Link Building Tips for New Websites

Check out these 15 tips for link building for new websites from Dosh Dosh. This is a great article and can be used when you first start selling your gorgeous handcrafted jewelry/goods online. It isn't just enough to have a website..."Build it and they will come"...mentality will get you zero traffic and zero sales. Yikes!

I feel pretty good that I've done a lot of thins on this list...good thing because I've had the virtual business for over a year now! ;)

For my virtual jewelry boutique, I have submitted www.Designing-Diva.com places like DMOZ, Google, and Yahoo. Check out this add your url website for more SEO friendly places to submit your url.

If you run a blog like this, you can also build traffic for your blog by submitting your blog url to a variety of blog directories.

I have several link partners to help with PR (page rank).

I have written several press releases since I started my "virtual boutique" which you can see about 2/3 of way down on my press page on my website. I have used PR Leap's free and paid service. I like the fact that I can log in and check my stats.

I get traffic to my main website and blogs through my several lenses on Squidoo.

I have written several articles using Ezine such as Marketing Your Handcrafted Jewelry.

I blog on several other blogs and forums as an expert.

I've held several successful contests.

See even us creative artists can learn the business side!!!