Where to look for relevant links
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I and many others are targeting keywords such as "free iphone" or "free ps3" as part of incentive marketing schemes that offer rewards for referring new users to businesses.
These often seem too good to be true but actually do work (if you don't get caught up in the spam sites). The thing is, what sort of link building should I be looking at once I have my site showing the users how the opportunity works and that it is a legitimate site.
I don't want to have free iphone links placed where people may think I'm scamming them, so should I look at press releases, creating infographics or what?
I look forward to hearing some of your ideas...
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I'd start by finding out what sites the people who use your service hang around on. Is it biz opp and affiliate sites or something else? Then target those types of sites.
Plus you can always try getting some high quality content featured on tech review sites. Maybe an infographic that transparently explains how the schemes work or an alternative review of a product?
Just my 2c.
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