Would you like me to promote your content?

You're talking about something almost as old as the written word. It's called syndication.

Thanks for giving it a name.

Any other thoughts on this?


WIIFM... content to market my sites via email to my lists and via SEO in the SERP's + constant training for all my members / affiliates.

WIIFT... content distribution, name recognition, traffic to their affiliate links to my sites and their sites using my affiliate links.

Did I miss anything?

Hey Frank. Good ideas. Sounds almost like guest posting with a twist. You could attract people even on this forum to guest post and in return you offer them a bio box at the end of each post they write.

You decide on the topics and I'm sure you can attract a good amount of writers.

I would be interested in writing one up in return for the "About the author" information at the end of the post. I think that's a pretty strong incentive already.

The only problem is finding writers who will regularly publish content.

I definitely think the incentive of promoting to your 100K newsletter is a big one too.

I see no reason why you shouldn't do it.

User SteveB has some pretty good ideas he shared with me lately about how to do this. You may want to look him up - he's very active on the forum.

I think some/many of the better writers may want more than a link though - they may want $$ unless you can figure out something unique to offer them.

Also I don't think I would let them use an external link system like bit.ly for affiliate links where they could change the links to something else entirely and you'd never know.

Mark

There's no question any writer worth their salt will be interested - everybody wants "free' reach and promotion.

The main challenge will be in the actual implementation. First of all it's safe to assume lots of writers will take you up on your offer - this assumption will help in putting in place a streamlined method that will guide the whole process, from request for more info, content creation and submission to what to expect afterwards.

You will be amazed at how many people jump at such opportunities without reading what exactly is required of them (or at least appearing not to have understood what is required). People have a way of seeing only what they want to see. Hence you will find writers submitting a lot of content promoting their own sites/products without a thought of how you are also going to benefit from their articles (and this is assuming they understand you are targeting affiliates and looking for ways to increase SEO traffic).

For this reason, a template would be required that will give every writer a framework to work with. The template can have different sections for the different topics and help capture all relevant information. This kind of template will save you a lot of time by ensuring all work is presented in a standard format.

Next will be separating the bogus content and identifying writers you can work with long term. For this you might decide that for the first time writers have to submit 3 unique articles in 3 different topics. You can then use these to 'approve' the kind of writers you think will work with what you have in mind.

Getting them to give you regular, quality content will then be your responsibility and the only way to keep them hooked is by ensuring they are getting back more than they expected from your end of the bargain. This will include sending quality traffic their way, helping them build their brands and giving them exposure to new customers.

I don't intend to make this sound like a lot of work or even a full time job, so I will stop here. It's certainly doable and with a little bit extra thought and fleshing out of the points you outlined in your post will give a very clear picture on the way to move forward with this. Looking forward to see how it pans out.

Hmmm... that's true Aurelius, letting the writer have his "about the author" at the bottom would make it even better for the writer.

Even allowing them to have a link back to their own site would be doable. Of course using my affiliate link to their site (if there is an affiliate program).

Just wondering if there is a WordPress plugin that would allow people without an account to add their article that I could then review and publish if the quality is good?

I suppose I could let them signup in WP to be a Contributor and let them that way add and manage their own content... am I over complicating things?

The notion that you're willing to plug their content (and thus their links) to a list of over 100k subs is absolutely appealing and could attract some awesome writers.

(The biggest problem writers have is a lack of attention).

Just my $.02.

You can try looking up for articles in these articles directories.

You know, this is all about you so it may be really hard as people want benefit for them as well.

But I think it may work for you, good giving.

bloggerlinkup.com and myblogguest.com are both middle man websites that match up bloggers with blog owners in most niches. They are both free sites too.

I would do a test between free membership and one time $1 - $7 to see how it reflects on article's quantity + quality.

Can we discuss about pricing?