Quality backlinks are important for any site looking to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs). But how do you get other sites to link to yours? Here are a few methods:
1. Create great content.
This is the most important thing you can do if you want other sites to link to yours. If your content is informative, well-written, and relevant to your niche, other site owners will be more likely to link to it. Creating great content isn’t always easy, but it’s worth the effort if you want your site to stand out from the crowd.
2. Reach out to other site owners.
Once you’ve created some great content, reach out to other site owners in your niche and let them know about it. If they like what they see, they may be willing to link to it from their own site. This method can be time-consuming, but it’s often worth the effort since you’re building relationships with other influencers in your industry.
3. Make use of social media.
Social media is a great way to promote your content and get it in front of a larger audience. When you post links to your articles or blog posts on social media, be sure to use relevant hashtags and include a brief description of what the article is about. This will help users who are searching for that specific topic find your content more easily.
4. Use Google’s Search Console tool.
Google’s Search Console tool can help you track how well your site is doing in terms of search engine optimization (SEO). It can also help you identify which keywords people are using to find your site, which can be helpful when planning future content. If you see that a particular keyword is driving a lot of traffic to your site, consider creating more content around that topic.
There are many different ways to get other sites to link to yours. The most important thing you can do is create great content that is relevant to your niche; if your content is good, other site owners will be more likely than not willing to link to it. You can also reach out directly to other site owners and promote your content on social media using relevant hashtags; both of these methods can help increase traffic back to your site. Finally, using Google’s Search Console tool can help you track your progress and ensure that your site is optimized for SEO success. By following these tips, you’ll be well on your way to getting high-quality backlinks for your website.
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You need local citations for your business to help your SEO.
So, I put together this FREE massive list of places online where you can get free local business citations.
You can give this list to an employee to do or hire someone such as myself to knock this out for you fast!
With a strong backlink profile and your NAP (name address phone number) consistent across the internet.
Copy and paste your information into a notepad and make sure you’re using consistent references such as “St.” instead of Street.
Include as much information as possible – if the directories allow you to upload your logo, specify your social media accounts, a description of your business, etc. Do IT!
PRO Tip: Create a “junk email” in outlook and save the login information. Keep a consistent log of logins for each citation site below in a spreadsheet. This is in case you need to change your phone number (which you should never change) The reason I recommend a junk email is because these directories will blow up your inbox with advertisements and promotions. Thank me later. 🙂
BIG List of 375 Local Citation Sites for Your Business:
I have the ULTIMATE 2021 blog post promotion checklist for you right here!
Here’s a bunch of unique ways to promote your new blog post that nobody talks about.
Alright, you just hit that “Publish” button on your blog post, now what?!
Hey, you need to promote your blog post whether it’s free promotion or paid promotion! That’s what!
Why Do I need to promote my blog post?
Your blog post needs to be promoted to rank well in search results. PERIOD. If you don’t promote your blog post, it may lay dormant and undiscovered for a long period of time. Promoting your blog post helps create buzz that there’s something new and exciting people should be reading!
It’s the fastest way to get traffic to your new blog post
It may take time before you see your blog post indexed by Google’s search results
The fastest way to start earning backlinks on your new blog post (you need backlinks)
Not promoting your new blog post is the number one mistake I see rookie bloggers make.
The days of “post and pray” are long gone. With so much competition out there, you HAVE to promote your blog posts. Don’t worry, you can promote your blog posts for free, I’ll show you the free options and the paid methods you can spend $5 on OK?! If you follow this easy blog post promotion checklist. This is what I use for clients after I publish a blog post and it works.
👋 Do you have a Shopify store? You can use this checklist for new store products + add these Shopify SEO Tips
Follow along with my 2021 Blog Post Promotion Checklist:
Post On Social Media Multiple times!
I know you’re tired of hearing you should post your new blog post on social media, but it’s true. Here’s some extras nobody talks about. You can use a service like meetedgar or buffer to automate your social media. Side note on meetedgar, I like that you can add a post with different titles and automatically reshare at random. The beauty of adding this automation is first, you’ll look like you’re constantly updating with fresh content. Second, you’re giving your content a second chance to be discovered. Third, you’re giving your content a Google social ranking signal that it’s being shared on social media. Hopefully, your post will gain likes and shares. If it does, Google will help increase your rankings.
Pick 5 items on this Blog Promo Checklist:
Pinterest: Make sure you create a custom image to share on Pinterest that has a text headline that solves a problem. Use Canva to create it!
Twitter: Post your link with a photo and some relevant hashtags.
Facebook Fan Page: Post your link with a photo and great headline.
Personal Facebook Account: Share the post from your fan page onto your personal FB account.
Facebook PAID: Boost your post on your FB fan page for $5 and retarget people that liked/interacted with your post.
LinkedIn: Post your link with a photo and great headline.
Reddit: Find a subreddit where you can post. You may need karma points before you can do this.
Instagram: Share this blog post link in your story if you’re able. (have large enough following)
Instagram bio link: Share your latest post in your bio with a https://linktr.ee/ link. (you can have multiple links this way!)
YouTube: That’s right Use a free program like Lumen5 to generate a video from your blog post. Publish on YouTube with a link to your post!
Ask your friends on social media to share your post.
Podcast: Create a new podcast on your blog post since you will already know what to say! Embed the podcast into your web page so people can listen to your new blog post instead of read. This will also increase the dwell time on your page! A Google ranking signal.
