haha, well I guess it does feel a bit awkward for some people 😛

Another way I`ve found to be useful in getting people`s attention (and build links) is to comment on blogs that are related to your website. And when I say comment, I mean add some value to the article, being insightful, not just that generic crap most people post.

When notice you are consistently commenting on their articles they start to notice your name, and I`ve found that to be a very good first contact. You`re adding legitimate value to their posts and you aren`t asking for anything in return(yet) 🙂

Can you give me a link from Thesis Blog?

😀 Just kidding.

I mean how about asking a link through a comment?

I occasionally get few comments on one of my blogs asking for links and I find them most irritating.

I have been using the “drafting technique” for quite some time now since I made the discovery of it on Social Triggers quite some time ago. And…the results of course are beyond expectations.

Gosh, I am busy with an interview with Bamidele Onibalusi right now (will be my very first YouTube production after being inspired by Pat Flynn) and well, guess what? The post will surely contain a link back to him and the best part is, HE himself have asked me to send him the link once it’s up. My good guess is, he’ll go have a look and well, even if I have to say so myself, I’m sure he’ll link to it after seeing the quality.

I have just done the same thing on Twitter using Twitterfeed! I went and added my favourite blogs in my Twitterfeed account. Now for those that don’t know what it is…

You can add any amount of RSS feeds into your account and then as soon as the feed is updated, it tweets the post to your followers automatically! How cool is that! A feature I like best is you can add default prefixes and suffixes to your tweet, and of course I used the twitter handle of the person who’s content that is. So they’ll be “notified” as soon as a new tweet gets tweeted.

Pretty cool huh?

Thanks man, keep rocking!

What great ideas, I have been really testing/tweaking and playing with my Thesis theme that I recently set up and have used this site for a lot of guidance. There are a few different plugins that make the Thesis theme rock even more for ME….may not be for everyone but I love it.

There are a great deal of people that have a hard time with Thesis because of how many different customizations that can be done, but like anything else, going in and playing will get you familiar with the settings.

I should really make some “Keep It Simple Stupid” videos for people on the different settings and plugins I use with Thesis.

Thank you for the great post ! This site is my latest bookmarked site! I greatly appreciate the info! Rock On!

Not only I believe he got at least one link to his site -from Pat- but also got Pat himself to reply on the comments thread at my friend’s blog and then interacted on twitter as well.

So yeah, this definitely works. Nice way of doing it though, loved the “non-invasive” approach for contacting big bloggers and excellent example on the law of reciprocity.

Loved the article Derek, thanks!

Sergio