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How to find blogs & lists for guest posting

by andreas3
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Any suggestions (besides Google) for finding blogs & email lists/ezines open to guest posting?
#blogs #find #guest #lists #post #posting
  • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
    Guest blogging: Looking for guest bloggers or guest post? Join MyBlogGuest!

    The above website has a forum where you can find blogs who need guest authors.

    Search Google for <your niche> "guest post" (with quotes) or <your niche> "write for us".
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by JRJWrites View Post

      Guest blogging: Looking for guest bloggers or guest post? Join MyBlogGuest!

      The above website has a forum where you can find blogs who need guest authors.

      Search Google for <your niche> "guest post" (with quotes) or <your niche> "write for us".
      The problem with myblogguest is that there are so many people using it that you're not really getting a competitive advantage getting links from bloggers that use that service. Moreover, depending on your niche, you might have to wait a long time until a blog offers to publish your post. Chances, the one blog asking to publish your post has no PR or posts tons of other guest posts.

      Considering how rampant link removal requests are nowadays and how liberal people are with the disavow tool, I'd be very very discriminating as to who to solicit to publish my guest blog posts. Blame it on Penguin and Hummingbird... The blog guest post game has changed.
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      • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
        Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

        The blog guest post game has changed.
        I'm sorry to say, but I do have to agree with you :p.

        I was only able to find ONE blog with a PR higher than one - I guest posted on it.
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        • Profile picture of the author lerxtjr
          I think your approach is all wrong. It's been proven for years and years that the best way to find a job is to find a company you like first and then court the company so they become inspired to hire you rather than to submit your resume for a posted job along with a thousand others.

          Apply the same thing to guest posting. Instead of trying so hard to find blogs looking for guest posts, find good blogs first, court them (like dating) by making intelligent replies in comments to their current blog posts, and then approach them a couple of weeks later that you have content of value that their readers would appreciate. The number of blogs I guest write for is only one or two every few months, but I can't even remember the last time I was turned down using this approach. And, I average 800-2,000 visitors to my website every time.

          From a blog owner's perspective, it's darn hard to come up with truly amazing content every single day. Almost everyone I know in my blog arena would welcome a guest blog opportunity if the content really was unique, of high value that hasn't already been written about a hundred times, and had some clout behind the content. Meaning, your signature line will be important.
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          • Profile picture of the author annsmarty
            Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

            The problem with myblogguest is that there are so many people using it that you're not really getting a competitive advantage getting links from bloggers that use that service. Moreover, depending on your niche, you might have to wait a long time until a blog offers to publish your post. Chances, the one blog asking to publish your post has no PR or posts tons of other guest posts.
            One thing you are missing is that it all depends on how selective the author is. Unless you target a set number of guest articles a month (which you shouldn't), you can get as selective as your content quality allows.

            Considering how rampant link removal requests are nowadays and how liberal people are with the disavow tool, I'd be very very discriminating as to who to solicit to publish my guest blog posts. Blame it on Penguin and Hummingbird... The blog guest post game has changed.
            All you really need to do it to publish the articles you really love (Making sure you are comfortable with all the links in it).

            Also, I am sorry to say but Hummingbird has nothing to do with it (unless I didn't get what you were saying, sorry!)

            Originally Posted by Lena Williams View Post

            MyBlogGuest is full of crappy websites. I think searching through Google is better option.
            Low quality is always easy to notice as it comes in higher numbers. In reality, we have been doing a great job giving high-quality blogs more visibility within the network. The Articles Requests feature is one of those efforts and we only allow real community-driven blogs with distinctive voice there!
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    • Profile picture of the author aleksbogata
      Originally Posted by JRJWrites View Post

      Guest blogging: Looking for guest bloggers or guest post? Join MyBlogGuest!

      The above website has a forum where you can find blogs who need guest authors.

      Search Google for <your niche> "guest post" (with quotes) or <your niche> "write for us".
      Thanks a lot for this, I've been looking for a few guest blogging opps myself!
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Originally Posted by andreas3 View Post

    Any suggestions (besides Google) for finding blogs & email lists/ezines open to guest posting?
    Bing? :p

    Seriously, the best places are not the ones available to everybody and their brother. The best places are the ones you dig out for yourself.

    One way to find places that use outside content is to use EzineArticles.com. Find articles on topics like yours, written by writers with similar skills and voice. Look for where that writer is published.

    If the blog/site/ezine meets your criteria, make contact and start a discussion with the owner/publisher about overlapping interests and either guest posting or swapping posts, even if they're open to republishing some of your existing posts that might match their audience.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      Bing? :p

      Seriously, the best places are not the ones available to everybody and their brother. The best places are the ones you dig out for yourself.

      One way to find places that use outside content is to use EzineArticles.com. Find articles on topics like yours, written by writers with similar skills and voice. Look for where that writer is published.

