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How to Get Traffic and Links from Blog Roundups

Last Updated on March 12, 2018 118 Comments

Afew months ago, I didn’t know Adam (Connell) from Adam.

Then I started getting WordPress trackbacks from his blog – notifications that he linked to my blog posts.

Of course, I went to check him out and, once I saw his content, I became a fan.

Since then, Adam has been featured in several blog posts at Traffic Generation Café and, as long as he continues to create valuable content, I will continue to share it with my readers.

A couple of years ago, when I first started Traffic Generation Café, Kristi Hines didn’t know me from Adam either (or is it from Eve?).

I spent a lot of time on her Kikolani.com blog – reading, learning, commenting.

Eventually, I asked Kristi to take a look at one of my pillar posts on how to increase blog traffic to see if she minded including it in one of her famous Fetching Friday mashups.

And so she did. That gesture sent me some traffic, gave me a boost of confidence, but most importantly, started a blogging friendship with Kristi.

Iain Robson runs a marketing blog in a very interesting niche: marketing for farmers (great way to zero in on your potential audience!).

He likes Traffic Generation Café and is not shy to show it: he’s been including my posts in almost every one of his weekly link roundups.

He made it impossible for me to ignore him. And I am glad. Iain can now ask me for any favor he wants and, chances are, I’ll do it for him.

Blog Link Roundups

What do the three examples above have in common? All those relationships were built as a result of blog link roundups.

Speedlinking, roundups, mashups – all roads lead to posts that curate the best content on the web.

“Best content” is, of course, in the eyes of the beholder, i.e. the publishing blogger.

There are two ways to promote your blog and, as a result, get more traffic, with blog link roundups.

Get Mentioned in Link Roundups

You need to be proactive to get other bloggers to discover your content, and link roundups are the perfect way to do it.

The keys to promoting your content via roundups:

  • Write stellar content (no one will mention it unless it’s worth its salt);
  • Build relationships with the publishing bloggers (don’t just approach them with “how about mentioning my post?”);
  • Only alert them to your best posts (don’t be the boy/girl who cries wolf).

Once those bloggers know you, like you, and love your content, seeing your posts pop up in their roundups will be just a matter of time.

My List of Marketing Link Roundups

Here’s a short list of blogs I know of that publish regular roundups:

  • Francisco Perez IBlogZone.com
  • Matthew Woodward at MatthewWoodward.co.uk
  • UpCity team at UpCity.com
  • Stacey Roberts at Problogger.net
  • Shonali Burke at ShonaliBurke.com
  • MaAnna Stephenson at BlogAid.net
  • Glen Fisher at VerticalMeasures.com
  • Nile Flores at Blondish.net
  • Jared Cohen at FlyingPointDigital.com
  • Small business link roundup at SmallBusinessBonfire.com
  • Brent Carnduff at SteamFeed.com
  • Matthew Alpine at CreatingLifeSolutions.com
  • Ray Hiltz at RayHiltz.com
  • Robin Strohmaier at r-rWebDesign.com
  • Steve Williams at BuzzAndTips.com
  • Stephen Jeske at GrowthHackingDigest.com – this entire site is a weekly curated reading list.

To find link roundups in your specific niche, type this command into your search:

“weekly link roundup” + “YOUR KEYWORD”

Of course, remember to add your keyword and also play with the word “roundup“. For instance, you can try “mashups“, “weekly links“, “linky love”, “best of the web“, etc.

Just learned how to find (and drive traffic from!) blog roundups at Ana Hoffman's blog.Click To Tweet

If you know of or find other roundups in the marketing niche, let me know in the comments.

I also publish my own version of link roundups here at Traffic Generation Café: I include a list of blogs that linked to any one of my posts in my Weekly Marketing Skinnies.

Naturally, if you want to see your blog mentioned there, simply mentioned any relevant Traffic Generation Café post on your blog. But please, don’t do it for the sake of a mention; link to my posts because they are relevant to your readers and will add value to your writing.

Google and I will thank you for that!

Quick Tip: Build Relationships with the Right People

You might be thinking now (I know I’d be!):

Oh great, how on earth am I supposed to get noticed by the industry heavy lifters like Darren Rowse from Problogger.net or Danny Iny from FirepoleMarketing.com?

And the answer is… you don’t.

As much as Darren and Danny would love to write every single post on their respective blogs, they don’t.

Build relationships with those people who do write those roundups.

Like Stacey Roberts of TheVeggieMama.com who writes the link roundups for Problogger.net:

How to stand out to blog link roundup writers

To get ideas on how to be memorable, read these posts:

Influencer Marketing: 11 Memorable Ways To Gain An Influencer’s Attention

Influencer Marketing: 10 Practical Ways to Be Memorable

Publish Your Own Link Roundups

This is one of the best ways to increase your website traffic – be generous by mentioning other worthy blogs in your own link roundups.

