Get Backlinks And Organic Traffic – Step By Step

A lot of people have asked me recently how to get more organic traffic. So this post will show you the step by step methods I use.

Before we get started I should mention a couple of things.

• I do the below steps for medium competition keywords and sites – i.e. keywords that have Google competition in “” up to about 30-40k. Obviously with less competition you can skip or reduce some of the steps.
• I use some automated tools. It saves me A LOT of time (I’m talking of up to 95%!). It’s your choice whether you want to invest in the tools or do it manually. Time versus money.

As you may or may not know, getting ranked in the search engines require on-page and off-page optimization. On-page optimization information is widely available, so I am not going to go into that. Off-page optimization is getting backlinks and that is what I will show you with this post.

So here are my steps for getting backlinks to a newly launched site:

I submit my site to Bing. I have found that by doing this generally Bing index my site within 48 hours, something that has taken a long time previously. Just type in your website URL on Bing and if it is not already indexed they will give you an option to submit your site.

Social Bookmarking. I use Bookmarking Demon to submit my site to 100+ social bookmarking sites. I normally submit the home page and two other pages on the first day and then submit 2-3 pages every two days until all the pages of my site are submitted. Social bookmarking traffic is normally untargeted and most of the time won’t make you a lot of money, but it is an early boost in traffic.

Directory Submission. I use DirectoryBot to submit my home page to 500+ directories. Directory links might not carry as much weight now as they did previously, but it only takes me 2 minutes – well worth it. It goes without saying that this step will give you a lot of backlinks spread out over 2-3 months and although you will not receive any direct traffic, it will increase your search engine rankings over time.

I get two articles written at Articlez and create a Squidoo lens and a Hubpage. Not only does it give me two backlinks from authority sites, but they also earn me a little money directly from Squidoo and Hubpages.

Article marketing. My article marketing might seem complicated but it is actually quite simple. I first get 5 articles written at Articlez (or more or less depending on how big my site is). My signature at the bottom will have a link pointing to the home page and one other internal page. So with the 5 articles I will get 5 home page links and 5 links pointing to different internal pages. I then use these articles in the following way:

1. I submit them to Ezine Articles first and when approved I submit them manually to GoArticles and ArticlesBase. This will give you authority backlinks and also give you some traffic.
2. Next step is to use Automatic Article Submitter to submit the 5 articles to a ton of other article directories. Not for traffic, but backlinks. I generally submit 1 article a week.
3. The last step is to add these 5 articles to Article Marketing Automation. Make sure to rewrite the article at least 30% using their rewriter as it will be published on a lot more sites. Article Marketing Automation is great for getting in context links as I just move the links from the resource box to somewhere in the article itself – something a lot of article directories from upon.

That’s it!

Because I use software to automate the process plus I outsource the article writing all these steps except for the Article Marketing Automation bit only takes around 20 minutes! AMA takes another 50 minutes or so.

So let’s see what you get after all your submissions have been taken into account (which may take several months).

You get a 100 social bookmarks to each page plus more than 1,000 links to your home page and 1,000 links to 5 other pages. There are a lot of variables but even if you only get half that you should be able to destroy the competition!

Affiliate Classroom 2.0 Review

Affiliate Classroom 2.0 launched with a lot of fanfare a while ago and I have resisted signing up to it, until a marketer friend of mine recommended it just to see their sales funnels and systems.

And boy am I glad I did!

I can honestly say they have the best system for “forcing” members to return to the site out of any make money online site I have ever seen. But is Affiliate Classroom 2.0 worth the money?

Let’s find out.

Affiliate Classroom 2.0 for beginners (new online marketers)

If you don’t know your affiliate products from adsense, or niche sites from authority sites AC 2.0 provides a brilliant education. They have all kinds of tools, case studies and articles, but what really caught my eye is their training system.

There is currently 3 levels of courses, with level 1 being very basic, level 2 a bit more advanced and level 3 a bit more advanced again. For those of you interested what the courses cover, here are screenshots from each level.

LEVEL 1 COURSES

 

LEVEL 2 COURSES

 

LEVEL 3 COURSES

Each course consists of a document explaining the concept, sometimes with the help of images, etc. It is then followed by a 10 question test, where you have to score 7 or more to pass.

There are also 10 “classes” that you can achieve in AC 2.0.

You start at class 1 and move up when you pass a certain amount of courses. However, there are also milestones. For instance, to reach class 6 you have to receive more than 3,000 visits per month to your affiliate websites.

Finally to reach class 10 you have to pass 9 level 1 courses, 9 level 2 courses, 9 level 3 courses and earn more than $10k per month as an affiliate!

So for the new internet marketer Affiliate Classroom 2.0 takes you by the hand until you have reached the $10k per month goal. Pretty cool!

Affiliate Classroom 2.0 for advanced marketers

If you earn more than $10k per month AC 2.0 probably is not for you, unless you want some education in specific areas of online marketing.

However, the website itself and its systems serve as a brilliant education.

First, when you sign up they bombard you with one time offers and upsells (3 when I signed up). Their sales funnel is a case study in itself!

Second, the way they encourage user interaction and members to return is the best I have seen. It is human nature to get to the highest level in anything, so to introduce a class system with 10 classes is genius. You move up in class when you complete tests on the various courses (forcing you to return to the website regularly) plus also taking action (setting up an affiliate website, getting a certain amount of visitors, earning a certain amount monthly).

Third, the members home page is set up brilliantly. Everything is easy to see and reach. Check out the screenshot below:

 

All in all I think Affiliate Classroom 2.0 is an excellent learning tool for new internet marketers or anybody not making at least a regular $3-4k per month. If you earn more than that already and know most things about setting up successful affiliate sites then this one is not for you.