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Guest blogging resources
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Mornin'
Anyone have any guests blogging resources to find guest bloggers and blogs to guest post on?
I've been using My Guest Blog but it runs dry after a while.
Thanks
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Hey, there are a bunch of ways to identify guest blog opportunities, and some sites / services etc, but I tend to think a lot of that is played out to some extent and if they are accepting content from any Tom, Dick and Harry then how much value will your post have from a pure SEO / exposure / link perspective AND for how long?
I tend to think, rather than looking for Blogs that accept guest posts, look for the best Blogs in your target niche and try to spark up a relationship with the owners. Then, try to find a gap or someway you can contribute always focusing on the 'what is in it for them' angle AND be focused on doing it for the exposure you can generate.
Sure, you want a link or two but make sure it is super valuable, super relevant to their core audience and then that post may pick up more links, shares etc from the current audience and subsequently, the links to your site and more importantly the exposure will have more value.
Forget about volume, think about quality and focus on getting links that your competitors can't just pull up in OSE and copy.
Hope that helps!
Marcus
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I wouldnt recommend Guest Blog It to anyone personally.
My articles are often stolen and the links removed. Upon contacting admin ive received no response. I even trolled their fb page hoping to get an answer, but so far.....zip.
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There are some great resources here:
http://bloggerspassion.com/list-of-100-plus-blogs-that-allows-guest-blogging/
You can also try searching:
- “add guest post”
- “become a contributor”
- “become a guest blogger”
- “become a guest writer”
- “become an author”
- “bloggers wanted”
- “blogs accepting guest posts”
- “blogs that accept guest bloggers”
- “blogs that accept guest posts”
- “contribute to our site”
- “contribute”
- “group writing project”
- “guest bloggers wanted”
- “guest blogging spot”
- “guest contributor”
- “guest post by”
- “guest post guidelines”
- “guest post”
- “guest posts roundup”
- “my guest posts”
- “now accepting guest posts”
- “places i guest posted”
- “submission guidelines”
- “submit a guest article”
- “submit a guest post”
- “submit guest post”
- “suggest a guest post”
- “the following guest post”
- “this guest post is from”
- “this guest post was written”
- “this is a guest article”
- “this is a guest post by”
- “want to write for”
- “write for us”
- inurl:guest-post-guidelines
- inurl:guest-posts
- inurl:write-for-us
- keyword “accepting guest posts”
- keyword “guest blogging”
- keyword “guest post by”
- keyword “guest post guidelines”
- keyword “guest post”
- keyword “guest posting”
- keyword “submit a guest post”
- keyword “submit an article”
- keyword “submit post”
- keyword “write for us”
- keyword + contribute
- keyword + guest blogging
- keyword + submit an article
- keyword + submit guest post
- keyword + submit post
- keyword + submit your post
- keyword + write for us
The above suggestions taken from this post:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-advanced-guest-blogging
Good luck.
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Hi there
You could also try these websites:
Also, I'd really recommend using this Google doc spreadsheet found here - you can insert a single keyword and it will use a whole bunch of Google queries to pull up guest blogging opportunities directly on blogs.
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