There are 2 ways in which you can build links to your web site: by following a plan or haphazardly. Of course, the planned way is much more effective. This is because taking the haphazard route will not allow you to get as much work done as you would with some sort of a plan. Your plan can be as simple as deciding just how much time you are going to spend on link building, then making the most out of that time by being organized. This can be especially helpful once you learn just how much of a truly monotonous exercise link building can be.

Unfortunately, there is no one perfect way in which to go about building links.  Therefore, your best option is to focus on a different technique each day in order to give yourself some variety. For instance, on Mondays you may want to focus on blogs, on Tuesdays you could write a few articles, on Wednesday you could submit to directories, etc. Once you have this type of a schedule in place, it is a good idea to try to stick to it. Of course, when you first get started it is perfectly fine to simply say that you are going to spend 3 hours on Saturday working on building links to your web site. However, you will need to decide upon just what you are going to get done during those 3 hours.

After you have your plan it is simply a matter of working that plan. In doing so you may discover that your plan is not as effective as you may have thought, which is fine. You will just need to make some adjustments and keep going.