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Brian Dean

Founder of Backlinko and Exploding Topics

Background

Brian Dean founded the SEO education site Backlinko, later acquired by Semrush, and co-founded the trend discovery tool Exploding Topics. They popularised the 'skyscraper technique' for content-led link acquisition.

Known for: Backlinko and the skyscraper technique

Areas of work

In the reference library

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