Comments on: Interviewing Potential Link Builders

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:11:57 +0000

I was surprised that you ask questions like “What do you do in your spare time?” I mean if I were the one being interviewed, I would be caught off guard. It’s like, why would you want to know? lol
However, after reading your article, I’d say I now understand why interviewers sometimes ask questions totally unrelated to the job your applying for.
Thanks for the info.

By: andre rieu fan

andre rieu fan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:42:41 +0000

Spare time….? What do you mean?

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:04:17 +0000

I’m not quite at the stage of hiring anyone for linkbuilding but will be in the not too distant future. I m going on my path and for sucess.

By: spiku enak

spiku enak — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:30:25 +0000

thanks angela for this amazing post, with this, i get much knowledge about seo .

By: Dixon Jones

Dixon Jones — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:03:24 +0000

>>>The ones that seem excited about link building (and therefore have their sanity questioned by some individuals)<<<

Ha – that made me smile

Link building hurts so very much at times. It really takes an unusual type of person to enjoy many aspects of it over a long period.

By: Rod Macbeth

Rod Macbeth — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:39:25 +0000

Thanks, Angela for this post.

I’m not quite at the stage of hiring anyone for linkbuilding but will be in the not too distant future.

I’ve bookmarked this post for when I do.

Cheers,
Rod

By: Erci Ward

Erci Ward — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:37:39 +0000

Angela, wonderful read, and please allow me a link drop –
“A Portrait Of The Perfect Link Builder” written in 2007
http://searchengineland.com/a-portrait-of-the-perfect-link-builder-11496

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:20:16 +0000

It’s typically when I’m knee deep in outreach or prospect qualification that I get my best ideas for a client, and really start to see what an industry’s link-opportunity patterns look like. For example, recently for a client I started seeing tons of article-placement opportunities at “marquee” media sites related to their offering. These turned out to be a highly-valuable to the client, though we hadn’t discussed this article-placement-for-links opportunities during initial conversations.

I still grapple with how and what to hire for: especially in light of my sense that by doing the “grunt” labor myself I really get to know a space. I do recognize that to scale I will have to divide the labor in some way.

I guess a conversation that would really help me is to better understand what functions are hireable + trainable, and how to keep my strategic value, as well as my “eye for opportunity” intact in the process. I’m sure this is an ages-old question for agencies

To bring this a little more back to topic – I like your questions, Angela… they got me thinking about what I’d like my “shop” to feel like. They got me thinking about how to find folks who have an eye for the craft of link building, while not necessarily the ability yet.

By: Jonathan Bentz

Jonathan Bentz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:46:29 +0000

Question #3 is a great question. Wish the “sales” function of link building was something I better understood when I first started as a link builder. My performance and my enjoyment of my job have increased greatly since I started, but those first few months on the job definitely required an adjustment period – going from a standard on-page optimizer to a link builder has its challenges, but the results always speak for themselves. Thanks for writing this.

By: Disa Johnson

Disa Johnson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:28:36 +0000

The approach to link building is one where the need for personableness is key to success. Artificial link building was always a thing with a short shelf life. It’s too bad so much industry energy went into it. It’s littered the Web. To make a successful link building venture, you’re going to want to surround yourself with proactive enjoyable people who aren’t afraid to communicate. This post reflects how you can sort it. Excellent writing, excellent subject. Thank you!