What are the easiest Blogs to Become a Marketing Contributor for?
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I've seen a lot of online articles that are bit outdated when it comes to this question and I wanted to see if Authors on other sites knew of some great sites to post their articles on.
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Hi Rolando,
Hmmm... How about we look at this a little different:
- What are the blogs you're qualified to write for (e.g., some publications prefer authors be active members of the community or have written for similar publications in the past)
- Which publications would be worthwhile for your brand?
- Which of those publications accept guest authors?
You'll need to do a little digging, but a simple, easy-to-use way to find out if your ideal place to share content accept pitches is to do a simple Google Site search:
- site:domain.com “submit a guest post” or site:domain.com “guest post by”
This will help you figure out if the site you wish to write for offers guest posting opportunities.
Read these two posts: The No. 1 Reason Your Content Gets Rejected by Prominent Blogs and Power Guest Posting for SEO
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Hi Rolando,
I noticed you've chosen 'local website optimization' as one of you categories. If yours is a local business, then the best blogs to seek to contribute to would relate to either a) your industry or b) your specific geography. The visibility/authority/credit you derive from becoming an author on such blogs is likely to be much more targeted than what you would experience from simply distributing content to generic sites.
So, for example, let's say you are an interior designer located in San Francisco. You do residential work, but you'd like to become better known for your commercial work doing home staging for real estate companies. You have some great photos of your work and your brain is full of helpful tips you could give. Who would you reach out to? Some local possibilities would be realtors with great blogs, local furniture/decor shops, etc. On the industry side, scoring an article on something like HGTV.com would be awesome, or something like this http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2661221/list/sell-your-home-fast-21-staging-tips could improve your authority.
Ideally, and for the long haul, what you want to do is build relationships with leaders in both your industry and geography, so that when you want to outreach with an interesting article you feel you could develop, you have made contacts who like and trust your work and would be glad to have you contribute. I would recommend this scenario every time over the older strategy of simply distributing content to non-relational websites, which fail to build your brand in your geo-industry. You'll need to research your niche, see who the leaders are, and assess what you can contribute that would get their attention and begin a positive relationship.
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