Even though there are many ways out there to grab the attention of others to your blog, Guest Blogging is the most effective way to showcase your skills and to impress people, converting them into your loyal readers.
Guest Blogging when did the right way can gain you awesome results way beyond your imagination.
Okay, hit the break. Hi, I’m Amal Rafeeq [Zion] back from India and I thank Erik a lot for inviting me to be a host on NoPassiveIncome and giving me a chance to roll out an article to you guys through this wonderful job.
I really hope this one will be worth reading.
Let me not throw you off from the topic. Let’s roll.
First of all let’s see why you must focus more on Guest Blogging.
What are the benefits of Guest Blogging?
- Increases your online presence.
- Gives you quality back links.
- Improves your Page Rank.
- Increase your blog readership.
- Make your affiliate sales go wild.
- Drives you more Traffic.
- Increases your Search Engine Rankings. And it goes on like that.
How To Guest Blog the Right Way?
Like I said before, you can only gain profits if you do it the right way and let’s see what are the exact steps to do so.
#1: Lock on to the High Authorities.
What’s the value of just rolling out your sweat breaking articles on blogs which won’t give you much as return?
So stop killing your time by contributing your valuable time and content on blogs which doesn’t have a great audience.
I’m not suggesting you to always go for A lists. But you have to make sure what you’re doing is worth it, always.
As a regular blogger, you probably know the top read blogs on the sphere about your niche field. Prepare a note or type these lists into your computer.
#2: Approach with a Smile.
Okay, now that you got your eye at a high authority blog, it’s time you roll for the kill. The first thing to do is to make friends with the blogger.
Don’t act like you’re contacting him for contributing a Guest Post on his/her blog. Act like you wanna keep in touch.
After you’ve shared some talks and all, just shoot the idea of YOU contributing a guest post on HIS/HER blog. 99% of the answers will be “Yeah! Why not?”.
I swear, I’ve been at this point several times.
Okay, after the blogger have approved your request to guest post, set your account or ask them to make you one for you.
#3: The BIG step – Delivering Perfection!
Now that you’re fully ready to throw a content at them, it’s time you come up with a value factor. Don’t just write a boring topic that automatically makes the mouse pointer run to the close button of the tab.
Shoot something that’ll force the reader to share with excitement and research more about you. The reason you Guest Post is to grab the readers from a blog and to put them on your hands.
So make each post count.
Read : How to Write an Article – Writing Tips from a Professional Writer.
Every one are actually lame and lazy to look into guest posts they got in their blog and publish it after editing it. It requires time and effort.
So why don’t you make it easy for them by doing all of it yourself. Follow these things You’ll rock it with the post.
- Come up with a Compelling Title for the post. Don’t even think about the word SEO. You’re blogging for the present readers, not for gaining more traffic to them. And titles are the door to each post. So make it mouse-attracting and you won’t regret it.
- Format the post well. Make sure you use subheadings, highlight the main words and type it in a readable way. Keep grammatical mistakes outta the way.
- Interlink to old posts. After you’ve completed your post, try to give links to old blog posts withing the blog with a reason.
- Add great Images. A picture tells a thousand words, so why don’t you tell 2 or 3 thousand by adding awesome images? Include an eye catching featured image and include another one on the mid portion.
- Prepare an Author Bio. Without this section, you’ve wasted your whole time on the post. Congrats if you’ve did this before. Prepare a bio-data of you which’s quite simple and explaining yourself. Make sure you link to your blog/website and social profiles so that one can contact you if they need to.
These things will get your post published in no time at all.
#4: Promote it like it’s the end of the world.
Na, don’t take it seriously! I just needed a subheading for this section. That’s all. 🙂
Okay, after you got your post published, it’s time you put your part to promote it. I’d fire an Email pack through my Newsletter, Social Networks and directly to my top readers.
I just love the word – “Engagement“. You’ll love it too.
It’s a good practice to link to your guest posts from the new blog posts which you’ll write. So that things will go in a cycle.
Over to you.
Whoa! That’s all I got.
I hope you made it useful. And thanks a lot for reading this 860+ worded article. I really respect your patience 🙂 !
Good luck, see you around. This is Zion, signing out. 🙂
Don’t forget to comment what’s on your mind before leaving. Thanks again.
Nirmala says
August 21, 2013 at 12:33 pmNice to see you as a guest blogger here Amal Bro 🙂
Yeah, agree with the benefits of guest blogging and even am familiarize with it too.
I started my self hosting domain in the month of Jan this year and as of now, I completed 15 GPs.
