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Bloggers who try to build links forget to build:
- quality content
- strong relationships
Trying to get means forgetting to give.
A hellacious blogging haunting ensues. Bloggers throw away years chasing people with no interest in their backlink building services. Few if any seem aware of this horrible time suck. Will they get that time back? Of course not.
What draws quality backlinks?
Quality content and strong relationships build quality backlinks.
What happens if you build neither?
Messaging strangers seems like the best approach.
But messaging strangers is like throwing darts at a board while wearing a blindfold sitting on a beach ball being pushed by a dog on roller skates. Perhaps you get lucky once in a while. Most attempts miss.
Do you have time to miss for 1000’s of hours?
Go ahead.
Spend 1000’s of hours missing.
Why do bloggers suffer from this backlink error?
Few know that a better way exists.
The Better Way
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Neil linked to Blogging From Paradise Dot Com via the above blog post.
People in da business refer to this as a high quality backlink. He is an elite blogger. He doles out highly coveted backlinks.
His massive readership found my blog through the link. In essence, I tapped exclusively into his audience with the backlink. I cannot email his list. But this blog post with Blogging From Paradise *in* it went out to his list. That’s no insignificant task, folks.
Quality backlinks rocket your blog into higher circles.
Targeted, loyal, committed readers find your blog as your quality backlinks multiply.
Why did Neil link to Blogging From Paradise Dot Com?
Quality Backlink Reasons
I dropped a few genuine, detailed comments on his blog. He noticed each comment, appreciated my in-depth thoughts then clicked through to my blog. Neil appreciated my detailed blog posts. He dropped a backlink to my blog based on the content I patiently built and relationship I patiently built.
The better way is to build backlink-building assets which attract quality links passively.
The other way is not wrong but it is ineffective.
I do not waste time publishing posts and building relationships. Content plus connections drive quality backlinks organically. Of course one needs to be:
- patient
- consistent
- confident
to work this better strategy. Good things take time plus generous service.
But the work gradually works for you.
Neil linked to my blog while I sat in the jungles of Costa Rica for 6 weeks. He dropped the link while I basically did nothing off the grid for a month and a half.
However, I spent years building content and building connections before reaching that point. I patiently worked to build assets which worked for me passively.
What About the Less Effective Approach?
On a daily basis, backlink builders haunt themselves. Few understand their self-imposed haunting.
Individuals waste time pitching services to strangers who do not need their services. Nor do most strangers want their services.
For example, backlink building specialists promise me high quality backlinks. But I already have the highest quality backlinks. I do not need or want low quality links compared to:
- Neil Patel Dot Com
- Forbes
- Entrepreneur
- Smart Blogger
Yet specialists waste thousands of hours pitching people who will never hire them because this approach is:
- ineffective
- inefficient
- time wasting
Do you believe that wasting most of your time is a fun way to spend your life?
Does it feel freeing to burn through email addresses and social media accounts after being labeled as a spammer?
Or does it sound wise to build content and build relationships to let each drive backlinks to your blog?
Think it through.
Give yourself time to consider the better way.
Detailed content works for you.
Blogging buddies work for you.
But creating thorough content and fortifying strong bonds takes time, generous service and confidence in yourself. Trusting the process also factors in to the equation.
Bloggers typically panic and scramble back to the time-wasting way to get backlinks.
High Quality Backlinks Demand a High Quality Effort
Getting coveted links means putting in a serious effort for a while.
Being mindful is not easy.
Hitting all necessary details is not a cake walk, in the beginning at least.
Most rush the blogging process. Substandard work never inspires pros to link to your blog.
Slow down. Calm down. Add critical details to blog posts. Drill down to create thorough content. Solve reader problems. Inspire your community. Personalize interactions. Bond with readers. Bond with successful bloggers in your niche. Promote respected bloggers through your blog and social media. Listen to readers for in-demand blog post ideas.
Have fun with this process!
I did not gain high quality backlinks for a while because I infused tension into the process. Pros ran away from me for a bit because I took the job seriously. Being committed is different than being tense. Commitment is a calm decision. Being tense sends successful bloggers to the hills, away from your blog and potential quality backlinks.
Why Do Respected Bloggers Link to In-Depth Content?
Credible bloggers became credible by publishing:
- in-depth
- thorough
- detailed
- practical
content onsite and offsite.
Peep Neil’s blog; see what I mean?
Like attracts like.
Successful bloggers link to like-minded bloggers. Everyone wins by linking to valued resources. We all bump up our game by giving our communities access to in-depth, practical content.
Rarely do pros link to thin content save an important topical news item or perhaps a hyper clear message.
At the end of the day, go long-form or go home.
Quality backlinks point to quality content.
Quality content typically spans 1200 words or longer.
Shoehorn as many practical tips as possible into blog posts. Length matters little if practicality ain’t part of the content equation. Lay out steps, tips or techniques. List reasons. Share strategies. Baby step your readers through problems to solutions.
What About Building Relationships?
Successful bloggers need to trust your content before linking to it.
Building relationships typically opens the door to your blog.
Neil found my blog through the comments I dropped on his blog. I established some type of relationship with him in order to pop up on his radar screen.
On a deeper level, pros simply want to vet you before linking to your content. Perhaps you offer dazzling content but if you are a jerk I doubt many bloggers wish to associate with you. No one wants any of that smoke. No one wants to open that can of worms.
Kind, generous bloggers who publish quality content drive a steady volume of quality backlinks. Credible bloggers trust their content and the individual as a decent human being.
Your blog literally becomes part of their blog via a backlink. Establish relationships to prove this: you are trustworthy enough to become part of their blog. Successful bloggers vet you after vetting your content. Ultimately, you are the source, the face behind the blog. High level bloggers check you out before dropping a quality link to your cyber real estate.
Conclusion
There you have it folks.
Build content.
Build relationships.
Build backlinks the better way.
