virtually anyone whose goal is to find external content and link to it, or whose own content creation on the web naturally means that they will create and/or share links.

Yesterday he gave away the secret to ranking at the search engines, and today he follows it up with how to create content that appeals to the linkerati.

There are some great examples of how to create ideas for content for some unsexy niches and a list of the types of people who are always on the lookout for linkable content.

If how to get started in linkbaiting has been a challenge, then I would recommend taking a look at Rands post.

There are a few reasons for this which include:

• Getting links from sites that have Google Pagerank – so that you get some quicker
• Getting traffic from the directories to your website. If you website appears in the appropriate category, then this traffic will be targetted.
• Moving up the SERPS because of inbound links
• Link building should be part of you off page SEO campaign anyway.

I have created a page of the directories that I use for my Website Directory Submissions and will updated it as I find new ones. The page is called Website Directories.

If you know of any good Website Directories that you would like to share, then leave a comment and I will add it to the list.

The higher the Google Page Rank, the better the link. The only problem is that getting links from a website with a high PR can be a little bit tricky.

But, if you want to know How To Get A Link From A PR7 Website, then it is really easy for the next 3 days.

All you have to do is write a ‘How To’ blog post and notify Darren Rowse at ProBlogger.

This is because Darren is running the latest Group Writing Project that has a ‘How To’ theme.

Darren’s Group Writing Projects are great. You get to participate in a really cool project that will get you a whole heap of traffic, you’ll find some good blogs that you never knew existed, and you will get a coveted link from his PR7 website.

It’s a no-brainer really.

Affiliate Marketing on the internet happens when you promote somebody elses product and receive a commission each time someone buys that product after being reffered to the sales website by your affiliate link.

The most popular method of Affiliate Marketing is to promote other peoples products on your own website.

However, this is not the only way to do it, there are several other ways that you can do Affiliate Marketing – You can use Pay Per Click programs such as Google Adwords (see Beating Adwords and Wealthy Affiliate), Article Marketing websites such as Ezine Articles or GoArtilces, and classified ad sites such as US Free Ads.

How To Get Started With Affiliate Marketing

Here is a basic blueprint on how to get started with Affiliate Marketing:

1. Find a suitable product with an Affiliate Program.
2. Sign up for their Affiliate Program to get your Affiliate Links.
3. Set up your website, PPC campaign, or other form of advertising.
4. Promote their product on your website using your Affiliate Link.

Any questions? Please leave a comment and I’ll answer them as best I can.

Find out more about by browsing through the articles in my Affiliate Marketing category.

I think that most of us agree that link building is one of the core practices that is required to build a successful website. And when I say successful, I mean getting as much traffic as possible.

By having implementing a solid linking strategy, you are looking to gain traffic from the linking websites and also from increasing the authority of your website pages in the Search Engines.

Whether you are a link building newbie or a seasoned pro, I suspect that you will learn something from this list.