Feeling good that I had written 2 Guest posts for Erik sir (One here and other for Fillmymoneybox) and I promoted it well as you told.
Both posts became popular among the readers and gained more comments.
Am following most of the tips which you’ve listed here for submitting my guest post, will follow the missed ways.
Thanks for the nice write-up bro and thanks to Erik sir for publishing it 🙂
Zion Amal Rafeeq says
August 26, 2013 at 3:24 amHi Sis,
So glad that you’ve made it to this post. 15 GPs so for? That’s good. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your experience. Good luck 🙂
Nitin says
August 21, 2013 at 1:41 pmgreat article. definitely it will increase new blogger’s performance and will make him famous in online media. above all it is a great way to express yourself infront of others.
thanks for sharing the article among us.
Zion Amal Rafeeq says
August 26, 2013 at 3:23 amHi Nitin,
You got that right. Guest Blogging is one big way to express yourself. Well said 🙂
Susan Velez says
August 22, 2013 at 2:23 pmAwesome tips, especially for someone who is considering eventually getting into guest blogging.
I have hears so many people talking about the benefits about guest blogging. Yet I keep dragging my feet on it.
I haven’t written any guest posts yet…but this information will help me when I get ready to.
Thanks for sharing these tips…they will help me and anyone else who wants to get into guest blogging.
Zion Amal Rafeeq says
August 26, 2013 at 3:22 amHey Susan,
Thanks for diving into the post. So the post worked, right? 🙂 I’m happy for that.
You’vent started Guest Blogging? Well, I think it’s time you do em’ mam. Good luck implementing them. Don’t forget to come back and drop a query if you have one.
See you around.
Pramod says
August 23, 2013 at 4:50 pmNice tips dude !
These tips are useful not only for newbie bloggers but also for experienced bloggers.For the guest post to be accepted the content should no doubt be clean and thoroughly researched and in the end promoting it is the right thing to do .Thanks for sharing these tips.
Zion Amal Rafeeq says
August 26, 2013 at 3:19 amHi Pramod,
Glad to hear that you liked them. Exactly! And, it should have to be a reasonable one too.
You’re welcome. Good luck giving them a try 🙂
Liza says
August 25, 2013 at 1:48 pmGuest blogging is always a good way of creating image online. That will help you to get lots of traffic through this activity.
Stephan says
August 25, 2013 at 7:49 pmHI Amal!
This is very useful post with many valuable information for someone who wants to be a blogger.
I think ít’s really a good review for people who’s blogging.
Guess blogging can make a lot of benefits and more interesting post you write, more traffic and viewer you will have.
Thanks for sharing!
Stephan Wu
Zion Amal Rafeeq says
August 27, 2013 at 3:51 amHi Stephan,
You got it right. Thanks for being here.
Please throw me a question if you have one.
Thanks 🙂
Razak Gory says
September 2, 2013 at 7:55 pmhey @ZionAmalRafeeq,
you wrote a great article also your experience are Awesome 🙂
every one want to be rich in the whole world.
Thank you for this article.
Shathyan Raja says
October 1, 2013 at 1:16 pmHi,
Thanks for sharing some useful information on Guest Blogging. Yes, I do have experienced that guest blogging gives us good backlinks and also traffic. We will also get good reputation and value for us blog from their readers.
Sarmista Aun says
October 23, 2013 at 2:07 pmHi Zion,
It is beneficial to submit content on high authority sites in order to generate quality backlinks. While guest blogging don’t link with same keywords again and again, try to bring keywords variation and use long tail keywords to make your links looks natural.
Uttoran Sen says
November 13, 2013 at 11:18 amThanks for the in-depth guide,
Guest blogging, if done correctly, can turn a new blog to an instant success. If done regularly, it can boost traffic, backlinks, social following etc.
I like to do guest blogging as much as possible, here’s my regular schedule:
1 – mainstream media site guest post a month
2 – A-list guest posts a month
5 to 20 guest posts a month on regular blogs.
regards,
Uttoran Sen,
Andy Bland says
November 26, 2013 at 2:46 pmBlog syndication is also a great way to find authority blogs, right?
Arun Kallarackal says
December 4, 2013 at 4:55 pmHi Amal,
Great post. It covered all vital guidelines associated with guest blogging. Yes, I agree with the title. If one implements these strategies religiously, he/she will become a guest blogging rockstar!
This post is a timely one for me. Because I’m all set to go out for a guest blogging campaign. So these advice from experienced guest campaigners mean a lot to me.
Arun