I know this an overwhelming ULTIMATE list of FREE ways to promote your blog post. So feel free to pick a few to start with. You don’t have to do every item on this checklist. In fact, it’s good to just concentrate on a few instead of stress yourself out over promoting your new blog post. This post is sole intended to show you a huge checklist of ways to promote your blog post that you’ve never seen anyone talk about.
Email
If you have an email list set up or just want to send out to your friends/family, do it!
Use your free Mailchimp account to automate a new blog post to your subscribers each time you publish a new post! Grab your RSS feed. Piece of cake.
Add your blog post to your email signature. It’s super cute and adds a personal touch of charm. The example below: (why am I so adorable?) LOL
Internal Links
Got popular blog posts already? Add an internal link on the popular blog posts back to your new blog post. This gives a little “link juice” to you new post.
Add internal links on your new blog post to other related posts. This will help your CTR (clickthrough rate)
Part of off-page SEO, you need links pointing to your blog post. You need backlinks from high domain authority websites to pass link juice to your blog post. The bad news, nobody is going to want to link to your blog post if it’s not helpful. The good news, you can hire me to get links for you! If you know a lot of blog owners yourself, go ahead and shoot them an email asking for a link.
Add your new blog post to web 2.0 sites. You can simply copy and paste your blog post into Medium.com as long as you use a canonical link. This will help you gain backlinks to the post as well as gain traffic to your blog post from these high traffic websites. For example on LinkedIn, leave out a last tip and make the user have to click on a link to your blog post for the final details.
Sometimes, a super long blog post can be better as a visual. Get an infographic created for your new blog post and share it to an infographic directory. This will gain you backlinks, as well as traffic.
Big thanks for checking out my blog post promotion checklist.There’s so many benefits to promoting your blog post that I’ve covered here. If you’re not promoting your blog posts, you’re missing out on a HUGE element called online marketing and off-page SEO.
Many small business owners think that if you post fresh blog posts regularly, that’s all you need to succeed with Google. While it’s beneficial to post regularly and on a schedule, it’s not enough.
Thank you so much for reading my latest blog post. If this helped you, I’d greatly appreciate it if you share it! (as mentioned above LOL)
Finally, a list of SEO friendly directory websites for instant backlinks!
Got ZERO Backlinks? This List of Backlink Opportunities is for You!
This list of directories is perfect for new websites to start building trust with Google. Especially if you have a small local business. Don’t worry, this is a safe white hat link building strategy for your websites.
If you have a new website that’s still in the “Google sandbox” (not indexed yet) you don’t want to be aggressive with building anchor rich backlinks.
That could flag your website as spammy! I recommend you wait a few months before slowly getting “money keywords” as anchor text. Be patient when adding new links, quality backlinks pointing towards your “money site” is far better than low quality / spammy links.
You want natural, high authoritative (high DA), quality backlinks for your website’s SEO foundation as all SEO experts want for their back-link building strategies.
More High DA business citations = more quality backlinks pointing to your website
More QUALITY backlinks pointing to your website means a higher domain authority
You need Domain Authority
Yes, you do need great backlinks from a diverse and high number of domains. Don’t believe me? Go to google search and check out the top-ranking websites’ backlink profile. The top search results usually have the highest amount of quality backlinks and domain authority.
That being said, if you’re trying to rank for keywords while you have low domain authority, chances are simply put – you most likely have a low probability for ranking on the first page of Google search results.
When you add your “NAP” to the directories, you want to make sure you select the right city and business category. Some directories may not have your specific industry available but that’s OK. Just select as close as you can. As long as you have your “NAP”, you’re OK.
Ideally, you want to make sure you’re getting directories for your niche business AND the City your business is located. (BIG thanks to https://chrispalmermarketing.com I learned this tip from this SEO guru)
Here’s how you can search for specific directories in Google: “allintext: directory plumbing San Diego”
Yes, they will give you a small and very specific list of directories.
Are you ready for the BIG list of SEO friendly directory websites?
Have this list of things ready in a text document and folder labeled “Directory Backlink Campaign” It just helps because you won’t be making all these backlinks in a day. You’ll most likely want to spread out gaining these new backlinks dripped to your website through a few months.
Make sure you keep a record of the username and password you use to set up these directories because if your business moves or changes the website, etc, you need to update it everywhere! Below is a list of items you need in order for your directory submissions. Some directories don’t need all these items, but it’ good to be prepared because some give you these opportunities.
Most of all, you want to keep your information consistent!
Here’s what you’ll need for your directory citations:
A high-quality image of your logo
A few images of your business or service images/products/menu items
Short business description
Make sure you have a consistent URL such as “https://www.yoursite.com or yoursite.com”
Phone number
Email address
Consistent address
Consistent wording for your business “Buckboards BBQ & Brew or Buckboards Barbecue and Brew”
Any social media account usernames/addresses
Access to your business phone/email if some listings need verification
Be on the lookout for these directory listing opportunitiesHere’s an example screenshot what the fields look like for entering your business information
I hope this massive list of backlink directories does not intimidate you.
Take your time and grow your citations slowly aka drip them. If you have SEO clients. These links may take a while for Google to crawl and discover. It’s best to let Google naturally discover them. And if you’ve got links still on your mind, don’t forget to give your internal links an SEO boost.
ATTN: Shopify store owners – Don’t forget to add these directory backlinks to your eCommerce store. + add these Shopify SEO tips.
PS: Guess what? Your Youtube videos need backlinks too! Follow my Youtube SEO tips here.
If you’re looking for an SEO expert that can submit your “NAP” across the web, contact me!
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