profile fields | Days | unknown | LOW-MED |
| Wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:NewItem | Free; low bar policy VERIFIED, but COI must be disclosed and deletion is community-decided | Entity with serious public references | Do AFTER Crunchbase/LinkedIn/AuntMinnie exist so references are citable; disclose affiliation | 1 hour, after prerequisites | n/a (entity graph) | LOW |
| TrustRadius | https://solutions.trustradius.com/claim-your-profile/ | VERIFIED free profile tier | Standard profile | Enterprise software skew, no natural teleradiology category; only if time is spare | Days | unknown | LOW |
| Alignable | https://www.alignable.com/biz_users/sign_up | VERIFIED FREE ("Sign Up, It's Free"; paid Member tier optional) | ~60 word description, category Medical Services, registered metro as anchor (no storefront verification) | 1. Sign up. 2. Complete profile. 3. Skip all upsells and networking features; goal is only the indexed page | Under 30 min | unknown | LOW |
| F6S | https://www.f6s.com/ | UNVERIFIED (hCaptcha bot wall; historically free profiles). Its auto-list "28 Top Radiology Companies in United States" is live with an Add your company link | Sector HealthTech, ~80 word description; select radiology + medical imaging + healthcare services so the profile joins the auto-lists | 1. Sign up from a normal browser. 2. Create profile via Add your company. 3. Abort if payment demanded | Under an hour manual | likely nofollow | LOW |
| PitchBook | https://pitchbook.com/data | UNVERIFIED (403 bot block); inclusion is analyst-driven and free for profiled companies | Name, URL, HQ state, [founded year], headcount band, sector Healthcare Services | 1. Look for submit/update option in a normal browser. 2. Else pitch via site contact. 3. Buy nothing | Weeks, may be declined without funding events | little link equity, entity data | LOW |
| Craft.co | https://enterprise.craft.co/contact (form bot-blocked, use normal browser) | UNVERIFIED add route: no self-serve flow exists; profiles auto-generated from their supplier dataset | Cold pitch: legal name, URL, HQ state, headcount band, boilerplate; angle = hospital procurement teams evaluate teleradiology vendors in supplier-risk tools | 1. Check craft.co/search for an existing page. 2. If absent, pitch via the enterprise contact form | Weeks if ever; lottery ticket | dofollow homepage link VERIFIED (rendered Stripe profile: no nofollow on Homepage link) | LOW |
4. Press and editorial
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovate Healthcare editorial (Radiology Business / Health Imaging) | mstempniak@innovatehealthcare.com; also hmurphy@, mwalter@, managing_editor@innovatehealthcare.com (all VERIFIED on /editorial) | Editorial pitch free. The PR form at trimedcms.com is VERIFIED PAID $295, do not use it (resolves the old open question) | 150 word pitch email, not a press release: hook, two proof stats (600,000 reads/year, 30 min median STAT), executive spokesperson offer | 1. Pitch a genuinely newsworthy angle (growth milestone, coverage data, staffing-shortage commentary). 2. Offer an executive, never a named radiologist. 3. One follow-up | Days to never; an earned story beats every directory on this list | dofollow (standard editorial links) | HIGH |
| HIT Consultant op-ed | submissions@hitconsultant.net (VERIFIED on /contributors/) | VERIFIED FREE. Strict rules: exclusive original work, NO company mentions in body (auto-reject), 750 to 1000 words (up to 1500) | Op-ed on teleradiology operations (SLA evaluation, staffing math of 24/7 subspecialty coverage), 1 to 2 line author bio (company name goes here), high-res headshot of a non-physician executive | 1. Draft, strip all AstraRad mentions from body. 2. Email piece + bio + headshot. 3. They follow up within 10 business days if selected; queue a second topic | 2 to 4 weeks to publication | unknown | HIGH |
| MedCity News, MedCity Influencers | https://medcitynews.com/medcity-influencers/ (VERIFIED) | VERIFIED FREE contributor program; non-negotiable contract; MedCity/Breaking Media keep exclusive rights (cannot republish on astrarad.com) | 2 to 3 proposed topics, then an original business-of-healthcare article by a named executive | 1. Read guidelines + contract on the page. 2. Email editor-in-chief Arundhati Parmar with subject exactly "Byline not pitch". 3. Sign contract on acceptance, submit | 2 to 4 weeks | unknown | HIGH |
