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Hannah Smith Principal Consultant, Distilled [email protected] @hannah_bo_banna SEOmoz Associate. Writer for State of Search & SEO Chicks Caffeine Addict

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Hannah Smith

Principal Consultant, Distilled

[email protected]

@hannah_bo_banna

SEOmoz Associate.

Writer for State of Search & SEO Chicks

Caffeine Addict

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23,787Ways to Build Links

in 30 MinutesHANNAH SMITH

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actually, I don’t need

30 minutes

@hannah_bo_banna

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Found 23,787 best matches

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Found 23,787 best matches

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but link building is

no joke@hannah_bo_banna

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this kind of crap is not

sustainable

@hannah_bo_banna

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nothing has changed…

@hannah_bo_banna

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it just got

real@hannah_bo_banna

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SustainableWays to Build Links

HANNAH SMITH

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feel (kinda) like

Rand Fishkin…

@hannah_bo_banna

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all you need is a

blog…

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@hannah_bo_bannazemantamedia.com

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@hannah_bo_bannazemantamedia.com

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over the past 12 months…

257 links

@hannah_bo_banna

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$14 per link

@hannah_bo_banna

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do you have

photos?

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make photos & images

embeddable

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.paddymoogan.com/embeddemo/

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also upload to

flickr@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.paddymoogan.com/embeddemo/

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license under

creative commons

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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then?

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make sure you’re getting

the links

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.imageraider.com/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.imageraider.com/

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clearly this works for

infographics

@hannah_bo_banna

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want another

example?

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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STOPtalking like an SEO

@hannah_bo_banna

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attribution link

image credit

@hannah_bo_banna

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creating

video?

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are you inadvertently

building links for your hosting platform?

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannazemantamedia.com

What the what?!

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you want those

links… @hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://philnottingham.com/tools/video-embed-link-generator/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://philnottingham.com/tools/video-embed-link-generator/

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got YouTube videos being

embedded?

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannazemantamedia.com

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@hannah_bo_bannazemantamedia.com

we should ask these people if they’ll link to us…

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want to work with

existing communities?

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so you go & try to

interact…

@hannah_bo_banna

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but@hannah_bo_banna

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you’re met with…

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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buy

advertising

@hannah_bo_banna

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make sure links are

no-follow@hannah_bo_banna

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no SEO

benefit@hannah_bo_banna

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but@hannah_bo_banna

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you’ll get the

traffic

@hannah_bo_banna

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later you may find they’re

more open

@hannah_bo_banna

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getting PR coverage but

no links?

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create

‘people’pages

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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sites are often happier to

link to them

@hannah_bo_banna

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no visible

contact details?

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get virtually anyone’s

email

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://rapportive.com/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.distilled.net/blog/miscellaneous/find-almost-anybodys-email-address/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.distilled.net/blog/miscellaneous/find-almost-anybodys-email-address/

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also…

follow up

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.boomeranggmail.com/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.seomoz.org/blog/linkbuilder-gmail-productivity-setup-and-outreach-examples

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got great

content?

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“great content produces

out-sized returns”

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/productivity/workload-guide/

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cold

email

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

93@hannah_bo_banna

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but it’s rarely that

easy@hannah_bo_banna

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great content gets you

top-tier guest posts

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/google-analytics-guide/

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

68@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/productivity/collaboration-guide/

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

80@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/guide-to-social-media-success/

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

83@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/guide-business-blogging/

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

89@hannah_bo_banna

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built something?contact the companies’ whose tools you used & offer to

write for them

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/wordpress-for-small-businesses/

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@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

91@hannah_bo_banna

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STOPtalking like an SEO

@hannah_bo_banna

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guest post

byline@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

98@hannah_bo_banna

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STOPbehaving like an SEO

@hannah_bo_banna

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don’t write once & move on, become a

regular contributor

@hannah_bo_banna

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done something that

worked?

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leverage via

case studies…

@hannah_bo_banna

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get your

clients to write them…

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

79@hannah_bo_banna

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bonus points for

syndication

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_banna

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domain authority

79@hannah_bo_banna

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or write them

yourself@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.kogan.com/au/blog/new-internet-explorer-7-tax/

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domain authority

80@hannah_bo_banna

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a quick fix…

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want to do

data viz?

@hannah_bo_banna

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but don’t have

great data?

@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/oct/07/michelin-star-restaurants-list

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@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/may/18/michelin-star-restaurants-value

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domain authority

100@hannah_bo_banna

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big picture…

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do stuff that

gets links

@hannah_bo_banna

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rather than doing stuff

for links

@hannah_bo_banna

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charity

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@hannah_bo_banna

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174linking root domains

@hannah_bo_banna

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answering customer’s

needs

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101linking root domains

@hannah_bo_banna

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reaching customers before they know they

need you

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@hannah_bo_banna

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132linking root domains

@hannah_bo_banna

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creating

open source software

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.testplant.com/products/vine/

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://www.apple.com/uk/remotedesktop/resources.html

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domain authority

100@hannah_bo_banna

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BONUS!directories, built for

people@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://sourceforge.net/

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domain authority

99@hannah_bo_banna

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@hannah_bo_bannahttp://download.cnet.com/

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domain authority

96@hannah_bo_banna

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something

close to home…

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@hannah_bo_banna

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158linking root domains

@hannah_bo_banna

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takeaways

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fully leverage existing assets

& create

new assets

to leverage

@hannah_bo_banna

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make sure you claim those links

you earned

@hannah_bo_banna

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STOPtalking like an SEO

@hannah_bo_banna

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attribution link

image credit

@hannah_bo_banna

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guest post

byline@hannah_bo_banna

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STOPbehaving like an SEO

@hannah_bo_banna

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don’t write once & move on, become a

regular contributor

@hannah_bo_banna

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do *some* stuff that

gets linksrather than just doing stuff

for links

@hannah_bo_banna

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Thanks.Any questions?

HANNAH SMITH

[email protected]

@hannah_bo_banna

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Image Credits• Penguin March - Penguin March - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidereal/76724710/sizes/l/• These aren’t the droids you’re looking for - http://flowtationdevices.com/2011/05/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/• Rand - http://www.seomoz.org/team/randfish• STFU & GTFO - http://www.hupitgaming.com/forum/26-black-ops/340152-my-2-cents-on-ghost• The Future - http://newcastleresearchers.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/what-will-you-be-doing-10-years-from-now/

@hannah_bo_banna