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Checklist 07

International Link Campaign

Links from publishers in the language and market you're entering, pointing at the page built for it. Same quality floor in every market.

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Market brief (before any prospecting)

  • Target market(s) and language(s) named explicitly
  • The localised pages exist, are live, indexable and complete (not “homepage translated, nothing else”)
  • Local competitors listed — the shortlists buyers read in that market
  • Client can sell and support customers in that market (a link brings a click you must be able to serve)
  • hreflang set up correctly between language versions (serving signal, not a link substitute)

Prospecting in-language

  • Prospect list rebuilt per market (the German list is not a translation of the English list)
  • Sources: local competitor link gaps, local category lists, own publisher relationships
  • Publishers read by local buyers in their language — not English-language sites that happen to rank
  • Geo-relevance of each publisher verified (audience, traffic origin)

Qualification (same rules in every market)

  • DR 40+ filter, 2,000+ monthly organic visits, topical relevance, no W4U pages, link-farm screen — all applied identically
  • Traffic currency of the publisher checked in its own market

Writing natively

  • AI drafts in the market’s language; a native-speaking editor shapes it
  • Descriptive anchors phrased naturally in the market’s language (not translated English keywords)
  • Brand anchors used where possible — they travel across languages
  • Client approval pack includes an English summary of the article (title, target page, anchor, product claims)

After go-live

  • Link points at the localised URL (not the English homepage)
  • Placement indexed in the target market
  • Logged per market; 12-month monitoring; replaced free if removed
  • Report shows per-market go-lives (multi-market reporting view)

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