To build up backlinks there are many different ways you can go about getting the job done. Its an important process to developing long term standings and traffic within search engines, and other websites alike. With a little time, creativity, and these tips you can build strong backlinks by the masses.

1. Donate / Sponsor
If you can through something relatively cheap like an iPod to a site running a contest, you will get a pretty good amount of exposure. Most of the time what happens is the people holding the contest announce the contest and who sponsored the winnings. Everyone who then participates or covers the contest will write something about it, and who is putting up the goods (you.) A very solid method for building backlinks, and as a bonus they will be solid links without “nofollow” attributes.

2. Do Some Interviews
Whether you are being interviewed, or you are doing the interview there is a way to get some links. If you are doing the interview, make sure to let everyone involved know when its published so they can link to it or post about it on their website. If you are the interviewee than work links into your interview. If you mention something relevant, insert a link to it. Its that easy, and most people don’t mind a little self promotion.

3. Link To Others
Most people visit the sites linking to them when they pop up in Wordpress’s Admin dashboard. If you find a piece of content that works good with what your writing, link out to it. More than likely if you do it enough people will return the favor. And if you do not get the link, look at it this way: Your post is strengthened with relevant content, and you will be noticed by the other site in some way.

4. Interlink Your Posts
Don’t be afraid to go back and edit content that has performed well, to include links to your newer content. For example if you have a list on Twitter resources, you could go back and edit it to include links to some new Twitter resources you have put together. The high trafficked list will then be pushing juice to your new content along with traffic increasing your chances of people commenting, sharing, and coming back.

5. Submit More Guest Posts
Guest posting has been glorified pretty much everywhere so I don’t think I need to get to in depth with this one. Obviously you want to be writing articles for relative sites, that of course are within your niche. Start at the top with the best sites in your niche (most traffic) and work your way down until someone takes the post. Also make sure you are not inserting to many links into the post. It could hurt your image, and more importantly your chances of coming back. If you want to do another guest posting on a site, make sure your first one is top notch.

6. Run A Contest or Two
Another technique that has been covered everywhere is running a contest. This is very easy and can be done many ways with the most popular being comment contests. Just make sure whatever you are giving away has some sort of value. For newer blogs, most people are not going to give two shots about winning advertising on your blog. If you cant afford a cash prize or iPod to give away, see if you can find a site that will sponsor the contest in return for a review post or something of that nature.