LinkBuilder.io

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & Managing Director, Financial services company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are the early stage investor and innovation unit of the Commerzbank Group, driving digital and sustainable transformation in financial services through investments, venture building, and ecosystem-building initiatives.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire LinkBuilder.io to accomplish?

We engaged LinkBuilder.io to enhance our organic search presence and strengthen our backlink profile to better showcase our innovative work, thought leadership, and impact in the fintech and sustainable finance space

SOLUTION

How did you find LinkBuilder.io?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select LinkBuilder.io over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from LinkBuilder.io were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

LinkBuilder.io developed a tailored link-building strategy aligned to our domain, conducted manual outreach to high-authority sites relevant to finance, innovation, and sustainability, secured quality backlinks, and provided consistent reporting on placements and SEO outcomes.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Within a few months, we also saw more organic traffic to key content pieces and greater visibility in industry-relevant search queries showing that the link-building strategy directly supported our SEO goals.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Their responsiveness ensured any adjustments or strategic shifts were implemented smoothly.

What was your primary form of communication with LinkBuilder.io?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We were most impressed by their strategic approach to link acquisition, focusing on quality over quantity.

Are there any areas for improvement or something LinkBuilder.io could have done differently?

Nothing Major, Everything went well during our Collaboration.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the senior marketing operations manager of Intellimize, a SaaS company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with LinkBuilder.io?

We needed help with SEO and backlinking to increase organic traffic and get a higher domain authority.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

LinkBuilder.io provided us with SEO and backlinking services. We started the project with an initial call and video chats, during which they were very responsive, so we were able to get a quote, understand their work, and get a sense that they were invested in their clients. We also had an onboarding stage where they were forthcoming and accommodating in coming up with a custom package that could address our specific needs.

Regarding their work, we provided them with the target keywords we wanted to go after and told them the industry we were in so they could then expand on that.

What was the team composition? 

We worked with at least two members of LinkBuilder.io’s team, but there were people involved in the communication threads.

How did you come to work with LinkBuilder.io?

We found LinkBuilder.io through a Google search.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent $10,000–$25,000 with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in August 2023, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We use a tool internally to track the performance of LinkBuilder.io’s work, and there has been a positive movement on a bunch of keywords we’re targeting and doing the backlinks for. We’re currently ranked in the top three positions in our target keywords, which makes our domain’s authority much higher and has increased our organic traffic by around 30%. Overall, LinkBuilder.io’s team is great and has exceeded our expectations.

How did LinkBuilder.io perform from a project management standpoint?

LinkBuilder.io has delivered the work on time and within budget and communicated well with us using emails, Google Docs, and Google Sheets as main tools.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Unlike other agencies, LinkBuilder.io does one thing, and they do it very well. They don’t try to spread their efforts across all this; they pick their niche and are great at it.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Having one main point of contact from their team instead of 2–3 can be beneficial. This hasn’t impacted their work output, but it’s something that can probably make the collaboration even smoother.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be specific and honest with your goals, but also be open to the suggestions they provide. We all have our own limitations and lack of knowledge, and LinkBuilder.io is good at covering those black holes.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a SEO manager at an IT company which develops photo editing tools on mobile and web.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

My company recently started a new project for web. We wanted to bring a lot of organic traffic (as much as we could) in a short period of time. For that, we had to build backlinks on top of creating numerous landing pages.

While looking for a linkbuilding partner, we found LinkBuilder.io, and we wanted to give a try as the way the team presented their strategies and processes was very professional and trustworthy. After we started working with Linkbuilder.io, we could increase organic traffic by more than 60% in less than 2 months, and we already expanded our cooperation to another project.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We did a very through research on partners for linkbuilding, and we had calls with candidates to understand if any of them could meet our requirements :

• We wanted to have guest posts together with link insertions
• We had a certain amount of budget, so we could get a reasonable number of backlinks within the budget
• Communications should work well LinkBuilder met all our requirements, and that's why we decided to work with LinkBuilder.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

We have target pages which we would like to build backlinks for every month. Based on the target pages, we share how many backlinks should be built for each page with LinkBuilder. One project can have 69 backlinks and the other one can have 58 backlinks per month.

Based on the targets shared with LinkBuilder, Linkbuilder works really fast to make those backlinks go live as soon as possible. Then we evaluate the impact of backlinks on a monthly basis and we work on setting up targets for the next month.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

3 people. Not sure about the positions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The organic traffic increased by 61% in less than 2 months.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They are very open to suggestions, efficient, and attentive. We suggested using Slack instead of emails and ever since then, the communications have been working really well. Whenever they have some updates or questions, they shared them via slack so that we could follow up quickly. They shared all the project status via excel sheet, and it is easy for us to follow up with the project status. We have our monthly sync, so we share information/evaluation via monthly calls.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Reasonable price but very high standard

