5 Steps to Building Linkbacks the Right Way

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Links. The things that make the Internet grind onward! Links, not computers (what a silly notion ), keep the Internet going and as a blogger, links are pretty dam important to you and your blog’s livelihood. So it follows that you are going to need to know how to get some links to your blog – because that’s what the search engines care about!

The 5 Steps to Linkbuilding the Right Way

1. YOUR Content needs to improve - The only real, surefire way of getting links and traffic is to write some good content. As the contemporary adage goes – “Content is King”. This is so true with blogging. The average blog reader only spends approximately 96 seconds at your blog, that’s 96 seconds to make a first impression they like. You’re going to need something that will keep them coming back every few days to see what’s up. Well, the only reason they came to your blog was to view your content, so make it decent. Even if you aren’t gifted with a good turn of phrase, make sure things like spelling errors and walls of text aren’t there.
2. Be Active in your Niche - Go and look for all the other bloggers in your niche and interact with them! Network, make friends and follow them on Twitter; its always a good thing to know your neighbours because they won’t be shy about linking to you when they are writing an article which your blog is obviously related to (you’re in the same niche). There are so many ways to network with fellow bloggers, but I’d rather not lose focus so I’ll mention 1 – comment! People love it when you comment on their posts .
3. Use Social Media- If you advertise your blog posts on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, people will be exposed to your content and will link to it if they think it interesting. So that relies on step 1, your content has to be good.
4. Write Articles for Article Directories – As in my previous post on Article Marketing, if you make use of Article Directories, the value you gain is more than just a link back – you can be considered an authority if your content isn’t rubbish. If you are considered an authority, people will be willing to link directly to your blog.
5. Keep at it…then Repeat Steps 1-4 - I know this sounds like a lame step, but its so true. Too often do people give up on their blog after a few weeks because they have so little traffic. The thing with traffic is, once it starts growing, it is exponential! Everyone needs to start somewhere and if everyone gave up on their blog because of no traffic, there would be very few blogs around at the moment. Successful blogs take time; you need to keep at it!

In conclusion, I hope that you have learnt something from this article and will attempt to keep going with whatever blog you are busy publishing to. Remember the reason you started it – keep that in mind when thinking of giving up.

Useful Resources

As per usual, here is my list of useful resources. If you want your blog post to be on this list in any future article, contact me! I’d be glad to include you.

• 102 Ways to Make your Site a Back-Link Superstar - A mammoth list on getting backlinks. You should bookmark it as well! Only one link necessary with a list THAT long.

Related posts which may interest you:

• 3 Reasons You Should Use Article Marketing!
• Starting out – Social Media and their Importance

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