Hi, Looking for some tips and advice for the best link baiting techniques... Anyone getting any good results with it? TIA
Stick to the obvious: Create a truly relevant/weird/fantastic/provocative story/movie/site/picture/gadget and you'll get the traffic.
So post the "bait" to the site...should it be built around a high value keyword? Also what are the best methods to promoting the page and getting it "viral" ? TIA
Write a provocative title and submit it to Digg, Stumbleupon and some of the various social news sites. Hopefully it gets some attention on one of them and picks up a little steam. As mentioned above, ridiculous, absurd and controversial all work well. It probably should be built around a keyword or at least on topic with the site your trying to drive traffic to. You should also have the social network buttons and email a friend buttons on the site if you want it to go viral so it's easy for people to spread it around.
You just need to focus on your target audience;: kids>free games; technologic>gadgets/tools; teen>weird pictures/movies... etc etc Find something for your niche and offer it free. But it has to be a BANG
Yeah, the bang is the tough part for my marketing ability...I am just a laid back guy who wants to do right by my "peeps" I am thinking of a "contest" and looking to make it get attention... the contest will run me about 500 bucks so I just want to make sure it gets enough attention to be even worthwhile. TIA
I don't think contest is good enough to me, I used to run a contest before, it is just a waste of money. Why don't we use that 500 dollars to put on SEO. and the traffic will come naturally.
Contests are a great way to get the traffic rolling in assuming you can market the contest effectively and offer something that doesn't cost you that much.. Widgets and Tools are a great way to bait people to link too!
try to design some blogger templates or wordpress themes - have your link in the footer and release them.