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Do you have much luck with guest posting requests?

by nmb
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I am looking at guest posts again and wondered what kind of luck people were having with requests.

Mark
#guest #luck #posting #requests
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by nmb View Post

    I am looking at guest posts again and wondered what kind of luck people were having with requests.
    Are you asking about requests from writers for their work to be published as a guest post (I have plenty of success with this, in a variety of niches)?

    Or about requests made by blog owners for people to contribute guest posts?
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  • Profile picture of the author nmb
    I am looking to get a few guest posts of my own onto other blogs with relevant backlinks.
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    • Profile picture of the author sonicadam123
      Originally Posted by nmb View Post

      I am looking to get a few guest posts of my own onto other blogs with relevant backlinks.
      I know people have had a lot of success with this.

      Personally I haven't done much in the way of guest posting.

      But as a blog owner, I can offer some advice from the other side sort of thing ...

      IMO you'll need to anticipate what the site owner may want to accept as a guest post. (if you look through a few articles on a site, read their about page then this will give you a great idea).

      A good example is one of the people who contacted me about posting on one of my niche blogs some time ago.

      They gave me suggestions of articles they could write for my blog, out of 10 suggestions 5 of them were not related to my niche at all ... this is a bad start because it shows they don't know what my site is about.

      And the niche is in the domain name so it's hard to miss, at this point I'm more inclined to say no to any future guest post submissions even if they're related to my site .. simply because they can't read my site before they get in touch about doing guest reviews.

      Then to make matters worse, the other 5 suggestions for blog post idea's had already been posted on the site not too long ago ... if my site was a huge authority site with 100s of posts but it's not .. at this time my blog was new and maybe had less than 10 posts, and most of the suggestions from this person were visible from the home page.

      So from that experience the advice I'd give you is to do your home work on the sites that you submit to, try to understand their niche as best they can and only submit articles relevant to that site.

      The other thing to consider is that a great number of blog owners, manage more than one blog, and it would make them less likely to consider your guest post submissions for other sites they own.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jackyboy
      Originally Posted by nmb View Post

      I am looking to get a few guest posts of my own onto other blogs with relevant backlinks.
      I would start commenting on their blogs first to establish good relationships and then ask for guest post. It may work better.
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  • Profile picture of the author PassiveIncomeTeacher
    Check out this post by Tom Ewer. He writes about one of his experiences guest blogging and some of the results he got.

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  • Profile picture of the author mc9320
    The 3 main issues I have when I approach blogs to guest post on are...

    1) Do they only accept unique content for their site?

    I haven't got time to write individual articles for each website. I want to be writing more articles, updating my sites etc.

    2) Do they feel your content is relevant to the site? (even if you think it is by demonstrating the benefit it will have for their readers in your e-mail to the editor)

    At the moment I have about a 20% success rate. I don't know if that is good or not.

    Another reason they may not publish your content is if they don't feel you are an established presence in your niche, which is a bit of a catch 22 situation, as you need exposure to get established
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Maroevich
    Try looking up their phone number and call them. Be sure that you are going to send a unique, quality article. I get guest post request fairly often and when I see the article it's usually not very good, and short, and the website they link to is terrible (lots of adds, nothing of value). So if you can write a good article, and link to a good site you should do well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Hudson
    It all depends on the niche. If you're in the Internet Marketing niche for example; there is an array of blogs that have guest post pages where you can simply send in your posts for review and they'll publish them.

    In most niches though; you have to email the site owners. It's difficult to find a lot of site owners who are bothered. As long as you contact site owners who are actively posting content on their sites; you'll have some success...

    But if you contact site owners of sites that haven't been updated in 6+ months; you'll struggle to get even a reply.
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  • Profile picture of the author Suzimcdragger
    It depends how much effort you put into it. Can be quite effective for traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    I receive several requests for guest posts. I always say I accept guest posts if a) the content is relevant and b) it is a reciprocal arrangement.

    I never hear from any of them again once I have asked if it is a reciprocal arrangement. If your site is relevant to mine, why should I host your link if you won't host mine?
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  • Profile picture of the author honestim
    Originally Posted by nmb View Post

    I am looking at guest posts again and wondered what kind of luck people were having with requests.

    Mark
    Hi Mark,

    I have had some good success with guest posts as a guest poster. A few things which I offer the blog or website owner when offering to write as a guest blogger that I believe contribute to a high acceptance rate are as follows

    1) Understand the Blog's niche and target audience (easy because they would usually be in a niche that I operate in)
    2) Research the blog to find some of the concerns and issues the readers are facing to come up with ideas for my article or post
    3) I make it a point to write a quality original article (I usually make it 500-750 words long) to be posted on one blog. I do not believe in distributing the article else where and I mention this clearly in my email to the blog owner. The exclusivity is a deal maker in my opinion.

    I do take my time researching the blogs I write for because I am very serious about the indirect benefits that come out of this exercise. Most of us would want to have a high quality link coming in from a website but then there is something more important that you can do with guest posts. You can position yourself as an expert or authority in your niche by making appearances in high profile blogs. That goes a long way in building your credibility.

    Cheers
    HonestIM
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