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Back up your content with credible sources
Grab data and information from open data resources.
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Collaborate with industry influencers
Initial links are easy to acquire with this type of content, since there’s a value
proposition that can be carried in your outreach.
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Scale branded content creation using People Per Hour
The process
1. Write up a Wikipedia page for your brand.
2. Make sure that you follow Wikipedia’s formatting guidelines.
3. Hire an experience editor to submit your entry.
http://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/create-a-wikipedia-page/31502
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Narrowed Link Prospecting
Leaves out several targeted
linkers, who are willing to link to
a “garden shed” resource.
See this resource for advanced search operators:
http://www.gryffin.com/google-search-operators
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Faster Targeted Prospecting
See page 3 or 4 first, you can find more targeted
and medium partners that can potentially link to
your page/site.
Use related searches as your phrases when
searching for link opportunities (e.g. home
safety tips for kids inurl:links.html)
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Label conversations
Ongoing Conversations (OC) – label the conversation until you got the link.
Live Links (LL) - when the link from a page/domain is given to you.
Red Flag (RF) – if the potential linker is asking for payment (link buying), doesn’t’
want to link to your brand (irrelevant) and/or didn’t get the link.
Labels
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A/B Testing
Test your subject lines and message with two variations (e.g. one with a
link; one without). Always include Site Name and First name of the linker
in your email – this works pretty well.
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Examples of links we’ve acquired
A contextual (dofollow) link from an authority website (dating niche)
with solid Facebook community (see the FB shares above)
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Examples of links we’ve acquired
An authority link from a parenting blog during a
Bullying Prevention month (seasoned day)
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Examples of links that we’ve acquired
Another contextual link from a reputable domain
(parenting niche).