Sending the same email to lots of sites begging for one-way links is not effective. 99.999% of the webmasters will simply delete your email. Don't both emailing or calling your competitors. They are likely NOT going to link to you. Look for complimentary businesses that are related but not direct competitors. It's preferable to contact them directly by phone if you can track down their number. If you have to resort to email then you want to spend a little time looking at their site. I like to look for the exact place on their site where I would like them to link to me. In the email, I explain that I've been checking their site out for a while and feel that if they link to my site, it would benefit their users. I explain why I think it would be good for their users. I even suggest where they should link to me (at XXXXXX URL, 3rd paragraph, 2nd sentence, hyperlink the words "XXXXX YYYY ZZZZZ" with a link to my site). You can also offer to write an article for the site and include a couple links back to different pages on your site. Lots of site owners welcome free content. This applies to blogs (guest post) and traditional web sites. The key though to getting any response at all from the webmasters is to let them know that you have actually seen their site and taken the time to look it over. So each email should be different and personalized to that particular site that you are soliciting for links... But again... If you can get them on the phone or in person, it's a LOT easier for you to convince them to give you a link and a LOT harder for them to say no.
You need to find webmasters that will see a link to your as a benefit to their site. Before you contact another webmaster you need to know why a link to your site will add value to the other site. Then make sure your request for a link clearly states that added value. You'll get a lot of no thank yous, but the links you do get will be very worth it.
I used the below email to contact webmasters: "Dear "name of the contact or webmaster", I have visited your site and I think that the My Category content could be of interest to our web site visitors. I have already placed a link to your site along with a description at "url where you put the reciprocal links". If you want the description of your site modified or if you have any other cross-promotion ideas, let me know. I would appreciate if you placed a link back to my site: "title of your website" "description of your website" Best regards, "your name and as much as possible put your company name in here" Hope it helps.
True... Some of the webmasters will not send you thank you email as your link partners but the traffic and links you'll get from them will be very worth it...
This one is good But most of the time, webmasters just delete this kind of e-mail request. I suggest you just post a link exchange thread to forums which allowed exchanging of links. It is much faster and effective.
That is one good way with affiliate program (if possible for you). You can also try to pay for ads space. Many websites sell ad space. You can place a link or a banner. I agree with that. If someone has directory, he is more likely to link to your website because the link adds value to his website and that is the key. It is true many times, but there are also many websites asking for a link back in return.
When I recieved the first mails with an exchange request containing this sentence I took the time to search for my "already" placed link. Since I never found it, now this is a sure way to delete the mail immediatly.
One-way link exchange? It SHOULD be reciprocal. No one will ever dare to link you without getting something in return.
Keep it simple. Hello, I am in the X industry as well. Would you like to link exchange with my website example.com ?