I've said it before, and I will say it again - link building the least glamorous aspect of SEO, but it's outshines most anything in terms of ROI. It's *absolutely* required for SEO success, and today that task will get even easier thanks to Ben Wills.

Ben has a fantastic presentation lined up for us that covers all aspects of link building, including:

• What tools can you use to discover possible link prospects that are worth pursuing?
  
• Can you automate link discovery to ease the process on an ongoing basis?
  
• How can you tell if a link is a "good" link?
  
• What's the best way to reach out to get a link?
  
• What are the best methods to acquire links?
  
• And lots more.

If you aren't doing enough link building, you need to be at this meetup.

If you are doing your best, but can't seem to make a dent in what you need to get past your competitors, you need to be at this meetup.

If you have been avoiding link building because the whole process is too overwhelming, you need to be at this meetup.

If you do ONE single thing this year to improve your rankings, committing to building more links will have the biggest impact. A huge thanks to Ben for sharing his expertise with the group!

Bio:

In 2008 Ben Wills co-founded Ontolo, a link building research service that identifies and prioritizes a website’s inbound link opportunities. Ben conceived, architected, built and continues to optimize Ontolo’s link prospect gathering and qualification tools, in addition to co-writing the Link Building Guide, which leads motivated readers through the methods and processes of large-scale, crawler-based link research, link acquisition and linker-targeted content strategy.

Beginning in 2001 Ben was integrally involved with the growth of the largest search marketing company in the world and in 2005 became the Vice President of Operations in a search marketing startup that had profits on a cash basis of 25% with 23 employees after 9 months. In 2006 he began consulting full time on SEO, social media marketing strategy and link building.

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A Note on Dining:
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We tried the buffet last time as an efficient way to get everyone fed, but it didn't go as well as it could have. This time, we are in a totally private (read: quiet!) room and we have a special menu just for us that includes several options, including vegetarian items. Eating is not required, but it's how we give back to D&B for hosting and supporting the meetup. Email me at [masked] if you have any questions!