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Rankings that compound.
Backlinks that actually count.

We're Skilled Axis. We help founders rank for the keywords that pay the bills — through editorial backlinks from real publications, not the link-farm sludge your last agency sold you. White-hat. Manual. Permanent.

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120+ founders · 2,400+ editorial placements · 0 PBNs, ever
⬇ Runs on your computer

Intelligent Email Crawler

Prefers editorial emails, built for outreach. Give it a list of websites and it reads the pages where contact details live — write-for-us, contact, about, team — and brings back the best address on each, plus the write-for-us page and contact form.

— it runs on your own computer, not on our servers
— up to 3 published addresses per site, best first
✍️ Editorial addresses first — an editor@ outranks a generic support@
💳 Pay only for results — 1 credit per site an address is found on. No email found, no charge.

Get the crawler

Free account, then a licence key ties it to your credits. Windows, about 90 MB.

Download it →

Around 10 seconds per website, so 200 sites takes roughly half an hour — and you can leave it running.

⚡ Live demo · no signup

Email Validator

See how we pick the right outreach email. Paste a prospect site and up to 3 emails. In under 2 seconds you get back two ranked picks — the email most appropriate for your guest-post pitch, and the one most likely to actually deliver. The same intelligence we run for our paying clients.

🎯 Best for Outreach — the editorial / departmental address that fits the pitch intent
✓ Reliable Delivery — the address with the highest deliverability score (most likely to land)
Need bulk? Validate up to 200 at once →
Try it free
Placements landed at — verifiable in Ahrefs
Forbes• Entrepreneur• HubSpot• Search Engine Journal• G2• Semrush Blog• Crazy Egg• SmartBlogger• Mailchimp• Ahrefs Blog• Forbes• Entrepreneur• HubSpot• Search Engine Journal• G2• Semrush Blog• Crazy Egg• SmartBlogger• Mailchimp• Ahrefs Blog•
Sound familiar?

You're not under-talented. You're under-linked.

Most founders I meet have the content, the product, and the founder-market fit dialled. What they're missing is the one thing Google still scores hardest: authority.

Stuck on page 2 forever

You publish thoughtful, useful content. Google ignores it. Meanwhile thinner pages from bigger sites sit comfortably on page 1 — not because they're better, but because Google trusts them more.

Burned by a previous agency

They promised 50 backlinks for $500. You got 50 backlinks for $500 — from sites with three readers and an off-topic subdomain. Now your link profile looks like a crime scene.

No time to do it yourself

You're running a business. You shouldn't be sending 200 cold pitches a week, chasing editors at midnight, and writing guest post drafts on Sundays. That's literally my job.

The graph is flatlining

Same MoM impressions. Same MoM signups. The Search Console chart looks like a heartbeat that gave up. You don't need another blog post. You need a catalyst.

How I fix it

Three services. One promise.

Every link I build is one you'd feel comfortable showing a Google engineer over coffee. Niche-relevant, editorially earned, indexed, and live for the lifetime of the post.

01 · Consulting

SEO Consulting

Stop guessing what to fix.

I spend 5 business days pulling your site apart — technical debt, content gaps, the SERP intent mismatch you didn't know existed — and hand you a written 90-day roadmap that ranks priorities in dollars, not bullet points.

  • Technical audit (Core Web Vitals, crawl, schema, JS rendering)
  • Keyword + intent map tied to revenue, not search volume
  • Content gap analysis vs. your top 3 SERP competitors
  • 90-day prioritised roadmap with effort/impact scoring
From $1,500 · one-time Book audit
Most booked
02 · Outreach

Guest Post Outreach

Real editors. Real placements.

Manual, personalised pitches sent from my actual inbox to real editors at publications in your niche. Every placement is editorial, contextual, dofollow, and earns its spot — no sponsored stamps, no link injections, no PBNs.

  • DR 50–80 placements on sites with real organic traffic
  • Topic ideation, editorial briefing, and writing included
  • White-hat only — no PBNs, no link farms, ever. In writing.
  • Live URL delivery + Ahrefs verification screenshot
From $300 · per placement Book placements
03 · Retainer

Link Building Retainer

Velocity that Google rewards.

A monthly link-acquisition engine — guest posts, niche edits, broken-link reclamation, HARO, digital PR — built around the keywords that move your revenue. We measure success in rankings and signups, not links shipped.

  • 4–20 editorial links/month, built around money keywords
  • Niche edits + contextual placements + digital PR mix
  • Anchor text strategy that won't get you penalised in core updates
  • Live Looker Studio dashboard + weekly Loom video updates
From $1,500 · per month See packages
Quick honesty check

This works brilliantly for some founders.
It's a terrible fit for others.