| Becker's Hospital Review | ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com (UNVERIFIED: contact page Cloudflare-blocked to all tools; confirm in a normal browser first) | UNVERIFIED; editorial pitching is free as an industry norm. Lists program nominations also unconfirmed | Three-paragraph data pitch: trend hook, proprietary data points, executive available for comment. Also ask to be on file for any future teleradiology companies-to-know list | 1. Manually confirm the current editorial contact on /contact-us/. 2. Send pitch. 3. If sales responds instead of editorial it has become paid, decline. 4. One follow-up after 7 days | Days to never | unknown | MED |
| openPR | https://www.openpr.com/ | VERIFIED: one free release per 30 days, editorially reviewed, indexed | A real announcement (no fluff) | Publish on a genuine milestone | Slower than PRLog, better signal | unknown | MED |
| PRLog | https://www.prlog.org/ | VERIFIED free unlimited ($29 upgrade optional) | Same real announcement | Minutes to publish | Fast, low authority, legitimate citation | unknown | MED |
| HealthLeaders | https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/about (Cloudflare-blocked; manual check) | UNVERIFIED; staff-written, Exchange is invite-only for provider execs | Same data pitch as Becker's | 1. Manually note the technology editor's email. 2. Send after Becker's and Innovate pitches are out. 3. One follow-up, then drop | Days to never | unknown | LOW |
| Mordor Intelligence (analyst pitch) | info@mordorintelligence.com and media@mordorintelligence.com | RESOLVED NEGATIVE for self-serve: no submission mechanism exists; free email pitch only, no guarantee. Do not buy the report | One-page fact sheet from the fact block, subject "Company profile information for your Teleradiology Market report", offer an analyst call | 1. Email both addresses. 2. Attach fact sheet. 3. Move on | Months, next report cycle, unpredictable | unknown | LOW |
5. Communities and LLM surfaces
Almost everything here is nofollow or UGC. The payoff is AI citation equity: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews retrieve these surfaces heavily for "best teleradiology company" questions, and Reddit/Quora content is licensed into LLM training. Always disclose affiliation; never astroturf.
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddit: r/Radiology, r/healthIT (participation) | Subreddit /about/rules pages (Reddit hard-blocks this server; read rules from a normal browser FIRST) | Free; vendor-participation rules UNVERIFIED, verify before first post | Helpful comments and text posts (STAT vs prelim vs final workflows, coverage rosters, licensing logistics, vendor-evaluation questions). 90/10 rule: 9+ non-promotional contributions per disclosed vendor mention | 1. Read pinned rules. 2. One persistent personal account, bio discloses "works at AstraRad, a teleradiology company". 3. Season 3 to 4 weeks with zero links. 4. Then answer with a one-line disclosure; link only when vendors are explicitly asked for; message mods if unsure | Credible in 4 to 8 weeks | nofollow | HIGH |
| Reddit: r/medicine, r/Radiologists (monitor only) | n/a | Free | Nothing promotional, ever | Subscribe, set keyword alerts (F5Bot: teleradiology, nighthawk, overnight reads); use as market intelligence | Immediate | nofollow | LOW |
| Quora | https://www.quora.com/topic/Teleradiology (VERIFIED live with active buyer questions) | Free (standard Quora; pricing page not loaded this session) | 600 to 1200 word answers reusing existing resource pages; credential line "Founder at AstraRad, US teleradiology company"; max 1 link per answer; cost questions answered in models/ranges, never AstraRad prices | 1. Founder profile with disclosure credential. 2. Follow Teleradiology, Radiology, Medical Imaging, Healthcare Administration, HIPAA. 3. Answer 2 to 3 buyer questions/week | Answers live instantly; ranking takes weeks | nofollow | MED-HIGH |
| LinkedIn newsletter + articles | Company Page admin composer, Write article then Create newsletter (feature availability UNVERIFIED from here; check logged in) | Free platform features | Monthly 800 to 1200 word operational pieces recycled from resources (in-house vs outsourced economics, SLA contracting, read-pool models, licensing logistics); 1920x1080 headers | 1. Company Page must exist first. 2. Publish article 1, then Create a newsletter (e.g. "The Read Room"). 3. Monthly cadence; every issue notifies followers and gets a public indexed URL | Same day once page exists; compounds over months | nofollow | HIGH |
