You’ve invested time creating amazing website content. But all that effort is wasted if search engines and readers never find it.
This is where off-page SEO comes in – getting your content seen, shared, and ranking by implementing promotional strategies beyond your site.
Here are three powerful off-page SEO tactics to distribute and showcase your content so it realizes its full potential:
1. Link Building Outreach
Link building should be central to your off-page strategy. High-quality sites linking to your content signals trust and authority to search algorithms.
But getting featured isn’t easy. You’ll need an outreach process:
Create Linkable Assets
First, develop content designed specifically to attract links:
- Industry roundups and lists
- Data studies and original research
- Trend articles around insights
- Ultimate guides on popular topics
- Opinion pieces on hot debates
Deliver true value with these assets.
Identify Linking Opportunities
Research sites in your niche who may be interested in your content. Search tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, and Majestic identify prospects.
Filter for metrics like:
- High domain authority or traffic
- Sites frequently cited as sources
- Thematically relevant content sections
Focus on securing a few quality links versus lots of weak ones.
Personalize Outreach
Now contact publishers individually to pitch your piece. Personalized emails convert much better than mass templates.
- Introduce yourself and your site
- Demonstrate familiarity with their content
- Explain why you think your asset fits their audience
- Be helpful and add value for them
Follow up politely if needed. Offer to write an original guest post for their site if they seem open to the possibility but not your initial pitch.
Securing authoritative backlinks will amplify your content’s visibility and credibility.
2. Content Amplification and Promotion
You can have the greatest content ever – but if you don’t promote it, no one will find it. A promotional strategy is essential.
Leverage Social Media
Share your content across all your branded social media channels. Post it natively on platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. Turn it into shareable graphics and videos for Instagram and Facebook.
Engage followers by asking questions, running polls, or sharing key excerpts related to your post. Tag relevant accounts to extend reach.
Monitor clicks and engagement data. Double down on platforms driving the most traffic. Assign team members to handle social promotion.
Email Marketing
Email remains one of the most effective drivers of content views. Notify your subscriber list whenever you publish new content.
Send dedicated emails with snippets from the post. Promote through inclusion in newsletters.
Track open and click through rates — optimize your lists, subject lines and previews.
Paid Ads
For especially high-potential articles, run paid ads briefly after publishing to build initial traction.
Test ads on Facebook, Instagram, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Track conversions and adjust targeting.
Paid ads allow you to put budget behind promoting your best performing content.
Multichannel Promotion
Distribute content across social media, email, and ads simultaneously for amplified impact.
Repurpose it as quotes for Pinterest, short videos for TikTok, slide decks on SlideShare, podcast interviews or summarizing tweets.
Greater visibility across mediums increases total reach and engagement.
3. Influencer Marketing for Signal Boosting
Influencers — industry thought leaders with established audiences — can give your content a major signal boost.
Research influencers in your niche with engaged followers. Look for creators relevant to your content’s focus.
Reach out providing value to them first. Highlight why their audience would appreciate your post. Offer to produce an original piece for their site. See if they’d be open to a collaboration.
Finally, politely ask if they would be willing to share your post with their following if they find it interesting. Make it easy by including sample social posts.
Tracking stats like click-through rates on shares and traffic referred from influencers helps you focus on those producing real results.
The key is building relationships and adding value. Over time, a network of influencers can amplify content to expand reach.
By implementing link building, social promotion, influencer marketing, and more – you ensure your content doesn’t disappear into the internet abyss once published.
An off-page strategy distributes and showcases content to the audiences most likely to appreciate it. This compounds authority-building and readership over time.
Let’s connect to discuss how we can help build an impactful promotion plan tailored to your content goals and audience. Proper amplification is the key to unlocking your content’s full potential.