Wonder why you’d want to to link out to other blogs and how it’d bring web traffic BACK to your site?

  1. Chances are the bloggers you link out to will stop by your link roundups, leave a comment, and share them with their followers = TRAFFIC and EXPOSURE FOR YOU.
  2. Those bloggers you link out to will now know who you are = NETWORKING and LONG-TERM relationship-building.
  3. Your readers will get valuable content.
  4. When you publish roundups, it’s one less post topic you’ll have to worry about – whether it’s weekly or monthly.

Here’s an example of increasing traffic to YOUR site as a result of linking out to OTHER sites in your link roundups (a screenshot from MaAnna Stephenson’s BlogAid.net):

Blog link roundup: how sending traffic off your site brings traffic to your site

If you are on defense about linking out – for whatever reason – here’s why you shouldn’t be:

  • In a Post Google Penguin World, It is Still Okay to Link Out – by Bill Hartzer

Plus, take a note of how many blogs I am linking out to in this or any other blog post at Traffic Generation Café – follow the leader!

More Link Roundup Ideas

Here are some other creative ideas to curate other bloggers’ content.

Scoop.it

There are many reasons to use a website like Scoop.it to curate content from around the web – even in addition to running link roundups on your own blog.

To learn more about it, I’ll send you over to the Queen of Scoop.it – Ileane Smith of BasicBlogTips.

  • How To Curate Content and Build Authority With Scoop.it

Social Media Link Roundups

Here’s a fresh spin on creating link roundups: publish roundups of your favorite tweets instead.

Example: Twitter Link Roundups at Crowdspring.com blog

Of course, it doesn’t have to be Twitter – if you are a fan of Facebook or Google+, what stops you from publishing Facebook or Google+ roundups, right?

For instance, +Mick Sharpe has been doing an excellent job publishing Google+ roundups:

Link Roundup Marketing Takeaway

It’s simple: link roundups are a great way to get your blog noticed – whether other blogs mention your epic content or you run a roundup of your own.

Plus this is the kind of traffic generation strategy that works for all niches.

Link roundups: what goes around, comes around.

And don’t forget to mention Traffic Generation Café in YOUR next link roundup!

 

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  1. Steve says

    December 2, 2018 at 5:04 pm

    Ana, thanks for the great info! I was not familiar with Scoop.it, but I am now. I just created my account and am looking to get started scooping!

    Thanks again for this great resource.

    Steve

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      December 17, 2018 at 8:18 pm

      Yay – pleasure, Steve!

      Reply
  2. Deepti says

    May 27, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    Hi Ana,
    Your post about link roundups is very good and informative. Its a new topic for me. Do you think this strategy works in 2018 too. Is it not considered as spam by google now.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      May 28, 2018 at 8:05 am

      It absolutely does work, Deepti, and there’s nothing spammy about it – it’s curated content. Google has nothing against that.

      Reply
  3. Prathamesh says

    November 11, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Hi Ana, Thanks for this detailed guide. This is some real amazing way to network with bloggers and exchange links to content that matter.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      December 25, 2016 at 5:11 pm

      Pleasure, Prathamesh.

      Reply
  4. Steve Williams says

    October 6, 2016 at 7:56 am

    Hi Ana,

    Thanks for your short list of weekly roundup bloggers. I’m honored to be part of it.

    You are right about roundups and their influence on building relationships with bloggers. Ever since I started my roundup series, I had several bloggers reaching out for a spot in my next issue. Most of them publish excellent articles. And I got to know them better.

    I enjoy reading your Skinnies every week. Keep them coming; they are resourceful and helpful.

    All the best,

    -steve

    P.S. Off to share your post to my social media outlets.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 6, 2016 at 2:13 pm

      So glad you’ve started doing roundups, Steve – we need more well-curated reading lists; otherwise, there’s just too much content to sift through out there!

      And you are so very welcome. And look forward to seeing more of you around Traffic Generation Café!

      Reply
  5. Anjali says

    September 25, 2016 at 9:42 am

    Hi Ana,
    Your post about link roundups and the list of marketing sites which do the link round-ups is really good. But, I am a health and beauty blogger. Do you have any list of sites that do link round-ups about health posts.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 27, 2016 at 9:06 am

      Unfortunately, you’ll have to do your own legwork, Anjali. 😉 Try using the tips to find link roundups in your niche from the post.

      Reply
      • Anjali says

        September 29, 2016 at 6:23 am

        Thanks for replying Ana,
        You are so prompt in responding to the user’s comments. It’s really appreciable that you are taking time out of your busy schedule to reply to comments. I find that many bloggers just ignore the comments and don’t respond properly. I will surely follow your tips to find link roundups in my niche.

