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YouLeftTheStoveOn
Content writer here. One of the most difficult parts about getting organic backlinks is that other content writers do not link to sites/posts that have immediate monetization. Someone clicks on the link from my clients' site, finds out that they like it better, all we did is provide a lead to a competitor. Since everyone is trying to make money online, I've had tons of information I share with clients as source info, but they almost never put it in their guides.
Also, not to sound cocky, but 3,000 words doesn't automatically give you the highest rankings, especially on a topic like cleaning that's frequently searched. It's not necessarily going to be found often and have users thinking about sharing it on their semi-reputable blog or blasting it all over social media. Quality content doesn't equal backlinks, but it is still wildly important. As others have stated here, you just have to perform some manual outreach. While I don't agree with the practice, I know a lot of people who pay for backlinks to boost their ranking.
CupOfGamma
Obtaining links to home services sites is hard, most site owners are picky about who they link to or want a decent payout. The only way I've been able to get these is through outreach and it's painfully slow to start, but eventually once you nail down a SOP you can teach freelancers how to do it and save a lot of money in the long run.

Pablo_Emileo_Escobar
Actually, backlinks are the only thing which is worked these days, because Google is updating its algorithms and it's getting more hard and hard to be on the first page. They have changed many factors for ranking but Backlinks is still a strong factor for ranking,
As you mentioned that you have that you have quality content which you have posted on Facebook, twitter and other social media, I want to tell you they only provide no follow links which is not useful for ranking, they can divert traffic to your site but they will not play any role in ranking or quilty backlink.
As SEO my advice is to buy some SEO tools like Ahref and find some competitive sites as your niche keyword and try to get the backlinks from them and it will really help you to get some great backlink and it will also improve your site ranking.
Feel free to ask me any question or references, "Happy To Help "
petermeadit
Never mind the backlinks, they will come when you use your outreach and relationships to reach people in your niche who have the ability to share and maybe give a link. One genuine link is worth thousands of manufactured ones. IMO
NHRADeuce
I'm going to go even further out on the limb and say that quality content isn't that important – content that people will share is better. So you have a 3000 work dissertation on cleaning. No one gives a shit. The quality of the content is irrelevant without backlinks.
You know what they would have shared?
"You'll be amazed at these 5 life hacks to keep your party pad clean"
There's a reason you see those kinds of posts all the time. People click on them and share them even though you know you're going to be disappointed and #4 is not going to surprise you.
Quality content is great, but a lot more expensive than shareable content. You'll get more backlinks from articles that people are willing to read and share.
Disclaimer In some industries, particularly technical verticals where the target audience is a technical niche – this SEO blogs – you will have better luck with high quality long form content. But even in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) you'll still see click bait article, because they work.

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Ragnarok1066
I'm just starting a marketing agency and I'm honestly thinking about not offering SEO as a standalone service. I'd rather include it as part of a marketing consulting package or bundle it in with Pay Per Click (PPC).
The sole focus of SEO tends to be increasing traffic and (hopefully) conversions. Which is great, but I think that there is a lot more opportunity to include branding, content (as you said, not for the sake of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but to create value), as well as market place analysis.
If you're already starting on keyword and competitor analysis you may well go the full mile and use frameworks like SWOT and porters five forces model to guide clients on how they position their company compared to their competitors, what they can do better and how they can improve etc…
Don't mean to put SEO down, but end of the day its only channel for marketing and you've got the skills then its worth bringing that to the table.
My first proper proposal for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) took only 20% of the meeting, just enough for the client to know what it is, that it takes time and why it's important. I then focused on their competitors and industry, which they really appreciated.

oz2usa
Awesome post man. I own a small (rapidly growing) financial news website that I started about 6 months ago. Upon commencing my website I made a conscious decision to forget about thinking about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) when I wrote articles and instead focus on generating quality content that my readers would like and want to subscribe to.
My website has exceeded my growth expectations and generates revenue through paid subscriptions and a small amount of banner ads for affiliate programs I've joined. My content contains keywords but that is purely coincidental – it just happens that the wording of my articles appeals to Google because that is exactly how they built the system to work.
Google (and all major SEO users) continually adjust their algorithms in order to provide the best searching experience for their clients. Therefore, if I focus on the same (generating content that provides the best experience for my readers) then sooner or later the two will combine and my website will appear in response to searches for my niche.
I think many people get so wrapped up in trying to appeal to Google that they completely forget about their readers. Sure, they may in the short term generate lots of bot or irrelevant traffic but it isn't the kind of traffic I want to my website and simply uses up bandwidth.
I want visitors that are interested in the news I write and want to pay my very cheap subscription fee ($1.00 for 12 months) and will find the products and services I advertise useful. I'd prefer 1,000 paid subscribers to 100,000 visitors with a 95% bounce rate.
The kind of visitors I want to my site require marketing strategies outside of what SEO can offer and it just so happens that because of that, the content I generate is SEO optimised.

boycottInstagram
I think your approach is a great long term strategy.
As a consultant, I try to focus on providing recommendations like "oh, you could be doing this with what you already have been doing as your wider strategy" or "hmmm this thing might be hurting you in organic search, but it could be helping other marketing efforts, so here are the pro's and con's. Make a decision and we can work with it"
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should be part of your larger marketing strategy. When you create content, do it for your customers. When you wanna get links – do it to drive sales and to give your site/company good Public Relations (PR).

BryanSmythy
This is all organic SEO and it's what a lot of search engines want.
There are other things to take into consideration, such as how you are linking to internal and external pages (anchor text, title/alt text, link attributes etc.) and providing as much "data" to search engines.
As others have said, using schema can also help with ranking.
I've found that the more information you give the search engine, and the more you tailor your content to what people want to see, the better your results will be.

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