Backlinks are one of the most important ranking factors for the websites. That’s why a link-building strategy is vital and why you must stick to it. You already know you must have a clearly defined audience and create valuable content for it.

You also know that publishing content on third-party sites (i.e., guest blogging) is essential to link building.

Here are 5 tips you need to know about a successful link-building strategy.

1. Free tools

Few things can be more effective in your link-building strategy than an app or tool to help your peers do something or learn how to do it better. People are inclined to link in their content to the best tools they can find in their industry.

For example, if you were crafting content about link building, you likely would include links to these quality tools: CoSchedule’s headline analyzer or SEMrush’s title generator.

Are there unique needs in your industry? What valuable tools and answers could you provide for your target audience members? If they find them worthwhile, they are more likely to link to them in their content.

2. Broken Links

Broken or missing links are an ongoing problem for link-building management.

Broken links refer to links intended to direct users to a designated page that instead lead to another page, a non-existent page, or a 404 error response. These broken links can be problematic in search-engine rankings but are easily corrected through communication.

Contact the linking website owners or webmasters and ask them to repair the broken links. They are likely to fix them because they want their site visitors to see them as reliable sources.

You can identify broken links with tools such as Majestic.

Once you have the list, identify the contacts for each site, email them, and ask for a correction.

Link reclamation involves websites that mention you, your content, your products/services without linking to your site. Your request for a link may be met with more resistance than a request to fix a broken link.

You may not receive a response from the website manager or your request may be declined based on the site’s linking policy.

3. Internal links

Internal broken links also can prove to be a source of problems in overall search-engine ranking.

To analyze the viability of your internal links, the best tool is Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools).

Also, you should incorporate internal links on your pages. If you publish a new article that has information relevant to already published pages, link to that earlier content.

4. Competitors’ Links

When you find yourself out of inspiration for new content, go to your competitors’ links. Search for relevant articles and ideas that have significant traffic. Write an original piece and incorporate those highly valuable backlinks as citations.

Make your work easier with tools such as Ahrefs, which allows you to research your competitors more efficiently.

5. Link Intersect

The term “link intersect” was made popular by an Ahrefs tool, which allows you to find out which sites link to your competition but not you. Based on this information, build relationships with those websites and create content that is more likely to be valued (and linked) by them.

Link Building Benefits

Link building is an important part of your marketing strategy. As an experienced content marketer, you already know that a strong foundation requires creating quality content that your clearly defined audience finds valuable.

But digging deeper into the links themselves, your competitors, and other factors will enable you to develop your link-building strategy more Effective.

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