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Link Building by Imitation

Ross Hudgens
Competitor Analysis Link Building
LinkLove London 2012

You don't always have to reinvent the wheel. In fact Ross argued that you should normally be standing on the shoulders of giants. By understanding what has worked (and how!) in your industry, then recreating it, you can get to #1. Innovate on top of what others are doing and scale it better.

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