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How to recruit authors for free

by theinfomaven
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How do I recruit authors for a multi-niche blog for free?

I'm trying to set this up so that I can focus on SEO and promotion of the site itself.

I have an outline of the topics needed to be covered.

I can offer free backlinks and job references. Is that enough to incentivize authors to write for or submit to my site or what?

Never done this before. My first time "hiring" people so I could use some help.

I want to grow this into a full time online magazine.

**P.S. I'll be recruiting authors locally (including college students) AND online.

Thanks.
#authors #free #recruit
  • Profile picture of the author John Sullivan
    I'm don't know the subjects you are looking to cover of course but you could try looking at some forums related to your chosen topics and then see who is active in those forums and seems to be knowledgeable and then you could approach them and see if they are interested in say writing a report about your topic. Say you are looking for an expert in that chosen nice and would like to have a report written and often these people will be happy to share their knowledge for free.
    Outside of the IM niche it is easier to find people who will write a report about a topic that they really like rather than the IM area where people are looking for money making ideas.
    Try it see how it goes.

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Brite
    Originally Posted by theinfomaven View Post

    How do I recruit authors for a multi-niche blog for free?

    I'm trying to set this up so that I can focus on SEO and promotion of the site itself.

    I have an outline of the topics needed to be covered.

    I can offer free backlinks and job references. Is that enough to incentivize authors to write for or submit to my site or what?

    Never done this before. My first time "hiring" people so I could use some help.

    I want to grow this into a full time online magazine.

    Thanks.
    No offense but get off your ass and do it yourself.

    It sounds to me like you have landed in deep water and don't have anyone to help you get out.... your ship is sinking!

    Tom Brite
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  • Profile picture of the author CurtisN
    Originally Posted by theinfomaven View Post


    I can offer free backlinks and job references. Is that enough to incentivize authors to write for or submit to my site or what?
    If your site is established, then free advertising space might be a good incentive, depending on your monthly traffic.

    Free backlinks would not be a good incentive because in the time it would take someone to write content for you, they could just go out and get a whole bunch of backlinks themselves.

    A job reference online = a testimonial. That means you just want to work for free?

    I think the best incentive for a writer to write stuff for you would be to give them money.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Why in the world would someone with marketable skills and talent write for your money-making enterprise for free? Am I missing something here?
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    • Profile picture of the author theinfomaven
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Why in the world would someone with marketable skills and talent write for your money-making enterprise for free? Am I missing something here?

      This is not in the IM niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author MaskedMarketer
    i would say go to amazon.com to find expert authors, but good luck finding a real author to do anything and not be paid. As suggested earlier try forums..

    Is it possible to find articles already written on your topic and just reproduce it with the authors permission? It'll be free...
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    Hi,

    To get your blog going go to ezinearticles.com and choose 25 (that is the limit) articles and place them on your blog where you want them. Don't forget to leave the resource box in tact.

    Now, email each author and inform them you have published their article and tell them to feel free to come to your blog and post more of their articles.

    Do the same with quality articles from other directories.

    You are willing to give up link space so the links back to EZA should not bother you.

    You can have a few hundred quality posts by the end of next week if not sooner.

    Notice which authors are posting and if they ignor you take down their article and replace them, contacting the new authors "I'm using your article here, I invite you to post more."

    I'm doing the same thing with my blog and it shows up number 3 or 4 for my key words.

    My best to you on your project.

    George Wright
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    • Profile picture of the author theinfomaven
      Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

      Hi,

      To get your blog going go to ezinearticles.com and choose 25 (that is the limit) articles and place them on your blog where you want them. Don't forget to leave the resource box in tact.

      Now, email each author and inform them you have published their article and tell them to feel free to come to your blog and post more of their articles.

      Do the same with quality articles from other directories.

      You are willing to give up link space so the links back to EZA should not bother you.

      You can have a few hundred quality posts by the end of next week if not sooner.

      Notice which authors are posting and if they ignor you take down their article and replace them, contacting the new authors "I'm using your article here, I invite you to post more."

      I'm doing the same thing with my blog and it shows up number 3 or 4 for my key words.

      My best to you on your project.

      George Wright


      THANK YOU.

      Real contributions win, people.
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  • Profile picture of the author theinfomaven
    Big thanks to george and john sullivan for the forum idea also.
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  • Profile picture of the author peter gibson
    Originally Posted by theinfomaven View Post

    How do I recruit authors for a multi-niche blog for free?

    I'm trying to set this up so that I can focus on SEO and promotion of the site itself.

    I have an outline of the topics needed to be covered.

    I can offer free backlinks and job references. Is that enough to incentivize authors to write for or submit to my site or what?

    Never done this before. My first time "hiring" people so I could use some help.

    I want to grow this into a full time online magazine.

    **P.S. I'll be recruiting authors locally (including college students) AND online.

    Thanks.
    If you have decent, provable traffic + PR, are willing to provide a backlink and adspace (on a high rent location of your home page) - that would entice some up and comers for sure.

    Dealing with multiple authors for ads can be done with one banner or one 125 box. Just use an ad that rotates each authors info with every page refresh.
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    • Profile picture of the author theinfomaven
      Originally Posted by peter gibson View Post

      If you have decent, provable traffic + PR, are willing to provide a backlink and adspace (on a high rent location of your home page) - that would entice some up and comers for sure.

      Dealing with multiple authors for ads can be done with one banner or one 125 box. Just use an ad that rotates each authors info with every page refresh.

      Nice idea!!!!! SWEET. Thanks!
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