Andy Fe's List: Business

• Publish Technical Papers - The right technical papers can get .edu/.lib links, as well as attract occasional geeks. Post highly scientific and technical information that you have (and don’t mind sharing) and shoot several link requests to college and university domains. Your yield may be only one or two links in a few weeks, but those can beat 100 cheap links in power.
• Share All Information That You Have - Whatever you have on your disks, hard drives, diskettes, college/university studies – share it with the world (as long as you don’t mind). It may seem like gibberish to you, but if you get 10 decent links, then it's worth the effort.
• Create Detailed Walk Throughs – A walk through is a step-by-step guide on connecting hardware, setting up software, taking apart a vehicle, etc. Walk throughs help people get from A to Z in easy-to-understand language, supported by pictures and a clear format. For example, you could do an article on how to remove Microsoft Vista and replace it with Windows XP. 

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• Mentor Less Experienced People – I’ve heard a good quote somewhere: “Leadership is not about controlling people, it’s about taking people with high potential and guiding them.” Become a mentor to a group of less experienced people and ask them to link to you as a courtesy.
• Use Confusion as Link Bait – Go through forums/blog comments and spot a confusion in the discussion. Research the topic and offer a detailed answer to the dilemma/educated opinion on your website as a link (you don’t need to know the answer when you spot confusion, since you’ll have to research it anyway). If the article is helpful, some of the people will link to it. This tactic requires some work and does not guarantee any links.
• Hire a Professional Link Building Company – There are plenty of companies online, but good ones don’t come cheap.

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