Episode #687
The Best Hack to Building Thousands of Backlinks Fast
June 18, 2018
In episode #687, Eric and Neil discuss the best hack for building thousands of backlinks. Tune in to find out the simplest way to get more site traffic.
TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
- [00:27] Today’s Topic: The Best Hack to Building Thousands of Backlinks Fast
- [00:45] Go to AHREFS and see which of your competitors is getting the most traffic.
- [01:15] Take your competitors top blog posts and turn them into infographics. Use 99Designs or Dribble.
- [01:38] Contact all the people who like the top blog posts and direct them to your infographic.
- [02:30] There was a HubSpot employee whose data Neil cited and used. When Neil’s infographics based on his work got more traffic, the HubSpot employee was understandably pissed.
- [02:53] News Jacking covers this topic of poaching/re-imagining others’ work.
- [03:12] Neil bought out another site that now redirects to NeilPatel.com.
- [03:55] Look up the skyscraper technique on Backlinko. This will help you re-imagine blog posts.
- [04:22] That’s all for today!
- [04:24] Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special marketing tool giveaway!
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