| Substack mirror | https://substack.com | VERIFIED FREE ("Free to start. No platform fees"); never enable paid subs | Same essays cross-posted; About page carries the fact block; astrarad.com in every footer | 1. Create publication named for the topic, not the company. 2. Cross-post each LinkedIn issue with a note pointing to the astrarad.com version | Live in under an hour | unknown, treat as citation play | MED |
| Medium republishing | https://medium.com (import tool VERIFIED: auto-applies canonical URL to the original) | FREEMIUM (publishing free; ignore Partner Program, keep posts unpaywalled) | 4 to 6 strongest resource articles imported, founder byline, standing disclosure line | 1. Free founder account. 2. Stories, Import a story (canonical handled automatically). 3. Submit 1 to 2 to an active healthcare publication | Live immediately | nofollow | LOW-MED |
| YouTube channel | https://www.youtube.com (Brand Account; creation VERIFIED free) | VERIFIED FREE | 4 to 6 explainers, 3 to 8 min, screen-recorded slides + founder voiceover, accurate captions (transcripts are what LLMs read), astrarad.com first line of every description | 1. Google account on domain, create Brand channel. 2. About section = fact block. 3. Titles matching real queries ("How teleradiology turnaround SLAs work") | Channel same day; traction months | nofollow | MED |
| Podcast: The Radiology Report (Medality) | cclay@truelearn.com (VERIFIED on medality.com/podcast/) | No fees mentioned; treat as free editorial pitch | Founder bio, one-liner with stats, 2 to 3 episode angles (economics of 24/7 subspecialty coverage; what 99.4% SLA compliance requires), headshot, LinkedIn | 1. Email subject "Guest pitch: the operations math of 30-minute STAT turnarounds". 2. Offer pre-shared talking points | Booking 4 to 10 weeks out | unknown | HIGH |
| Podcast: Relentless Health Value | Read https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/how-we-select-guests first | Editorial, no guest fees; explicitly rejects cold product pitches and PR tours; paid Coffee Talk episodes exist, do not buy | Systems-level angle: what imaging turnaround actually costs hospitals and how per-report outsourcing changes the math | 1. Engage with the show's LinkedIn first (selection is relational). 2. Pitch via contact page referencing specific episodes. 3. Expect a pre-interview | Weeks to months, slow play | unknown | MED |
| Podcast: BackTable | https://www.backtable.com/contact (VERIFIED form invites podcast-guest inquiries) | UNVERIFIED free; say explicitly you are pitching editorial, not the industry-supporter (paid) track | Founder/ops-lead pitch: external subspecialty reads for night/weekend coverage, multi-state credentialing logistics | 1. Use the form, podcast-guest intent. 2. Target practice-management/innovation style episodes, not clinical | Weeks | unknown | MED |
| Podcast/interviews: Healthcare IT Today | https://www.healthcareittoday.com/contact-us/ (form works in a normal browser) | UNVERIFIED; historically free editorial interviews; confirm the slot is editorial | Founder bio, 3 talking points, fact sheet; interoperability angle (HL7/FHIR/DICOM onboarding reality) | 1. Submit form pitching a vendor-founder interview. 2. They publish at high volume, easiest realistic yes here | Days to weeks | unknown | MED |
| Podcast: This Week Health | Hello@ThisWeekHealth.com (VERIFIED in footer) | FREEMIUM risk: extensive paid partner tiers on page; get a free editorial slot confirmed in writing before investing time | Founder bio, health-system-IT angle (what a 30 min median STAT requires from the IT stack) | 1. Email pitch. 2. Ask explicitly whether non-partner editorial slots exist. 3. If partner-gated, walk away | Weeks if accepted | unknown | LOW-MED |
| KevinMD op-ed (free track) | https://kevinmd.com/heard-social-medias-leading-physician-voice (VERIFIED) | FREEMIUM: free track publishes 5+ weeks out with NAME-ONLY attribution (likely no link); website link + fast publication + podcast consideration are paid perks. Use free track only | 500 to 1000 word op-ed in email body, systems angle (rural overnight coverage gaps), in-text disclosure "the author runs a US teleradiology company" | 1. Submit via the page. 2. Do not buy the enhanced author page. 3. Accept an organic podcast invite if it comes | 5+ weeks | likely none (name-only) | LOW |
