Comments on: Helping Others As A Long Term Approach

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:25:57 +0000

I think its hard for a lot of people to not think they’re just a sack of potato’s as you put it. I’d like to think although I might be, I’m at least on my way to learning new skills as an intern. Also pretty sure Anchorman quotes will get you far in life. Sex panther 60% of the time, works everytime…

By: Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:00:54 +0000

Doesn’t always need to have a fix, just the fact you pointed out some issues. Even if you NEEDED to have a fix, you can point them to where the article relocated (half the time you can Google the title and find the new location) or give them the Wayback URL.

Does that help?

By: Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:59:08 +0000

I always worry about that Joe, but I highly doubt anyone has even done so – even with a following in the SEO space, still not enough for anyone to care. Good Q though!

By: Arwin Adriano

Arwin Adriano — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:56:51 +0000

That was one secret everyone should know. As the saying goes the more you give the more you receive. Being simply helpful with other people is sure to be eventually pay off as time goes by.

By: Sahil

Sahil — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:35:17 +0000

Great one Jon. Helping the people in the industry by teaching them what we know and exchanging knowledge is a great way to build a relationship and start a great community. Helping people find out the issues on their site, building relationship and trust to get a link from relevant site to have some authority passed on is a creative idea and a natural link for sure.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:35:36 +0000

I like this idea because it’s real and mimics how real people do business. Question, when you do outreach for clients do you use personas? Just asking because if you just reach out as yourself and link partners research you online they could read your strategies and maybe feel like ever communication with them is just a strategy. I know a lot of well known agencies user personas, just wondering your take on it.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:00:30 +0000

SEOs need to do less spamming and more helping.

For years everyone was busy chasing #1 ranks, links and money. To the point that many people forgot how to create an awesome site that helps people.

But when you do every part of your marketing becomes 10x easier.

By: John-Henry Scherck

John-Henry Scherck — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:50:47 +0000

Looking for the same thing myself, I find a lot of sales and persuasion books to be corny, but influence was fantastic – let me know if you find anything good!

By: Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:50:15 +0000

Still, a good portion of my outreach deals with asking for the immediate link in regards to this tactic, but I think it’s going to go more towards this way for the majority of us as we see short term paying off less & less. We’ll have to wait and see.

By: Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:49:20 +0000

Now you’re thinking! That stuff is awesome too. Takes a little more time, so I wouldn’t do more of this stuff unless it was more so from a relationship standpoint than an immediate link, but just my 2 cents.