t's no secret that one of
the best ways to get Contact 3
traffic online is to trade Response to Contact 3
links with other related
websites. Not only does this help 2. Finding a Website's PR.
you get targeted traffic, but it
helps with your search engine Go to Google and download the
optimization as well. free toolbar. This toolbar has a
feature on it that will tell you
Well, there's a right way to link the PR for any website you visit.
exchange and a wrong way - if you If you plan on optimizing your
want the most out of your website for search engines, this
linking, then be sure to follow tool is a MUST.
these 7 steps:
3. Choosing websites to link to.
1. Develop a spreadsheet file (in
Excel) and create the following Go to any search engine and start
columns: typing in keywords for which
you'd like to rank highly. Visit
Website URL each website and add them to your
E-mail excel file. Once you hit 50
Contact Name websites, spend some time
Website PR (we'll talk about how contacting them. We recommend
to figure this out in a minute) contacting each website
personally and not using any
Contact 1 automated software (it's very
Response to Contact 1 easy to see when someone uses
software).
Contact 2
Response to Contact 2 There are many programs out there
that will do a mass link exchange 5. Respond to replies.
mailing, but we strongly advise
you NOT to use them (at least in If you get an acceptance of your
the beginning). These programs offer: Thank them, and add them
can get you in a lot of trouble to a separate Excel file. This
with SPAM laws. Also, if each will become a list of people you
email is personal, you are MUCH will constantly stay in touch
more likely to get a link back. with (to submit articles, free
viral reports, etc.). Register
4. Write your contact email. the reply in your "Reply to
Contact 1" section. This way you
Make sure to address the email to will know NOT to send a follow-up
someone specific. Always insert email.
some details that you enjoyed
about the site. It's evidence If the person rejects your offer:
that you actually visited the Add that note to your Excel file
site and made a conscious so that you don't contact them
decision to link to it. Briefly again. A good technique is to
introduce your website, and send highlight that entire row with a
them the URL of your link to red highlighter so there's no
their site. Finally, ask for a danger of a mistake.
link back to your site.
If you get no reply: Follow step
TIP: Give them specific 6.
directions on how to link back to
you, what keywords to use, and 6. Send follow-up e-mails.
what URL to link to. It always
helps to give them the exact HTML Wait one week to follow-up with
coding that they would need. those who have not replied. This
is the second contact. In this
e-mail, state that you wrote to getting incoming links, you will
them the prior week. Rephrase the slowly start seeing similar "link
email to keep it fresh. exchange requests" coming to you.
This will decrease your leg work.
Wait for replies, then repeat
Step 5. Do not contact a There you have it - those are the
"no-reply" website a third time 7 simple steps to starting an
unless you have a very good effective link exchanging
reason to. campaign. Remember, a small
percentage actually accept and
7. Find more web sites. respond, that's OK. The trick to
getting lots of links is to send
After finishing your initial lots of requests so make this a
batch of 50, repeat the process daily habit.
for another 50. Once you begin
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