If 50% of our links come from one source, will that hurt us?
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We have a partnership with another site that we write content for and 50% of our inbound links are from them. Could this hurt us in any way?
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I would say it might not hurt you in the short run but my belief is you never want to put all your eggs in one basket. What happens if that site goes down or out of business. What if Google decides their site is of low value and demotes them which can imapct their link juice. What if they get deindexed or decide to remove your links? It is best to get links from a variety of sources that way if one site goes down you still have links on other sites. I hope this helps and good luck.
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Check out the moz video section. Its got a ton of great resources. number one is similar to what you are looking for
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/10-myths-that-scare-seos-but-shouldnt-whiteboard-friday
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If you are using only brand anchor text it probably wont (ie: the name of your website or company). Your bigger problem will come from the fact that you only have a few link sources. Ultimately, unique ips / unique domains linking to you is the strongest single off site ranking factor. A diverse set of linking sources will be valuable.
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