| Becker's Podcasts + AuntMinnie MinnieCasts | https://beckerspodcasts.com/ (old /podcasts/ path 404s); AuntMinnie via existing editorial contacts | FREEMIUM, assume paid until told otherwise in writing; AuntMinnie casts show a verified no-vendor-guest pattern | Same founder pitch kit | Only after the free wins are banked; ask Becker's explicitly editorial vs sponsored | Weeks | unknown | LOW |
| GitHub org + public MCP server repo | https://github.com/organizations/plan | VERIFIED FREE ("$0 USD per month forever", unlimited public repos) | Org profile (logo, fact-block description, https://astrarad.com), repo astrarad/astrarad-mcp with MIT/Apache-2.0, README stating plainly it exposes service metadata to agents and that AstraRad provides HUMAN radiologist interpretations, not AI reads; topics mcp, teleradiology, healthcare, dicom, hl7, fhir; no PHI, no prices | 1. Create org astrarad on Free plan. 2. Set profile. 3. Publish repo + .github profile README + server.json | Half a day | nofollow | HIGH |
| Official MCP Registry | Publishing guide in https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry (quickstart VERIFIED) | VERIFIED FREE | server.json: name com.astrarad/astrarad, description (agent access to service info; human-read service, not AI interpretation), repo URL, endpoint | 1. Install mcp-publisher. 2. mcp-publisher init. 3. DNS auth to publish under com.astrarad (domain-ownership proof). 4. mcp-publisher publish. PulseMCP ingests daily, other directories mirror: one publish cascades | 1 to 2 hours, immediate listing | API metadata | HIGH |
| PulseMCP | https://www.pulsemcp.com/submit (VERIFIED free form) | VERIFIED FREE | Repo URL; README first paragraph is the marketing-clean description (directories scrape it) | Publish to official registry and wait ~1 week, or paste repo URL into the form; corrections via hello@pulsemcp.com | ~1 week | unknown | MED |
| Glama | Add Server on https://glama.ai/mcp/servers (claim flow VERIFIED via Official/Claimed badges) | VERIFIED FREE | Repo URL; license + clear README for their quality scoring | 1. Sign in with GitHub. 2. Add Server. 3. Claim from the org account for the Claimed badge | Minutes to days | unknown | MED |
| Docker MCP Registry | PR per CONTRIBUTING.md in https://github.com/docker/mcp-registry | VERIFIED FREE (Docker builds, signs, publishes your image; catalog within 24h of approval) | PR with metadata YAML, repo link, Dockerfile, description (human teleradiology service data access) | 1. Fork, add metadata (Option A preferred). 2. Open PR, respond to review | PR days to weeks | unknown | MED |
6. Listicle and market research outreach
One-line pitch in the COMPANY FIELDS drawer. Standing rule for every target here: several will reply with a paid-feature upsell; decline payment and restate the free editorial-correction angle.
| Target | Apply URL | Free? | What to submit | Steps | Turnaround | Follows | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blog.medicai.io teleradiology companies list | https://www.medicai.io/contact (VERIFIED) | Free pitch; best odds: Medicai sells PACS, not reads, so AstraRad is non-competitive for them | One-line pitch (drawer) + 60-word blurb offer | Pitch via contact form referencing blog.medicai.io/en/teleradiology-companies/ | Weeks | unknown | HIGH |
| Verified Market Research: Top Teleradiology Companies | enquiries@verifiedmarketresearch.com (VERIFIED on the article, which explicitly invites companies to feature) | VERIFIED FREE to pitch; decline any paid report/feature upsell | Verbatim pitch: their list is OEM-heavy (Siemens, GE, Agfa) with no US final-read service on per-report pricing; offer 60-word sourced blurb | 1. Email. 2. Duplicate via the article's Contact Us form. 3. If paid offer comes back, restate free editorial-correction angle | 1 to 4 weeks; updates often quarterly | unknown | HIGH |
| Expert Market Research: Top 6 Companies in the Global Teleradiology Market in 2026 | sales@expertmarketresearch.com + article contact form | VERIFIED FREE to pitch (only listed contact is sales; ask to be routed to the editor) | Same gap pitch (they mix Philips with services; no per-report US provider); offer a seventh entry | 1. Email referencing the 22 Jan 2026 article. 2. Ask forward to the article editor. 3. Decline paid | Weeks | unknown | MED |
