The Link-Earning Stack Every SEO Should Strive For
Being an SEO, you can’t go a day without hearing about links: “Links are crucial!” or “Prioritize links!” or “Links are the nourishing lifeblood of the almighty algorithm!” But for those of us who’ve taken the next step to actually figure out how to earn said links, we realize it’s not that straightforward. It’s hard to sum up all of that in the tweets and LinkedIn posts that get shared about link earning, because the truth is, there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all link earning approach or vendor. You need a link earning “stack” that appropriately reflects the complexity of your marketing and content goals. In an ideal world, here’s what that stack would look like. (Hat tip to Paul Zalewski, SVP of Marketing at Verblio , who gave me the idea for this breakdown!) Passive link earning Objective: Set up a foundation for link earning with lower effort over time Content needed: A “linkable content” asset (this is key) Promotion needed: Manual outreach and promotion to acq...