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
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.
Platform Guide
8 min readHow to Get Backlinks from LinkedIn
LinkedIn links are nofollow and most posts aren't indexed by Google. Here's what that means in practice for B2B founders, which strategies are worth pursuing, and a risk most guides skip entirely.
8 min readJune 7, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
11 min readHow to Get Backlinks from YouTube
YouTube links are nofollow — but that doesn't mean they're worthless. A practical guide for founders on what YouTube actually gives you, which strategies are worth the effort, and one technical detail most guides skip.
11 min readJune 6, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
6 min readHow to Get Backlinks from ChatGPT (and Get Cited as a Source)
A practical playbook for founders who want ChatGPT citations: build focused, citable pages, earn backlinks from the domain neighborhood ChatGPT already trusts, and track AI search traffic in GA4.
6 min readMay 18, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
5 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Instagram
Instagram links are nofollow and won't pass PageRank directly. Here's what actually works: using Instagram to earn backlinks from other sites.
5 min readMay 18, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
7 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Pinterest
Pinterest links are mostly nofollow, but the platform works as a visual search engine that drives real referral traffic and brand signals. Here's the practical playbook.
7 min readMay 18, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
10 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Forbes Without Buying Risky Placements
A practical playbook for founders who want Forbes backlinks: earn expert quotes, publish cite-worthy data, understand paid contributor routes, and avoid risky link sellers.
10 min readMay 16, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
8 min readHow to Get Backlinks from News Websites
A practical playbook for founders who want editorial backlinks from news sites: three frameworks that don't require a PR agency, plus the pitch template journalists actually respond to.
8 min readMay 16, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
9 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Wikipedia (Without Getting Flagged)
A practical playbook for founders who want Wikipedia backlinks: warm your account, find citation gaps, and insert a link that survives editor review.
9 min readMay 16, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
7 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Medium
A practical guide to how to get backlinks from Medium by using it as a distribution channel, placing links naturally, and earning secondary backlinks from readers who discover your content.
7 min readMay 15, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
7 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Quora (Without Getting Banned)
A practical playbook for SaaS founders who want Quora backlinks: find ranked threads, answer like an expert, and avoid the account traps that get marketers banned.
7 min readMay 15, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
Platform Guide
6 min readHow to Get Backlinks from Reddit (Without Getting Banned)
A practical playbook for SaaS founders who want Reddit backlinks: find the right threads, earn the link, and avoid the common traps that get accounts flagged.
6 min readMay 15, 2026
Platform playbookOpen guide
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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