Left, right and center gurus were telling me of importance of having my website link on as much websites as possible. But most did not say how to go about doing it.

After contacting several webmasters with aim of exchanging links, all flatly refused. Maybe it was because I was on a free host or maybe I was still green in business.

I tried several different ways but they all had same result. Nada. Zilch. No links coming my way. Then I found it. The best linking strategy.

It was so simple I could not believe it. And it was right there under my nose. Many successful marketers were using it and accomplishing much. What was that secret weapon ? Article writing.

Writing articles and submitting them to article banks, directories and content sites will increase your link popularity. And it is all for free.

Test Your Knowledge of The Law - 22 Questions You Should Know.

ANSWER THESE STATEMENTS: TRUE OR FALSE?

The Can Spam Act went into effect Jan. 1st, but marketers have 90 days to become compliant with new law.

The Can Spam Act Pre-empts many tougher state anti-spam laws.

You may send commercial email with falsified headers.

You must include your phone number in all commercial emails.

You may send UCE as long as message contains an opt-out mechanism, a functioning return email address, a valid subject line indicating email is an advertisement, and legitimate physical address of sender.

You must include a privacy policy when you collect subscribers.

You may harvest email addresses as long as messages you send contain an opt-out mechanism, a functioning return email address, a valid subject line indicating email is an advertisement, and legitimate physical address of sender.

You must have a process for handling unsubscribes within a 15 day window.

Referencing or including a link to a commercial entity in an email message is sufficient to make it a commercial email message.

You must add your postal address to all your marketing emails.

The Can Spam Act is enforced by Attorney General in state wherein alleged spam originated.

You must not share address of a person who unsubscribed with any other entity seeking to send that party email.