Outreach Link Building Service: Every Link Negotiated by a Person
Personalized outreach to real publications and real editors. Every backlink is negotiated directly: no marketplaces, no automated tools, no shortcuts.
What our links did for client traffic
6.8K
+285%
60 editorial links · 12 months · Case study
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Google & AI Mode
ChatGPT
Gemini
Perplexity
10,000+
Links built
100+
B2B SaaS clients
1 week
To first live links
95%+
Links live at 12 months
$1,250/mo
Plans start from
B2B SaaS clients across 40+ verticals
How 60 Editorial Links Moved HeyReach Up Google and Into ChatGPT
Placements In. Rankings Out.
Every link sits inside a real article on a DR 50+ publication, pointed at a page that sells. Here is what 60 of them did for HeyReach in 12 months.
Ahrefs, US: Dec 2024 → Dec 2025
HeyReach
39 → 66
60 editorial links in 12 months
+285% in 12 months
6.8K → 26.3K
Ahrefs organic traffic estimate, over the 12 months
Links Earned Through Real Conversations, Not Bought From Lists
Outreach link building means contacting editorial partners directly and earning placements through genuine editorial agreement, not buying from a marketplace where the same links are available to any competitor willing to pay. When an existing article fits better than a new one, we pitch niche edits into pages that already rank. Most clients run this outreach on a monthly link building retainer so link growth stays steady.
Outreach Link Building
What we buildMarketplace Links
Risky shortcutsOutreach Link Building vs. Marketplace Links
Earned through direct direct contact with editors and editorial agreement
Bought from a database: any budget can access the same sites
Personalized pitch means higher placement quality
Placed on privately owned fake sites with no real audience
Real publication relationships that compound over time
Generic listing with no contextual editorial value
Contextually relevant, topically matched placement
User-generated, usually nofollow, minimal SEO value
Our editorial placements include
How Our Outreach Link Building Services Drive Results Across Google & AI Search Platforms
HeyReach
LinkedIn Automation
285%
Growth

6.8K → 26.3K
Traffic
278 → 995
Ref. Domains
DR 39 → 66
Authority
12 mo
Duration
19 comparison & alternatives keywords moved from outside the top 20 into the top 5
34
ChatGPT
58
Perplexity
12
Gemini
AI citations: Searchable, as of July 2026
Modash
Influencer Marketing
720%
Growth

25K → 205K
Traffic
267 → 6,646
Ref. Domains
DR 56 → 74
Authority
51 mo
Duration
127
ChatGPT
203
Perplexity
89
Gemini
AI citations: Searchable, as of July 2026
Uniqode
QR Code Management
283%
Growth

30K → 115K
Traffic
1,200 → 3,800
Ref. Domains
DR 78 → 80
Authority
11 mo
Duration
45
ChatGPT
91
Perplexity
37
Gemini
AI citations: Searchable, as of July 2026
Encharge
Marketing Automation
2,686%
Growth

