Market Research for Link Building - Who You Can Get Links From - SEO Tools

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Nice post Paddy. You spoke my mind. I would like to add one more blue square in your first diagram and that is "Establish yourself as a recognized authority in your niche". This is important before you try to 'build a relationship' for number of reasons: 1. People take you seriously and show interest in what you say/tweet. If you are following 1000+ people how many tweets you even consider looking at. Very few. And who are those people whose tweet you consider. The one who has influcened you in the past like Matt Cutts. So out of 50 tweets, matt cutts tweet will stand out and get your attention and click. Same is the case with digg, stumbleupon and any other social network. 2. Influencers are influenced by other influencers. These influencers can be other recognized authorities in their niche or people with whom they have special relationship like friends, relatives, colle...

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