Guidelines to use when asking for a link

[mandy]

...there are other times when you do start the dialog with a site by simply asking for the link. I am not talking about those dreaded link swap request emails that we all get. I am talking about an email to tell another site owner about the great content you have on your site, and asking them to link to it. Even though we are starting the conversation with a request for a link, we are still targeting higher value sites.

Here are 10 guidelines about how to put it together:

  1. Select all sites you choose to contact manually. Do not use automated means to decide who to contact.

  2. Approach only those sites that will find your content relevant to their users...

full article: http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/...for-a-link