Can you imagine how valuable a backlink from Huffington Post, AOL or Reuters would be for your website in terms of traffic and increased customers?
A link like that is well within your reach if you join HARO (Help a Reporter Out). All you need to do is sign up for their twice daily emails to receive queries from reporters looking for information to publish.
Below is a list of 68 requests I received late this afternoon. Surely, you know something about one of the following topics. If not, the next list will come out tomorrow morning.
Biotech and Healthcare
1) Need women who've dealt with menstrual abnormalities (Large women's health/relationships website)
2) Natural Remedies for Sensitive Teeth (AOL Health)
3) Seeking younger women affected by prescription drug shortage (Women's health magazine)
Business and Finance
4) Need speakers (Retail Bankers Conference)
5) Investment professionals (national Consumer Magazine)
6) Buying House After Short Sale (Finance Site)
7) Looking for California lawyers with creative career strategies (California Lawyer)
8) Undiversified – and loving it? (Reuters)
9) Consumer advocates to discuss tax audit coverage (National Consumer Magazine)
10) Stock analysts (National Consumer Magazine)
11) Looking for People with Executive MBA’s (The Huffington Post)
12) HR consultants and online communication – defamation concerns/issues (SHRM)
13) Best Strategies for Overcoming Writer’s Block (http://drshannonreece.com)
14) How to mount an ad campaign for your restaurant (Pizza Today (trade publication))
15) E-Commerce Websites (Viralogy.com)
16) Goal-setting mistakes new business owners make (NFIB.com)
17) How important are visionboards to your success in life and business? (Book)
18) Small Business Leadership Stories (AMEX OpenForum.com)
19) Have State and Federal Regulations Impacted Your Small Farm? (MyBusiness Magazine)
20) How do Employers Drive Away Employees? (CNBC.com)
21) FSOC's study of prop trading and SEC study of fiduciary duty (Active Trader)
22) Seeking unemployed women veterans (USA TODAY)
Education
23) Yellow Ribbon Program (Military Advanced Education magazine)
24) Chore Wars (Demand Media)
Entertainment and Media
25) Did you see, perform, fund a show re: ARTS of INDIA at KIRKLAND Performance Center (425 Magazine (regional lifestyle magazine))
26) Casting SoCal Relationships/Marriages/Infidelity In Crisis In Need of Therapy (WEtv/Ish Entertainment)
27) TLC is looking for British Royal Memorabilia collectors for a new Royal Wedding Special (Television)
General
28) Internet U: Improve your job skills online (MSN Money)
29) dog and cat diarrhea (Petside.com)
30) Cool NYC Business (Freelance – TBD)
31) Booking meetings with hotels undergoing construction or renovation (Insurance & Financial Meetings Management magazine)
32) Seeking the World's Richest, Fittest Men (Men's Health Magazine)
33) What must be included in a good flex-time policy (Small business association website)
34) Architectural Antiques in luxury Las Vegas Homes (Regional Magazine)
35) Do you LOVE your job? (Calgary Sun – Tag Goulet's column)
36) Oral sex (I'll tell you when we correspond)
37) Having Trouble Sleeping? (WebMD)
38) Business Travelers (Associated Press)
39) Financial Exploitation (Nightly Business Report on PBS)
40) American heroes, Brit actors (E! Online)
41) Appraisers or Vintage/Antique Experts (National Geographic)
42) story on international paper (weekly print)
High Tech
43) Seeking smartphone apps for moms (Major parenting site)
44) Organizing/Electronics (Newspaper)
45) Your company that has a useful web-based business application (ShoestringVenture.com : The Startup Bible Blog)
46) How Going Mobile Makes Your Support Team Better (Zengage, Zendesk CRM blog)
Lifestyle and Fitness
47) Web show for women seeking guests (Friday Girl TV)
48) Spring Decorating Tips (Better Homes & Gardens.com)
49) Summer Entertaining (Cabin Life Magazine)
50) ISO anecdotes: women who feel pressure to be “perfect” (major women's magazine)
51) Best Plumping Lipstick (Tyra Bank's Beauty & Fashion)
52) Mermaid Parade Participants (Time Out)
53) Winter Blues/Surprising Foods (Redbook Blog/Yahoo Shine)
54) Homemade Lip Gloss (She Knows)
55) Whiter smile in 24 hours (She Knows)
56) Office Toys (Studio One Networks)
57) Makeup Collections for Valentine's (BeautyStat.Com)
Travel
58) Best Climbing Tour Companies in Colorado (Adventurefy TV)
59) Seeking “Mancation” Ideas (Examiner.com – San Jose)
60) looking for tips on ways people can save $$ on their next vacation (magazine for a major national credit union)
61) Twitter for budget travel (Bankrate)
62) Travel Commission Earnings (ASTA Network Magazine)
63) FAM Trips (ASTA Network Magazine)
From The New York Times, to ABC News, to HuffingtonPost.com and everyone in between, nearly 30,000 members of the media have quoted HARO sources in their stories.
Everyone is an expert at something…. YES, even YOU!!
Sharing what you know may get you the big backlink you’ve been looking for.
If your contribution suits the reporter's storyline, you may get a a link to your website. Granted, it might be a nofollow line, but it’s still a backlink that allows people to find your site. Plus, demonstrating your knowledge in a particular niche helps build your brand.