Yes, I do recall reading that. Lots of gold-nugget tips to be found there! Anyhow, sorry for going off-topic. If other readers wanted to be more “aggressive” or at least more persistent with their outreach, I figured I could help by sharing what’s worked for me. I guess it was more of an addendum to your “Try to be more aggressive than we are” section than anything else, though I’m well aware you guys have covered outreach tactics and strategies several times on your blog. 🙂

Rightly said Tim! Creating link-worthy content is the key here.

Also figure out more creative ways to get links from other sites.

One of the best ways to get best results with blogger outreach is: “do pre-content promotion”.

Ask for experts advice (around the topic you’re writing about) and include to their stuff within your content.

When the post goes live, let them know about it. You’ll get better outcome with foot in the door technique than reaching out to others after finishing your article.

Awesome article! I’m a big fan of actionable & “to the point” content, and you’ve nailed it.

As a person who came from the “niches affiliate industry” to the marketing niche (Recently started my marketing blog), I’ve realized the importance of quality over quantity when it comes to outreach strategy. Also, I couldn’t agree more with “What’s in it for them?” phrase as an approach to bloggers outreach. (You have to put a tweet button next to it)

Although I’m familiar with the three type of prospects that you mentioned, some new ideas popped up to my mind while you described the “vicious circle of SEO.” And also thanks for reminding me of the Alerts feature, I used to work with Google Alerts a few years ago and completely forgot about it.

Thanks very much for this useful article. Will tweet this now as I’m sure it’ll be useful for others too.

Stay awesome,
Sariel

PS: Tim, above all I liked your red smiley on the picture in section #3, you should do something with your drawing skills! 😀

Thanks for writing on this topic.

hey @tinikas:disqus

Yeah, I love Pitchbox as well, but I found their software too advanced for our needs. It’s perfect for marketing agencies though. At least that’s my opinion 🙂