Link Building

Link Building Agency for SaaS

We earn editorial backlinks from real, relevant sites that help your pages rank on Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. You approve every site before we pitch it.

Building links for 30+ SaaS and tech companies | No PBNs or link farms | Every live link reported
Trusted by
Hyperstack
DocHipo
TradeZero
PantoSource
Zania.ai
Zynex
Fibr
Enthu.ai
Why Growthner

Why SaaS teams choose us for link building

01
A person checks every site for organic traffic, topical relevance and outbound link patterns before we pitch it.

02

Target pages and anchor text come from your keyword data, so each link points where it can move rankings.
03
You see every prospect before outreach and every link once it goes live, with the URL, domain rating and anchor.
Our process

How our link building works

Step 01

Backlink Gap Analysis

We compare your referring domains with the three competitors who outrank you for your main keywords. The result is a list of sites that link to them and not to you, along with the pages on your site that need links most.
backlink gap analysis
Step 02

Prospect Research and Vetting

We build a prospect list from the gap analysis and from fresh searches in your niche. Sites with falling traffic, unrelated content or pages full of paid links are removed. You review the remaining list and approve each site before outreach begins.
Step 03

Outreach and Content

Our team writes a personal pitch for each site, based on what that site already publishes. Depending on the site, we offer a guest article, a data point for an existing post, or a correction to an outdated or broken link. We write any content needed and send it to you for review.
Live links reporting
Step 04

Reporting and Link Monitoring

Every link goes into a shared sheet as soon as it’s live, with the URL, domain rating, anchor text and target page. Each month we check that past links are still live and indexed and review ranking movement on the pages we built links to.
Link building services

Four ways we earn links for SaaS sites

Most campaigns combine two or three of these, depending on your niche and the pages you need to rank.
Editorial links

Guest Articles

Original articles written for relevant SaaS, marketing and industry blogs, with a contextual link to a page you want to rank.
Comparison pages

Listicle Placements

Getting your product into “best tools” and “alternatives” articles. These pages rank on Google and are among the sources AI tools cite most often.
Data and expert quotes

Digital PR

Original data, surveys and expert commentary that journalists and bloggers cite, which brings links from news and high-authority sites.
Quick wins

Link Reclamation

Finding unlinked brand mentions, broken links pointing to your site and outdated references, then asking site owners to fix them.
Our link standards

Where we build links, and where we never will

One bad link network can undo months of work. These rules apply to every campaign.
We build on
Real sites with real readers
  1. Sites with steady organic traffic from Google
  2. Topics related to your product or your buyers
  3. Links placed in the body of an article
  4. A mix of anchor text that reads naturally
We avoid
Links that put your site at risk
  1. Private blog networks and link farms
  2. Sites that sell links on every page
  3. Sitewide footer and sidebar links
  4. Exact-match anchors on every link
Works well with

Services that make your links count in AI search

Links build authority. These services make sure AI tools find, trust and recommend the pages that authority points to.

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Brand Mentions

Getting your brand named in the listicles, review sites and Reddit threads that AI tools read before they recommend a product.

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Generative Engine Optimization

Structuring your pages, schema and entity signals so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can quote them.

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AI Search Content

Answer-first pages built from real buyer prompts, so the pages you build links to also show up in AI answers.
Case studies

Results that hold up outside the report

17%

AI visibility for a data-infrastructure SaaS

ChatGPT citations

43

AI Overview citations

30
Perplexity citations

30

16x

AI visibility for a document design SaaS

ChatGPT citations

65

AI Overview citations

130

Perplexity citations

50

250%

200+ Reddit upvotes and more trial sign-ups for an AI video SaaS

Subreddit targeting for their exact ICP, thread monitoring on buying-intent conversations, and indirect attribution wired into their CRM.
Placeholder figures drawn from your channel averages — swap in the named client results you want to publish.
 
Client feedback

Most of our clients leave their feedback

"We partnered with Growthner and saw huge SEO improvements in a short time."
Meenal Chirana
Content Manager @ Fibr
"Growthner exceeded all expectations. Data-driven strategies delivered outstanding results!"
Tushar Jain
CEO @ Enthu.ai
"Growthner not only stuck with the deadlines but completely aced the job. Highly recommend for all things SEO!"
Shreekant Pawar
Co-founder @ Sketchnote
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What are brand mentions for SaaS?

Brand mentions for SaaS are placements of your product name across third-party sources like editorial listicles, software review pages, analyst content, and niche publications. When these sources are ones that AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity already cite, your brand gets pulled into AI-generated answers for buyer queries in your category.

How are brand mentions different from link building?

Link building earns backlinks to improve your Google rankings. Brand mentions for SaaS focus on getting your product named in the sources AI engines reference when generating answers. The targets overlap partially but the strategy, outreach approach, and what you are optimizing for are different.

Which AI platforms do brand mentions impact?

Strong brand mention coverage improves your visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini. Any LLM that pulls from third-party editorial and review sources will surface brands with stronger mention profiles more frequently.

How long does it take to see results from brand mentions?

Most SaaS brands begin seeing improved AI citation frequency within 60 to 90 days of consistent mention placements. Measurable share of voice movement against competitors typically becomes visible within 3 to 4 months.

Which prompts do brand mentions move first?

Comparison and shortlist prompts: “best tool for X”, “alternatives to Y”, “A vs B”. Those are the answers assembled from third-party roundups and review pages, so a new mention on a cited source shows up there before anywhere else.

What types of sources do you target for brand mentions?

We target editorial listicles, software review aggregators, YouTube overviews, analyst blogs, and niche publications that your ICP already reads and that AI engines have a documented history of citing for your category queries.

Can brand mentions generate leads for my SaaS?

Yes. When AI tools recommend your product during decision-stage queries, the traffic that arrives already has intent. Buyers who find you through an AI citation or a trusted third-party mention convert at a significantly higher rate than cold organic traffic.

Do I need brand mentions if I already do GEO?

Yes. GEO makes your own content citable. Brand mentions build your presence in the third-party sources AI engines already reference, and for comparison prompts, those sources carry more weight than anything on your own domain.
Free backlink gap report

See which sites link to your competitors

We’ll compare your backlinks with your top three competitors and send you the sites that link to them and not to you.
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