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          October 1, 2016 at 8:34 am

          I wish I could say I was always this prompt responding to comments, Anjali… ? but I do always try to give each and every one of my readers the proper attention they deserve.

          Thanks for the compliment!

          Reply
  6. Adwait says

    August 29, 2016 at 5:58 am

    Hey Ana,
    The way you have explained link roundups, I had gotten my hopes high to generate some decent traffic to my website. Do you think this technique will work with infographics too?

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 5, 2016 at 1:07 pm

      You certainly can generate more than decent traffic from roundups, Adwait – depending on who does the roundup, of course.

      Regarding your question: I assume you are asking would anyone want to mention an infographic you’ve created as a part of their roundup? I don’t see why not.

      Reply
      • Adwait says

        September 6, 2016 at 12:32 am

        Thanks for the helpful reply. I will check around if any influencer in the niche is doing infographic roundup and see if they are interested to give shout out to our infographic. Will let you how it goes.

        Reply
  7. August Specht says

    August 8, 2016 at 3:35 am

    Good morning Ana,

    A great read for us bloggers who are struggling to get the circulation we need. I have been focusing on content and social media but confess to being frustrated with traffic due the gap on backlinks and I am now trying to invest the time. While my writing muse keeps whispering in my ear, I am going to endeavor to follow this excellent advice to make sure someone actually sees what I write. 🙂

    Keep it coming!!

    August

    ps – I did share your info on all my social media

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 8, 2016 at 5:52 pm

      In my opinion, building relationships and getting referral traffic should take priority over whiling away time on social media, August.

      We should definitely be on social media, but it’s never a primary traffic driver – rather a reinforcement of our brand, a reminder to our readers/followers/fellow niche-marketers we still exist!

      And writing even more stuff? Keep writing it when the muse strikes, but save it for when you have an actual audience you are talking to! 😉

      Certainly appreciate the social media attention!

      Reply
      • August Specht says

        August 9, 2016 at 4:40 am

        Appreciate the reply, particularly as it wasn’t too long after you jumped out of a perfectly good airplane!! I started scoop.it today also. Thank you – very cool tactic!

        August

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          August 10, 2016 at 8:34 pm

          😉 That’s the reason I jumped to begin with – to be forever known as ‘the cool chick who jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.’

          Yay to scoop.it; let me know how it goes, August.

          Reply
  8. laura Routh says

    May 17, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    Hi Ana, thank you for this post. I started my own weekly roundup on my blog about a month ago, and although it’s a lot of work, I love creating these weekly summaries with my own personal touch. I’m taking a breather, after blogging for about seven months now, to learn about keywords and SEO. I hadn’t researched any of that! I know that content is first and foremost, but my question is how do I use keywords for a weekly summary or roundup when the name, obviously, is the same each week? Do I simply not go through the yoast SEO plugin cues? I’m so confused, and when I google the question, I get articles on how to get featured in weekly roundups instead of SEO on creating them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This is the most helpful resource that I found! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 16, 2016 at 9:00 pm

      Hi, Laura – I just got back from a breather myself; needed to take a break from constantly going and doing. Thus such a delay in responding to your comment; I apologize.

      Personally, I don’t optimize my roundups in any way. There’s really no point in anyone finding them in Google – the info gets outdated too quickly. Most of my traffic to those posts comes from referrals from other bloggers and social media.

      I took a look at your roundups and they do seem to be a bit more evergreen than mine; however, not to the point where I’d bother optimizing them. The topics are way too broad. You have to ask yourself – what would people search for that my roundups are the perfect answer to?… I’d have a bit of a hard time coming up with a response. You?

      Not every post is meant to be optimized. Focus on your more evergreen content.

      Thanks for coming by and hope to see you back soon.

      Reply
      • Laura Routh says

        August 19, 2016 at 9:23 pm

        Hi Ana,

        Thank you for responding. I appreciate, also, that you took a look at my news-links. And you are correct. Because of the breadth of topics, there really isn’t a way to SEO for round ups.

        They seem to create more value by simply driving traffic and building relationships. For example, I was approached this past week by a website that wants to be included in one of my news-links. I offered, in addition, to include them on my resource page – relationship building.

        I did feel compelled to choose “news-links” as my keyword, but I wasn’t expecting that to show up in a Google search when there’s so much competition from news sources.

        Thank you again for responding. You’ve given me much to think about.

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          August 21, 2016 at 4:19 am

          You are absolutely right, Laura – roundups build referral traffic and relationships. And that’s HUGE, with or without Google’s help.

          And you are very welcome. Enjoyed getting to know you a bit and look forward to seeing you around Traffic Generation Café and on social media!

