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So what comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Links continue to be an important organic search ranking factor. However, Google frowns on “link building” and states that the best way to build links is to create great content.
If you build it, they will come. But how will they find you if you don’t rank, to begin with?
Ideally, when your site starts gaining authority and ranking well, your pages will start showing up in the SERPs, and you’ll gain links naturally.
However, you can’t achieve this without some initial outreach and digital PR.
Let’s review the steps to create a digital outreach campaign.
Preparation
You’ll need to do some prep work before starting outreach.
Browser extensions
Install the following extensions to your Chrome browser:
SEOquakeSEO Meta in 1 Click Select outreach personas
You’ll need to determine who will be your outreach coordinator and make sure they have a strong social media presence.
From having a good bio and profile image to having active social profiles, it’s important that they are credible and trustworthy to elicit answers.
Make sure your outreach persona has:
Credible email (e.g., name@company.com)Active social profilesA personal website Strong LinkedIn profileExamples of published contentCompany email signature
All of these are signs of authority and will influence whether people open and answer the emails.
Select outreach targets
What pages should be promoted to receive inbound links? What keywords/anchor text should be used for the links?
In the past, it was common to build links using keywords
Read more here: https://searchengineland.com/using-digital-pr-to-earn-links-and-rank-for-your-target-keywords-385829