      If the blog/site/ezine meets your criteria, make contact and start a discussion with the owner/publisher about overlapping interests and either guest posting or swapping posts, even if they're open to republishing some of your existing posts that might match their audience.
      THE MOST EFFECTIVE GUEST POSTING I've ever seen happens when the guest poster does the following

      1) Creates a list of the top 20 MOST AUTHORITATIVE blogs in a target niche. Clue: PR does not necessarily mean authority

      2) Posts without a link for quite some time. Posts are AUTHORITATIVE. What does that mean? The posts actually add valuable information to the post being commented on and CHALLENGES the readers.

      3) Once the poster gets enough CREDIBILITY, the poster works with the blog owners to add input/feedback to the owners' posts. What is CREDIBILITY? When other members of the blog ask you to chime in. Now, that's clout.

      4) Submit a guest post that is NOT based on keywords. This is key. Sadly, too many posts on MBG and other guest post exchange platforms focus on the needs of the LINK BUILDER not the needs of the READERS of the blog the posts will go on.

      5) Takeaway? Focus on building a BRAND first.
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    • Profile picture of the author andreas3
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      One way to find places that use outside content is to use EzineArticles.com. Find articles on topics like yours, written by writers with similar skills and voice. Look for where that writer is published.

      If the blog/site/ezine meets your criteria, make contact and start a discussion with the owner/publisher about overlapping interests and either guest posting or swapping posts, even if they're open to republishing some of your existing posts that might match their audience.
      Thanks. I'm this right now, and it's harder than it sounds. In most cases, the writers either aren't published outside of EZA at all, or searching for their name turns up self-promo sites. (I made the mistake of trying this strategy with Sean Mize... )

      So far I've been doing searchers for "by AUTHOR NAME" -- anyone have a better way?
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by buysellbrowse View Post

        Interesting read. One thing I don't quite understand, though: why would someone want to be a "guest" blogger, and not blog on his/her own? If you're a good writer, and that's your passion, you can make it on your own. If not, it's just a waste of time...

        Just write some original "killer content" and publish it on your own web site, or even on a free blogging facility, then advertise your link. It's as simple as that. No need to beg anyone for favors - on the Internet, anyone can be a publisher.
        Guest blogging and syndication are not replacements for putting killer content on your own site. Both practices are supplemental, and intended to build the audience for that main site.

        In other words, both are really a traffic strategy. You are using the guest post or syndicated article to put your content in front of a targeted, engaged audience that someone else has already done the hard work of building.

        Someone reads your guest post or article, likes what they see, and follows the link in the author bio back to your own site. You can still put most of your content on your own site. But putting a sample of your best work on other sites helps build your core audience.

        Originally Posted by andreas3 View Post

        Thanks. I'm this right now, and it's harder than it sounds. In most cases, the writers either aren't published outside of EZA at all, or searching for their name turns up self-promo sites. (I made the mistake of trying this strategy with Sean Mize... )

        So far I've been doing searchers for "by AUTHOR NAME" -- anyone have a better way?
        Yep. Should have mentioned this before. I search on the article title, the title + author name or a snippet of the article covering about ten words over two sentences.

        That way, you find sites that published a particular article, rather than the results of someone who may have scattered thousands of articles when doing so for backlinks was really still effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author moneymakingpillarsx
    Most blog out there accept guest post once you can create killer content. what you can do is look for blog that is receiving a lot of traffic and then e-mail the blog owner
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  • Profile picture of the author Ripster
    You can search for blogs listed on Technorati.
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  • Profile picture of the author stranger11
    you can search for "niche + write for us". A lot of sites that accept writers and have a standard policy have a write for us policy.
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  • Profile picture of the author fjouad
    My Blog Guest has been set up by Ann Smarty, a well-known blogger and social media user. She's been guest blogging and building relationships in the blogosphere long enough to understand the power of a guest post - and that's what she wants to share via this friendly web community.

    Guest blogging: Looking for guest bloggers or guest post? Join MyBlogGuest!
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  • Profile picture of the author Edman15
    Originally Posted by andreas3 View Post

    Any suggestions (besides Google) for finding blogs & email lists/ezines open to guest posting?
    MyBlogGuest.com is a good solution for guest blogging.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lena Williams
    MyBlogGuest is full of crappy websites. I think searching through Google is better option.
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  • Profile picture of the author buysellbrowse
    Interesting read. One thing I don't quite understand, though: why would someone want to be a "guest" blogger, and not blog on his/her own? If you're a good writer, and that's your passion, you can make it on your own. If not, it's just a waste of time...

    Just write some original "killer content" and publish it on your own web site, or even on a free blogging facility, then advertise your link. It's as simple as that. No need to beg anyone for favors - on the Internet, anyone can be a publisher.
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    • Profile picture of the author dadadada
      Anyone want to guestblog on my site?
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      Currently categories include Resume, Interview Tips, and Coaching.

      Can add categories: Motivation, Self-Improvement, and Work From Home.
      Now, regarding Work From Home - this should not be jamming ads for spam products.

      Your post can include unlimited number of backlinks to your site, but not to affiliate site and not to a redirect page.

      Pretty simple. Just PM me.
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