Link Building Contractor

Summary

Join The Motley Fool as a freelance digital marketing contractor specializing in link building campaigns. This remote, flexible role (20 hours/week, 6-month minimum) contributes to both investing and personal finance content verticals. You will collaborate with SEO and PR teams, building backlinks to core Evergreen pages. Success hinges on pitching and securing high-authority backlinks, tracking key metrics, and reporting monthly. The ideal candidate possesses strong writing, digital marketing, and PR skills, along with experience in financial services link building. Compensation is $40-$50/hour.

Requirements

• Share our driving passion for teaching the world about investing and personal finance
• Be a skilled writer, digital marketer, and public relations professional, and be ready to send us samples of your past successful outreach campaigns
• Have a strong understanding of The Motley Fool’s mission, brand, and competitors
• Have experience creating and managing link building campaigns for other financial services companies
• Have the ability to write in our Foolish tone! We’re informative but never patronizing. Our goal is to demystify the world of finance in a fun and thoughtful way

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the SEO and PR teams to create linkbuilding campaigns for important evergreen investing and personal finance URLs
• Source prospects and contact information for outreach campaigns
• Organize campaign workflow, management and timeline
• Send email pitches to prospects through an official Motley Fool email address
• Track and report campaign successes on a monthly cadence, highlighting relevant KPIs and areas of opportunity
• Use proven digital marketing strategies to boost URL and brand authority

Benefits

• Hourly Pay Range $40 — $50 USD
• 100% remote
• Flexible hours