Personalized backlink outreach,
on autopilot

HeyLinks finds the pages already linking to sites like yours, writes a personal email for each one, and follows up until the link is yours. Every email references something real on their page, and nothing sends without your approval.

1Find the pages2We write the emails3You hit send
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Built by a solo founder who used it to win links for his own sites first.

HeyLinks / Draft Emails
Read their pageVerified maria@thebudgetkitchen.comReady for your approval
To: maria@thebudgetkitchen.comthebudgetkitchen.com · Authority 55
Subject: Your slow cooker budget meals post

Writing from their actual page…

Sent from your mailbox, only after you approve it.

ONE-CLICK AUTOPILOT

Press one button.
Get ready-to-send emails.

Autopilot pulls the pages already linking to your competitors, qualifies each site with screenshots and contact discovery, and writes a personal email for every one. You review and hit send.

HeyLinks / Autopilot
1
Discovering
2
Qualifying
3
Filtering
4
Drafting
Discovering
cozyhomekeeping.com
Authority 42
trailnotes.blog
Authority 31
thebudgetkitchen.com
Authority 55
quietgardener.com
Authority 24
hobbyistworkshop.com
Authority 67
Qualifying · 25 of 25 sites vetted
thebudgetkitchen.com
84/100A
hobbyistworkshop.com
78/100B
cozyhomekeeping.com
74/100B
trailnotes.blog
66/100C
Drafting
maria@thebudgetkitchen.com
Idea for your pantry staples guide
sam@hobbyistworkshop.com
Small addition to your workbench post
editor@cozyhomekeeping.com
A resource for your spring cleaning list

That's the one-button way. Here's the hands-on way.

Everything Autopilot does for you, you can also drive yourself, step by step, with full control at every stage. The next five sections are that pipeline.

THE LAYER ABOVE AHREFS

The email layer on top of Ahrefs

Ahrefs knows every page linking to your competitors. HeyLinks is what turns that data into emails. Connect your own Ahrefs API key for unlimited pulling, use the data allowance included in your plan, or import a CSV from any SEO tool. Your prospect list starts from the best backlink index in the industry, not a scraped database.

HeyLinks / Review Leads
yourcompetitor.com142 referring pages
DomainAuthorityTrafficGrade
thekitchenjournal.com7448K
A
thebudgetkitchen.com5521K
B
cozyhomekeeping.com4212K
B
quietgardener.com242.1K
C
hobbyistworkshop.com6733K
A
Pulled from industry-standard SEO data
AI QUALIFICATION

Like hiring a researcher for every single prospect

Every site gets visited, screenshotted, and scored. We find the contact email, verify it actually works, and pull the exact passage where your competitor is mentioned, before you spend a single minute or send a single email.

HeyLinks / Qualify Sites
thebudgetkitchen.com
budget cooking blog
0
/100
A
Screenshot captured
Contact email found and verified
maria@thebudgetkitchen.com
Anchor context extracted
the paragraph around your competitor's link
Page type detected: blog post
linkfarm-network.netGrade F, filtered
PERSONALIZED OUTREACH

Their inbox is full of templates. Yours won't be one.

The generator reads their actual page before it writes. It quotes what is really there, asks for one small addition, and even writes the sentence that will carry your backlink, with varied anchor text every time so your links never look machine-made.

HeyLinks / Draft Emails
To:maria@thebudgetkitchen.com
Subject:Idea for your pantry staples guide

Hi Maria,

I was reading your pantry staples guide this week and really liked the section on stocking a first pantry. It is the most practical take on this I have found.

We just published a printable pantry checklist that covers the same ground. Would you be open to adding it to that section? Totally understand if not, happy to send $50 as a thank you for your time either way.

Thanks for the guide,
Alex

Their name
Page title
Content hook
The ask
Budget
SMART SENDING

Queue a hundred. Drip them out like a human.

Load the queue and walk away. Emails go out spaced over hours, inside your sending windows, under per-mailbox daily caps with automatic warm-up for new inboxes. Bounces and opt-outs are handled without you.

HeyLinks / Send Emails
alex@yourdomain.com
12/25
outreach@yourdomain.com
18/25
team@yourdomain.com
6/15
Mailbox rotation
Daily caps + warm-up ramp
Sending windows
Bounce and opt-out detection
41 delivered today · 0 bounces
AUTOMATED FOLLOW-UPS

Most replies come from follow-ups. Most people never send them.

Follow-ups are effortless here. The whole sequence is written the moment you schedule, editable before anything sends, and one reply stops everything instantly.

HeyLinks / Follow-ups
Day 0·Outreach sent
Day 3·Follow-up 1 sent
Day 6·Follow-up 2 scheduled
Day 5·Reply detected
Day 5·Sequence stopped instantly
Every follow-up is written for you and editable before it sends.
REPLIES & RESULTS

Replies land here. Links get tracked until they're live.

Every reply in one inbox, tagged by intent. Agreements get a paste-ready reply with your link. Then the tracker watches the page and tells you the moment your backlink is live, and if it ever quietly disappears.

HeyLinks / Analytics
0
Qualified
0
Emailed
0
Replied
0
Links live
Every link you win is monitored daily by the link tracker.
How It Works

How We Make Link Outreach Happen

Three steps from a fresh account to replies in your inbox.

1

Connect your tools

Add your Ahrefs API key and connect the inbox you'll send from. That is the entire setup.

Ahrefs API Connected
Gmail inbox Connected
2

Find pages worth reaching out to

Turn on Autopilot to surface high-quality pages already linking to your competitors, or work the pipeline by hand if you'd rather steer every step.

cyclinginsider.com92
trailreview.co88
gearlab.blog81
3

Send and follow up automatically

HeyLinks drafts a personal email for each page, sends on a schedule, and follows up until you hear back. Every message asks the owner to add your link.

Quick idea for your trail-gear roundup
Sent 9:14 AM
Follow-up scheduled in 4 days
WHY THIS APPROACH

How HeyLinks compares to other backlink outreach tools

HeyLinks
link inserts + swaps
Niche edit marketplacesGuest postsPBNs
Cost per link$50-$100$100-$300$200-$500+$20-$50
Speed to first linkDaysDaysWeeksDays
You pick the exact page
Real sites with real readers
Safe for your site long-term
Personalized outreach at scale
HeyLinks automates the outreach, the personalization, and the follow-ups. Your effort stays low.
FROM THE BLOG

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