          Reply
  9. Brian Robben says

    April 29, 2016 at 9:51 am

    I’m definitely going to start a link roundup after reading this article. Simple, effective, and powerful is always a winning combination for me.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      April 29, 2016 at 10:53 pm

      Hear, hear, Brian.

      Reply
  10. Mayasari says

    April 25, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    Thank you so much ana..

    I will try Roundups..

    regards

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      April 29, 2016 at 10:57 pm

      Pleasure, Mayasari.

      Reply
  11. Faruk says

    April 12, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    Hi Ana,
    This is an awesome post on How to Get Traffic and Links from Blog Roundups which I am looking for. Because my website is lacking in traffic. Thanks for posting. I think this tips will help me to make my site crowded to downloading Enlish movies.
    Thanks a lot again
    We expect many awesome tips from you. I think you will give us many tips that helps us to improve our job.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      April 13, 2016 at 11:21 am

      Happy to help, Faruk. And remember, all worthwhile things (like traffic) take time. 😉

      Reply
  12. Steve Anderson says

    January 5, 2016 at 4:52 am

    Ana, It has been years but I used to visit your blog fairly regularly. I even accused you of being Oksana Baiul, the Olympic skater who changed her name and had a face job. Not really “accused”- just joking. Anyway, a long, nasty divorce, having both my knees replaced and turning “70” have changed my prospective on a lot of things. I am currently plowing my way through John Carlton’s “Kick Ass Copywriting Secrets Of A Marketing Rebel” and his “The Freelance Course.” Somewhere I think I still have your “Traffic SEO Report” and now my question — Do you accept “Content” as it were from raw rookies trying to get exposure and critique – on your blog? BTW, it is much bigger and more beautiful than the last time I was here. I have no blog or website as yet, just looking for a starting point. Any comment from you would be amazingly appreciated, and — you are even more beautiful than ever! Cordially, Stephen Phillips Anderson.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      January 10, 2016 at 8:21 pm

      Well hello there, Steve – welcome back! Sorry to hear about your big time life troubles, sounds like a major case of lifehitmeontheheaditis… but hey, hope the worst is behind you.

      Unfortunately, I am not a big fan of publishing guest posts at TrafficGenerationCafe.com currently, but if you send my way anything you’d like me to take a look at and give you an honest opinion on (and I mean honest!), feel free to do so.

      Reply
      • Stephen Phillips Anderson says

        January 11, 2016 at 3:16 pm

        Hi to you, Ana.

        I will be fine with all matters with life in the very near future.

        I am still in the final stages of finishing John Carlton’s double course. (Freelance Writing & Kick Ass Copywriting) And, I would love your MOST BRUTAL, Honest Opinion one of these days.

        In the mean time I will just spend time READING YOUR material. I loved it “back then” and I’m certain things are even better now. It is hard to imagine but you are even more beautiful than in the old days – I will enjoy your blog immensely from here on.

        Thank you, Stephen (Steve is fine)

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          January 11, 2016 at 10:53 pm

          Sounds good, Steve.

          Reply
  13. Atul Singh says

    December 25, 2015 at 5:16 am

    Targeting roundups is an extremely useful and easy way to get more traffic because they exist for the sole purpose of linking out.
    And in my opinion, it is the most underrated link building strategy on this planet.
    What you say Ana?

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      January 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm

      I wouldn’t say it’s easy, Atul – you still have to create good enough content for either 1. someone to want to include it into their link roundups, or 2. write a good enough link roundup for others to want to read it/share it.

      Also, speaking from experience, link roundups are time-consuming – they only look simple on the surface of things.

      As far as link building is concerned, yes, it’s an easy way to earn links.

      However, in Google’s eyes, ‘easy’ links don’t have much weight for those exact reasons.

      Personally, I love link roundups for their traffic potential. Google is not my primary (or even secondary) concern.

      Reply
  14. Hussain says

    December 4, 2015 at 6:35 am

    Great inputs Ana!

    I totally agree with you, building relationships really worth the efforts.

    Thanks for sharing this epic post.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      January 19, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks for coming by, Hussain.

      Reply
  15. Nisha says

    October 25, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    Really, it is great way get more traffics for blogs. I just want to follow it. And it’s incredible post about it.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      November 4, 2015 at 6:51 pm

      Thank you, Nisha.

      Reply
  16. Sherman Smith says

    October 1, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Hey Ana,

    One thing I do is read at least 6 blogs a day, 5 days a week. I don’t know how I do it with my busy schedule but I manage.

    I keep running g into great, quality posts and I thought it would be a great idea to start doing link roundups for my audience. I do it in the same style as Adrienne Smith where I share 6 blog posts every month.

