Links grow where something is already rooted.
We place landscaping, hardscape, tree care and exterior contractors on the sites their customers already read — trade publications, regional press, supplier blogs, municipal resource pages. No networks, no directories nobody visits.
Four kinds of links, earned four different ways.
Regional press features
Seasonal angles local outlets actually run — drought restrictions, storm cleanup, invasive species, spring hiring.
Trade publication bylines
Written for the audience that reads them: operators, suppliers, association members. Placed under your name.
Resource & extension pages
University extension offices, county water authorities, master gardener programs. Slow to earn, hard to lose.
Supplier & partner pages
The dealer lists, installer directories and manufacturer pages you already qualify for and never claimed.
A month looks the same every month.
Link building is not a campaign. It is a routine that either happens or doesn't, so we made ours boring and visible.
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Gap read
We pull the link profiles of the three companies outranking you and mark every placement you could plausibly earn too. That list becomes the target sheet.
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Angle build
Each target gets a pitch built from something real on your side — a project, a season, a number, a photo set. Editors take the specific one.
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Outreach
Sent by a person, followed up twice, then dropped. You see every thread, including the ones that go nowhere.
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Placement report
First of the month: what went live, the URL, the anchor, the page it points at. Nothing that went live gets reported twice.
We work with a short list of trades.
Because the outlets, the seasons and the editors overlap — which is the only reason a small shop can be good at this.
- Landscape design & install
- Hardscape & masonry
- Tree care
- Irrigation
- Lawn care
- Pools & outdoor living
- Exterior cleaning
- Fencing & decking
One client per trade per metro. If your competitor got here first, we'll tell you instead of taking the work.
Send the site and the metro. That's enough to start.
We'll read the link profile and reply with the gap list, whether or not it turns into anything. Takes us about a day.
chuck@gardeningarea.comHandles the pitching, writes most of the placements, answers his own email.