I managed to source 3 of the 5 backlinks with the first week, obtaining these from competitor analysis. Typically, it’s easier to get backlinks, but high authority websites don’t usually respond to requests.

I persevered with outreach until the end of the month, where I fulfilled the clients 5 backlinks. 

This would then increase the authority of our clients website. However, I did advise that 5 backlinks would not be a sole ranking factor, although it would provide some power to the inner pages. The next steps would be to ensure the On-Site SEO is optimised correctly, but our client wanted to do this independently. They did see a rise in ranking, pushing them into the Top 3 results for their keyword, although the real results will take longer to see. 

Due to the high quality of these backlinks, we managed to retain the client and now operate a monthly backlink outreach campaign, obtaining around 10 backlinks every single month.