Where can I find places to guest blog?
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I have done a couple of guest blogs but I have come up dry as of late. Any tips on where to find blogs interested in linking for content?
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Sorry Ann, I meant to add the link - doing too many things at once today
It is a subgroup of The Blog Zone.
I will check your site tomorrow, Ann.
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Which group do you mean here? the GUEST BLOGGER group? Just wondering, maybe there are a few of them. Mind a link?
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Thanks for the mention, Kristy!
While I never recommend using only one method (the best way is to combine a few of them like searching Google, guest blogging for blogs you read daily and know best, etc), adding MyBlogGuest to the mix is highly efficient: besides offering multiple actual guest blogging opportunities, there's a huge community built there as well as plenty of way to learn more about guest blogging tactics, general rules and ethics, etc
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One more place to look is on LinkedIn - join the Guest Blogging group
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These are all great responses. I would add:
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Ask.
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Network and you'll get asked.
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Sign up at MyGuestBlog.com <--- GREAT resource!!
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Nice touch !
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Here are three tactics that I use for finding good places to guest blog:
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Look at the link profiles of the current 1-20 for a keyword you're interested in. There will be a lot of noise and some unwinnable links, but you can get some good prospects as well.
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Look in Google Analytics at what sites have linked to your last 5 (or 10) blog posts on that topic. Anyone who's already linking to your content at all is probably a great target for further link power.
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Identify and reach out to any industry websites or publications that might be hungry for content. It's easy to say "They have staff writers, they probably are all set for content." I've found that they are often actually pretty hungry, and always interested in fresh viewpoints and perspectives. You might not think of their site as a "blog", and they might not call it a blog, but if it has an editorial space where you can write great content and collect a link or two, you've got a hot lead.
I hope that helps!
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Firstly do a search online for Guest blogging opportunities. Here’s more or less complete list of phrases bloggers use to invite people to guest post:
- “Submit a guest post” / “Submit post” / “Submit blog post”
- “Add blog post”
- “Submit an article”
- “Suggest a guest post”
- “Send a guest post”
- “Write for us”;
- “Become an author”;
- “Guest bloggers wanted”
- “Contribute to our site”;
- “Become a contributor”;
- “Become guest writer”
- “(Write for our) guest column”.
Include your keyword in the search term i.e. "submit a guest blog" Link building
Don't always start with the people on page 1-3 they get inundated with requests everyday so jump straight to page 5 they are more likely to accept.
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