--- title: Periodic Table of Link Building Includes Newsjacking description: Indago Digital recently reviewed the various ways to build inbound links and put them into a clever Periodic Table of Link Building which includes newsjacking. image: https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hubfs/periodic-table-seo-full.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/periodic-table-of-link-building-includes-newsjacking#maincontent) [ «  View All Posts ](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog) # Periodic Table of Link Building Includes Newsjacking November 2nd, 2017 2 min read By [David Meerman Scott](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/author/david-meerman-scott) ![periodic-table-seo-full.jpg](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/hubfs/periodic-table-seo-full.jpg?width=1300&height=889&name=periodic-table-seo-full.jpg) [Indago Digital](https://indagodigital.com.au), an Australia digital marketing agency, recently reviewed the various ways to build inbound links and put them into a clever [Periodic Table of Link Building](https://indagodigital.com.au/blog/link-building-periodic-table/). The company says: “Our goal with the Periodic Table of Link Building is to help publishers focus on the fundamentals needed to achieve success by engaging with contextually relevant websites.” I’m pleased to see that [Newsjacking](https://www.newsjacking.com/), a concept I pioneered, is one of most important elements in the table. Marketers understand that getting an inbound link to their own content is a great way to influence search engine rankings. But there are so many ways to achieve this goal. At the low value end of the table, many people straight up buy links. People who want to pay me money to put a link on one of my sites or my blog approach me nearly every day. I don’t sell links, so I usually don’t respond. But sometimes, just for fun, I toss out a silly number like $100,000. (Sadly, nobody has agreed to pay me that fee… yet.) Up the value scale are strategies like collaborating with other authors for a joint content offering. Another great strategy is to create an infographic that people will link to which is exactly what Indago Digital did with their table and here I am linking to it(!) ## Newsjacking to generate inbound links While its great to see Newsjacking on the table, the authors say that the strategy is “Anticipating upcoming news trends for link opportunities.” I have difficulty with this definition because “anticipating” isn’t possible with a story that breaks out of the blue. And those unusual stories are frequently the best newsjacking opportunities. My definition is:* [Newsjacking](https://www.newsjacking.com/) is the art and science of injecting your ideas into a breaking news story to generate tons of media coverage, get sales leads, and grow business.* Newsjacking is way more than anticipating the big game, the Academy Awards, or [Australia Budget Night to create real-time content like NAB does](https://business.nab.com.au/nab-federal-budget-2017-summary-24141/). Creating content on a known event is just one type of newsjacking.  True newsjacking comes from stories you never saw coming. For example, who could have imagined a story like the one that broke on Monday where George Papadopolous, former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, [pleaded guilty](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/ex-trump-adviser-papadopolous-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-agents.html) for making false statements to the FBI? This is exactly the kind of serendipity that true newsjacking is built on. Into that story comes Mitch Jackson, partner at Jackson & Wilson, a team of lawyers in Southern California. Mitch immediately posted on his blog: [So You’re Going To Be Indicted. What’s Your Next Move?](http://jacksonandwilson.com/criminal-indictment/) Mitch wrote (in part): “Make no mistake about it. Being indicted and the subject of the prosecution of a state or federal felony is serious and potentially a life changing event. This is especially true when you take into consideration that more than 90% of all indictments result in convictions. [I] share with you three things people should take into consideration to protect themselves and their families if they believe they are the subject of a criminal investigation which is going to result in an indictment or arrest.” This sort of timely newsjacking gets Mitch in front of a breaking story, get’s him interviewed by the media, and generates many inbound links, greatly benefiting his site’s SEO. **Take a look at the table. There is some valuable information here for sure.** [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/413105/8c37eb58-c3db-4d51-9d93-66bb1907f3b0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/413105/8c37eb58-c3db-4d51-9d93-66bb1907f3b0) [ David Meerman Scott ](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/author/david-meerman-scott) David Meerman Scott is a business growth strategist, advisor to clever entrepreneurs who are building emerging companies, and the international bestselling author of a dozen books published in 30 languages. David’s high-energy keynote presentations, masterclasses, and virtual events educate, energize, and inspire. 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