What an awful label, "content based link building". Doesn't exactly fire you up to run to your keyboard and bash out ass achingly good linkbait does it? Labels are interesting, within them you can find out lots of stuff. What I specialise in has many labels, linkbait, content, magnetic content, etc. None of which really capture the essesnce of what we do. At the recent … [Read more...] about What is Content Based Link building all about?
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Should I Buy Links to Improve my Rankings
Mark Cook, over at Further.co.uk has written a thought provoking article on why buying links is a dumb idea As someone who offers clients a linkbuilding service using web content it would be a "of course he would say that", kinda thing if I said don't buy links. I'm not an expert on buying and selling links so my opinion is coloured by that fact. But what Mark presents is a … [Read more...] about Should I Buy Links to Improve my Rankings
How to Linkbait the Forex Market
I'm speaking at an affiliate conference, a4uexpo London in October, so I took a closer look at the main sectors that affiliates like to play in. I have it down to seven hot sectors. Hot affiliate sectors Gaming Forex Travel Mobile comms Dating Retail Financial Lets look at the most abstract and probably the most difficult sector to get … [Read more...] about How to Linkbait the Forex Market
What is Social Media :Part 3
This is an unplanned and off the cuff series I am doing regarding Social Media and its definition, which is still in a state of flux. Part 1 and 2 It's all about the conversation. Not the product, not the service, and certainly not how wonderful you are. What do you think a good conversation is? One person talking all about themselves, or trying to sell you something or … [Read more...] about What is Social Media :Part 3
Linkbait Ideas
You might want to check out Magnetic Web Content, for more ideas. These web content ideas were first published in Linkbait Coaching last October. Note: this was around the Olympics, banks were not yet evil, the £ was strong...etc. Oh how things have changed. What's rubbish about being British Wired costs $10 a year to subscribe in the US and $70 in the UK I am sure there are … [Read more...] about Linkbait Ideas
Target your Linkbait Audience
Rather than produce your content first and then go look for an audience for it, why not find what the audience wants and produce content for that audience? It's amazingly obvious and so simple that it shocks me to see that the majority of people blogging, producing web content and even linkbait do not seem to do it. I understand why this is. I have done it myself, I still do … [Read more...] about Target your Linkbait Audience