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Identify:
- Current backlink profile: Domain authority, referring domains
- Target keywords: What to rank for
- Linkable assets: Research, tools, guides, data, testimonials
Link Building Strategies
Strategy
Description
Content marketing
Create link-worthy content (guides, research, tools)
Guest posting
Write for relevant sites with author bio link
Broken link building
Find broken links, suggest your content as replacement
Unlinked brand mentions
Turn mentions into links via outreach
Journalist requests
Respond to #JournoRequest; provide quotes/assets
Directory and curated list submission
Get listed on directories (Taaft, Product Hunt, G2) and curated "best-of" lists; cold-start channel—see directory-submission for submission workflow, cold-start-strategy for launch plan
Digital PR
Press releases, news, expert quotes; earn authoritative links at scale
Partnerships
Partner links, co-marketing
Quality Over Quantity
Factor
Good
Avoid
Relevance
Links from related sites
Irrelevant niches
Authority
High-quality, trusted sites
Spammy, low-quality
Anchor text
Natural, varied
Over-optimized, exact match
Context
Editorial, contextual links
Footer, sidebar link farms
Outreach Best Practices
- Personalize each outreach message
- Offer value (content, data, quote) before asking for link
- Follow up politely; don't spam
- Track outreach in spreadsheet or tool
Output Format
- Linkable asset ideas
- Outreach strategy and templates
- Target sites (types, not specific URLs)
- Metrics to track (referring domains, DA, traffic)
Related Skills
- seo-strategy: SEO workflow; link building is Off-Page phase
- backlink-analysis: Analyze current backlink profile
- content-strategy: Content strategy supports link building
- keyword-research: Target keywords inform link targets
- cold-start-strategy: Cold start and first-user acquisition; directory submission as part of launch
- parasite-seo: Parasite SEO; high-authority platforms for backlinks
- github: GitHub repos, gists, awesome lists for backlinks
- directory-submission: Directory and curated list submission--preparation, platform-specific copy, Taaft/Product Hunt/G2; use when user wants to submit product to directories or get listed on best-of roundups
- eeat-signals: E-E-A-T implementation; Digital PR supports authority