Step 01
Pick the platform that already matches the content
Do not start with a dream-site wishlist. Start with the platform whose editorial behavior already fits your article format, tone, and evidence level.
Platform Playbooks
How to get backlinks from platforms that already have attention.
A founder-friendly field guide to earning backlinks from Reddit, Medium, Quora, news sites, and other surfaces where relevance, timing, and useful source material matter more than brute-force outreach.
Platform surfaces founders can realistically target
RedditQuoraMediumWikipediaChatGPTGoogleLinkedInHacker NewsProduct HuntInstagramPinterest
Platform Index
Platform-specific guides built from the resource library.
Each article in resources/backlinks-from becomes a spoke page here. Starting with Reddit first.
Operating Playbook
A practical sequence for platform-based link building.
The order matters. Most bad outreach starts because the sender skipped the context work and jumped straight to asking for a link.
Step 02
Find the angle before the outreach
The backlink comes after relevance. First identify the thread, question, article gap, or contributor pattern where your page naturally helps.
Step 03
Bring a useful source, not a naked ask
The page has to do real work. Original data, a strong walkthrough, a clearer comparison, or a practical founder perspective beats generic SEO content every time.
Step 04
Prioritize opportunities that are still warm
Fresh discussions, active contributor ecosystems, and recent coverage almost always outperform static prospect lists with no timing signal.
Related Routes
Use this hub as the bridge between strategy and action.
One resource should teach the workflow. Another should turn the workflow into a recurring queue. Both matter.
Pillar guide
How to Find Backlink Opportunities
The broader workflow for discovering, scoring, and prioritizing link opportunities before you choose a platform-specific playbook.
Read the guideProduct angle
Mentiohunt Discovery Queue
Turn your content, keywords, and competitors into a recurring queue of backlink opportunities instead of starting research from zero.
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