{"id":374,"date":"2008-09-19T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/link-building-blog\/link-bait-hooks\/"},"modified":"2012-09-24T03:08:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T07:08:27","slug":"link-bait-hooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchenginegenie.com\/link-building-blog\/link-bait-hooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Bait Hooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Resource Hook<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>A comprehensive list of blogs in your niche &#8211; link out, and links will come in, i promise.<\/li>\n<li>A practical\/useful or even fun tool related to your niche<\/li>\n<li>A How To based on your niche<\/li>\n<li>A compilation of news stories on a theme. Sprinkle a little analysis in there, and you&#8217;re good to go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">News Hook<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>A genuine Scoop. Get to the news <strong>first<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A compilation of news, as above, its a resource aswell as a news hook.<\/li>\n<li>Expose a story for a fraud, or to be flawed. You really have to know your subject to do that, but links flow like water if you can debunk a popular meme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contrary Hook<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Be the only one in your niche to find something to not like about a story, or like about a story\/product.<\/li>\n<li>On the same theme, post &#8220;Why <insert> is WRONG about&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attack Hook<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This works much the same as the contrary hook, you just get to be much, much ruder. It&#8217;s a tough one, because just posting about such a thing could land me in hot water. But then im not here to play nice, i&#8217;m here to talk about gaining traffic, and whilst an attack hook is 99\/100 NOT the way to go, sometimes it&#8217;s absolutely killer, and can gain you credibility and reputation overnight. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Really though, careful with that one. It can just as easily go the wrong way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Humor Hook<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These kinds of hooks are just too easy. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Search flickr, or photoshop a bizzare pic of your subject<\/li>\n<li>Post &#8220;10 thing i hate about&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Post &#8220;You know you&#8217;re a <insert> when&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Funny thing is, those things <strong>always<\/strong> get links, it&#8217;s like people never seem to tire of them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resource Hook A comprehensive list of blogs in your niche &#8211; link out, and links will come in, i promise. A practical\/useful or even fun tool related to your niche A How To based on your niche A compilation of news stories on a theme. 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