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A free $7 WSO? Yup...More traffic? Yup...A quality backlink...Yup-Shhh! Don't share this secret!

by Jason_V
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Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share a little tip with you guys. One of the "en vogue" (No, not the 90's female pop group) ways to getting some traffic and potentially some link juice is to do guest blogging/posting.

This tip should help you "sweeten the deal" for the potential site/blog owner to actually seriously consider your guest post proposal.

Bribe them with some SEO.

When you're considering writing a guest article, you're probably already going to have some ideal keywords and LSI keywords in the article (you're doing this right?)

When you email/call the site owner inquiring about writing a guest piece, also mention that if they publish your content, you'll do some backlinking back to the article ON THEIR SITE.

This may cost you a few dollars, but this goes beyond "win win situation" The site owner gets a "double win" and you get a "triple win":

The site owner in this deal gets:

Free content.
Free SEO.

You're getting:

Content published on another site/blog tapping into their regular readers
A backlink to your site from an authority site in your niche
By building the backlinks to your content on their site you're helping build link juice to their site, but this link juice will be passed on to your site.

However, be sure that the backlinking you choose to have done once the piece is up isn't "spammy" backlinking.

Make sure the links are from a reputable seller with a proven track record and preferably with some testimonials and results.

If you build enough backlinks to their site (or high PR links) you may actually be able to get that inner page of theirs with your content a good Pagerank. Having a site with a good Pagerank linking to your site especially from a relevant site to your niche is HUGE.

Sure some of you may say: "Well why not just build the links to your own site" Well, of course you should be doing that too.

However, the point to getting a guest post, as mentioned above, is to tap into the sites readership who may not have ever heard of you or your site. Also, having a link (preferably a contextual link in your content) from a relevant site to your niche is a powerful link. If you actually manage to get enough links or high PR links to their site, you will now have a high PR page linking to your site. This is the trifecta of holy grails in SEO.

However, as most of you know it can be damn difficult to get a guest post on other sites. By offering free SEO to your post, you may get a yes from a site owner who otherwise may have said no.

If the site owner sees increased traffic to your post and their site because of your SEO, do you think they may want you to guest post more often? Yeah, I think they will. If you get them some Pagerank on your content, I definitely do believe they will be begging you to do it again.

I just saved you $7 as I could have easily put this into Open Office, turned it into a PDF, slapped some affiliate links to Backlinking services and sold it.

I just hope that you will treat this information as if you paid at least $7 for it and not disregard it just because it's free.

(Please restore my faith in humanity because it's always said that "people don't value free information as much as they do paid information." Let's prove some people wrong and put this into action)
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    I have been doing article marketing for more than a dozen years, and I have been building links to my articles where they appear on authority websites for more than 8 years.

    It is a good strategy, but if your content is solid, you should not need to bribe people with SEO to get published on the site. I do build links to my articles on third-party websites, but I never tell people that I will be doing that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason_V
      My comments in bold:

      Originally Posted by tpw View Post


      It is a good strategy, but if your content is solid, you should not need to bribe people with SEO to get published on the site.

      This goes without saying that you should have quality content. Anyone even considering guest posting, better have quality content. As far as you "shouldn't have to bribe people..." see below

      I do build links to my articles on third-party websites, but I never tell people that I will be doing that.

      Why don't you tell people you will build links to the content they post on their site? Whether you like it or not, this is a "what's in it for me society" Just offering free content to people isn't enough anymore. "Shouldn't have to" can be used for numerous things, but that usually relates to some sort of fantasy land and not reality.

      You should always give people VALUE and by being transparent about giving them quality content AND free SEO is giving them value.

      Lastly, I didn't quote the one part of your post, but that's great for you that you've been doing this for 8 years. Article marketing for 12. You have the luxury of a large body of work to point the site owners to. Some people here are just up and comers without that luxury. So, as new content producers the site owner may very well reject their offer because of the very reason I stated. Whereas, if they offer the free SEO, it will at least perhaps get a second look and consideration.
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      • Profile picture of the author tpw
        Originally Posted by Jason_V View Post

        My comments in bold:


        Why don't you tell people you will build links to the content they post on their site? Whether you like it or not, this is a "what's in it for me society" Just offering free content to people isn't enough anymore. "Shouldn't have to" can be used for numerous things, but that usually relates to some sort of fantasy land and not reality.

