SEO Outreach & Link Building Specialist (Guest Posts, Digital PR & Backlink Acquisition)

LaunchVector.com acquires, operates, and scales eCommerce businesses. We work with a portfolio of Shopify brands and are building one of the leading acquisition and operations companies in the eCommerce space. We're looking for an experienced SEO Outreach & Link Building Specialist who can help increase our domain authority, organic rankings, and visibility across both traditional search engines and AI-powered search platforms (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, etc.). This is not a spam link-building role. We're looking for someone who understands quality over quantity and can build genuine relationships with publishers. Responsibilities Your primary responsibility will be acquiring high-quality backlinks through outreach and relationship building. This includes: * Researching relevant websites, blogs, publications, podcasts, newsletters, and business communities * Identifying guest posting opportunities * Performing personalized outreach to website owners and editors * Negotiating guest post placements * Coordinating content requirements with our internal team * Finding digital PR opportunities * Building relationships for recurring placements * Tracking outreach campaigns and follow-ups * Monitoring acquired backlinks to ensure they remain live * Identifying broken link opportunities * Finding resource pages where LaunchVector should be listed * Suggesting additional creative backlink opportunities Ideal Websites We're interested in earning backlinks from websites related to: * Ecommerce * Shopify * Entrepreneurship * Business acquisitions * Mergers & acquisitions * Investing * Venture capital * Startups * Marketing * Paid advertising * AI * Operations * Logistics * SaaS * Small business * Online business * Finance * Business growth We're looking for authoritative, relevant websites—not low-quality link farms. What Success Looks Like The ideal candidate will consistently: * Secure high-quality backlinks from relevant websites * Increase our Domain Authority over time * Improve rankings for strategic keywords * Increase branded search visibility * Improve visibility in AI search engines and answer engines (AEO) * Build long-term publisher relationships instead of one-time placements Requirements Please apply only if you have experience with: * SEO outreach * Guest posting * White-hat link building * Digital PR * HARO / Connectively (or similar PR platforms) * Ahrefs * SEMrush * Moz * Hunter.io * Apollo * BuzzStream * Pitchbox * Google Sheets * CRM or outreach management tools Bonus if you have experience with: * Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) * Entity SEO * Brand mentions * Knowledge Graph optimization * AI search optimization * Content marketing strategy We'd Love to See Please include: * Examples of websites where you've secured backlinks * Outreach campaigns you've managed * Metrics you've improved (DA, DR, organic traffic, rankings, etc.) * Your outreach process * Any case studies * Industries you've worked with To Apply Please answer the following: 1. Describe your outreach process from start to finish. 2. What tools do you use most often? 3. Share your three best backlink wins. 4. Have you worked with SaaS, eCommerce, or acquisition companies before? 5. How do you determine whether a backlink opportunity is worth pursuing? 6. What strategies are you using today for AI search and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)? 7. Approximately how many quality backlinks can you realistically acquire per month? We're looking for someone who values quality over quantity and wants to become a long-term partner in growing LaunchVector's online authority.