11 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Being Linked to By a Blogger
Today I received what seemed like a fairly generic email from the website Dummies.com. I won’t republish the email (I’m not into that) but it was a fairly generic ‘could you link to our website’ type email asking for a link because they’ve redesigned their site. It even included a suggested link/code.
My reaction was not positive - in fact within a few moments I’d tweeted that I’d had the request and wasn’t overly impressed.
This post is not about Dummies.com - it’s about asking for links.
I have no beef with Dummies - they produce some great books by some amazing authors. This post isn’t about them. It’s about asking for links.
You see I get quite a few emails asking for links like the one from Dummies but they’re not always from big well known brands, they’re more often than not emails from bloggers. In 99% of cases the email ends up in my trash folder in Gmail but occasionally I not only read the emails but I link to the persons site.
Why do some emails generate links and others don’t?
Following are 11 suggestions for those wanting to email a blogger to ask for a link (whether they be big brands or bloggers):
Write something worth linking to - this is a no brainer but so many people don’t get it. In the same way you wouldn’t successfully pitch a TV news service or newspaper a story like ‘I’ve got a newly designed website - it’s got videos’ you’re not likely to get […]
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