legit link acquisition master class smx advanced - seattle
DESCRIPTION
Learn tactics to acquire links legitimately and tactically with this presentation by Kaila Strong from Vertical Measures. This slidedeck was presented at SMX Advanced in Seattle on Wednesday June 12th.TRANSCRIPT
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Presented by Kaila Strong| [email protected] | @cliquekaila
LEGIT LINK ACQUISITION
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LINK BUILDING HASN’T CHANGED,
THE RULES ARE STILL THE SAME.
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QUALITYRELEVANCYAUTHORITY
SUSTAINABILITY
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24 LINK BUILDING LESSONS
8 Link Building Examples
8 Useful Tools
8 Things You Can Do Today
@cliquekaila
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Lists
Broken Links
Niche Directory
Competitors
.EDU
Employee Sites
LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
@cliquekaila
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“ASK YOURSELFWOULD YOU WANT THIS LINK IF THERE WERE NO GOOGLE?”
-ERIC WARD
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticAdvanced Search Query &
Synonym
“continuing education”
“doctors” “list” “bioethics”
DA 54 PR 5Live in 1 Hour
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#1 Listshttp://www.cmelist.com/otherlinks.htm
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticAdvanced Search Query &
Association
“fire education” “training”
“association” inurl:resource
inurl:.org
DA 92 PR 7Live in 1 Week@cliquekaila
#2 Associationshttp://www.nfpa.org
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticPositive Brand Mention w/o Link
Use of social media
DA 84 PR 7Live in 2 1/2 Weeks
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#3 Brand Mentionhttp://www.chicagobusiness.com
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticLinks to 404 Pages & Link
Checker
27 Broken Links
DA 75 PR 7Live in 1 Week
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#4 Broken Linkshttp://people.uncw.edu/albertm
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticCompetitor Backlinks
Macro Spreadsheet
DA 66 PR 6Live in 2 Months
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#5 Competitor Backlinkshttp://www.oakville.ca
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticEDU Resource Page with
Advanced Search Query
inurl:edu “medical” “helpline”
“suicide” “resources”
DA 88 PR 7Live in 3 Weeks
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#6 Resource Pagehttp://www.csun.edu/helpline/online_help/
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticNiche Directory with Advanced
Search Query
inurl:gov “health professionals”
“directory of”
DA 100 PR 8Live in 3 Months
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#7 Niche Directoryhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html
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LINK BUILDING EXAMPLES
TacticLink from Employee Bio
PA 34 PR 4Live in 4 Days
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#8 Employee Linkhttp://www.cappchicago.org/
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USEFUL TOOLS
• Find Broken Links
• Inform Webmaster
• Provide additional suggestions
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#1 Broken Link Checker
#2 Ubersuggest.org
• Find Similar Keywords
• Wide Array of Keyword
Suggestions
• Get Inspiration
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USEFUL TOOLS
• Find Brand Mentions
• Competitor Mentions
• Keyword Mentions
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#3 Fresh Web Explorer
#4 Bulk URL Opener
• Open Multiple Websites at a
Time
• Improve Productivity
• Great for Competitive Analysis
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USEFUL TOOLS
• Generate Advanced Search
Queries
• Find Guest Blogging
Opportunities
• Uncover Niche Sites
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#5 Guest Post Labs Query Generator
#6 Google Alerts
• Find Interesting Content
• Reuse Advanced Search
Queries
• Increase Productivity
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USEFUL TOOLS
• Find E-mail Addresses Quickly
• Generates Possible E-mails
• Cut & Paste for Efficiency
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#7 linksy.me/find-email
#8 Scraper Google Chrome Extension
• Data Mining Tool
• Scrape Lists to Find Similar
• Scrape SERPs to Find Similar
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8 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
• Uncover sites quickly
• Narrow down results
• Work efficiently
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#1 Become an Advanced Search Command Pro
#2 Create Content Your Competitors Want to Link To
• Get “Priceless” links
• Interviews, ‘history of’,
industry news, industry
secrets, etc…
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8 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
• Find your images others are using without links
• If you have the bandwidth, allow others to
embed/hotlink your images
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#3 Don’t Forget About Images
#4 Use Social Media
• Try contacting via social media
• Follow and Like your link contacts
• Get in front of webmasters before outreach for
familiarity
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8 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
• Switch up outreach approach
• Test new strategies
• Set goals to improve rate of
response
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#5 Test E-mail Outreach & Make Improvements
#6 Look for Old Content to Update on Third Party Sites
• Data Mining Tool
• Scrape Lists to Find Similar
• Scrape SERPs to Find Similar
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8 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
• Find sites with malware
• Inform webmaster
• Offer your free services in
exchange
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#7 Find Sites with Malware Using Scrapebox or Search Queries “Buy Cheap Viagra”
#8 Ask for Another Link
• Become a regular contributor
• Write an article or blog post for a site already linking to
you
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LINK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.