For anyone that's launched linkbait you'll know that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Of course, by 'works' I'm talking about a digg homepage, a reddit homepage or huge amounts of traffic from stumble. But actually even for the pieces which don't go hot on one of the social news sites there's still massive potential - after all the content is no less appealing right? This is still highly linkable content, you just need to go about putting some elbow grease in to get the links. This image is supposed to represent elbow grease, or that women are much better linkers than men, or something equally random:

1. Submit to niche social media sites

Ok, ok - I know I said this post was about how to get links AFTER submitting to social media sites but actually this is a very important step in launching linkbait and getting links. Don't just stop with Digg, Reddit and Su - look at niche social media sites as well. By submitting to these sites not