Read both columns. If you nod at the left and wince at the right, we should talk.

✓

Built for you if you're…

  • A SaaS founder doing $30k+ MRR who wants compound organic growth, not another paid-ads experiment
  • A DTC or eCommerce brand whose Shopify ad costs are eating margins and you need organic to step up
  • A B2B service business where one ranking can mean a $20k+ contract — and you can prove it
  • An affiliate site that needs real editorial placements, not "network" links that vanish in core updates
  • An agency owner looking for a white-label outreach partner who won't poach your clients
  • A founder who treats SEO as a 12-month investment, not a coin flip
✕

Not for you if you're…

  • Looking for "100 links for $500" — I'd be ripping you off and we'd both regret it
  • Expecting top-3 rankings in 30 days — Google doesn't work like that, and anyone selling that is selling you a clawback
  • In gambling, adult, or unregulated CBD/crypto — most of my publishers won't touch these niches
  • Looking to game algorithms — I rank you on signals that survive every core update, not the ones being patched out
  • Unwilling to fix on-page issues I find — links amplify what's already there. They don't resurrect what's broken.
  • Hoping for a "set it and forget it" outsourcing — I'll need 30 mins of your time a week, minimum
My methodology

The Compound Method.

Four phases. No black boxes. No "just trust me, the rankings are coming."

01

Audit · Days 0–5

I tear down your site, your top three SERP competitors, your full backlink profile, and the keyword landscape you're actually fighting in. By day 5 you know exactly where you're losing rankings — and roughly how much each gap is costing you in monthly revenue.

02

Architect · Days 5–10

Together we pick the keywords that map to actual money — not the vanity-volume terms your last consultant chased. I draft the link-acquisition plan, the anchor strategy, and the content briefs that'll make every placement stick. You approve before anything goes live.

03

Acquire · Months 1–3

Outreach goes out from my inbox — not a cold-email tool, not a junior. Editors reply because the pitch is good, the writing is good, and I've been on first-name terms with them for years. Placements land. Your dashboard updates the moment each link goes live.

04

Amplify · Months 3–12+

Rankings start lifting. We double down on what's working — kill what isn't. Every quarter we re-strategise based on SERP shifts, not on a calendar. By month 9, traffic compounds: each new placement now amplifies the authority you've already built.

Receipts, not promises

Numbers from real client books.

Every link verifiable in Ahrefs. Every result auditable in Google Search Console. No screenshots without context.

2,400+
Editorial backlinks placed
120+
Brands served since 2018
312%
Avg. organic traffic lift, 12 mo
78
Avg. DR of placements landed
SaaS · B2B · 9 months

DR 32 → DR 61 in nine months.

"Skilled Axis landed 28 placements on sites our last agency told us were impossible. Our blog traffic 3×'d. Product signups from organic followed two months later. The founder finally killed our retargeting budget."

+412%Organic traffic
4.2×Signups from SEO
$0Spam links built
DTC · eCommerce · 6 months

Page 4 → position 2 on their money keyword.

"We were invisible for the term that drives 60% of our revenue. Skilled Axis rebuilt our backlink profile in 6 months. We've held the #2 ranking for 14 months and finally stopped scaling Meta ads — organic pays the bills now."

+267%Revenue from SEO
#2Money keyword rank
14DR 60+ placements
What lands in your inbox

No black boxes. Just deliverables.

Here's exactly what you get from week one — every retainer, every month, in writing.

Live Looker Studio dashboard

Rankings, traffic, link velocity, anchor distribution — all live, all the time. Updates the moment a placement goes live. No more "send me last month's report."

Direct Slack channel

You message me. Not a project manager. Not an account exec. Not a junior who'll forward it to me anyway. Average response time: under 90 minutes during my work hours.

Editorial-grade content briefs

Every guest post we pitch comes with a briefing doc: target keyword, search intent, SERP analysis, internal links, anchor strategy. Your in-house writer (or mine) never starts from scratch.

Verified placement reports

Every link comes with: live URL, anchor text used, target page, Ahrefs DR/UR screenshot, Google index confirmation, and the email thread with the editor (anonymised). Nothing to dispute.

Weekly Loom updates

5-minute video on Fridays: what landed, what's pending, what I'm seeing in the SERP. Watch on the way to lunch. Skip the standing meeting.

Quarterly strategy calls

Every 90 days we re-baseline. What's compounding? What's stalled? Which keywords have shifted intent? We tune the strategy based on SERP reality, not on a calendar.

