50 Real Estate Link Building Tactics & Strategies

    1. Create press releases and submit them to free submission sites.
    2. Guest blog on other websites.
    3. Track reporters and submit PR pitches for reporters asking for it
    4. Submit your blog RSS feed to RSS Directories 
    5. Place links on your social media channels
    6. Reclaim Links from Stolen Images
    7. Mine expert RoundUps
    8. Create Real Estate Industry related tools
    9. Ask your blog’s commentators for backlinks
    10. Transcribe Videos From Industry Influencers
    11. Rank for Links
    12. Hack Quora
    13. Reclaim Brand Mentions using Google Alerts
    14. Convert homepage links to deep page links
    15. Cater to multiple learning methods
    16. Research broken links
    17. Analyze competitor backlinks
    18. Locate Wikipedia link opportunities
    19. Embed Javascript code to insert your link in content thieves’ pages. (Contact us on this one)
    20. Talk on Podcasts and events to get links from host, other speakers & sites that cover the event.
    21. Host a real estate/local event
    22. Sponsor events that link back to sponsors.
    23. Sponsor local teams
    24. Sponsor charities that give links back to sponsors
    25. Link to influencers in your posts & tag them in social media/contact them about post.
    26. Enter an award contest. If picked as a finalist, you’ll get a link from the award’s website and sites covering award.
    27. Create local contests (ex: Christmas lights) to get links from cosponsors, local newspapers, local blogs.
    28. Ask your family/friends for links from their websites.
    29. Give testimonials to your vendors, business relationships
    30. Get links from the Chamber of Commerce
    31. Get a Link from Better Business Bureau profile
    32. Podcast your written blog and submit to Itunes & Podcast Directories.
    33. Link build through newsletters
    34. Use other people’s content to link build through follow-up content
    35. Use RSS To Create Provocative Content
    36. Build free local area data API like Zillow and require people to link to you to use it
    37. Setup a live stream of a beautiful scene or busy road in local area. Submit live feed to Webcam Directories.
    38. Trade articles with others. Offer to share articles in each other’s social media channels. Even offer to buy StumbleUpon or Facebook traffic if content is link/share worthy.
    39.  Green content. Write a article about local environment (preferably with an infographic) and reach out to environmental bloggers about the blog post.
    40. If you have a beautiful site design, submit it to CSS galleries
    41. Teach your home seller clients how to link to their listing on their website with an instructional guide. Make it easy for them.
    42. In Canada, enter property detail page in virtual tour MLS field to get links from competitors. In US, we built a tool to make this MLS complaint.
    43. If you have a creative logo design you can submit to inspiration blogs and directories
    44. Research real estate industry/local business interview series to have an opportunity to get interviewed on other sites.
    45. Build Seasonal content about local annual events or special days & promoting them in a timely manner.
    46. Repurpose your content.
    47. Skyscraper content marketing for link building
    48. Offer cinemagraphs to bloggers.
    49. Compile a resource guide.
    50. Syndicate images for powerful links