    I actually found this post through Robin Strohmaier’s blog. She just started doing round ups this month and she put up a list of great posts which I have to go back to read.

    Thanks for sharing Ana! Have a great upcoming weekend!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:41 pm

      So glad you found this post, Sherman – thanks to Robin for the mention!

      Now that you’ve done a roundup (just one so far, right?), what do you think? Are you going to continue? Did you see a value in doing it?

      And if you do decide to continue with it, let me know: I’ll be happy to add you to the post.

      Reply
  17. Dave Chesson says

    September 15, 2015 at 4:04 am

    OMG Anna, that was awesome and thank you for mentioning Scoup.it. I was just thinking about that while I was reading your post. My problem is though, I have never found a good article/tutorial that explained Scoup.it well enough to give me the confidence to invest enough time in mastering it. In principle it sounds awesome, but in practice…not sure yet. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 19, 2015 at 8:58 pm

      You are very welcome, Dave.

      I know Ileane Smith of BasicBlogTips.com loves Scoop.it and drives a lot of traffic from it. Her tutorial that I mentioned in the post is just about the best I’ve seen, albeit a bit old.

      Let me know if you end up finding anything.

      Reply
  18. Julian says

    September 13, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Hi Ana.

    Great post! 🙂

    I’m going to be working on a link roundup in a bit and hopefully have it published within a few days.

    I got a question, though…

    Does it matter what I say to the people I link to? Is something like “hey Ana. I featured your post on my blog. Check it out!” good enough, or??

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 19, 2015 at 8:59 pm

      Something as simple as that is perfect, Julian.

      Thanks for coming by!

      Reply
  19. Nick Steeves says

    September 10, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    Thanks Ana – I’m gonna try this out asap!

    One target I’m trying in my current outreach campaign is weekly newsletters of curated content.

    I found that several, including Hiten Shah, are using a service called Curated, which provides a sign-up page with their branded footer. To quickly find these newsletters I’m using this search query:

    “Published with Curated” [keyword]

    I hope you find this useful 🙂

    Nick

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 26, 2015 at 9:31 am

      This is a tremendous tip, Nick; I appreciate you sharing it with us.

      I’m going to do some more research about it and, with your permission (and a link back to you, of course!), I’ll add it to the post.

      Reply
      • Nick Steeves says

        September 26, 2015 at 1:23 pm

        Hi Ana,

        No problem, I’m glad I could help 🙂

        Yes I would love that – let me know how your research goes!

        Nick

        Reply
  20. Neeraj Ojha says

    September 1, 2015 at 11:41 am

    It looks like you have mastered the art of creating blog roundups… and I feel it is one of the most effective ways to promote,

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 26, 2015 at 9:46 am

      Thank you, Neeraj.

      Reply
  21. David Arthur says

    August 29, 2015 at 11:19 am

    Round ups are one of the best link building and traffic generation techniques thank you for this awesome post Ana

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      September 26, 2015 at 9:46 am

      Pleasure, David.

      Reply
  22. Prateek says

    August 29, 2015 at 1:39 am

    I never knew we could get some traffic as well links this way. I am surely gonna try it, Thanks Anna

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:44 pm

      Pleasure, Prateek.

      Reply
  23. Jasper says

    August 24, 2015 at 12:10 am

    I am really excited to build great relationships with other marketers, and I hope they will mention me on their blogs. That’s my goal today after reading your post. Earn trust and respect from other marketers.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:46 pm

      Give and you shall receive – always worked and always will. Thanks for coming by, Jasper.

      Reply
  24. Kurt Frankenberg says

    August 21, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    Really, the most important thing about link roundups IMHO is the fact that the Reader (the Most Important Person on your blog) gets to win.

    After all, linking out to others in the same niche saves the Reader steps and helps him/her to find others that are contributing to the same conversation.

    I’m going to start doing link roundups because of your example Ana. Thanks the information about how to find links in my niche, and giving me a starter list as well!

    Keep Stepping,

    Kurt

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:47 pm

      It’s like doing all the dirty work for our readers. 😉 I know I love it when someone does it for me!

      Definitely let me know if/when you decide to do roundups, Kurt.

      Reply
  25. Anant Patel says

    August 18, 2015 at 6:18 am

    Hi Ana,

    Link Roundups is really great ideas to get link back from popular blogs. More important things is you can build up great relationship like you have mentioned in your examples. I have read your link roundups tactics and found that it is penalty proof tactics.

    Thanks for sharing great insight over here.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      October 5, 2015 at 8:08 pm

      I aim to be more reader-centered than Google-centered, Anant. Most of the time, it’s one and the same thing.

