The Benefits of Guest Blogging

Writing your own blog is hard work. Unless you have some spare time and love to write, keeping up with your blog fast becomes a big chore. A problem I've experienced first-hand. And writing your blog is just the beginning. To get online exposure, you need to promote your blog. That takes time, effort and creativity. For example, here are 25 tips from Lee Odden on how to market your blog.

If I could start over with this blog, I wouldn't do it all. Instead of marketing my own blog, I would spend the time building guest blogging relationships with the leading bloggers in my area of expertise, (marketing and technology).

There are several benefits to being a guest blogger:

* It's a great way to get exposure for your company or your services if you are a consultant.
* You receive quality links back to your site which will improve your organic rankings on Google.
* You/your company will be viewed as an authority - and this leads to offers for speaking gigs, interviews, coverage in offline media, etc.
* Unless you have one of the leading blogs, you'll reach more people than you could through your own blog.
* You'll build valuable relationships with bloggers who will follow, and comment on, your company.

To get started as a guest blogger, first identify blogs where you could contribute great copy. Start by reading all the blogs in your industry. You can search for blogs that accept guest bloggers in your industry by using the following search string:

"your keyword" "submit * article" OR "submit * articles" OR "add * article" OR "add * articles" OR "featured writer" OR 
"featured writers" OR "featured author" OR "featured authors" OR "featured contributor" OR "featured blogger" OR "guest 
author" OR "guest writer" OR "guest blogger" OR "guest post" OR "submit * tutorial"

For example, if you were searching for guest blogging opportunities on business software blogs, you would replace "your keyword" with "business software".

You would then repeat the search for variations and related topics such as, "ERP", "software applications", "business management", etc.

Sort through the results to find blogs that are well-read and in your area of expertise. You can get the bloggers attention by writing interesting/relevent comments. Often the blogger will contact you to discuss, opening the door to a guest writing gig. Or, write to the blogger offering to do a guest post on a topic that is highly relevant to the blogs readers.

For many writers, being a guest blogger gives you greater returns than managing your own blog.

Guest blogging would be a much better option for me, one that I'll be actively exploring in 2008. As for this poor, neglected blog? I don't have the heart to kill it -- yet.

Comments

[Paul Mihai Pavel]

Hi there,

I started my blog a few days ago. But this is not a guest blog. It is hosted on my site. There is no aditional cost for this because I already using my site to promote various products. The advantage is that I'm in no way in danger to get my blog deleted by the owner/moderator if some people don't agree with something in my posts. This is a real advantage.

Live long and prosper,

Paul Mihai Pavel

[Davin Ogden-Viral Marketing Strategist]

That actually gave me some very good ideas. The post I mean. I believe I will look into the 25 tips for sure. Great! thanx for that.

Davin Ogden
"The Davinator"

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[Alvin Phang]

like your article... but I got a question how do you get popular blogs to accept you as a guest blogger =)

[Caroline]

Hello,

I set up my new website just the other day. And because of some of the information that you've provided in your article, put together with the marketing secrets I have learned, my website is now generating massive amounts of quality traffic, Just wanted to say thanks!

[White Hat Guys]

These are some great ideas. I have been blgging for awhile now but also have now realized that I should have been working on guest blogging. I am now starting the process of contacting others to begine but alas time lost.

Never too late though right?

[NewSunSEO]

Guest blogging is a win/win situation. Guest blogging is a great way to get traffic and gain exposure for the article writer. On the other hand it also gets a lot of traffic and links for the blog owner. If you haven't been doing it, it is definitely something to look into that can help boost your stats and revenue in no time.

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Hi! I am a student of MIT. I am also working lightly on internet marketing by promoting my educational website which was first my semester project. I have been watching Jeff Paul’s videos and I use them in my work.

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