No Spam.
No Shortcuts.
Just High-Authority,
Sustainable Growth.
I place founders, operators, and B2B brands on the publications their buyers actually read. Editorial guest posts, original research, expert commentary — the kind of links that survive a Google update and a CEO change.
Ilyas Ali
Four years placing founders on high-authority publications through editorial outreach, digital PR, and white-hat link building.
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Four years of pitching editors.
Zero shortcuts taken.
I started as a freelance writer for B2B SaaS in 2021, pitching my way onto publications the hard way — one cold email, one draft, one edit at a time. Somewhere along the way, brands started asking if I could do it for them.
Four years later, LINK.BETTER/FOLIO is that answer — a one-person studio that places founders and operators on the publications their buyers actually read. No agency middlemen. No outsourced outreach. Just me and the editors I've known for years.
- Editors firstIf a pitch wouldn't survive without a link in it, it isn't worth sending.
- Slow compoundsSustainable velocity beats blast campaigns every single quarter.
- Own the workOne writer, one strategist, one accountable inbox. That's the whole team.
Three things.
Done relentlessly well.
No 47-service menus. No upsells. Just the work that compounds month after month.
Editorial Outreach
Hand-picked publications. Real editors. Real audiences. Zero link farms.
- DR 60–90
- Niche-relevant
- Do-follow
Content That Earns Placement
Pitches and drafts written to a publication's voice — not templated spam.
- Original research
- Expert quotes
- Edited by humans
Link Building Strategy
Anchor planning, topical authority maps, and a quarterly link velocity plan.
- Roadmaps
- Reporting
- Sustainable pace
Recent work,
receipts attached.
Slow on purpose.
Each placement is a relationship. I'd rather land 4 great links a month than 40 that get clawed back in the next core update.
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Audit
Backlink profile, topical gaps, anchor distribution. We start from reality.
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Target list
Hand-built shortlist of 40–60 publications. You approve before pitches go out.
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Pitch & draft
Pitches written for editors. Drafts written for readers. No AI slurry.
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Place & report
Monthly placements, anchor map, traffic & ranking deltas. Quarterly strategy review.
The honest answers.
Do you guarantee DR or placements?+
I guarantee outreach quality and a placement target each month, not a specific publication. Editors are humans — anyone promising a guaranteed Forbes link is selling you something that will hurt you in 12 months.
Are these do-follow?+
Yes, unless the publication's editorial policy is nofollow (rare). Anchor strategy is mapped before outreach starts.
How is this different from a link agency?+
I don't sell links. I write content publications actually want to run. Links are a side-effect of being worth reading.
What's the minimum engagement?+
Three months. Sustainable link velocity beats one-off blasts every time.
Tell me about
your project.
Share a few details and I'll reply within 12 hours with an honest read on fit, timeline, and next steps. No sales funnels.