| IMARC Group: Top Teleradiology Companies | Contact form on https://www.imarcgroup.com/top-teleradiology-companies (captcha; email obfuscated, open in browser); phone +1-201-971-6302 | VERIFIED FREE to pitch; possible consulting upsell, decline | Same OEM-gap pitch (14-company list incl. ONRAD, USARAD, Mednax) | 1. Submit form. 2. Optionally call for the editorial contact | Weeks, uncertain | unknown | MED |
| Research and Markets: 10 Leading Teleradiology Services Companies | help@researchandmarkets.net (published support address; no editorial email) | VERIFIED FREE to pitch | Correction hook: article still lists defunct NightHawk and Nines; offer AstraRad blurb to replace a dead entry | 1. Email support asking who maintains the article roster. 2. Send pitch to that editor. 3. Never accept paid inclusion | 2 to 6 weeks or no reply | unknown | MED |
| WorldMetrics: Best Outsourcing Radiology Services Providers | Contact email in article footer (obfuscated, copy from a browser) | FREEMIUM: page discloses "Includes paid placements, ranking is editorial". Free editorial inclusion is the only acceptable path | Correction pitch: their Top 10 ranks non-services (Esaote equipment, a transcription tool); offer accurate entry + audit-friendly SLA data for their scoring | 1. Email referencing the Jul 3, 2026 guide. 2. Decline paid placement explicitly. 3. Retry via general contact after 2 weeks | Possibly one verification cycle | unknown | MED |
| MedicalStartups.org Top 52 Radiology list | https://www.medicalstartups.org/addstartup.php (VERIFIED free form; ignore paid PROMOTE option) | VERIFIED FREE. WARNING: form REQUIRES founders/CEO name and a hosted photo URL; use [founder name] with consent, NEVER a radiologist | 50-word description, USA, category Radiology and medical imaging, founder name + headshot URL, leave funding blank | 1. Fill form. 2. Re-check /top/radiology/ in a few weeks | 10 min; listing days to weeks | unknown | MED |
| ZipDo: Best Teleradiology Software | Email from https://zipdo.co/contact-us/ (NO form, obfuscated email only; stated 1 to 2 business day replies) | VERIFIED FREE to pitch | Services-angle pitch: readers of a software ranking often want a reading service; offer a "when you need a service, not software" note. Do not ask to be ranked among software | 1. Copy email from browser. 2. Include site URL + industry as the page requests | Days; refresh cycle shown on page | unknown | LOW |
| gitnux.org: Top 10 Best Teleradiology Software | info@gitnux.org (decoded from Cloudflare obfuscation; /contact/ 404s, no form exists) | Free to pitch; inclusion policy unstated; low-authority content mill | Same services-angle two-sentence blurb as ZipDo | 1. Email referencing gitnux.org/best/teleradiology-software/. 2. One follow-up after a week, then drop | 1 to 2 business day replies claimed | unknown | LOW |
| blog.mediog.com Top 11 platforms | WhatsApp +91 9382-794306 (only channel; no email, no form) | Free to pitch; Mediog Labs (Kolkata PACS vendor) ranks ITSELF #1, semi-competitor protecting its slot | Same blurb, ask who edits the blog | 1. WhatsApp asking for the blog editor. 2. One follow-up max. Borderline skip; 5 min ceiling | Unpredictable | unknown | LOW (borderline skip) |
7. Associations
| Org | URL | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| RBMA | https://www.rbma.org (Corporate Partner Benefits page VERIFIED) | Paid, dues not public. Best association fit (radiology business administrators = the buyer). Request a dues sheet for a future budgeted decision; nothing free today |
| ACR | https://www.acr.org/Membership/Join | RESOLVED NEGATIVE, VERIFIED: individual membership categories only, NO corporate/vendor tier exists. Skip. Sales note: individual radiologists being ACR members is a credibility line usable without names |
| ATA | https://www.americantelemed.org/membership/ | NOT VIABLE free: membership via inquiry flow, no public vendor directory. Skip |
| HIMSS | https://www.himss.org/membership/ | UNVERIFIED (Cloudflare); himssbuyersguide.com is NXDOMAIN; everything visible is paid membership/exhibiting. Skip without a 10 min manual check |
| AHRA / RSNA / SIIM | see base research | Paid exhibiting only ($725+ / $630+ / $13k+). Skip for a free plan |
| State radiological societies (CA, TX sampled) | e.g. https://calrad.org/ | Paid advertising/sponsorship only; no free vendor directory pattern across chapters. Skip |
Copy-paste assets
Everything is in the COMPANY FIELDS drawer: the tab on the right edge of this page.