      Reply
  26. Sam says

    August 14, 2015 at 2:58 am

    Hello Ana

    Nice tips to improve traffic of blog in 2015. These tips will really help newbies like me to increase traffic. Thanks for sharing these tips

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 17, 2015 at 9:33 pm

      You are welcome, Sam.

      Reply
  27. Anand BV says

    August 11, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Hi Ana,

    Your Roundups is really helpful to me, as a small business owner i dont have much budget for marketing. So, I myself do the online marketing and your tips has helped me to build lot of links. Thanks

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 12, 2015 at 8:56 am

      Glad to hear it, Anand.

      Reply
  28. Adrienne says

    August 5, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Hey Ana,

    I love link roundups because as you very well know, it’s hard to read everything out there and we do miss quite a bit from time to time.

    I have one at the end of each month and of course I’ve mentioned you before but I do mine a little differently. I take the best five posts out of all the ones I’ve read for the month and include them in my roundup the very last Monday of each month. I try my best to find content that’s not regurgitating the same old stuff or perhaps it’s just presented in a different way.

    I like to keep it interesting but it does help introduce my readers to bloggers they may not have met yet.

    I’m glad you shared why they’re important, love live roundups.

    ~Adrienne

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 12, 2015 at 9:05 am

      I love it how you take your time letting your readers know why you mention specific blog posts, Adrienne. That, along with the fact that you do your roundups only once a month (less is more!), makes us pay all the more attention to your suggestions.

      With that said, I can’t believe I neglected adding your roundup to this post; happily corrected.

      Reply
  29. Theodore Nwangene says

    August 4, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    Its been awhile Ana,
    How are you doing? Hope you’re pushing it. Happy to be here again :).

    I agree with you that publishing Round Ups is a very great means of driving loads of traffic to any blog especially if you promote it very well.

    This is something I’ve been considering to start doing on my blog too and after going through this post of yours, i think its time i give it a shot.

    This is really a great resource and I’m going to check them out one after the other.

    Thanks for sharing Ana.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 12, 2015 at 9:09 am

      It has been a while indeed, Theodore; glad to see you back in my neck of the woods.

      What are you up to these days? I see you are linking out to GuestCrew; how come?

      Reply
      • Thedore Nwangene says

        August 20, 2015 at 2:39 am

        Thank you Ana,
        I’m actually working with the Guest Crew team as their community manager while also building my own business though, i still blog at Top Blogging Coach. The job is really giving me lots of exposure and new ideas.

        Currently, I’m working on some niche sites and also making plans to start creating my own products but, my main focus right now is on building up my email list, I’ve really neglected that for a long time now.

        I bought one of Jon Morrows course early this year (Serious Bloggers Only) and its really a great course with actionable tips on building a blog audience so, I’m also going to be implementing the lessons i gathered from there.

        Thanks a lot for asking, i will be sticking around more from now,

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          October 5, 2015 at 8:07 pm

          Sounds like you’ve got your plate full, Theodore; glad to hear you are doing well though. Look forward to seeing you around again!

          Reply
  30. Don Purdum says

    August 4, 2015 at 6:29 am

    Hi Ana,

    I found roundups to be really, really helpful the first year of my blog. As a strategy I’m leaning more to creating roundup posts in the future that serve more as a resource or educational tool for my clients.

    What I was doing was just sharing the top articles I enjoyed from around the web but that might not have been the best approach as the viewers on those articles slowly declined.

    However, by changing it up to give more value inside my genre it gives the feel to me of offering more value for both my followers and readers and may attract a few new potential blog friends that serve the same audience I do but in a different way.

    Thanks for the reminder to re-think including this back into my strategies.

    Have an awesome week Ana!

    ~ Don Purdum

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 4, 2015 at 6:53 am

      Doing roundups is definitely a lot more work than it looks, isn’t it, Don – and constantly tweaking them to see what works, what doesn’t (like anything else on your site) is a must.

      However, if you do find a sweet spot (like I did with these Weekly Marketing Skinnies), then roundups become a winner – both both bloggers and their readers.

      Let me know if you ever decide to go back to your roundups.

      Reply
      • Don Purdum says

        August 20, 2015 at 6:44 am

        Hi Ana,

        What I think I’m going to do starting in September is create a separate section on my site just for valuable roundups. I love what you do with yours and you’re a great example of how to share insightful, helpful and engaging posts.

        I’ll definitely let you know and this article will definitely be a lead in as a reason why I’m starting them up again.

        Have a great end to your week Ana!

        ~ Don

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          October 5, 2015 at 7:49 pm

          As much as you read, doing a roundup would be a natural extension of your efforts, Don.

          Let me know when you decide to do it!

          Reply
  31. Jasper Oldersom says

    August 3, 2015 at 5:19 am

    Hi Ana,

    I LOVED your post 🙂 I’ve been thinking about doing round-ups. It’s a go for me now.