0.7K → 19.5K
Traffic
89 → 1,450
Ref. Domains
DR 12 → 68
Authority
37 mo
Duration
18
ChatGPT
42
Perplexity
15
Gemini
AI citations: Searchable, as of July 2026
Why SaaS Brands Choose Our Outreach Link Building Service in 2026
Most outreach agencies blast the same template to thousands of sites and call it personalized. We write every pitch from scratch, which is the only reason our response rate is 14%.
Personalized Pitches
Every outreach email is written specifically for the publication and the article we're targeting. We never blast templated sequences: editors can spot them instantly, and they kill response rates. A genuinely personal pitch gets read; a template gets deleted.
Real Editorial Relationships
We've built direct relationships with editors at 3,500+ publications over years of manual outreach. Those relationships mean faster responses, better placements, and editorial goodwill that a first-time cold pitch can't replicate.
14% Avg Response Rate
The industry average for cold outreach hovers around 3-5%. We average 14% because we only pitch publications where your link genuinely adds value, and we explain exactly why in every email. Higher response rate means more placements per dollar spent.
Contextual Relevance
We match every placement to your product category, audience, and use case. A contextually relevant link on a page that covers your exact topic outperforms a random high-DR placement every time, in both SEO value and AI citation likelihood.
Only Dofollow Counts
You only pay for dofollow outreach links. If a placement turns out nofollow, we deliver it as a free bonus. It still contributes to a natural backlink profile. Your invoice only ever reflects confirmed dofollow links.
AI Visibility Ready
Outreach links on real editorial pages are exactly what AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity pull from when generating responses. Research shows domain authority is one of the top factors driving AI citation visibility, and outreach-earned links are the cleanest way to build it.
From audit to live outreach links in 4 steps
Backlink Audit & Gap Analysis
We audit your existing backlink profile and run a gap analysis against your top three competitors. This tells us exactly which pages need links, what DR range to target, and which publications are already linking to your competitors but not you.
Publication Research & Vetting
We build a curated list of target publications based on topical relevance, DR, organic traffic, and editorial standards. Every site goes through our 9-point quality review: no PBNs, no link farms, no sites that sell links through public marketplaces.
Personalized Outreach & Placement
We write and send a personalized pitch to each publication explaining exactly why your link adds value to their readers. We handle all follow-up, negotiation, and coordination. You don't touch a single inbox.
Delivery & Transparent Reporting
You receive every live link with full details: domain rating, organic traffic, placement URL, anchor text, dofollow confirmation, and a screenshot of the placement in context. Everything lives in your reporting dashboard.
We Build Authority Around Your Revenue Pages
Most agencies only build links to blog posts. We point ours at your bottom-of-funnel (BOFU) money pages, the ones that turn a search into a demo, so authority lands where your pipeline starts.
Product & Feature Pages
The pages buyers land on when they're evaluating your tool
Pricing Pages
Where a ready-to-buy prospect checks what you cost
"Alternatives" Pages
Catch buyers who are already looking to leave a competitor
Comparison ("vs") Pages
Head-to-head pages where prospects pick between you and a rival
"Best X" Listicles
The shortlists ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews pull recommendations from
Use-Case & Solution Pages
Pages that answer a buyer's "tool for [job]" search
Integration Pages
Where buyers check if your tool works with their existing stack
Homepage & Category Pages
Your brand's front door, where authority matters most for rankings
Our 9-Point Editorial Standard
Every domain is checked against all nine points before outreach starts. Miss one and it's off the list.
Topical Relevance First
The site must cover your category and reach your buyers. A DR 80 site in the wrong niche fails this check.
In-Content Placement Only
Your link sits inside the article body, in a sentence that makes sense. Never sidebars, footers or author bios.
High Link Difficulty Sites
We pick sites that turn most link requests down. If anyone can get a link there, it's worth little to you.
No Link Marketplaces
Every placement comes from an editor relationship. Sites listed on link exchanges are excluded, however good their metrics look.
Legitimate Business Domains
Real companies and publications with real readers, never PBNs, link farms or directories.
Dofollow Links Only
Only dofollow links count toward your package. Any nofollow placement is delivered free on top.
Strong Domain Authority
Traffic-verified: DR 50+ with 1,000+ monthly organic visits at minimum, up to DR 70+ with 10,000+ on Conquer. Network average DR 70+.
Well-Linked Pages
The article must be linked from the site's own pages, so authority flows to your link instead of sitting on an orphan page.
White-Hat Only, Zero Spam Tolerance
Every placement meets Google's spam policies and carries 1-year link insurance: removed or switched to nofollow within 12 months, replaced free.
Link Building Has Evolved. Most Agencies Haven't.
Guest posts on random blogs and directory submissions stopped working years ago. Google's link spam policies now penalize manipulative link schemes. Here's what actually moves the needle now.
Link building for AI search visibility
AI engines name the brands they keep finding on authoritative, well-linked pages. We build those editorial placements, then count your citations engine by engine.
Also sold as GEO, AEO, LLM SEO and AI search optimization.
Why links and mentions move AI answers
Correlation with Google AI Overview visibility, from Ahrefs' study of 75,000 brands.
- Branded web mentions
0.6640.664 - Backlinks alone
0.2180.218
Mentions correlated 3x more strongly than links alone. That gap is why we place mentions and links together.
OppAlerts studied 167,000 domains across 13 AI models: domain backlinks and PageRank both rank in the top 10 signals behind AI recommendations.
AI Citation Coverage Report
Example reportMonthly on Dominate and Conquer plans: how often each engine cites your brand.
| Engine | Citations |
|---|---|
| 9 | |
| 4 | |
| 6 | |
| 11 | |
| 7 |
Counted per engine, never rolled into one score, with the placements each engine cited and the ones it skipped.
No agency can guarantee a citation. Engines change which sources they trust from month to month, so the report lists only citations that actually happened.
Want the full program rather than the link building underneath it? That is our generative engine optimization agency service.
What Google and industry experts say about link building
“Backlinks are more important than ever in SEO. When everything else becomes even, like website quality, technical SEO and content, the only differentiator will be links. … Even ChatGPT and other AI platforms are using organic search before they give you an answer.”
“You don't get cited by AI systems by trying to optimize for them directly. You get there by earning credible coverage, trusted brand mentions, and high-quality links over time.”
“One of the factors used to determine quality is understanding if other prominent websites link or refer to the content. This is generally a good sign that the information is trustworthy.”
“The next million visitors to your SaaS won’t come from Google alone.”

