Lesson 8 of 1712 minIntermediate

Prospecting

Organising prospects and status

Track site, contact, angle, status and follow-up date. Link building is a pipeline, and pipelines need a CRM view.

Why this lesson matters

This lesson belongs to Prospecting, the part of Link Building Strategies where the goal is: build a list you would be proud to be linked from.

Read it once, then do it straight away on a real site inside RankLinks. Nothing here is theory for its own sake — every step produces something you can show a client.

Do it now

  1. 1Open RankLinks with sample data already loaded, so you are not stuck on setup.
  2. 2Browse real placement inventory.
  3. 3Build a 50-site prospect list from a competitor gap analysis and qualify each row.