While in the middle of a large competitor link analysis for one of our clients, we decided to include the below queries which helped us gain high quality links. Enjoy and play with the terms to fine tune.
contact editors site:example.com
send press release site:example.com
submit press release site:example.com
business owners site:example.com
list your business site:example.com
claim your business site:example.com
contact us site:example.com (and look for editor submissions, news ideas, local …..)
about us site:example.com (and look for editor submissions, news ideas, local …..)
submission(s) page site:example.com
product submissions site:example.com (for ecommerce sites)
submit article(s) site:example.com
wish to contribute site:example.com
familiarizing yourself with example.com
familiarize yourself site:example.com
employee discounts site:.edu
employee discounts site:.edu submit
student discount site:.edu
vendor enroll discount OR discounts site:.edu
“If you are a vendor”
submit inurl:vendor
[keyword] -“This thread is closed to new comments.” site:http://ask.metafilter.com
“list your business”
“add your [keyword]”