I've found that guest blogging opens doors for quality backlinks while also building relationships within my niche. Collaborating on content with other creators has also been super effective, as it naturally leads to mutual linking. Finally, leveraging social media to share valuable content has helped me gain organic links from interested audiences.
I would suggest that we are more cautious about our expectations regarding social media link buildings. From what I know, links from Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and some others are of zero value in terms of passing link juice, adding to your website authority etc. The only benefit from them is that people click your link inside the social media and visit your pages. It is not just a nofollow attribute. They may use nofollow+robots.txt and the link is redirected via a secondary domain or subdomain. Let's see how it works in Linkedin: 1) You add your link (in profile, company page, or article in their PULSE) and when you look at the code being logged in with Linkedin, it looks OK: dofollow, no ugc, no redirect. 2) When you open your Linkedin profile in incognito tab as Googlebot does, you see something like "linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmyexamplesite%2Ecom&urlhash=3MJo&trk=about_website". 3) If you then look at the file "linkedin.com/robots.txt", you find a directive: User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /redirect* Voila. This page is closed for google bot. You can double check by searching "site:linkedin.com/redir" in Google. These pages are not indexed, and, consequently, such links don't count.
Are you willing to invest into SEO? If so, try and get some do-follow links on high domain authority websites.
Some effective external link-building methods that work well include: Guest posting on reputable blogs in your niche to earn backlinks while sharing valuable content. Reaching out to other site owners for link exchanges or suggesting your content as a resource on relevant pages. Creating high-quality, shareable content like infographics, guides, or original research that naturally attracts links. Participating in forums, Q&A sites, or online communities like Quora or Reddit, where you can share your expertise and link to your content (when relevant). Using broken link-building by finding dead links on other websites and suggesting your content as a replacement.
Personally, I've had good results with creating valuable resources like infographics or in-depth research that other sites want to reference. I also used a strategic approach to reach out to partner sites for link exchanges. It's important to have quality content in order to get natural backlinks!
I agree 100%. All of these methods are truly effective and time-tested. I especially like the idea of broken links — it's often underrated but a powerful way to acquire backlinks.
When you say guest posting on blogs which ones specifically? There are a lack of blogs within my niche which is Bulk Vending https://bulkvendingworld.com/