    Just wanted to let you know that Shonali Burke’s link actually links to UpCity’s domain, might wanna fix that.

    Have a great week!

    – Jasper

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 4, 2015 at 6:55 am

      Thanks, Jasper! (and thanks for the heads-up, will definitely fix it)

      Reply
  32. saqib ahmad says

    July 30, 2015 at 10:18 pm

    Hi Anna!

    I am visiting first time on your blog and found it from top 100 Blog Seo post. Really an amazing post from you. I think I will follow your blog blindly since that is all information I need for my daily dose. Hoping to see a professional relationship.

    Best Regards

    Saqib Ahmad

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 1, 2015 at 9:10 am

      That’s very kind of you!

      Reply
  33. Rohit Thakur says

    July 30, 2015 at 6:40 am

    hey Ana, Great Post, saw it ar the right time as I am about to start a blog. But One question.

    I got the concept of roundups, relationship and getting traffic from it. But when I do roundups on my blog, do I have to ask publisher for permission to mention their content on my blog ?

    can I curate anyone’s content on my blog If I give them full credit and linkback ?

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      August 1, 2015 at 9:13 am

      Good question, Rohit.

      I’d be surprised if you come across a publisher who’d mind being included in a roundup. On the other hand, you can ask them if they mind beforehand; that might actually help you build a relationship with them. You can read more about it here: http://tgcafe.it/be-memorable-2

      Reply
  34. Srikanth says

    July 26, 2015 at 2:10 am

    Hi Ana,
    I just subscribed to your list. looking forward to read your traffic reports.
    Thanks
    Srikanth.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 28, 2015 at 9:03 pm

      Much appreciated, Srikanth.

      Reply
  35. John Nats says

    July 21, 2015 at 4:01 am

    Thank you for the post Ana, it’s a great post. I will definitely start to include a roundup on my blog and and link out to of my favourite blogs.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 21, 2015 at 8:18 pm

      Thanks for coming by, John.

      Reply
  36. Josue Valles says

    July 18, 2015 at 11:05 am

    Hi Ana, awesome post as always!

    I’ve been following your work for a while and it’s just incredible. Thanks for sharing this advice with us.

    Also, I totally agree with you. The best way to start building an audience and drive traffic to your blog is building relationships with other bloggers in your industry. I’ve been doing it for a few months and the results are awesome.

    Most people struggle with traffic generation for that simple reason. They forget to build relationships.

    Have a great day Ana!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 21, 2015 at 8:19 pm

      Thanks for the compliment of reading Traffic Generation Café, Josue.

      And yes, many people forget that building relationships online is not that different to getting to know people offline.

      Reply
  37. vino says

    July 9, 2013 at 4:11 am

    hi again ana, i am a little confused 🙁
    round up linking my own blogs is better or round up linking to other bloggers is better? by doing which one would i get more traffic to my blog page??
    by the way i am totally fresh to this blogging thing, and i would really appreciate if you would care to help me little. 🙂 thank you 🙂

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 9, 2013 at 7:28 am

      To drive traffic, you want to do roundups of OTHER bloggers – that’s what gives them an incentive to come check out your blog.

      Reply
  38. Pawan says

    July 8, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    I am complaining now 🙁 no one till now have mentioned me 🙁 But the thing is I never starved for link round-up. I think I have to start it up.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 8, 2013 at 5:34 pm

      Great content is easy to link to, Pawan. Maybe time to take a look at that?

      Reply
  39. Kimberly Castleberry says

    July 1, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    Another term to search is “linky love” (yes I know that was an old plugin name), which gives you things like this (random example): http://www.vanderbiltwife.com/2013/06/saturday-linky-love-42/

    In other news, you’ve inspired me to start my own roundup, so that is up on my blog now too at: http://just-ask-kim.com/speedlinks-01-2013/

    Kim

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm

      Good addition, Kim.

      Off to check out your scoop!

      Reply
  40. Sherryl Perry says

    June 29, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Thanks so much for adding my Friday Finds to your round-up Ana! I started that series a couple of months ago and it seems to be catching on. I bet I’ll set a nice little bump in traffic to it now thanks to you.

    I hope you’re enjoying your weekend.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      July 2, 2013 at 11:22 am

      You are so very welcome, Sherryl; I love it when someone takes their time to serve us with the best of the web, making our lives so much easier.

      Reply
  41. Guadalupe Carson says

    June 26, 2013 at 5:33 am

    Links are definitely very important for an SEO site. Link roundups provide a nice way to get inbound links to other blogs which would help to cultivate the relationship with that blog founder. A nice and informative post to share.