It has the company details (legal name, founded date, address, phone), the descriptions and tagline, the keywords, the logo links, and a slot to paste each live profile URL. Copy button on every data row, usable on any directory.
The keyword research behind the copy: keyword-research.html.
Skip list (one line each)
- Google Business Profile / Bing Places / Apple Business Connect: no staffed office; fabricated addresses risk suspension.
- Capterra / GetApp / Software Advice (now G2 Digital Markets): requires packaged software; a human reading service will be rejected.
- Wikipedia: fails WP:NCORP; a self-created article gets speedy-deleted and leaves a permanent COI record.
- BusinessWire / GlobeNewswire: paid only ($500 to $1,500+ per release).
- EIN Presswire: framed risk-free, not free (one intro release then ~$66.60+ each).
- Innovate Healthcare PR form (trimedcms.com): VERIFIED PAID $295 per release; use the free editorial pitch instead.
- SIIM / RSNA / AHRA exhibiting: paid booth economics, no free vendor directory.
- Gartner Peer Insights: no teleradiology market; enterprise IT only.
- Definitive Healthcare: paid analytics subscription, no free claim flow.
- HealthIT.gov / ONC CHPL: a reading service is not a certifiable health IT module.
- ACR: no corporate/vendor membership tier exists (VERIFIED).
- ATA / HIMSS / state radiological societies: paid membership or sponsorship only, no free directories.
- Radiopaedia / RadiologyInfo.org / Telehealth.org: no vendor surface exists (education/reference sites).
- HealthTech Magazine (CDW): vendor-owned, no submission route.
- GHX Vendormate / symplr beyond client demand: vendor-paid credentialing, zero SEO value; only when a client hospital requires it.
- Datanyze: same dataset as ZoomInfo; the ZoomInfo claim covers it.
- SimilarWeb: pages auto-generate only above a traffic threshold; nothing to claim.
- Dun & Bradstreet beyond D-U-N-S + free DUNS Manager: paid credit products, avoid.
- mcp.so: now paid-only ($39 one-time submission); free coverage via official registry, PulseMCP, Glama suffices.
- PressPlugs / Editorielle / JournoLink / Dot Star Media / ResponseSource: paid journalist-request services (X hashtags give the same raw feed free).
- Healthcare Innovation sponsored teleradiology roundup: paid placement featuring direct competitors.
- raddoctor.net listicle: REVERSED from earlier advice; RadDoctor is a competitor reading practice and the article author is its VP of Center Development; do not pitch.
- Competitor-owned listicles generally (ALM Teleradiology, Excalibur, Experity, RAD365, Natoe, Vesta, Teleradiology Solutions, 5C Network): never pitch; publish AstraRad's own honest buyer's guide instead.
Open questions (do not assert these as fact)
- AuntMinnie free courtesy tier scope and the Connected Plus price ($1,495 remains rumor): pending written answer from Liz Carey.
- Whether ITN chart inclusion is free: leaning yes (editorially compiled, no fee wording), pending Laura Dowden.
- Featured.com current free-tier scope: Vercel bot wall; 10 min residential-browser check.
- helpareporter.com relaunch state: same bot wall; 10 min check; SOS is canonical meanwhile.
- Becker's current editorial contact (ldyrda@) and whether list nominations are free: Cloudflare-blocked; manual browser check before pitching.
- Reddit r/Radiology and r/healthIT vendor-participation rules: Reddit blocks this server entirely; read rules from a normal browser before first post.
- F6S and ensun.io free-profile scope: bot walls; confirm in signup flow, abort if payment demanded.
- PitchBook self-serve submit/update mechanism: 403 to bots; check manually.
- LinkedIn newsletter/article feature availability on the page: confirm from a logged-in admin browser.
- This Week Health: whether non-partner editorial guest slots exist (get it in writing).
- Quora account/answering free scope: standard behavior, but no pricing page was loaded this session.
- DOTmed signup flow end-to-end (form verified, not click-tested).
- Apple SAB eligibility policy page (carried from base file; moot in practice, skip stands due to no office).
- Follow status for BBB, Glassdoor, Indeed, Wellfound profile links: bot-gated; assume nofollow for planning.