        You should always give people VALUE and by being transparent about giving them quality content AND free SEO is giving them value.

        Lastly, I didn't quote the one part of your post, but that's great for you that you've been doing this for 8 years. Article marketing for 12. You have the luxury of a large body of work to point the site owners to. Some people here are just up and comers without that luxury. So, as new content producers the site owner may very well reject their offer because of the very reason I stated. Whereas, if they offer the free SEO, it will at least perhaps get a second look and consideration.

        I don't tell people that I am doing link building for them, for a several reasons:

        1. I don't want them to expect it with every article I send them.
        2. Most of the time, they either would not care or would not want me to do it, as suggested by the other poster.
        3. I don't want the publisher to think I am desperate.
        4. I want to make sure they post the article in a format I am happy with, before I make any effort to link to that website.
        5. I only link to authority websites that publish my article, because I gain two advantages from authority sites:
        a) Credibility with my audience;
        b) Credibility with Google.

        It isn't really fantasy thinking.

        Here is the deal, from my perspective.

        If a publisher is willing to be bribed with SEO to publish an article, then that publisher is clearly willing to let go their editorial standards to gain a benefit.

        If they are willing to make a let go their standards to let me in, they will let go their standards to let other people into their site also.

        And, if they are willing to in essence "sell placement" to the highest bidder, rather than for the best content, then I am not sure I want to be published on their site anyway.

        I have standards that I live by, and I sure do hope that the publishers who publish my articles have the same kinds of standards and they stick to them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    If someone told me they were going to do some backlinking to my site I'd tell them not to bother as I've no idea what their backlink methods are and would prefer if they let backlinking of my site up to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason_V
      Originally Posted by RockingLastsForever View Post

      If someone told me they were going to do some backlinking to my site I'd tell them not to bother as I've no idea what their backlink methods are and would prefer if they let backlinking of my site up to me.
      Fair enough way to look at it. That's you, that's not the way every site owner would think.
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    • Profile picture of the author StevenJones
      Originally Posted by RockingLastsForever View Post

      If someone told me they were going to do some backlinking to my site I'd tell them not to bother as I've no idea what their backlink methods are and would prefer if they let backlinking of my site up to me.
      Agree the dude or lady could bombard you with low quality and spammy links.
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    • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
      Originally Posted by RockingLastsForever View Post

      If someone told me they were going to do some backlinking to my site I'd tell them not to bother as I've no idea what their backlink methods are and would prefer if they let backlinking of my site up to me.
      I agree 100%.

      A lot of people spam their guest posts with senuke junk links.

      In fact, a few sites now keep an eye out for this and delete guest posts that wind up with hundreds of junk links.
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      • Profile picture of the author tpw
        Originally Posted by Backlinko View Post

        I agree 100%.

        A lot of people spam their guest posts with senuke junk links.

        In fact, a few sites now keep an eye out for this and delete guest posts that wind up with hundreds of junk links.

        Just for the record, when I do it anonymously, I link from my social media accounts.

        I also might link to the page in another article, in a blog post or a forum post.

        For example, you might enjoy the article that I wrote last week and gave the publisher a 10-day exclusive, before syndicating it today.
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  • Profile picture of the author butters
    I agree with the others, I wouldn't want other people doing backlinking to my site because I don't know how they would do it. It could definitely cause a lot more harm then good but the idea behind "sweetening the pot" is solid. There are many ways that a pot could be sweetened from a broadcast to your list, to tweeting about it on your feed. There is nothing wrong with sweetening the pot, just make sure when you offer the sweetner, it cannot affect their actual site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      I also agree.

      (I certainly wouldn't want other people building backlinks to my site.)

      I'm not even entirely comfortable about "sweetening the pot" in ways other than with my content, I think. To me, it feels a little like offering customers free bonuses if they buy through my link (something else I don't do, myself, though of course I acknowledge it can work out well for people). As a writer, I want people publishing my content because it's content they choose to share with their readers/subscribers/visitors, not because I'm offering them anything else. "People choosing to share my content because of its quality and relevance" is what my business is built on - and although it doesn't matter much to me, that also happens to be what works out best for SEO as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author PvPGuy
    As a site owner, I can tell you that quality is hands down the biggest factor (not the only) when considering a guest post. Better to focus your energy there.

    You have to remember your place in the value equation. That's like telling me you'll give me $50 bucks if I loan you $500
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