Like HARO, but for Local
Local Backlinks
Earn links from local news sites, local blogs and local businesses in your area by helping them make better content.
Local PR Newsletter
Local Links From Local Publishers
We connect publishers that manage local websites with topic experts who can elevate their content. In return, experts receive proper attribution and recognition for their expertise.
Reasons to Connect With Publishers:
- Grow your writing portfolio
- Gain more exposure as an author
- Build local backlinks and mentions
These Local Publishers May Be
- Small-medium businesses
- Local organizations
- Local news sites
- Local blogs
How it works
How You Get Backlinks
Sign up as a topic expert. Every business day, the Local PR Newsletter sends you publishers who are looking for an expert like you.
Sign up as a topic expert
Join the free Local PR Newsletter and say what you know: your field, your business and your area.
Read the requests
Each business day you get publishers who are looking for an expert like you.
Reply to the right ones
Pick the requests that fit your field, then work out the details with the publisher.
Help with their content
Contribute content, review content for accuracy and provide edits, or provide an expert quote.
Get credited with a link
The publisher credits you on the page, often with a byline and a link to your website.
Local or national
Pick Where Your Publishers Are
Some experts want publishers near their customers. Others serve the whole US. Choose the area when you post your request.
Local Backlinks
Publishers in your area: local news sites, local blogs, local organizations and small businesses near your customers.
National Backlinks
Publishers anywhere in the US, for brands that serve customers across the whole country.
See National Backlinks →Example
What a Local Backlink Looks Like
A local publisher needs an expert. You answer their questions or review their article. Your name and a link to your website appear on the published page, where their local readers see it.
Example: a local guide listing the expert’s business with a link
Plans
We Offer the Following
Local PR Newsletter
Recommended
Free
Join our free local PR newsletter where we include requests from publishers and topic experts that are actively looking to connect. Think of it as an email blast of publishers and topic experts who are posting a “help wanted” ad.
Self-Serve Local PR
Free
Get access to our local PR database and contact publishers or topic experts on your own who are open to working together.
Managed Local PR
Paid
Coming Soon: We manage the relationship between you and the publisher or topic expert. We help choose a topic and target keyword, create a content brief, have the copy written and ultimately published.
Coming Soon
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I post a request in the Local PR Newsletter?
Publishers can post their request for a topic expert on the publishers page. And topic experts can post their request to connect with local publishers on the sources page.
Does it cost money to join the Local PR newsletter?
Nope! It’s currently free. That may change in the future.
Can I join the newsletter as a publisher or topic expert, or both?
You can subscribe to the Local PR Newsletter as a publisher, a topic expert, or both. If you join as a publisher, you will only be sent requests for topic experts looking to connect with a publisher. If you join as a topic expert, you will only receive requests from publishers looking for topic experts.
Is this paying for links?
No. The Local PR Newsletter is not for buying or selling links. You help a publisher with their content, and the publisher decides how to credit you: a byline, a mention or a link.
For Sources & Topic Experts
Start Building Local Backlinks
Are you a topic expert in a certain niche? Are you looking to connect with local publishers that will give you proper attribution and acknowledgement for your contributions?
Fill out the form and we’ll include your request in our email newsletter. Submissions will be added to the newsletter for the next business day.
Looking for national publishers instead? See National Backlinks.