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing for now

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a stock assets library offering both free and Premium stock video and audio. We need to build traffic and authority for both our free and paid libraries, for which link building is part of our core SEO strategy. I am a growth marketing manager, and I work tightly with our SEO manager to identify where we need stronger organic results and therefore, SEO efforts.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

We hired LinkBuilder.io to help us with link building. They were recommended to us by our parent company, who used their services for a sister website's link building as well. Our goal was to score high quality backlinks with the help of a centralized link building agency as we could no longer manage the scope needed within our team.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

As stated, it was a refferal from the respective SEO team at a sister website also owned by our parent company. The deciding factors were the good results that the team was getting with LinkBuilder.io. Another deciding factor was the high responsiveness and eagerness to take on our project that we felt as soon as we got in touch with their team.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

We started with a package offering us 27 links per month, which was delivered every time. We simply let them know what keywords we wanted to target and they took care of it. We were happy with the results, so 4 months into our partnership, we upgraded our plan to receive 40 links per month.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Two people: The CEO and a dedicated account manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We have demonstrably seen improvements in our SEO, and we are happy with the communication and work style with LinkBuilder.io. It is open and allows us to tell them to change directions or focus on different keywords month to month.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We love the responsiveness of the LinkBuilder.io team. During our initial price tier, we communicated mostly by email (mostly 2x per month). When we switched to the next price tier, we created a Slack channel with direct access to their team.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their professionalism and responsiveness - you can really tell that they know what they are doing. Link building is not easy, yet we have seen results month after month!

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing that comes to mind at the moment.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the managing director at Kalium, a digital marketing company. We specialize in SEO content and have several clients for whom we do SEO and content.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with LinkBuilder.io?

We needed help building links for some of our clients because it accelerates our efforts. Since we focus on on-page SEO, content, and technical SEO, we needed someone else to push links to our clients’ sites to improve the performance.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Sometimes we consult with LinkBuilder.io on keyword research. We get their advice and opinion, which is part of the process. If we’re looking at a site and making decisions, we might call them and get their views in terms of strategy.

Our briefs are very specific. We have pages we want to build links for and key terms we want to rank, and they provide insight into the best link-building strategy to achieve those goals. Also, they provide a review and a calendar on what they’re doing.

How did you come to work with LinkBuilder.io?

We searched on Google. Since we don’t do link building in-house, we were looking for partners.

How much have you invested in them?

We recommend them to our clients, and they pay for the links. Our client’s monthly spending is between $25,000–$50,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them around August 2018, and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We measure success primarily in terms of keyword rankings, specific pages, and the whole site. We work with LinkBuilder.io across multiple accounts, but we look at somewhere between 30%–60% better site traffic with the customers that invest in them — their efforts have a huge impact.

How did LinkBuilder.io perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re excellent. They have a great reporting process. We get regular updates about what they’re doing and what they’ve achieved; we can see it automatically. Also, we have periodical calls to run through the clients we’re working with. Overall, we’re happy with the reporting side — it gives us the information we need and is simple and reliable.

We use email and Google Meet for communication. Additionally, they send the reports via Google Docs.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The quality of the links is really high; they’re great, authoritative links. It helps us build the traffic and reputation of the sites we work on. Compared to other vendors we’ve worked with, LinkBuilder.io’s link quality is considerably better, which is why we use them so much.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, we don’t want anything else from them. The process and what they provide are exactly what we need. We hope they continue to serve us at this level as we grow.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I’d recommend using them to get good-quality links. Use their expertise and ask them to give their point of view. They have good strategic oversight, so getting their opinion is more valuable than just giving them instructions.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the digital PR manager for a marketing firm.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

We hired Linkbuilder.io to help us scale our link building for our clients. Our goal was to build relevant, authoritative links within budget for our clients.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I found them via a Google search for link building agencies and I chose them due to the initial consult with Stewart, one of the founders. He blew me away with his wealth of knowledge in not only link building but SEO as a whole. He was willing to show me examples of past work, and those examples helped me make my decision up that they were the ones to go with. He also confirmed he would be able to meet deadlines of 30-45 days.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

They have produced excellent relevant backlinks monthly and on time since I hired them. Each month I'm able to login to my tracker sheet and see the proposed domains they want to build links on and I am able to ask for replacements if needed. They update this tracker sheet weekly and always deliver all links on time.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The two founders and two project managers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Since starting with Linkbuilder.io, I can confirm that our clients have seen real rankings results in search engine results pages and their DR have improved dramatically since we started working with the team at LinkBuilder.io.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Super amazing communication, I can expect a reply from them within 1-10 hours of sending an email or message in the tracker. As stated above, they have never had any delay.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

These guys were the first link building agency I've worked with who truly knew what they were doing. Their writing team is exceptionally high-quality, producing informative, well-written articles. I can rely on them to do their research, and they require very little guidance from me. I would recommend them to any agency or company looking for high-quality links on a scalable level.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

nope, these guys have delivered month after month and I couldn't be happier.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an SEO Lead at a rising startup in the VoIP and telecommunications space.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

