{"id":8264,"date":"2018-02-24T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2024-04-26T01:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T01:42:30","slug":"14-ways-to-earn-links-to-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/14-ways-to-earn-links-to-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Ways to Earn Links to Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Issue #1200 Feb. 24,\u00a02018<br \/>\nPublisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>14 Ways to Earn Links to Your Website<\/li>\n<li>Today: Free Training for Authors<\/li>\n<li>Pixabay&#8217;s Free Easter Photos &amp; Apps<\/li>\n<li>Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p><strong>This Weekend in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t get enough of the Winter Olympics and I&#8217;ll be watching as much of the last two days as I can. My favorite competition is figure skating, despite all those nasty spills and wardrobe malfunctions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">1. 14 Ways to Earn Links to Your Website<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Links-find-unlinked-mentions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With all the emphasis on Google and Facebook advertising, it&#8217;s easy to forget about all the free ways you can pull traffic to your website.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one you&#8217;ll want to remember. Do a Google search for your name and company name and find other websites that mention you. Make note of the ones that aren&#8217;t linking to you. Contact them, thank them for the mention, and ask them for a link.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say I&#8217;ve found a website that mentions &#8220;Publicity expert Joan Stewart, also known as The Publicity Hound.&#8221; But there&#8217;s no link back to my website.<\/p>\n<p>I would email them, thank them, and ask for a link from the phrase &#8220;publicity expert.&#8221; Why? Because most people searching for help with publicity aren&#8217;t searching for &#8220;Joan Stewart&#8221; or &#8220;The Publicity Hound&#8221; if they don&#8217;t already know about me.<\/p>\n<p>Finding these mentions is one of more than a dozen ways to pull traffic, and using most of these tips will be time well spent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To do:<\/strong> See the excellent infographic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/14-ways-to-earn-backlinks-without-begging-infographic\/517468\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;14 Ways to Generate Backlinks Without Begging&#8221;<\/a> from Kissmetrics.<\/p>\n<p>#SEOTips #Copywriting<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">2. Today: Free Training for Authors<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/author-you-logo-2018small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Writing a press release for your book launch can be daunting, especially if you&#8217;ve never written a press release about anything.<\/p>\n<p>The task is even tougher if you&#8217;ve written fiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time<\/strong>, I&#8217;ll explain the key differences between writing releases for fiction vs. non-fiction book launches. I hope you&#8217;ll join me and five other speakers for the free training that will give you a sneak peek at what we&#8217;ll be presenting when we speak at the <strong>Author You Extravaganza Aug. 23-25<\/strong> at the beautiful Beaver Run Resort &amp; Conference Center in the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll all share advanced tips on how to sell tons of books, whether they&#8217;re print versions in bookstores or digital versions on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also hear from publishing experts <strong>John Kremer, Kathy Meis, Daniel Hall, Jackie Lapin<\/strong> and host <strong>Judith Briles.<\/strong> We&#8217;ll each give you several tips that come directly from the programs we&#8217;ll present at the August event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To do:<\/strong> Join us for &#8220;A Taste of the Author You Extravaganza&#8221; by claiming your free seat for today&#8217;s webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5664162026256196098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a> We&#8217;ll explain how to pre-register for the August event and claim more than $600 worth of free goodies&#8211;but only for those who are ready to commit.<\/p>\n<p>#BookMarketing #AuthorTips<\/p>\n<h3>3. Pixabay&#8217;s Free Easter Photos &amp; Apps<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/Easter-eggs-Pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pixabay, my favorite free stock photo service, has two new features you&#8217;ll love.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A package of 25 new Easter photos, perfect for your blog, social sharing, as backgrounds for making &#8220;pretty quotes&#8221; and lots more uses.<\/li>\n<li>An extension for Adobe Photoshop and an add-in for Microsoft Office. Both tools let you search Pixabay images directly from within these apps. And you can download and insert any photo you like with a simple click into your current project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Pixabay is a repository of tons of images, all these images can be used for free and are licensed under Creative Commons CC0. This means you don&#8217;t need to mention the author or Pixabay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To do:<\/strong> Download the free Easter images <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/blog\/posts\/25-free-easter-images-you-can-use-anywhere-129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Grab the free Pixabay plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/blog\/posts\/free-pixabay-plugins-for-adobe-photoshop-and-micro-157\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Pixabay #StockPhotos<\/p>\n<h3>4. Hound\u00a0Story of the Week<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A4N7G29GWQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/crufts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A4N7G29GWQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this hilarious Jack Russell<\/a> goes crazy with excitement at the Crufts 2017 competition.<\/p>\n[Tweet &#8220;#PublicityTips &#8212; 14 Ways to Earn Links to Your Website #SEO #Copywriting&#8221;]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>The Publicity Hound&#8217;s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Issue #1200 Feb. 24, 2018<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>14 Ways to Earn Links to Your Website<\/li>\n<li>Today: Free Training for Authors<\/li>\n<li>Pixabay&#8217;s Free Easter Photos &amp; Apps<\/li>\n<li>Hound Video of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/14-ways-to-earn-links-to-your-website\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rmlink\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[509,43,273,431,229],"class_list":{"0":"post-8264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips-of-the-week","8":"tag-author-tips","9":"tag-book-marketing","10":"tag-copywriting","11":"tag-free-images","12":"tag-seo","13":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}