How To Build Backlinks For Affiliate Power
GT Bulmer © Affiliate Power Central
If there’s one thing I learned from my marketing mentors, it’s the value of having a backlinking strategy. Here are a few tips I have picked up on how to build backlinks for affiliate power.
Experienced Internet Marketers tend to forget that new marketers may not be familiar with the terminology, so it is worth mentioning here that a backlink is a link posted on another site that points back to your website.
Getting backlinks from other sites is a good thing; it is one indication of your site’s *popularity. The more backlinks you can get, the better it is because the more popular your site is, the better the search engines like you and the better chance you have of getting your site ranked high on the search engine results pages (SERPs).
*Would you like to check your site popularity right now? …
Here is a free service where you can find out how many backlinks your site currently has: SEOCentro Link Popularity Tool
Building backlinks is not one of those “set and forget” tasks that you can do just once and never think about again. Remember, you are competing with countless other entrepreneurs who are also trying to get high SERP rankings by building backlinks. Also, backlinks you built a month or six months or a year ago may no longer be active, so you need to make sure to keep adding new backlinks to stay ahead of the game.
Here’s how to build backlinks for affiliate power:
1) Article Marketing is still one of the most popular ways to create backlinks. There are a number of article directories to choose from. These directories do not typically allow you to post self-serving links in the body of your articles, but they do let you include an author resource box where you can include a link to your website.
2) Social Bookmarking has become a popular way to create backlinks. Each time I post to my blog, I submit the post to select social sites using Onlywire.com and SocialMarker.com.
3) Social Media sites: Most social sites let you post an online profile where you can include a link to your website. Facebook and LinkedIn are good examples. IM faceplate is a newer Social Networking site that specializes in helping you brand yourself.
4) Forum Posting can be a good way to build some backlinks. Most online business and marketing forums allow you to include your website link in your forum signature.
5) Blog Commenting gets your name out there as an active marketer who visits other sites and can provide some backlinks.
There are a variety of hints and tips that can be applied to each of these methods, and there are additional ways to build backlinks, but those listed here are among the most used and recognized.
Ultimately, the best advice to give on how to build backlinks for affiliate power is be sure to use a variety of methods, and keep working at it regularly. The only thing better than a backlink is a high quality backlink … but that’s a subject for another article!
*You might also enjoy these Affiliate Power Central blog posts:
– Social Networking For Internet Success
– IM faceplate: Brand Yourself!
– A Friendly Entrepreneur Community
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Filed under: Affiliate Marketing • Home Business • Social Networking • Web Biz Traffic
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Hi GT,
Like you, I can’t stress strongly enough the need for backlinks. Backlinks determine where your site is listed in the serps and thus determine how much traffic you are going to get.
Consistency is a must.
Thanks for the reminder.
Lyle Holmes
Making Money On The Web
Hello, Lyle:
Yes, consistency in one’s backlinking efforts is definitely a must. The affiliate marketers who do the best are the ones who learn and apply effective backlinking strategies. That is how they build their affiliate power. Thanks for posting your comment, Lyle!
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What a good article.
I am relatively new to blogging and I appreciate your remark regarding consistency. I absolutely must put it on my daily things to do list!
Thanks a bunch.
Cheers,
Bev
Hello, Bev:
Thank you for visiting and posting a comment. A lot of marketers think that speed is the biggest factor in Internet Marketing, but consistency is actually a much more important quality, in my opinion. Think of the tortoise and the hare: slow and steady wins the race!
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Thank You for that great article. It is always nicer when we can learn something new! Thank you again.
Hello, Merry:
Thank you for visiting my website and posting an encouraging comment – very much appreciated … especially from a fellow member of IM faceplate! I am truly enjoying the experience at IM faceplate and I am very confident that it is going to become a HUGE resource for helping Internet Marketers brand themselves. I have your IM faceplate profile open right now and will write on your face as soon as I am finished here. lol
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Hi, Walt:
Thanks for posting a comment. You are welcome for the reminder about social bookmarking. SEOCentro has a whole range of helpful, and free, tools.
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Excellent post, as usual, GT. Like you, I have learned that the key to SEO is getting quality backlinks, I have also learned it is an ongoing process.
Donnie Baird
Earn Income Online
Hi, Donnie:
Thanks for checking in and posting a supportive comment – very much appreciated! Yes, SEO and so much else about Internet Marketing and affiliate power is all about putting in consistent effort. That’s how the successful marketers do it. As they say, if we are not doing something to move our business forward, it is already moving backward!
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These methods are the way I have managed to get to page 3 on a very competitive term. Great article. However, I rarely use blog commenting anymore for backlink purposes due to the dreaded nofollow attribute. However, I continue to participate in order to learn from others and share knowledge. It still sometimes helps when you add value with comments and the blog owner removes the nofollow attribute to encourage you to return and discourage spam comments. However, each of these ways work and you can still check any page to see if they use nofollow using the source code search if you are needing quality backlinks quickly.
Hello, Wesley:
Thanks for your comments. Yes, that nofollow issue continues to be a concern, however it doesn’t hurt to have a mix of dofollow and nofollow comments to your credit as it helps to keep your activity looking more natural to the search engines.
GT Bulmer
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