Building backlinks is one of the tasks associated with SEO or search engine optimization. It’s important to have your site link to and from other sources on the internet in order to improve ranking and boost traffic. In this post I’ll share the strategy I use to get quality backlinks from authority sites and boost my readership.
Note that I am coining the term ProLinking. It’s when you build backlinks through promoting your blog. Remember you saw it here first, I’m sure its going to stick!
How I Build Backlinks Using Quora
This is my primary method for building backlinks for Variant Media and boost my readership. So how do I do it and why is it effective?
First off you may not know Quora is. Quora is a site where you can ask a question and people who know about the topic of your question can answer it. If your answer is helpful and articulate then users can upvote it which boosts the rank of your answer. Quora is a great way to get your name and blog in front of hundreds of people and boost the authority of your brand.
Why Quora Is So Powerful
When using Quora I get two jobs done at once. I build powerful and authoritative backlinks, and I promote my blog and build my brand at the same time. These are the most important aspects of getting loads of traffic on the internet and you can do it all in one place.
Quora is a must for anyone with a blog. What is the primary purpose of a blog? To answer questions, solve problems, and give direction to readers. Quora being a question based site, you can answer those questions, solve people’s problems, and direct them to your blog for more help. Quora is a goldmine!
How To Effectively Promote Your Website or Blog With Quora
Quora has a “knows about” option for your profile that allows you to enter topics you are familiar with. When someone has a question that is related to that topic Quora will notify you and ask you to answer it. Read over the question and if you can give a thorough and helpful answer than go for it!
Make sure you have a decent amount of content in your response. You don’t have to write an essay but make sure your answer is vivid and gives more than enough information on the subject. If you have a blog post that is related to the question post a link to it in your response. This is where you score your backlink, traffic, readers, and branding.
Also make sure that you include your blog’s URL in your profile description. Whenever people view your page you want your website to be available and visible. You can check out my profile here.
I hope you see the power of Quora and how valuable this information is. Don’t let this knowledge go to waste!
Other ProLinking Strategies I Recommend
Forums
So using forums to “ProLink” (I’m proud of this word) is similar to the strategy above with using Quora. It’s the same principle and you use the same strategies.
Make sure you have your domain name posted on your profile and in your signature (most forums have a signature that appears as a footer to your questions/responses). Find questions that you can successfully answer and direct people back to your site. It’s simple but highly effective for having quality backlinks and building your readership.
Social Media
If you don’t have social media connected to your blog than you are going to internet hell. Just kidding! That’s extreme and I hope I didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings, but the truth is social signals contribute tremendously to your blogs rank and the amount of traffic you will receive. You need a way to connect to your audience and social media is where they are at. It only makes sense to be where your audience is.
I wrote a post on how to find your target audience on social media, I’m sure you’ll find it helpful.
Social media is a great way to score quality backlinks from an authority site. Post your domain in the description or website category for all of your profiles and you automatically have quality backlinks. Share your blog posts on your accounts, and BAM, you have even more backlinks. Depending on the size of your social media pages you can also benefit from immediate traffic to your blog. Social media is a huge asset to any site and you should be using it!
Tip: If you have a decent following make sure you interact with them on social media. Give them a reason to follow you and stay connected and they will.
You have to realize that a blog is a business that requires branding, a community, and relationships. Without those things you won’t be around for long.
Guest Posting
Now we get to the most powerful ProLinking method. Guest posting is when you write for another blog in your niche. This is huge for many reasons:
First off you have the opportunity to brand yourself and your blog. People follow expert and guest posting is a great way to establish yourself as an expert in your niche.
Secondly you have access to established readership. You get to benefit from someone else’s following and get the chance to gain some readers of your own.
Finally you get the chance to build a very useful backlink. Google loves backlinks from relevant and related sites, and through a guest post you have the ability to get just that. A backlink from a relevant site is the most powerful backlink you can have, and quality matters most of all.
