Techniques for Finding Blogs that Accept Guest Blog Posts
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I'm running into an issue where we are having difficulty finding blogs that accept guest blog posts after doing this on 300 or so blogs. We usually Google "guest post" related keywords with "blog" or take blogs off of lists of sites that accept guest blog posts. What techniques do you recommend? Do any of you use myblogguest.com with any success?
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Finding blogs can certainly be difficult when you've guest posted on 300+ blogs in your niche. I wrote a YouMoz post last year about ways to find guest post opportunities - perhaps that could be of some inspiration?
I also created a free tool to help generate queries to find guest post opportunities based on a variety of keywords - it sounds similar to the method you've used to find current guest post opportunities, but perhaps there are a couple query variations that you haven't tried yet - check it out here: Guest Post Opportunity Finder.
Aside from that, what comes to mind is figuring out ways to post on blogs that may not be directly related to your niche - in other words, horizontal guest blogging. For example, if you are doing SEO for a construction company, don't solely focus on construction blogs, but figure out ways to create content that can be shopped to real estate, home improvement, and green or sustainable building blogs. Sugarrae wrote an awesome post that talks about horizontal guest blogging.
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try guestr.com - free
myblogguest
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I use the Ontolo link toolset to help me find and prospect for blogs for guest posting. It's not free but it works really well and has saved me a ton of time / made my life a lot easier. They do have a free trial though. You can get info at www.ontolo.com
(No outside relationship here, just a happy user of their software)
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Yes, I have had pretty good success with myblogguest.com. The best chances are those with the most recent postings in "looking for writers". I have about a 1 in 4 success rate in publishing when I feel I have strong content. Then look at all the blogs in the system database, they have a much lower response rate much less approval rate but I have find some gems.
I would imagine anyone publishing on over 300 sites would know this, but I have found some good contacts in the Cathy Stucker email, sign up at http://www.bloggerlinkup.com/. As a caution, I found when you offer the post and someone inquires about it, they have stolen it without linking. Check their site before you give out your content. If a site has posted needing content, always has been safe.
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