What are backlinks? Backlinks are links that are out there on the web that point back to your site.

Why do you need them? Google and other search engines look at backlinks like votes.  The more links out there in the universe, the more likely that your site is a legitimate one because real people (webmasters back in the day) would have to place your link on their sites and therefore give your site a seal of approval. Of course this opened up the door for backlink software that would build backlinks for you.

If you have your website mentioned on a .gov or .edu site (government or education) Google will give THOSE links even more value and rank your page higher.

There is a lot to know about backlinking and you MUST do it ethically or you could be penalized for just throwing random links all over the web.  If you need help, let us know but in the meantime, here is a basic backlinking guide for you to understand how to create quality backlinks.

Once you’ve created your article, consider placing it on the following article sites:

• Amazines
• Article Alley
• ArticleBase
• ArticleCity
• articledashboard
• articledepot.co.uk
• Articles Factory
• buzzle
• Directory Gold
• Excellent Guide
• EzineArticles
• GoArticles
• hubpages
• IdeaMarketers
• Isnare
• PubsACS
• SearchWarp
• SelfGrowth
• Site Reference
• squidoo
• Submit Your Article
• TheWhir
• Web Source
• webpronews

You can also take advantage of an article submission service (automatic backlink software site)  so you can get mega back links and trickle-in traffic over time:

• Auto Mass Traffic system
• Automatic Article Submitter
• Magic Article Submitter

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YOU are the expert and journalists want to hear from people like you when writing their stories.  Sites like JournalistMatch gather thousands of journalists’ inquiries (queries) together in one place and sends them to thousands of expert subscribers like YOU!

What happens is magic!  Startups, moms, solopreneurs can become an overnight success simply by connecting with the right journalist at the right time and possibly becoming part of a HUGE media story!

Example:  internetGIRLfriday.com is a Virtual Assistant Firm.  Journalist Frank Rizzo is writing a story for CNN on Work From Home Opportunities. JournalistMatch sends out an email to all subscribers which includes Frank’s query and Jennifer (CEO of internetGIRLfriday.com) reads Franks info:

“Hi I’m Frank Rizzo and I’d like to hear from any virtual firms or work from home workers who have found success working outside of the corporate office.”

Jennifer shoots a quick email to Frank:

“Frank, I run a virtual assistant firm that has enjoyed great success over the past few years and we also team up with other work from home contractors who I would be happy to put you in touch with.  I can  provide any details you would like to know either via email or phone and let me know if I can provide some other names of clients or partners to help with your story.

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TIPS FOR REPLYING TO JOURNALISTS:

• Only send one email

• Keep it short, polite, clear and helpful (you are vying for their attention, not the other way around)

• Include examples if they ask for them

• Don’t let your email become a 100% sales pitch

• Stand out; the journalist will get multiple “typical” responses

• Give him/her something unique that others might not have thought of

• Provide your contact info and BE READY when they call or email back; they are usually under tight deadlines and work at the speed of light

• Send them a THANK YOU if they use your information

• Request to be notified when your story hits so you can grab a copy and put it into your blog or marketing. (Some journalists are too busy for this but you can ask once and some will)

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