We know the first phase is quality content. And if our content is in the form of articles only, how would you approach it? Let's say there are no scripts/softwares/bonuses to give away which would make the visitor link to you by having that script/bonus on his website. The only thing we have is a great article. What would be your best idea to incite the visitor and give you a backlink? You would want to give a little push to your visitors or just something which would make the visitor remember to link to you. A very visible, maybe in bold, "link to this post" at the end of the article? Share your ideas!
Fast & well written news is the best way to receive quality backlinks. If you're the first to report an important event in your niche, people will link to you, no doubt about that.
Yes, this goes together in the box of quality content, but I am speaking about on page incitements like maybe a ready made copy-paste code (with your anchor and link to the article) for your visitor.
I wrote a little script to display the page's URL in a text box. When you click it, it automatically selects the contents of the box. You can also toggle between a URL, an HTML link and a BBCode link. See an example of this underneath this article: Hash Brownies
Very good question. A way i find works well is to syndicate snippets of your article via RSS which contains a link back to your version. Many sites republish feeds, i have one site that gets about 50 backlinks the moment i post an article due to all the republication. Also this sounds backwards, but linking out to people in your niche is a good move. You will find these people will likely link to you also at some stage, when you get the whole networking thing happening it can provide great benefits. I know some people who can post rubbish, and they are linked to from everywhere just because they are well known and formed a friendship with people. Sometimes the best way to receive is to give.
I totally agree with this. I don't remember where I read it, but the gist of the statement was "Don't be a link miser." Many of the people we have links to in blog articles seem to make a point of mentioning us in their blogs when it's relevant. Links like this feel a lot more natural to me.
I'm going to be doing this with "Minimal Markup" later this year when the site launches (sweetfunny, you know damn well what I'm talking about here, as does ssandecki and some of the people who frequent the HTML and CSS boards here, and practically anyone who's anybody at SitePoint). In my case though, the content will be unique (taking a new approach to common and advanced techniques using the least amount of code necessary) and compelling, and targeted towards Web designers and developers who want to take their development skills to the next level. I'll also be targeting people new to Web design and development as well at the same time, so my content will have to cater to both simultaneously. In other words, I'm going to be providing quality content to a targeted audience that will benefit from the educational and informative articles I'll be writing - just like sites such as Copyblogger.com, A List Apart, Digital Web Magazine, Accessites.org, Accessify.com, ProBlogger.net and other sites do. In other words, I'm going to be giving my expertise and knowledge away while retaining full rights to the content I publish.