13 Essential Link Building Tips for 2017

1. Guest Posting

If you’re an expert on a particular topic, there are many sites and blogs that accept guest posts. A guest post is a great way of reaching a much wider audience and to also gain an inbound link from an authority site.

2. Syndicating your articles

Syndicating your articles allows you to have it on other sites with much larger audiences. Syndicating does come with a few challenges but it can be quite cheap.

3. Newsletters

Newsletters are still a good way of reaching people via email. Ensure that you’re sending the newsletters to people who are actually interested in the information.

4. Videos

If people can see how your product works rather than having to read about it, you can reach a lot more people. Creating, editing and posting videos is cheap and easy thanks to readily available tools.

5. Creating infographics

Infographics are popular because they break down complicated ideas into much simpler concepts that people can easily understand. Creating an infographic nowadays is quite easy and there are online tools to help. For something of higher quality, you can hire an expert.

6. Testimonials

Allowing your past clients to tell others their experiences with your product or service is a great idea because this is one of the things customers want. Even bad reviews won’t be as bad if you can respond to them appropriately.

7. Sharing photos

Sites for sharing photos are considered some of the most authoritative. Therefore, posting your images to these sites can earn you a lot of valuable links.

8. Commenting on Blog posts

Commenting on relevant blogs can allow you to leave behind a link. However, let your comments not be spammy or they will likely not be read or won’t even get posted.

9. Getting listed in a business directory

Getting listed in a directory for a niche that is relevant to what you do will earn you an easy link. You can even decide to go for a paid listing.

10. Press release

A press release on a PR site that has a lot of traffic can help you to gain a lot of traffic. There are many sites on which you can do this for free.

11. Posting in the Classifieds section

This is just like post an ad on a magazine except it’s cheaper and you can even leave a link behind so potential customers can find their way to your site easily.

12. Social Bookmarking

There are many social bookmarking sites currently available. A social bookmarking site with high authority can be a great link building prospect for you. Your page can get indexed faster by a search engine if it’s book marked on a high-authority site.

13. Question and Answer Websites

You can gain a lot of backlinks and visitors through sites such as Quora and Yahoo Answers. If you’re an expert in a particular area, you can use your knowledge to assist others while also leaving your link.