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Submit the site to directories
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Dec 27, 2017
Submit Press Releases
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Oct 26, 2016
Build micro-website
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Oct 26, 2016
Create Blog Postings
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Oct 26, 2016
Refer to pages on Social Media
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Oct 27, 2016
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Submit the site to directories

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Clinton Dickerson
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Links from focused directories may carry good link value

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It is important to ensure that the directories are relevant to the site submitted and that there are a limited number of links on the page.
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Clinton Dickerson
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Some directories charge for a listing

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Listing on the better directories can be expensive and you are never sure of the value of the link.
Endi Sukaj
Clinton Dickerson
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Directories need to be carefully chosen

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Many directories are glorified link farms and may result in your site being penalized.
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Submit Press Releases

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News sites are usually considered to be good back links

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Build micro-website

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Opportunity to access a wider audience

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Clinton Dickerson
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Can involve quite a bit of work and is a single link

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Create Blog Postings

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Clinton Dickerson
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Can be referred to by other experts in the field

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If the content is well thought out and is novel, other experts may consider it worthy of Likes, re-submission or referral.
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Must be novel and interesting content

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There is no value in repeating information either for ranking or to the people that read the blog.

Refer to pages on Social Media

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Clinton Dickerson
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Can reach a very wide audience

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This could potentially drive traffic to the site.
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Clinton Dickerson
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Most social sites are nofollow links

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Links are not followed by the major search engines and therefore may not be of value as backlinks.

Use a PR team to promote your content

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Clinton Dickerson
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You get to access the PR agencies' network

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Any PR agency is will have a large network of ties in the business community. If they don't then you have hired the wrong company.
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Clinton Dickerson
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PR is a more thorough approach

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PR agencies often do market research as part of the promotion, and this information can be invaluable.
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PR agencies can only work with good content

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You have to provide good and interesting content to the PR agency for them to promote. This forces you to ensure the content is news worthy.
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Can be expensive

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Good PR is labor intensive so you have to have a budget to take this on.
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