HARO (Help a Reporter Out)
HARO connects journalists seeking expert quotes with sources who can provide them. This Link Building platform earns Backlinks from news sites and blogs when reporters use your quotes in their published articles.
You sign up for HARO and receive daily emails with journalist queries across different topics. When you see a query that matches your expertise, you respond quickly with a helpful quote or insight. If the journalist uses your response, they typically include a link back to your site along with your name and credentials in their article.
This method builds high-quality Link Equity from authoritative news sites that are hard to reach through other Link Building tactics. Success depends on responding fast since journalists work on tight deadlines and often pick the first few good responses. The key is providing genuinely useful quotes rather than promotional pitches, which works well alongside Influencer Outreach and Digital PR strategies that build Author Authority.