Guest blogging is not easy. It’s not a walk in the park and requires the person to get into serious research before getting some blogs on other websites. However, guest blogging is undoubtedly one of the easiest and quickest ways to attract massive traffic to the website. You may have seen various advertisements online saying “write for us health” this is the invitation for you to come and write the blogs to be posted on their website.
One of the many things that you need to keep track of is ensuring your website is getting enough traffic. The best websites to approach for your guest blogging in my experience has been Fit Living Tips and Stabene.net. However, if you are still unaware of what guest blogging is and want to know all about it, you are at the right place. This blog will educate you about guest blogging and how it helps the organization get more business through extensive traffic.
Tips to Find Good Guest Blogging Opportunities
Following are some must-follow steps to look for the right guest blogging opportunities.
Step 1: Make a sheet.
Before you start with your Google search, it’s time you start setting up a perfectly organized sheet that can allow you to organize everything you look for with their respective authority and relevance. You can have various options that you can choose, including Evernote, Microsoft Excel and Google sheets. These are some of the traditional ways of organizing, but the way to use it is Microsoft Excel.
Whichever tool you are going for, it’s time you create almost 5-10 columns. Every column must have different attributes that will allow them to see whether they make sense or not and then get your pitch all ready to serve. You must know there can be various options with the list of attributes that entirely depend on what you want to focus on and how sophisticated you can be.
Following are some must-have columns in the sheet
- Site/ Blog name
- Site/ Blog URL
- Contacted
- Published
- Written
- Interest
- Accepted
Step 2: Look for the Right Targets
There are two ways that can help you set the right blogging targets. The primary one mainly consists of looking for the right places that will publish your guest posts and check out if their site is high quality and perfectly relevant for you. All the websites that are mentioned publicly, that they are okay with the guest postings and even looking for the ways to get it all pitched. It makes the overall process much more convenient for you.
One of the main problems that people face in this case is that most of the sites are not very high quality or relevant. In other cases, even if they say publicly they publish guest posts, they do not consider almost all of them. For instance, Hubspot is the perfect place to post your guest blog; however, they do not really consider any pitch much important. If you are an expert in your field and have some good connection with their content team then, you have better chances of getting it all done.
Tips to Look for Sites
The best way to look for the sites that are okay with accepting the guest posts is by searching with the right keywords that feature the sites list that should accept guest posts. The most used and the perfect way to search for opportunities for guest blogging.
Keywords Examples
“guest post”
“write for us”
“guest post opportunity”
“submit blog post”
“this is a guest post by”
“contribute to our site”
“want to write for”
“contribute to our site”
“guest column”
“contributing writer”
Tips to know the sites you like can post your blogs
The next thing you should do is to ensure that all the web pages you are going for accept your web blogs. The truth is, most of the websites will not say much about guest posts much. They may not have mentioned that they accept guest posts on their website, but if maybe you pitch with good skills, you may get the chance to post there. It all depends on how good is your pitch and how you sell yourself to them. However, you must know that not all websites accept blog posts.
Step 3: Look for the Blog Manager
There are various content marketing managers out there looking for freelance projects to earn extra bucks. Suppose you are looking for some websites to post for you and are unable to find the perfect website for you. It’s time you hire a blog manager or look for ads that say write for us “digital marketing“ that can allow you to post your blog on your behalf. There is always someone out there whose main job is content management. Flinging that person is not one hard job.
You can begin with looking for the person who publishes a lot and is pretty good at it. There are cases where people’s names will be given right on the top, and you will see the “write for us” tagline, which means you can post your blog.
Step 4: Look for the Manager’s Email Address
Once you have seen the content manager’s profile, it’s time you look for their email address. Most of the time, the information is available right in front of you, on their contact page, along with the team page as well. However, do not waste a second before adding this information to your sheet if you have found it.
Now that you have his/ her email, send up your sales pitch and make sure you sound very professional and expert in your pitch. Once you get the go-ahead, you can start working on your blog. On the other hand, if your pitch gets rejected, do not be disheartened. There is always a second time. Go with the better pitch, and you might get the chance to post your blog there.
