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To answer your question: There are lots of tools that can automate this, but that's a good way to get your new site sandboxed. Don't mess with these unless you really know what you're doing.

If this site is a long-term investment for you, then you need to get your blog up and running. It will take a while to see results, but this is generally the core link-building engine of any organization.  Establish a budget and get good writers. The links will [slowly] come.

Some of the more innocuous link-building methods that you can actively pursue are social media (pinterest & squidoo especially), newsworthy press-releases, social bookmarking, niche blog commenting, niche & high PR directories (both free & paid), and guest blogging / article directories. However, most of these things are dependent on content. The more content that you have (and the better that it is), the easier it becomes to build links.

Creating special offers can also work out well if you can get on various "employee discount" pages from reputable sites. If you have a brick-and-mortar business, local citations will also help to get you going.

I hope this helps.

I can't say for sure if this would hurt you, but I know that we saw a definite decline in ROI after after an extended period of doing nothing but press-releases for our link building. It's probably a good idea to mix things up and go after some different link types if you can.

Our strategy is to go after the high-value, high-investment links first. Then read and comment on relevant blogs, submit to niche directories, bookmark content, post guest-blogs, and join new social media communities where it makes sense.

Be mindful of your link profile. Link Detective is a good tool for visualizing this type of data, and it works with OSE exports. I was researching a major competitor recently and found that 37% of their profile was comprised of blog comments, so I would assume that this would be on the upper threshold of what could be considered a balanced link profile.

What kind of quality are you getting for this rate?

Can you provide an example of what a $1 article looks like?

What kind of quality are you getting for this rate?

Can you provide an example of what a $1 article looks like?

To answer your question: There are lots of tools that can automate this, but that's a good way to get your new site sandboxed. Don't mess with these unless you really know what you're doing.

If this site is a long-term investment for you, then you need to get your blog up and running. It will take a while to see results, but this is generally the core link-building engine of any organization.  Establish a budget and get good writers. The links will [slowly] come.

Some of the more innocuous link-building methods that you can actively pursue are social media (pinterest & squidoo especially), newsworthy press-releases, social bookmarking, niche blog commenting, niche & high PR directories (both free & paid), and guest blogging / article directories. However, most of these things are dependent on content. The more content that you have (and the better that it is), the easier it becomes to build links.

Creating special offers can also work out well if you can get on various "employee discount" pages from reputable sites. If you have a brick-and-mortar business, local citations will also help to get you going.

I hope this helps.