Give away an article pack to other webmasters. Have it in basic html so they can easily drop each article into their website design. Offering someone a pack of articles to boost their content immediately is powerful stuff!
Write exclusive articles for other websites. They get content, you get a link. Every time you write for a high traffic website it is money in the bank!
Start a free membership site. Well, almost free. The payment is that they must link to you before they can join. Set it up just like a cash transaction to increase perceived value! See VisionGate for the best membership management software around.
Give advertising in your ezine to people who link to you. It’s not reciprocal unless you post your ezine on your site, and even then you can just take out the ads and post the content.
Co-manage a forum on your site. Make high-traffic link partners a deal that they can moderate one of your forum discussions in exchange for a link. They too will be able to get more exposure by having a good signature file on all their posts.
Testimonials work and people give them for more than just praising the product creator. Get testimonials out to product owners in exchange for a link back to your site at the bottom of your testimonial.
Affiliate programs automatically increase your incoming links. Plus it is the most famous way of paying people for linking to you! If you don’t have an affiliate program – get one!
Give away weblog accounts. You will not only have people building your site FOR you, but you can make it mandatory for them to link to you as well. There are a lot of weblog software programs you can install in order to give away free accounts to bloggers. Example blog service software.
Give out awards in your niche! Awards are great to get and webmasters love to show them off on their sites. Of course the award graphic links back to you, so it is a win-win once again!
Create a specialized directory that you offer to other webmasters as free content on their sites. Think of ways to make it unique, informative, fun, and easy to use and have built-in links back to your site.
Create a brandable ebook to give to your visitors. They can also give it away as long as they link back to you.
Barter for links! Give away a product or service in exchange for a link back. It should cost you little or nothing to do this and giving your product away to a site that can send you tons of traffic is a no brainer – most people just never think about this stuff! Think of it this way: Give away one product in order to sell ten to 10,000!
Create an association for your niche. Set a price for joining and offer to waive the fee for a link.
Give away free services or products. Think about the sites that do this successfully and mirror what they do. Only use links as your currency of choice when accepting “payment.”
Design and have a piece of valuable software written that is exclusive to you and your site. Give it away to get links.