Enter Ryan – 6 Link Building Strategies for Bloggers<\/h2>\n
The reason your blog needs quality backlinks is because these are the main measures Google uses to verify the trust of a website. In addition, Google looks for quality backlinks to determine your rank<\/a> for a search query. When links are directed to your site from other, high-quality sites, it acts as a vote of confidence for your content.<\/p>\n Google then uses the backlinks, and other measures, to figure out the relevance of your site for specific keywords. If the links are found on sites with non-relevant content, then your links will be considered of a lower quality. On the other hand, if they are on a site similar to yours, then the links will be considered of a higher and more relevant quality.<\/p>\n With Google, it’s about relevance and not quantity.<\/strong> As a result, you don’t want to get random links hoping it will push your site up in the search engines. You want quality links<\/strong>, of relevant content, from a diverse set of sources. You also want to ensure the links come from trustworthy domains. Over time, the number of links should grow at a steady pace. If this seems confusing, we’re here to help you with six link building strategies for bloggers.<\/p>\n The Internet is bursting with content, it can feel overwhelming when trying to figure out where to get backlinks. You can’t just publish content, no matter how good, and hope people will link to it. That just won’t work in today’s ultra-competitive, global landscape.<\/p>\n Through social media sites, a lot of content is getting shared, but not through backlinks. Links become live and backlinked (when followed<\/em>) through guest posting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t Moreover, it’s critical to get your content published on the right sites. Here’s how to start:<\/p>\n The objective is to get trustworthy sites to publish your content and create backlinks to the desired link. The only way they will do so is if they view your content as valuable. So, one of your link building strategies should be to ensure that your content is worthy, read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Take a look at the case study of site Mob.is.it<\/a>, which provides a tool to help agencies and websites build mobile sites and native apps. The site needed more traffic so, the owner went with a guest blogging campaign. In five months, 44 guest posts were published on 41 blogs. Traffic was then up by 20 percent. Moreover, his content was relevant to his buyer persona and specific keywords.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n You may be surprised to find that many experts and influencers are actually willing to give an interview. Plus, your readers will be interested in learning more from what they already are interested in. In addition, you can easily connect with them via social media. So, one of your link building strategies should be to interview experts and influencers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Why does this work? Because, they will link to the interview<\/strong> (if not all then at least some of them will). And, if they are an expert, then they will have a high-quality site. You don’t even have to meet them in person. You can schedule a call, a chat or even send an email with your list of questions for them to answer within an agreed-upon time frame.<\/p>\n The Themeisle blog has been doing a lot of interviews lately, there’s the whole Pirate Interviews series<\/a> that you should check out. Some of the recent ones:<\/p>\n This one of the easiest and best link building tips anyone can give you because all it requires of you is to spend a little bit of your time to put together a well thought out pitch that you can send to your potential interviewee.<\/p>\n Once you have the general template of your message, you can adjust it to make it relevant to the specific influencer or expert you want to message. From there, it’s simply a numbers game. The more people you reach out to, the better your chances of securing an interview.<\/p>\n However, if you notice that after extensive outreach efforts that you aren’t getting any responses, then you might need to go back to the drawing board and review your pitch message. Your response rate might not be through the roof, but it shouldn’t be zero either.<\/p>\n One thing that people love to read about is current events whether it be in pop culture, politics or all of the above. People are more likely to read up on trendy subjects<\/a>. You can use this to your advantage by creating linkbait content that focuses on these things.<\/p>\n One of the best ways to do this is through lists and rankings. These formats tend to attract more visitors and shares, and should be included in your arsenal of link building techniques.<\/p>\n\n
1. Guest Posting<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n2. Showcase Experts and Influencers<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n3. Be Relevant<\/h2>\n