Relationship Led Link Building

Use this skill to create link-building systems that start with useful participation, promotion, and collaboration before direct link requests.

This skill is derived from Garrett French and Eric Ward's Ultimate Guide to Link Building and uses transformed guidance with durable book-topic references. Do not copy book prose into user outputs.

Quick Start

1. Use the Contents table below to choose the smallest useful reference set.
2. Use workflows/build-relationship-link-campaign.md for a full relationship-led plan.
3. Map people and publishers before writing asks.
4. Create useful pre-ask actions: cite, share, feature, introduce, invite, or collaborate.
5. Track relationship state separately from link outcomes.

Default Output

When asked for relationship-led link building, return: