A quick lesson in getting quality backlinks. Check out the great comic from my friend Tony. How many other marketers will trade him a link for this comic? Funny things are good, true things are better, but when something is funny and true…
We did the same thing on my microscope site with a bit of a more serious approach – but the idea is the same. If you want some decent backlinks, offer value in return.
If you’d like to see how this worked out for us, check out our post on this: Getting out of the Backlinks Box
And now, let’s learn Internet Marketing the easy way….
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That was great!
That post…”Learn Internet Marketing (in 12 Easy Steps)…is hilarious!!
And a microcosm of the reality we face everyday…:)
Over the years, the (direct) mail-order business attracted the interest
of millions, for it’s profitable opportunities…and now the Internet…
Yet those ubiquitous opportunities (envelope stuffing, chain-mail, etc)
are just as prolific offline as they are online…
So as this true and funny post will always hover there over us…we
can only learn from our mistakes and continue with our goals and
dreams…
Thanks for sharing so much wisdom packed with a sense of humor. We often seek expertise advice with the hope that we will be able to eliminate the unnecessary steps and get to where we want to go fast. In other words, we want an effective shortcut that saves us time and money. But the fact of the matter is that taking the roundabout is more often than not the way to go. It is through this process that we learn to identify the good vs the bad, the should vs the should not and hopefully patterns for success. I don’t believe any one can claim to be expert at anything without having spent tons of supposedly unpaid and unproductive hours to figure out that one thing… I am curious if anyone can share evidence of the contrary.
Yep. It reminds me of one of my favorite proverbs:
“The easy way is the hard way. The hard way is the easy way.”