Here are some strategies you can begin implementing immediately to build a catalog of links to your law firm's web site:

1. Create a very useful, informative, or entertaining web site. The more valuable and useful your web site, the more likely it is that others will link to you. As a lawyer, you know all kinds of things that other people need to know. So use your web site as a forum to reveal your awesome knowledge. Don't worry about giving information away for free. It won't cost you any clients.

2. Publish a blog. Carefully include specific keywords in your blog posts and link to other relevant blogs.

3. Write and distribute articles. Make sure your articles have a byline with a keyword link back to your site.

4. Build pages on social networking sites. Sites like Squidoo.com and HubPages.com let you build pages about anything you want. Those pages will, of course, link back to your main site.

5. Post comments on other blogs. If possible, locate blogs that allow "do-follow" links.

6. Link swap. This is the classic technique, but it still works. Contact other law firms or companies in the legal industry and offer to swap links.

Link building is hard work, but it is definitely doable if you are systematic and force yourself to spend a few hours per week doing it.

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