SEO Off-Site Best Practices

Off-Site SEO is simply about optimizing your Site's Search Engine Optimization without working on the Physical site itself (The site's code). 
It is simply about: 
1- Backlinks
2- Social Bookmarking
3- Directories
4- Competition Analysis
5- Social Media Optimization 

Here are My advices:

1. when you use backlinks (inbound links) make sure to make your URL link in the form of an anchor text instead of saying "click here" or "Link" and the text should be related to your targeted Keywords.
2. Create a link out reach strategy to emulate top ranked competitors by analyzing their site's URL on www.opensiteexplorer.org and find which sites refer to them, know them, and make use of them. To do that, simply select the inbound link tab > select back links with high high page and domain authority so you can find directories your competitors have discovered while you have not.
3. Try to get NGOs link to you by sponsoring them some way or another
4. Try convincing a satisfying client to put your link on their website if they have a qualified page.
5. Use the Link Manager Tools at www.raventools.com/seo-tools
6. To know the link value use: www.opensiteexplorer.org 
7. To get some historical data for backlinks use this tool on www.majesticseo.com 
8. To measure Social Media SEO use this www.socialcrawlytics.com it covers 8 social media channels: FB, twitter, LinkedIn, Declicious, Stumbleupon, Google plus, Pinterist, (only dig html files)
9. To know what the internet is saying about your business or your brand or any topic that you are interested in use Google Alerts and Social Media Monitoring Tools. 
10. Make use of your Browser's SEO Plug-ins and Add-Ons to instantly analyze any page you visit and know your position among others. 
11. Video Sharing Sites can provide your site with massive traffic and Back links without too much effort. Just create some useful Videos of your blog topics and publish them on popular Video sharing websites like:

• ·         Yahoo Video
• ·         YouTube
• ·         Video.qq
• ·         Youku Daily Motion
• ·         Metacafe
• ·         KU6
• ·         TinyPic
• ·         Ning
• ·         Veoh