Getting Links to your web site with linkbait
Get links and traffic to your site by creating something free and unique and give it away on your web site. It could be a tool, research, top 10 tips, something funny.
Linkbaiting or Link Baiting Strategies?
"Link Baiting
Controlling Your Message
Magnetic Headlines
Me Me Me.the Selfish Web
Seeding Your Idea
Launching a Static Site
Formatting Link Bait
Monetizing Link Bait
Bubbling Up
Don't Compete With Yourself"
LinkBait alone won't do it. You need Link Ninjas.
Counter point article that balance's linkbaiting with old fashioned leg work for your links.
"I can totally agree that the best backlinks in the world (and often easiest to get) are those that came because of great content (or call it Link Bait)..but without some Focused and Precise Link Building, you might not get to where you want to be."
Linkbaiting Playbook
it’s also the most cost- and time-efficient way of building relevant, trusted, editorially-given backlinks; it’s the critical success factor in getting ranked in Google for competitive keywords;