Hey everyone,
So in my quest to get those juicy backlinks, I signed up for HARO. I love the concept, it's just that it isn't very user friendly. Three emails per day for the free version?
Is there anything out there that is a job-board type of website where journalists can submit source requests and sources can just filter by category? If not, should I build one?
I don't mind the layout of HARO's email and automatically add them to a certain inbox on my Gmail. I then create a custom filter to only see emails that contain SaaS, B2B, SEO, Productivity, etc. - the topics I'd like to write about.
One thing that has improved the acceptance rate is to also connect personally with the journalists/writers on LinkedIn.
Hope this helps.
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HARO is indeed a lot of grinding, and had quite a bit of success there getting a lot of good backlinks from top outlets. With that said, I think three emails per day is more than enough since it takes a bit of time to craft a good reply (which is needed to get into the good outlets). The only alternative to HARO that I have found is https://helpab2bwriter.com/, but it doesn't look near as good as HARO.
I am very disappointed with HARO. Who knows, you might find luck...
Thanks for your reply! I’ll look into it
I have some ideas on how to build this if you're interested. I think there's a right way to do it and a way that could just be a spammers paradise.
I am considering HARO, but have you gotten anything from it yet?
Hey, as a frequent HARO user myself, I understand your concern about the platform. However, I haven't found anything out there that is a job-board type of website where journalists can submit source requests and sources can filter by category. I would not recommend building one unless you know that people search for a tool like the one you're looking to build. If you need help building backlinks to your website, let me know, and I'm happy to jump on a consultation call for your site.
Thanks Josh! I think it would definitely be a challenge finding users, since it falls into the two sided marketplace problem. How has your experience with HARO been?
My experience with HARO has been great. I've built 10 backlinks from authoritative websites using it in just a few months.
Where do they make source requests atm? That might be a good place to see if you can carve it out and turn it into a separate place for them to find each other.
They currently use HARO mainly. Everytime I use it it frustrates me though, I have a feeling the consensus is the same amongst others