Meet Vikas Kalwani
Co-Founder & CEO
I built SAASY LINKS to help B2B SaaS companies earn editorial backlinks that actually move rankings, in Google and AI search. Every link we build comes from a real editorial relationship, not a marketplace.
You won’t be handed off to a junior account manager. I’m involved in strategy, quality control, and reporting for every client.
Built 10,000+ editorial links for 100+ SaaS brands including HeyReach, Elementor, Hunter, and Modash. Also building BacklinkOS.
Risk-free editorial link building
We stand behind every placement with guarantees that protect your investment. Our 95%+ link retention rate at 12 months is why we can offer 1-year insurance, and why most competitors cap theirs at six.
Nofollow Links Delivered Free
If we secure a placement and it happens to be nofollow, we deliver it at no charge. You only pay for dofollow links.
1-Year Link Insurance
If a link is removed or switched from dofollow to nofollow within 12 months, we replace it with a new dofollow link at no extra cost.
Who We Work With
Most of our clients are B2B software companies between $1M and $10M ARR, with a content plan running and a team that wants editorial placements over bulk links. SEO agencies serving SaaS clients also use us as their white-label link building team.
Transparent Pricing, Every Tier Listed
Each tier shows its monthly price, links per month, DR floor and minimum site traffic. Every plan includes 1-year link insurance.
Start
$1,250/month
$250 per link
- 5 Editorial Dofollow Links
- DR 50+ domains
- 1K+ Organic Traffic
Scale
$2,250/month
$225 per link
- 10 Editorial Dofollow Links
- DR 50+ domains
- 1K+ Organic Traffic
Dominate
Best Value$4,500/month
$300 per link
Lowest price per link on DR 60+ sites
- 15 Editorial Dofollow Links
- DR 60+ domains
- 5K+ Organic Traffic
- BonusFull Site Internal Linking Strategy
- Monthly AI Citation Coverage Report
Conquer
$5,250/month
$350 per link
- 15 Editorial Dofollow Links
- DR 70+ domains
- 10K+ Organic Traffic
- BonusFull Site Internal Linking Strategy
- Monthly AI Citation Coverage Report
Every plan includes
- Anchor Text Strategy
- Target Page Strategy
- No PBNs or Guest Post Farms
- Custom Reporting Dashboard
- Rank + KPI Tracking Dashboard
All plans are month-to-month. No contracts. 1-year link insurance included.
Why SaaS Companies Outsource Link Building to an Agency
Employee Salary
Hiring experienced link builders costs $50K+ per employee per year, and consistent link velocity demands multiple full-time hires.
Cost of Tools
SEO and outreach tools like Ahrefs, Semrush, email finders, and outreach platforms cost $5K+ per year, with expenses rising as you scale.
Training Employees
It takes months to train staff in vetting sites, pitching editors, and securing placements. Mistakes during ramp-up slow growth and waste budget.
In-House Cost
$100K+ / year
Salaries + tools + training
SAASY LINKS
$15K to $63K / year
Start to Conquer, month-to-month
Skip the overhead. Get editorial links and brand mentions from day one.
What Our Clients Say
“SAASY LINKS should be your go-to agency for SaaS link building. With a vast publisher network, they can get you a link from virtually any relevant site at a reasonable price. They know what they're doing.”
Yoni Yampolsky
Marketing Outreach Manager at Elementor
“The placements from SAASY LINKS have been excellent, highly relevant, and clearly impactful. Their work made it easier to hit our goals and deliver measurable results faster.”
William Perlmutter
Senior User Researcher at Usersnap
“Vikas has a great network for link building in SaaS, delivering a consistent stream of opportunities through well-maintained relationships. He's organized, responsive, and a pleasure to work with.”
Ryan Prior
Head of Marketing at Modash
“Working with Vikas proved to be quite a positive experience. He doesn't take on things he can't deliver. Always ready to discuss options most suitable for the client. Only relevant articles with naturally placed links.”
Aleksandr Botvynko
Outreach Specialist at SendPulse
“After working with Vikas for several months now, I can highly recommend his services. He finds great opportunities and consistently delivers. He took the time to understand our niche and built a great strategy.”
Tim Hill
Co-Founder/CEO of Social Status
+33% Reddit engagement
“SAASY LINKS' work resulted in a better presence of our brand on Reddit, with a 33% increase in engagement. They delivered on time with regular communication. Everything was well done.”
Manish Sharma
SEO Manager at Donorbox
+20 DR in 3 months
“SAASY LINKS increased our website's DR by 20 points in three months, with significant improvements in search rankings and organic traffic across all our keywords. Their project management is really good, and they always deliver on time. SAASY LINKS has smart folks.”
Mukund Kumar
Growth Marketing Manager at Inventive AI
“They've been very consistent in delivering high-quality links. Very punctual, and communication is great. They keep continuing to deliver. Good value for cost. Nothing to improve.”
Owner
Growth Marketing Company
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