Check My Links on steroids. Like many tools, LinkMiner check for broken links on a page.

But this free Chrome extension also shows you how many links the broken link has pointing to it. Uber helpful for broken link building.

When to listen to your SEO consultant? When they say you need help with your On-Site optimization. On-site optimization is just as important as your links.

You can't just have someone build 100 links to your page with keyword anchor text and expect to rank for it if your page isn't also optimized for that keyword or keyword phrase. At that point, you're just paying someone a lot of money for little in the results department. If you start off your link building campaign with a well optimized site, then you'll get much better rankings.

When the guide speaks about promoting your content, waiting on people to share it and create links to your page can be a very long process. I've recently outlined an extensive introduction to link-building for you to delve into.

It will allow you to promote your site in a more proactive manor than simply posting content and waiting on the masses to share it for you.

White Hat SEO comments. I actually use a Chrome extension called Check My Links.

It finds all the broken links on a page VERY quickly. To help automate the process of finding pages and checking for broken links, I've also used the (paid) tool at BrokenLinkBuilding.com, which I really like.