Are you familiar with this linking strategy?
Quote: Step 1: Find relevant/similar sites from which to get a link.
Step 2: Search for their contact information (email or phone number).
Step 3: Get in touch and find a way to make the linking happen (sell them on great content, do a trade in-kind, plant a seed and hope, etc.) This is already an old school strategy (used during the past SEO years). It's 2011 SEO so how about using this as your linking strategy instead:
Quote: Step 1: Find relevant human beings like bloggers, journalists, forum participants, members of online communities, active social networkers, people in media, PR, or simply the internet savvy who loves writing articles online.
Step 2: Follow their contributions online and engage in blog comments, over Twitter, via LinkedIn, through Q+A sites and forums, etc. Ask for nothing.
Step 3: Build something highly relevant and useful to them. If you've truly built that connection and gotten to "know them," even if it's just virtually, you will know what they need/want/will appreciate.
Step 4: Let them know about it. This can be over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, email, in a blog comment, or whatever social medium that will makes sense. More at Head Smacking Tip #20: Don't Ask Sites for Links. Find People and Connect. Ok, new concepts are very good!! I read all them well. But don't try to say that previous concepts are old fashioned and does not have any importance. They are also very useful and we should not leave. I do the same and find nothing which can be changed.
Quote: Step 1: Find relevant/similar sites from which to get a link.
Step 2: Search for their contact information (email or phone number).
Step 3: Get in touch and find a way to make the linking happen (sell them on great content, do a trade in-kind, plant a seed and hope, etc.) This is already an old school strategy (used during the past SEO years). It's 2011 SEO so how about using this as your linking strategy instead:
Quote: Step 1: Find relevant human beings like bloggers, journalists, forum participants, members of online communities, active social networkers, people in media, PR, or simply the internet savvy who loves writing articles online.
Step 2: Follow their contributions online and engage in blog comments, over Twitter, via LinkedIn, through Q+A sites and forums, etc. Ask for nothing.
Step 3: Build something highly relevant and useful to them. If you've truly built that connection and gotten to "know them," even if it's just virtually, you will know what they need/want/will appreciate.
Step 4: Let them know about it. This can be over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, email, in a blog comment, or whatever social medium that will makes sense. More at Head Smacking Tip #20: Don't Ask Sites for Links. Find People and Connect. Ok, new concepts are very good!! I read all them well. But don't try to say that previous concepts are old fashioned and does not have any importance. They are also very useful and we should not leave. I do the same and find nothing which can be changed.