Content marketing and link building  services in Brighton

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  •  A key factor in achieving search visibility for your business is securing relevant links from other websites.
  • One of the best, and safest, ways to do this is by producing compelling content other sites want to link to.

Sounds good? Then how do you get this stuff?

Talk to me.

I’m a Brighton-based content marketer who offers link building strategies. I offer more than 15 years’ experience of helping businesses really say something online. What’s more friendly advice and insightful comments come free with every enquiry!

 “The objective is not to ‘make your links appear natural’; the objective is that your links are natural.”
Matt Cutts

The link building and content marketing crossover

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Let me help you create and promote content that gains you visitors, links and higher search engine positions.

It could be…

  • An evergreen blog post
  • A topical article
  • A helpful eBook
  • A timely video tutorial
  • Or an insightful White Paper

Whatever it is it must provide real value for your audience, customers and your industry. It must be the last word, or at least the latest word, on any given topic.

Want to find out how your business could be earning links through content?

Give me a call to find out how well it has worked for others, or read on to get the lowdown.

“When it comes to content and content marketing, you probably want to err on the side of making things SUPER amazing.
Rand Fishkin

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The lowdown: content marketing and SEO link building strategies

No-one outside the Big G knows exactly how Google’s search algorithm works, but the smart money says that roughly 40% of it is accounted for by how other sites link to yours.

Pie chart showing Google search ranking factors

(Source: Moz)

This means the more relevant links you have from authority sites, the higher you are likely to appear for your search terms.

So links, in the end, equal visits.

And every website needs those.

 

Will link building incur a search penalty?

There is nothing underhand about content marketing to gain links.

It earns you links, but it doesn’t buy them.

As such it provides the ideal links in the eyes of search engines.

 

But content marketing is about more than just links.

  • It’s about quality content that your customers will find really useful.
  • It’s about gaining visitors from other popular sites (referalls)
  • And it’s about building your authority.

 

There are two steps to the effective use of content.

Creating the content…

…And then promoting it.

You can find out more about using social media campaigns, influencer research and content marketing to promote your content on other pages of this site.

 

So lets’ take a look at some examples.

Any great content can be used, as long as you do the research and make it meaningful and useful.

  • Breaking news will do it, if you get there first.
  • Or you can create your own news with surveys or interviews.
  • Widgets and gadgets work (it doesn’t have to be words).
  • Quizzes, games and competitions are shared and linked to like wildfire.
  • Awards and events (again, it’s not all about words).
  • Infographics – you can find out more about these here.
  • How to guides, instructions and tutorials need to be either really detailed or really easy to use.
  • Lists or curation posts that pull the best information out there together in one accessible place.
  • Whitepapers and eBooks, along with other downloadable resources offer something of higher perceived value than a web page (and are a great way to collect leads too).
  • Video content – remember it’s not always about words!

Finally, you can browse some examples of the work I have produced for others.

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If this sounds like the sort of thing that could work for you, give me a call and we can start creating powerful links from powerful content.

Contact me