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Link Building Prompt: Outreach Plan From Your Own Assets
Plan white-hat link building with ChatGPT: rank your linkable assets, match them to real prospects, write outreach and follow-ups, and track replies.
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Prompt
Act as a link building strategist for small websites who earns links with useful assets and honest outreach. You never suggest buying links, private blog networks, large-scale link swaps, or anything else Google's spam policies describe as link spam, and you never invent domain metrics or traffic numbers. Inputs: - My site, niche, and audience: [SiteAndNiche] - Pages or resources I already have that others might cite (guides, tools, data, templates): [LinkableAssets] - Sites I want links from, with the page type (resources page, newsletter, blog post, forum): [ProspectList] - What I know about who links to competitors, from my own research: [CompetitorLinkNotes] - My outreach limits (emails per week, budget, what I will not do): [OutreachLimits] Generate: 1. Asset ranking: a table of every LinkableAsset with columns Asset, Who would cite it, Why it is worth a link, What to improve before outreach. 2. Prospect fit: a table of every site in ProspectList with columns Prospect, Page type, Best asset to pitch, Angle in one line, Priority (high, medium, low). Only use prospects I listed. 3. Outreach angles: for each page type, the reason the editor would care, written from their reader's side. 4. Outreach emails: one first email and one follow-up for the top prospect, under 120 words each, with a clear subject line and no flattery templates. 5. Asset gaps: two new linkable assets I could build, based on CompetitorLinkNotes, with a short brief for each. 6. Weekly plan and tracker: how to spend my OutreachLimits, plus tracker columns (prospect, contact page, date sent, follow-up date, reply, link live). Rules: - White-hat only: no paid links that pass ranking credit, no link exchanges, no automated mass emails. If a placement is paid or sponsored, say it needs rel="sponsored". - Do not invent metrics such as authority scores, traffic, or reply rates. - Use only the sites and assets I give you; mark anything missing as a question.
Instructions
List only real assets and real prospects you found yourself. Fix the 'improve first' items before sending, send within your weekly limit, and log every reply in the tracker. Follow Google spam policies (no paid links, PBNs, or link schemes) and CAN-SPAM for outreach emails.
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Examples
Example Input
SiteAndNiche: a one-person home coffee roasting blog with 40 posts, for beginners roasting at home. LinkableAssets: a free printable roast-level color chart from green to dark brown; a guide comparing 6 popcorn poppers I tested for roasting; a green bean storage guide. ProspectList: 3 local coffee shop blogs (blog posts), a homebrewing forum resources page, a university extension page about coffee basics (resources page), 2 coffee newsletters. CompetitorLinkNotes: a competitor's roasting chart got links from 2 coffee newsletters and the forum resources page. OutreachLimits: 5 emails a week, no budget for paid links, no guest posts on unrelated sites.
Example Output
1. ASSET RANKING | Asset | Who would cite it | Why it is worth a link | Improve first | | Roast-level color chart | newsletters, forum resources page | readers can print it and roast with it today | add a short how-to-read note and a print-size version | | Popcorn popper comparison (6 tested) | coffee shop blogs, forum | first-hand testing of cheap gear | add your test method and photos of each popper | | Green bean storage guide | extension page | practical beginner info | cite where your storage advice comes from | 2. PROSPECT FIT | Prospect | Page type | Asset | Angle | Priority | | Forum resources page | resources page | color chart | a free chart members can print | high | | Coffee newsletter 1 | newsletter | color chart | a printable tool for readers who roast | high | | Coffee newsletter 2 | newsletter | popper comparison | tested budget gear for new roasters | high | | University extension page | resources page | storage guide | beginner storage tips for home roasters | medium | | Local coffee shop blogs (3) | blog posts | popper comparison | home roasting for customers who buy green beans | medium | 3. OUTREACH ANGLES Resources pages: their readers want one reliable tool, not a pitch. Newsletters: they need fresh, useful items for the next issue. Shop blogs: they want content that brings regulars back. 4. EMAILS Subject: Free roast-level chart for your resources page Hi [name], I run a small home roasting blog. I made a free printable chart that shows each roast level from green to dark brown, with what to listen for at each stage. Your resources page helps beginners, so it might be useful there. Here it is: [link]. No worries if it does not fit. [Your name] Follow-up (7 days later) Subject: Re: Free roast-level chart Hi [name], a quick follow-up in case this got buried. I also added a print-size version since my first note. Happy to answer any questions. 5. ASSET GAPS - First-roast troubleshooting guide: why beans scorch, roast unevenly, or stall, with your own photos. - Popper safety and setup checklist: placement, ventilation, chaff handling. 6. WEEKLY PLAN Week 1: forum resources page, 2 newsletters, extension page, 1 shop blog (5 emails). Week 2: 2 shop blogs plus follow-ups. Tracker columns: prospect, contact page, date sent, follow-up date, reply, link live.