Need links? Here are three link building techniques that work like a charm:

• Directory Submissions - You can’t get by online without directory submissions. We’ll find all the right directories for your niche and submit your site to those, plus you’ll get a site submission to every general directory we can find. Great links.
• Relevant Links From Sites Like Yours - There is no better place to start your link building campaign that with sites just like yours. All you have to do is ask. You might have to link to them in return, but that’s OK. You are looking for traffic. And other sites like yours is a good place to get it.
• A Blog - A blog can get you inbound links in one of two ways. Put the blog on your website and write every day. Trackback to other blogs on the same topic and you’ll get links to your site from theirs. Plus, many bloggers will write about topics you cover and link back to you. The other way to make a blog work for you is to put it on a separate domain name and link to your website from the blog every day. By being on a separate IP block and on a separate domain name, the search engines won’t care if it is owned by the same person. It’s relevant and it links. That’s all that matters.
• Article Marketing - Write frequent articles and submit them to article directories. When those articles are picked up by publishers then you’ll be building links to your website.
• Social Bookmarking - Traffic building on steroids. Get your blog or website known by more people in a shorter period of time. Some social bookmarking sites will actually give you link juice.

So what are you waiting for? Start your link building today.

Caroline Melberg
Melberg Marketing
Blue Chip Marketing Tips
Small Business Mavericks

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