We were looking to increase our authority in the space as well as bring more exposure to our top converting landing pages.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I have worked with Stewart and Michael before and loved the quality of their work. At their price points, it's also a no-brainer.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

Linkbuilder.io currently helps with our various backlinking campaigns for different projects and initiatives for our SEO strategy including increasing overall domain authority, additional backlinks to specific pages, and more.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I believe I was working with one or two folks as the point of contact to provide insight into the types of referring links they were able to acquire for us.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Since working with Linkbuilder.io, we've seen significant increase to our overall domain authority and increased traffic to targeted pages.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We communicate over email and they also have a self-service portal that makes it easy to subscribe to which service they have to offer. They are easy to talk to and offer great support.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The quality of the deliverables is outstanding and really does help move the needle for many internal KPIs. They also offer additional tips and advice from time to time.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I don't have many complaints (if any). One interesting thing they could offer is more insight into how they acquired their links and any insights or learnings they may have to offer from their experience with our space.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CEO of a company that offers B-to-B software-as-a-service.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

I hired LinkBuilder.io to bolster our content marketing and SEO efforts by building high-quality backlinks that enhance our search engine standings and drive traffic to our site.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Linkbuilder.io was referred to us by a content marketing company that I have worked with in the past. I hired them because Linkbuilder.io had a very transparent process and had proven results with other companies like ours.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

Linkbuilder.io worked with us at the beginning to learn about our needs/objectives and then create achievable goals based on them. Every month I provide them with a list of keywords and/or pages on our site I wish to focus on, and they then build links for those pages.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I work primarily with one of the two of the principals of the company.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our search engine rankings have improved measurably since we started working with Linkbuilder.io - especially for targeted terms for which we had not yet cracked the first page. For many of those terms, we now rank in the top 3 spots.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They are extremely easy to work with. They always hit deadlines and communicate in a timely fashion.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The fact that they do their jobs extremely well and provide a top-notch service should be reason enough to hire them. Add to that the fact that they are always willing to provide insights and advice that can improve your SEO and SEM performance, and the choice to hire them becomes a total no-brainer.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I don't have any at this time. They provide superb service.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work for a beverage technology portfolio company that owns a few different brands in the craft beer space. I am the VP of Digital Marketing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

We hired Linkbuilder.io to help us level up our SEO strategies via linkbuilding. I actually have been working with them for 4 years and brought them over to a second company since they did such a good job.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We wanted someone who had clear experience and was transparent with their tactics and pricing. Stewart and their team were very transparent and they provided references as well.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

We meet with Stewart regularly to go over priorities in terms of what content that we want him to promote and they build the specified links to them. We discuss results regularly and shift focus as needed.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Just one mainly - Stewart, he is one of the founders.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our domain strength and traffic increased consistently after working together with Linkbuilder.io.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Stewart is very responsive - emails are responded to within 1 day. Meetings are always timely after request. Sometimes Stewart goes the extra mile for us and records a Loom video to help us with content strategy as well.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The results are clear and consistent - that was most important to us. We were able to put together a few "case studies" of good results and once we did that then it was easy to get internal buy-in.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of a Test Prep marketing company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire LinkBuilder.io, and what were your goals?

We wanted help with our SEO, specifically gaining high quality and related backlinks from authoritative sources.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I came across them when doing research to replace the SEO agency I just fired for being dishonest and having terrible communication. Setup a call with them and about 5 other agencies at the same time committing to giving my business to the one who seemed to understand the game the best.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

Our engagement began with a phone call to find out what our needs were. I was very impressed by the unique strategies Linkbuilder.io was able to come up with on the call with no previous knowledge of our niche. Then we proceeded to setup a tracking dashboard showing all the key metrics that are important to me. They started out linkbuilding to just one of my websites, but over the years that expanded to over 10 websites.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were around 4 people working on my campaigns behind the scenes, however I had direct contact with the CEO Stewart whenever I wanted help or just to bounce ideas off of. I also had 1 dedicated account rep who sent out monthly performance updates.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

They have crushed every campaign I've given them. This was done by attacking our target keywords and content with multiple strategies at the same time. So if one didn't work out, we had multiple others going on to ensure success.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They're by far the best communicating SEO company I've worked with. Always available by email and phone whenever I needed them. There hasn't been a single month go by over the years where they didn't send me a progress update and ask if I wanted them to do anything differently.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They are never complacent with their SEO strategies, which is important in this industry. They are always trying new things and experimenting which is something I haven't found in over 15 other agencies I've hired and worked with before. They go above and beyond in their performance and are always pushing the envelope in the industry. I consider them the gold standard of SEO. They're truly unique in their service and work ethic and stand out as the obvious winner in a category overrun with spammy SEO companies who overpromise and under deliver.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

My expectations have more than been exceeded and their performance continues to improve over time and increased budget.