Black shelf displaying a framed stag head drawing, a white-framed yellow sun print, a potted snake plant, a chrome bowl and a black glass vase
Black shelf displaying a framed stag head drawing, a white-framed yellow sun print, a potted snake plant, a chrome bowl and a black glass vase
Trusted by more than 300 companies of all sizes, across a diverse range of industries
Harringtons logo in grey, with a stylised rose emblem above the wordmark.Grey Nisa logo in bold, stylised lettering, representing the wordmark of the UK convenience store and grocery retailer.CNG Power Up logo: bold dark grey "CNG" beside a vertical divider and lighter grey "POWER UP" textHarrogate Convention Centre logo: a grey stylised building icon above the words HARROGATE and CONVENTION CENTRE in grey lettering.Dark grey circular logo with "Inspired Health" in white serif lettering, set on a diagonal rising to the right.Grey Doulton logo with the word Doulton in serif lettering, topped by a stylised bird with outstretched wings, on a plain transparent background.
Open laptop on a sunlit table, screen showing a white network of connected nodes and a chain link icon in a blue box, with a smartphone beside it.

How do we acquire quality links?

Some people may call it link building, but we prefer link acquisition.

Building can imply a scattergun approach that includes securing a plethora of lower-quality links: instead, our approach and strategy prioritises earning those traffic-driving, authority-building links.

  • Building relationships: Utilising our many years of outreach expertise and our leading media monitoring software, we discover which journalists and bloggers would be interested in featuring content by you, and ‘sell in’ your brand or business.

  • Competitor analysis: Our strategy can involve investigating where competitors have links — for outreach purposes, this suggests a link is attainable. Similarly, if a competitor has a high-performing, highly-linked piece of on-site content, we would create content that betters theirs, to position yours as a primary resource.

  • Filling content gaps: Through content marketing we create search-optimised content designed to rank in Google, which has the ability to earn backlinks as content is discovered and shared organically without the need for outreach.

  • Valuable, in-depth outreach: We think strategically about what content has worked for your competitors and what your target audience wants to read about. It sounds obvious, but providing value ensures that journalists will be more likely to feature your content.

Flat illustration of a laptop showing a megaphone on screen, with target, dollar coin, lightbulb, speech bubble, shopping cart and magnifier icons around it

What does link acquisition do for you and your business?

If done well, earned links help with your industry authority and search engine visibility — they signal to Google that you are a trusted source of information on the topics that you care about.

Link building isn’t just about outreach, as we discussed — the more credible and in-depth your on-site content is, the more likely you are to rank highly, secure the coveted featured snippet position and then have your content shared organically.

We're proud of our work.

Other PR services

Projecting your brand across all consumer touchpoints.

  • B2B PR — for business-to-business organisations who want to increase industry awareness and connect with key stakeholders.
  • B2C and product PR — we help businesses who sell direct-to-consumer to increase their sales with holistic PR strategies.
  • Creative campaigns — we can be the brains behind your next awareness-driving, lead-generating PR campaign.
  • Crisis communications — for when things don't go quite to plan, we can lend a media relations helping hand.

Get in touch

What can we help with?

Select as many as you like!

Your name
I'd like to receive free marketing insights in my inbox (optional)
I'd also like to receive free insights on the following (optional):

What we do

Which channels do you need to meet your objectives and reach your audiences? We’ll bring together the best combination of our digital experts to deliver your project, run your campaigns or support you with an ongoing retainer.