A guest post is tremendously effective for gaining a follow and just simply putting your brand out there. You can instantly have all eyes on you and can reach out to people who are going to be interested in what you have to say. This is ProLinking Gold!
How I Build Backlinks Using Quora
This is my primary method for building backlinks for Variant Media and boost my readership. So how do I do it and why is it effective?
First off you may not know Quora is. Quora is a site where you can ask a question and people who know about the topic of your question can answer it. If your answer is helpful and articulate then users can upvote it which boosts the rank of your answer. Quora is a great way to get your name and blog in front of hundreds of people and boost the authority of your brand.
Why Quora Is So Powerful
When using Quora I get two jobs done at once. I build powerful and authoritative backlinks, and I promote my blog and build my brand at the same time. These are the most important aspects of getting loads of traffic on the internet and you can do it all in one place.
Quora is a must for anyone with a blog. What is the primary purpose of a blog? To answer questions, solve problems, and give direction to readers. Quora being a question based site, you can answer those questions, solve people’s problems, and direct them to your blog for more help. Quora is a goldmine!
How To Effectively Promote Your Website or Blog With Quora
Quora has a “knows about” option for your profile that allows you to enter topics you are familiar with. When someone has a question that is related to that topic Quora will notify you and ask you to answer it. Read over the question and if you can give a thorough and helpful answer than go for it!
Make sure you have a decent amount of content in your response. You don’t have to write an essay but make sure your answer is vivid and gives more than enough information on the subject. If you have a blog post that is related to the question post a link to it in your response. This is where you score your backlink, traffic, readers, and branding.
Also make sure that you include your blog’s URL in your profile description. Whenever people view your page you want your website to be available and visible. You can check out my profile here.
I hope you see the power of Quora and how valuable this information is. Don’t let this knowledge go to waste!
Other ProLinking Strategies I Recommend
- Forums
- Social Media
- Guest Posting
Forums
So using forums to “ProLink” (I’m proud of this word) is similar to the strategy above with using Quora. It’s the same principle and you use the same strategies.
Make sure you have your domain name posted on your profile and in your signature (most forums have a signature that appears as a footer to your questions/responses). Find questions that you can successfully answer and direct people back to your site. It’s simple but highly effective for having quality backlinks and building your readership.
Social Media
If you don’t have social media connected to your blog than you are going to internet hell. Just kidding! That’s extreme and I hope I didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings, but the truth is social signals contribute tremendously to your blogs rank and the amount of traffic you will receive. You need a way to connect to your audience and social media is where they are at. It only makes sense to be where your audience is.
I wrote a post on how to find your target audience on social media, I’m sure you’ll find it helpful.
Social media is a great way to score quality backlinks from an authority site. Post your domain in the description or website category for all of your profiles and you automatically have quality backlinks. Share your blog posts on your accounts, and BAM, you have even more backlinks. Depending on the size of your social media pages you can also benefit from immediate traffic to your blog. Social media is a huge asset to any site and you should be using it!
Tip: If you have a decent following make sure you interact with them on social media. Give them a reason to follow you and stay connected and they will.
You have to realize that a blog is a business that requires branding, a community, and relationships. Without those things you won’t be around for long.
Guest Posting
Now we get to the most powerful ProLinking method. Guest posting is when you write for another blog in your niche. This is huge for many reasons:
First off you have the opportunity to brand yourself and your blog. People follow expert and guest posting is a great way to establish yourself as an expert in your niche.
Secondly you have access to established readership. You get to benefit from someone else’s following and get the chance to gain some readers of your own.
Finally you get the chance to build a very useful backlink. Google loves backlinks from relevant and related sites, and through a guest post you have the ability to get just that. A backlink from a relevant site is the most powerful backlink you can have, and quality matters most of all.
A guest post is tremendously effective for gaining a follow and just simply putting your brand out there. You can instantly have all eyes on you and can reach out to people who are going to be interested in what you have to say. This is ProLinking Gold!