Ready to give it a try. Here’s a quick primer. Spend some time searching your niche to create a list of 20, or so, high-, to medium-, quality bloggers. Pay attention to their style, their subject, their links, and why.
Next, start posting to your own blog. Once you have 20 or so entries, you’re ready to start getting involved. After reading other blogs, make some relevant, meaningful, NON-SPAMMY comments. Don’t blow this by dropping an obvious keyword-stuffed URL.
After a few comments, note how they are received. See who’s most interested in carrying on conversations, in their comments. Chances are, it is someone from the middle of the pack. However, you might get a blogebrity who is “chatty”.
Every few days, make a post. Quote one, or two, of them and link back to them. Remember, before doing this, be sure you have trackback enabled for your blog.
Basically, a trackback notifies the other person’s blog you quoted and linked to them. Remember, bloggers are vain. They love to be quoted and get links.
If you’re crafty, you might click the link a few times. You do this to be sure they see traffic coming from you. Keep the cycle of posting, and linking, to other bloggers. As long as you keep at it, with something meaningful to say in your blog, eventually they start to linking back to you. Keep at it until you find what type of posts get you the most links. Lather, rinse, and repeat.
Bean Counting & Link Monkeys.
I’m sure one or two of you are saying something like, "Ok. So, I spend a month blogging, or having someone blog for me. All I get is like a dozen links. I have a link monkey who gets me 500 links in the same amount of time. So, what’s the point?"
If you get 500 links in one month, I wager most of those links aren’t really good, quality links. They probably don’t look very natural, either. Nothing looks more natural than well, natural linking.
With these natural links, you also have content. With the link love flowing freely, resist the temptation to drop affiliate links and adsense on every nook and cranny. An occasional affiliate link, in the main body, is probably fine. That won't convince fellow bloggers you’re a sell-out. However, it is a great time to have adsense, or affiliate links, “magically” appear on older posts.
Recap - Get Blog Links.
Get involved in Blog conversations.
Use blog tools so bloggers know you are quoting and linking to them.
Link first. Link freely. You will be rewarded.
Write link worthy posts on your blog.
Don’t over-monetize your blog. Think of it as a light dusting, not a deep snow drift.
