Relationship building for online dating is the new link building for dating sites and white label dating platforms. Gone are the days of black hat SEO and buying links to boost your way up the rankings; after the various Google updates, the best way—the and only way—is to naturally build links from related, high caliber dating and blog sites through relationship building.
What Is Relationship Building For White Label Dating?
The good thing is, much like any other area of SEO, there is a way to optimize relationship building by following a process proven to work time and time again. From the first step of identifying the dating influencers and entrepreneurs, to lastly obtaining the back link, we are going to show you exactly how it’s done.
Identify the Online Dating Influencers
Every industry has its own unique circle of influencers. If you can get on just one of their radars, and offer them something of value, you shouldn’t have any problem getting a link from them. But first things first, you need to know who these dating gurus are. Luckily there is a tool out there that can help you find out. “FollowerWonk” is a piece of software by Moz that quantifies Twitter influence, enabling you to find the top players in your dating niche within a matter of minutes.
You can also do a bit of spying on the influencers Twitter page to see who they follow. If they only follow a selective number of people, whose names you see cropping up quite often, you may have just found the industry’s group of A-listers.
Making First Contact
With your list of influencers at the ready, it’s now time to make yourself known to them. You could send a ‘cold email’ and request a link back to your site, but 9/10 times this is going to fail and let’s be honest is a little old. A better and more effective approach is to initiate contact without asking for anything in return. This is more likely to get you a response and through persistence and nurturing of the relationship, get you that precious back-link.
Keep up to date with their online activities by subscribing to their social feeds and try leaving a comment on one of their blog posts that sparks your interest. Please bear in mind you should be adding something of value here; declaring your love for the author is surprisingly not as effective as an intriguing and intelligent comment that raises their awareness to a piece of research, some dating news or a tool related to the topic in question.
Interact and Add Value
Just like with a relationship in the real world, time is needed before you go asking for favors. And even then it helps if you offer something in return. This is especially true here as the influencer isn’t going to just give you a link to your dating site, they need a solid reason to do it.
A great reason for them to give you that link is for a guest post. Your influencer is no doubt in search of high quality content that meets their audiences’ needs, so if done properly, it’s a sure fire winner. There’s no worry of the whole thing feeling needy or transaction here either, successful bloggers all have two things in common: they blog, and they love it and the subject they blog about. There is an appreciation of great writing that, once you get to know your influencer, will be shared mutually (hopefully).