SEO is still largely influenced by acquiring quality links.

How do you obtain high-quality links?

Create content for people that link (usually not your customers).

For example, if you're building links for software, don't try to build links to your product pages.

Instead, create a great resource that appeals to bloggers and journalists.

For topic ideas, research what resources people have linked to in the past.

You can find these guides by searching for "best resources for *industry*."

You can also find topic ideas by looking at recent articles by sites you are trying to get links from.

Identify the topics they are writing about.

Look for common themes or trends that you could extract into a great resource.

You can skip all of these steps by using a paid tool like http://ahrefs.com .

What you want to look at is the best pages by incoming links.

Once you have a topic idea, create a resource that covers the topic in depth.

Here's a great thread by @jdnoc about how to take the next steps. https://twitter.com/jdnoc/status/1336699825325268993

Here's an example of the report you want to use from @ahrefs. This example analyzes @AdamEnfroy's most popular pages by incoming links.

This report helps you identify proven, link-worthy topics.