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Link building by Mind Map: Link building

1. Related sites

1.1. Sister sites (related companies)

1.2. Affiliates

1.2.1. Are affiliate links passing juice?

2. Existing relationships

2.1. Networking groups

2.2. Overseas "competitors"

2.3. Associations

2.4. Informal networks

2.5. Suppliers clients etc

2.5.1. Resellers

2.5.2. Linked testimonials

2.5.3. Content aggregors

2.6. Complementary services

2.7. Maximize existing

2.7.1. "Link to" guidelines/badges

2.7.2. Search for non-linked refs

2.7.3. Analyse existing links

2.7.3.1. Maximize value & link text

2.7.3.2. Check for no follows etc

3. Donations / Sponsorship / Events

3.1. Sponsorships

3.2. Donations

3.3. Events

4. Offline

4.1. Offline PR

4.2. Advertising

4.2.1. Print advertising

4.2.2. Display advertising

5. Paid Links

5.1. Advertorial bundles

5.2. Website purchases

5.2.1. Domain purchases

5.2.2. Identify non-aligned websites

5.3. Direct link advertising (paid links) **CARE**

5.4. Buy content (301 re-directs)

6. Linkable content

6.1. Articles

6.1.1. Best of...

6.1.2. Top 10...

6.1.3. Controversial

6.1.4. Newsworthy

6.2. Your own blog

6.2.1. Blog link-able content

6.3. Surveys

6.4. Help people

6.4.1. Tutorials (inc. Video)

6.4.2. Downloads

6.4.2.1. Whitepapers

6.4.3. Tools

6.5. Interviews

6.6. Content partnerships

6.7. Awards

6.7.1. Awards link back to you as authority

6.8. Contests

6.9. E-newsletter repositories

7. Link friendly

7.1. Bookmarking- easy links

7.2. Friendly URLs

7.3. Link to us sections

8. Blog Participation

8.1. Participate in other blogs

8.1.1. Guest posts

8.1.2. Blog reviews (paid)

8.1.3. Paid blog community

8.1.4. Blog comments

8.2. Submit your Blog

8.2.1. Blog feeds

8.2.1.1. Blog directorires

9. Authority links

9.1. Govt

9.1.1. Library resources

9.1.2. Local govt. business links

9.2. Education

9.2.1. Teaching

9.2.2. Speaking engagements

9.3. Hubs/Information sites

9.3.1. Research hubs, authorities, content sites

9.3.2. Link out

9.3.2.1. Link to experts

9.3.2.2. Link to topic hubs

9.3.2.3. Careful link exchange

9.4. Information links (no follow)

9.4.1. Wikipedia

9.4.2. Google Groups

9.4.3. Yahoo Answers

10. Directories

10.1. Do link QUALITY research

10.2. Quality Generic (DMOZ/Yahoo)

10.3. Industry specific

10.4. Regional directories

10.5. Design directories

10.6. Resources pages

11. Articles submission

11.1. Include BIOs

11.2. Article bank sites

11.3. Print publications with websites

11.4. Industry authority sites

12. New PR

12.1. Online PR releases

12.1.1. News aggregators

12.1.2. PRWeb.com, PRNewsWire.com

12.2. Blogger "scoops"

12.3. Get PR person who "knows" SEO

12.4. RSS Feeds - syndicate and publish content

13. Social media

13.1. Promote content

13.2. Flickr links

13.3. Video content

13.3.1. YouTube links

13.3.2. Other video

13.4. Twitter

13.5. Tag social bookmarks

13.5.1. Adding "Bookmark this" buttons

13.5.2. StumbleUpon

13.5.3. del.cio.us

13.5.4. Digg

13.6. Professional networks

13.6.1. Linked In

13.7. Facebook

13.7.1. Add Like and Share buttons

14. Competitor analysis

14.1. Identify key competitors

14.2. Identify competitors link strategies

14.3. Analyse inbound links