Why me, why not them

Most link agencies are spam factories wearing nicer logos.

Here's what you're actually buying when you work with me — and what most "premium" agencies are quietly shipping instead.

Typical SEO agency

  • ✕Bulk cold emails sent from disposable inboxes
  • ✕Links from PBNs, expired domains, link farms with three readers
  • ✕Same "100 publisher" list resold to 100 clients in your industry
  • ✕Over-optimised anchor profiles that flag in the next core update
  • ✕You're a row in a project manager's spreadsheet
  • ✕Reporting = a CSV emailed once a month, if at all
  • ✕"We'll need 12 months minimum" — locked into spam you can't unwind

Working with us

  • ✓Personalised pitches written by us, sent from a real inbox
  • ✓Editorial sites with real organic traffic and real readers
  • ✓Industry exclusivity available — we won't take two clients in the same niche
  • ✓Anchor strategy modelled on your top-3 SERP competitors
  • ✓Direct Slack DM access — the same person, every conversation
  • ✓Live Looker Studio dashboard, updated the moment links go live
  • ✓Month-to-month after 90 days — leave whenever, take your data
Pricing

Transparent packages.
No "contact for pricing."

Pick a starting point. Upgrade or downgrade month-to-month after the first 90 days. No long-term lock-in. Ever.

Starter
$1,500 / month

For founders testing the waters. Solid foundation, no fluff.

  • 4 editorial placements/mo
  • DR 50+ guaranteed
  • Niche-relevant publications
  • Live Looker Studio dashboard
  • Direct Slack channel
  • Content writing (+ $150/post)
  • Monthly strategy call
  • Digital PR & HARO
Start with Starter
Most booked · 7/10 clients
Growth
$3,500 / month

For founders who want compounding rankings — not just placements.

  • 10 editorial placements/mo
  • DR 60+ average
  • Niche-relevant + competitor sites
  • Live Looker Studio dashboard
  • Direct Slack channel
  • Content writing included
  • 1 monthly strategy call
  • Digital PR & HARO
Pick Growth →
Authority
$7,500 / month

For category leaders. Aggressive velocity. Tier-1 placements.

  • 20 editorial placements/mo
  • DR 70+ average
  • Tier-1 publications + niche sites
  • Live dashboard + custom reports
  • Priority Slack response (< 30 min)
  • Content writing + full briefing
  • 2 monthly strategy calls
  • Digital PR + HARO included
Let's talk →
Need a one-off SEO audit? One-time engagement · $1,500 · 5-day delivery
Book audit →
Running an agency? White-label outreach · custom pricing · NDA on file
Discuss white-label →
7+years in SEO
8–10clients max, ever
Who's behind this

Hello. We're Skilled Axis.

We have spent the last seven years doing exactly one thing: getting websites ranked through links Google actually respects.

We started in 2018 at a two-person Karachi agency, pitching guest posts before "guest post outreach" was a job title. By 2021 we were leading a 14-person outreach team for a top-50 SEO agency. In 2023 we went out on our own — because somewhere along the way the industry started selling spam in nicer packaging, and we were not willing to sell it.

Today we take on 8–10 clients at a time. SaaS founders. DTC brands. B2B services. People who treat SEO like a 12-month investment, not a lottery ticket. If you have read this far, we are guessing that's you.

Technical SEO Editorial Outreach Digital PR Ahrefs / SEMrush HARO Niche Edits Content Briefs SERP Analysis SaaS · DTC · B2B
Let's talk →
The risk is on me

Four guarantees. In writing.

Most agencies hide the contract. I lead with it. Here's what you get from day one.

The 90-day progress guarantee

If we haven't agreed on visible ranking progress by day 90, I'll work month four at no cost while we re-strategise. No legal gymnastics — written into the SOW.

Zero long-term contracts

Month-to-month after the first 90 days. Cancel anytime. Keep your dashboard exports, your brief library, and every relationship we built — they're yours.

Every link verifiable

Ahrefs screenshots, Google Search Console index confirmation, and a live placement URL — for every single link. If a placement drops within 12 months, I replace it free.

You work with me. Always.

Not a project manager. Not a junior. Not an offshore VA. The person you book with is the same person doing your outreach, sending your Loom updates, and replying to your Slack DMs.

Word on the street

What clients say when nobody's looking.

Real names available on request. The numbers below are not.

"We'd been burned twice before Skilled Axis. They rebuilt our profile from the ground up — 18 editorial placements in six months, zero spam, DR went from 28 to 54. Blog traffic 3×'d. Product signups from organic followed two months later."

