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Most Links Come From Follow-Ups, Not First Emails

Most backlinks don’t come from your first email. They come from follow-ups that actually get noticed. In this guide, I’m gonna give you proven tips, tricks, and tactics for sending effective follow-up emails that get opened and replied to. There are a lot of characteristics that are commonly shared between skilled, high-level link builders. One…

David Farkas  4/16/2026 2 comments
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Ground Zero Link Building: 9 Steps to a Solid Link Foundation

If you’re here, you already know relevant, quality links are a big part of search engine visibility. You want to build links, but you might be wondering where to start. You may have seen posts about huge, ambitious techniques that rack in tons of links. Those posts can be intimidating. You don’t have to aim…

David Farkas  5/23/2024 13 comments
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Shares Don’t Equal Engagement, But Links Do

I’ve been thinking about social media shares lately. I take Google at their word when they say social shares don’t influence search engine rankings. Although it may seem counterintuitive, it makes sense to me. A lot of sense. Links require review and approval. Links often require one-on-one interaction. And links take time and energy to…

David Farkas Updated on 3/27/2024 14 comments
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Building Quality Links Without Quality Content (7 Examples)

Content is king. Three words. These three simple words published by Bill Gates in a 1996 essay have defined a lot of digital marketing ever since. The man is deemed a visionary for a reason. There are multiple facets of digital marketing, but I can tell you as a link builder, content is extremely important….

David Farkas  3/5/2024 5 comments
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The Absurd Myth of Passive Link Building

If you operate a website and you’ve done at least a little bit of research into SEO, you’ve probably come across the term “link earning.” Some refer to it as “passive link building.” The idea behind it is fairly simple: if you build it, they will come. Essentially, the belief is that if you build…

David Farkas  2/9/2024 2 comments
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