What Are Rich Media Citations and Links

Rich Media Citations and Links are different from regular citations for 3 reasons:

 

1. Getting that coveted backlink and citation requires the use of a video, audio, or image file. This is where the “Rich Media” part comes in. And this also makes these kinds of links and citations more of a “pain in the butt” to build because you NEED rich media to build them. This is your competitive advantage.

 

2. The Rich Media Citations are technically citations, but unstructured. We’re able to drop links and a business name, address, and phone along with our submissions. Google will crawl it, but these aren’t your typical structured citation sites. That doesn’t mean they’re less effective, just different.

 

3. Many of the links we build are do-follow. Just how many? We’ll share the percentages on everything in the next section.

 

The premise of Rich Media Citations and Links is simple: we’ve created a process that gives us rich media content to build citations and links with: videos, images, and audio files.

 

The list of sites we use for this service are all unique domains that are great to list a business NAP and get a link from. We’ll share part of this list a little later on this page.

What Are Some of the ‘Powerhouse’ Sites Behind This Service?

Let’s talk about some of the big boys that we leverage that take these links and citations to another level.

 

First, video.

 

Here’s some of the video sites we’re building links and citations on, using this service.

 

About 50% of the link and citation building with this service is done through video sites, such as…

Youtube

If a site doesn’t yet have a link or NAP on Youtube, it may as well not exist. This is one of the most natural links and listings you can get.

Dailymotion

One of the top 500 sites on the internet with over 780,000 referring domains linking to it.

Steamable 

Streamable ranks for over 120,000 different keywords according to Ahrefs. While we can’t build a link on this site, we can syndicate a NAP alongside your video.

Around 10% of the syndications will be to audio sites such as…

SoundCloud

Soundcloud sports a whopping 1.8 million referring domains. It’s by far the strongest audio site we can build both a link and citation on.

Anchor 

Anchor.fm ranks for 3.3 million different keywords with 134 million backlinks.

Spreaker 

You might have not heard of Spreaker but it boasts a DR of 90 and gets hundreds of thousands of visits a month.

Don’t forget images! Around 40% of the syndication is dedicated to image link and citation creation.

 

Pinterest 

We can’t talk about image syndication without mentioning Pinterest. This site loved by moms everywhere boasts over 22 Billion backlinks. Yes, billion.

Flickr 

Flickr is another classic image hosting service that ranks for over 12 million different keywords with a DR of 95.

Deviant 

DeviantArt is one of the strongest sites on our image list that gives a dofollow backlink and citation. With a DR of 91, it ranks for over 10 million different keywords.

In total, we’re using these sites and 50 others to build links and citations concurrently.

 

 

6 Big Reasons to Use Rich Media Citations and Links

1. Link Building for Local Sites

Link building for local can be hard, but not here. This service is a creative way for getting more links and unstructured citations for your local client’s site.

 

2. Get Listed on High Authority Sites

These video, image, and audio sites attract a ton of backlinks to their sites.

The average DA of the sites we syndicate to for Rich Media Citations is XX.

These sites have become very authoritative in their own right, it’s a great play getting listed and linked from them.

 

3. Grab Extra SERP Spots

It’s not uncommon to see a video we syndicated with this service to then go on to grab a spot in Google SERPs for a handful of keywords.

Google likes ranking rich media, especially videos. Shooting tier 2 links at the links we build for you using this service? Your video links will have even more power.

Even if you’re already crushing it for your client’s local keywords, how about grabbing another top-10 spot? It never hurts to start dominating 20%+ of the front page for a term that’s vital for the local niche.

 

4. Use These Submissions as Tier 1s for Your Tiered Linking Campaigns

If you’re a fan of Budget Tier 1’s or Social Foundations 2.0 you might like this service as well. It will give you 50+ different URLs to leverage as tier 1’s in your tiered linking campaigns.

 

5. These Are Unstructured Citations That Are More Difficult to Build

Rich Media Citations and Links are great for pulling ahead of the competition because they’re more difficult to build. Your competition is going to need to create a video first before they even make an attempt at what we’re doing here.

 

6. Incredibly Affordable, Price is Comparable to Hyper Local Citations

We’ve been able to integrate rich media creation and still keep the price around the same amount that you’d pay for traditional structured citations. There is a ton of value in this service, make sure you tap it!

 

Let’s Break Down the Entire Process Behind Rich Media Citations

Phase 1. Script and Voiceover

Step 1.

We put together a couple script options for you to select.

 

Step 2.

The one you like the most will be used for the video itself, the other will be used as unique content for your syndications.

 

Step 3.

We use advanced text-to-speech software to produce a natural-sounding voiceover.

Phase 2. Video Production

Step 1.

Along with the freshly created voiceover, we gather a series of images for your video production. The slideshow style is used for this particular service. (If you want to see a video example, click the blue button right above)

 

Step 2.

After we’re done creating the video, we’ll send it to you for your approval. After your approval, we’ll move to Phase 3.

 

It’s important to remember we’re producing this video mainly for citations and backlinks. It won’t be something you’d proudly display on your client’s homepage but it gets the job done for what we’re using it for: links and unstructured citations.

 

Phase 3. Final Syndication to 50+ Video, Audio, and Image Sites

After Phase 1 and Phase 2 we have a few pieces of rich media to work with:

1. 1 video.
2. A handful of images from the video creation process.
3. 1 audio voiceover.

We take these pieces of rich media and syndicate them to 50 sites total. Here’s the percentage breakdowns for the syndications:

50% Video Sites

40% Image Sites

10% Audio Sites

 

 

THIS SERVICE IS A FUSION OF LOCAL LINK BUILDING AND LOCAL CITATIONS

Remember, this isn’t just a citation service.

You’re getting a whole lot more. Don’t forget about the custom script, voiceover, and local video Also, 50+ rich media syndications means an extra 50 citations AND 50 links.

Custom Scripts, Unique Content, and Voiceover

CUSTOM SCRIPTS, UNIQUE CONTENT, AND VOICEOVER

Our scripts are written by native english speakers. We’re actually going to write a couple different scripts for you and you can pick which one you want to use for the voiceover/video the remainders will be used as unique content during syndication! This is huge…

Get 50+ links and 50+ Citations

GET 50+ LINKS AND 50+ CITATIONS

Every site we syndicate to will have an opportunity to not only leave on unstructed citation, but a link to the root domain as well. You’ll be getting links and citations from a total of 50 unique domains, all hand-selected depending on the quality of the site itself.