#5 – Build your backlinks with trusted websites:
This one is a longer topic but as it is an important one, I thought I would give you an introduction to backlinks building, as well as a link to a full guide from Moz if you are interested in digging deeper into this topic.
What’s a backlink? A backlink is an external link created when one website links to another. Backlinks are also called “inbound links” or “incoming links” and they are really important to your SEO.
Why are they so important? Backlinks are especially valuable for SEO because they represent a “vote of confidence” from one site to another.
So how to get started? If you’ve just created your website, the chances of getting fast and natural links are almost zero. Building natural backlinks takes time and every marketer shares the same pain, so you are not alone in this (which is to your advantage, I’ll come back a bit later to that point).
One of the most common methods is to write guest posts on reputable websites in your niche (check the next section “#6 – Write guest posts”).
The second one, is to create shareable content, for example with infographics or really engaging landing pages such as our award-winning #MeHalutaanTero campaign landing page. (not to brag at all😇).
And one more idea to get you started would be blog or forum commenting. Again, don’t get me wrong here, the idea is not to go to the first forum you’ll find on your way and copy/paste your website link. Instead try to create a relationship with the reader, attract their attention to yourself and to your website by being personal, commenting on something that is relevant and worthwhile to the original article or thread.
In short: be conversational, and wait for the right moment to drop them your own links!