In his first column for SEOmoz.org, "How to Get Links in Tough Industries," Paddy Moogan of Distilled UK discusses a perplexing problem: Just how do you persuade notoriously stingy sites (or product categories) to link to you? He provides a list of traditionally tough customers for providing free links: veterinarians, jewelry ecommerce sites, iPhone apps for SEO, electric bikes and more. In each case, Moogan provides a possible plan of action for attracting the attention of the business before asking them for a link. It all starts, Moogan says, by asking yourself four questions:
He also reports that the most popular "tough" site that many people want to include in their website link building strategy is the very site he's writing for: SEOmoz.org. Then he even offers tips on how to make that most elusive link happen for you. It's a three step process: 1) Get your MOZ points score over 100; 2) Write a blog post. If SEOmoz.org likes it, it could be published with a link back to you on YOUmoz. Plus, if it's a really good post, the site may promote it in the main log -- which means thousands of new links and readers.
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