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Sarah K. Head of Growth · B2B SaaS · Series B

"Skilled Axis are the first SEO people I've worked with who reply on Slack within an hour. The placements are real — I verify them in Ahrefs every Friday. The writing is good enough that two of our guest posts have been republished by larger publications."

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Mike R. Founder · DTC supplements · $4M/yr

"We brought Skilled Axis in as our white-label link partner 14 months ago. Our client retention went from 64% to 92% in the first year. They're basically why our churn chart looks the way it does — and why our margins finally make sense."

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James D. Agency founder · UK · 40-person team

"He told me upfront which keywords I shouldn't bother chasing. Saved me six months of wasted retainer budget. Honest advisors are rare in this industry. Hire him before someone else does."

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Anika P. CMO · FinTech · Series A

"+412% organic traffic in nine months. I'd assumed our category was too saturated to crack. Skilled Axis disagreed. They were right. Best line item in our growth budget, full stop."

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Daniel T. Founder · SaaS · Pre-Series B

"From page four to position two on our money keyword in six months. We've stopped scaling our Meta budget because organic finally pays the bills. Nobody else got us here. We tried four agencies before."

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Priya M. Co-founder · DTC apparel · $2.4M/yr
Things people ask before booking

Frequently asked. Honestly answered.

How long until I see results?

You'll see new placements within 30 days. Ranking shifts within 60–90 days. Meaningful traffic compounding starts month 4–6. Anyone promising top-3 rankings in 30 days is selling you something that'll get clawed back in the next core update.

Do you guarantee rankings?

No — and run from anyone who does. I guarantee the deliverable: real links from real publications at the DR you paid for. The ranking lift comes from those links plus a sane on-page foundation. If we don't move the needle in 90 days, you get month four free while we re-strategise. That's in writing.

Are these "white-hat" links really safe long-term?

Yes. Every placement is on a site with real organic traffic, real editorial standards, and content that's contextually relevant to your niche. No PBNs. No link injections. No "sponsored content" stamps. If a site looks sketchy in Ahrefs, I don't pitch it — even if you ask me to.

What's the minimum engagement?

One-time SEO audit: $1,500. Single guest posts: $300+. Link-building retainers: 3 months minimum (then month-to-month). Anything shorter doesn't give Google time to recognise the new profile shape — and I'd be taking your money for theatre.

Can I see live examples of placements?

On a discovery call I'll send a private folder with 20+ live placements — anonymised client names, DR scores, GSC traffic snapshots. I don't post them publicly because clients prefer their backlink profile stays their advantage, not someone else's competitive intel.

Do you work with agencies (white-label)?

Yes — about a third of my book is white-label work for SEO and growth agencies. NDA on file. Your brand stays on the dashboard; I work in the background. Your clients never know I exist. Custom pricing based on volume.

What if I'm in a tough or regulated niche?

Tough niches are why I exist. Legal, finance, B2B SaaS, healthcare, regulated industries — these are where generic agencies fail because they don't have the publisher relationships. I've placed links in 40+ niches. If I can't credibly land placements in yours, I'll tell you on the discovery call and refund the deposit on the spot.

Can you also fix my on-page / technical SEO?

Yes — that's the consulting engagement. Most clients run a one-time audit alongside their first retainer month. We fix the leaks before we pour water in. Building links to a page Google can't crawl is the most expensive way to waste a budget.

What does the first 30 days actually look like?

Week 1: kickoff call, dashboard setup, full audit of your current backlink profile and SERP position. Week 2: we agree on target keywords, draft the anchor strategy, finalise the publisher shortlist. Week 3–4: outreach goes out, first placements typically land between days 21–30. You'll get a Loom update every Friday.

Can I pause or downgrade if cash flow tightens?

After the first 90 days: yes. You can downgrade tier, pause for up to 60 days, or end entirely with 14 days' notice. I'd rather have you back at the right time than locked into the wrong engagement.

Last thing

Let's get your site
ranking properly.

Book a free 30-minute SEO teardown. I'll pull up your site live, audit your backlink profile in Ahrefs on the call, and tell you — concretely — where rankings are leaking and what it would take to plug them.

No deck. No pitch. If we're a fit, we'll book a follow-up to scope the work. If we're not, you walk away with action items you can hand to your in-house team. Either way, your hour is well spent.

30-min free strategy call — no pitch deck
Live SEO + backlink teardown of your site
Actionable next steps in your inbox within 24 hours
Zero obligation — even if I can't help, you'll leave smarter

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