Why feel the need to explain why you buy followers(unless you been on here hey Kim?
)..and go into depth on the feature in forbes..
Yes, your pr got you into forbes magazine.
I have friends in publishing, if your article had any contact information eg. Tel, email, website..its paid for. Simples.
It's dressed to look like editorial so that the reader doesn't just flick over the page and lends itself to look like its written by said magazine but in actual fact it is an advertorial. You paid for it and also paid the pr company to write it.