    Reply
  42. Geri Richmond says

    June 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Hi Anna,

    I really like Adam. All of you are very generous. After Carol Amato wrote a blog post about all you lady bloggers, I stood up and took notice. Now, I try to visit all your blogs at least once a week. I actually found Adams blog on your RT on twitter because I follow all of you.
    Thanks for the great information. Blog roundup is very interesting and I hope to be participating.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 20, 2013 at 9:29 pm

      Very kind of you, Geri, and thanks for letting me know!

      Reply
  43. tony greene says

    June 20, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Really relevant in today’s climate. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. As soon as I find a few good sources in Scoop.it, I’m going to probably use this tool that you made a note of.

    Take care and have a great week..!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 20, 2013 at 9:27 pm

      It’s been a while since I saw you in my neck of the woods, Tony; welcome back.

      Reply
  44. Leonard Young says

    June 20, 2013 at 4:39 am

    Providing links for your sites are very important and the links roundups that you have mentioned in your post are definitely going to help me out. Thanks a lot, Ana for posting this article.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 20, 2013 at 9:19 pm

      You are very welcome, Leonard.

      Reply
  45. Lisa says

    June 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    Ana, I just found Adam recently too and his content is great! I do try to link out in most of my posts as long as it makes sense and adds value to my readers. I just linked out to one of your posts in my latest as well.
    Scoop.it is wonderful, I’ve been using them a while and learned about it via Ms. Ileane.
    I see you are using both comment systems, do you favor one above the other yet? Enjoy the rest of your week Ana.

    Reply
  46. Christopher says

    June 19, 2013 at 11:35 am

    I’m all about learning new effective ways to build my brand and earn more quality traffic. Thanks for offering your insights and tips on this one Ana.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 19, 2013 at 1:25 pm

      And this is indeed one of those ways, Christopher.

      Reply
  47. MaAnna says

    June 19, 2013 at 6:12 am

    I’ve been running a weekly tips post for a few years and include links to posts I know my clients and followers will find helpful. You are one of the few folks who stops by to say thank you any time I include one of your posts. I really appreciate that because those links are dofollow. So, not only is it sending traffic to your site, it is also sending a valuable backlink that is a signal to Google.

    I noticed your mention of resources related to outbound links.

    Perhaps you would consider doing a post on how you are notified of your traffic and backlink sources that takes into account the latest Penguin 2.0 update that has made so many folks consider making all outbound links nofollow, and the hacker fear some folks have that made them turn off trackbacks and pingbacks.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 19, 2013 at 1:24 pm

      I was actually on your blog just the other day, MaAnna, reading one of the posts mentioning nofollowing outgoing links. I wanted to leave a comment, but had so much to say and so little time that I didn’t. lol

      A post on the topic might indeed be a good idea…

      And by the way, all my links within content are dofollow and I intend to keep it that way.

      Reply
  48. Gautham Nekkanti says

    June 19, 2013 at 2:09 am

    I would like to be in the link round-up as well. I will start striving for it from now.

    Reply
  49. Iain says

    June 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    Wow Ana. Thanks very much for the shout out.

    I really appreciate it.

    I can’t help that you produce fantastic content that I want to link to 😀

    Great collection of people who do round up posts.

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 19, 2013 at 10:02 am

      Thanks for your generosity, Iain (and look at that – I finally know how to spell your name properly!).

      Reply
      • Iain says

        June 19, 2013 at 3:13 pm

        Thank you.

        Many people don’t do that simple thing.

        Reply
  50. DiTesco says

    June 18, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Thanks Ana for the mention. Actually gave me some “other” blog to sniff at 🙂 BTW, I need to know.. That “to unlock this content” is really cool.. May I ask how in the world you do that?..

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 19, 2013 at 10:01 am

      You are so very welcome, Francisco; I love catching up on my reading from your speedlinking posts.

      The plugin is called WP Sharely; works wonders. https://trafficgenerationcafe.com/loves/wp-sharely/

      Reply
      • DiTesco says

        June 19, 2013 at 1:18 pm

        Thanks Ana. Will definitely check it out.. I’ve already seen it in action here, so I pretty much decided 🙂

        Reply
        • Ana Hoffman says

          June 19, 2013 at 1:26 pm

          I am in love with it for sure – talk about the power of social media sharing…

          Reply
          • DiTesco says

            June 21, 2013 at 1:13 pm

            I got it.. used your link 😉

          • Ana Hoffman says

            June 21, 2013 at 2:15 pm

            Ahh… that’s what that big paycheck in my email was all about… 🙂 Thanks, Francisco!

  51. Wade says

    June 18, 2013 at 11:54 am

    I would love to be in a link roundup. The only blog that’s really ever mentioned me is SocialMediaExaminer!

    Reply
    • Ana Hoffman says

      June 18, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      Are you complaining? lol

      Reply

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