Guest blogging, in layman terms, is the act of submitting a blog post on another person's blog.
However, it does not mean that you should submit blog posts to almost every single blogs you find on the Internet, as doing so will not do your blog any good.
It will lead to people branding you as a spammer (and nothing else).
You will only want to submit blog posts on blogs that are in a similar topic or subject area which your blog is about.
In this article, I will be sharing with you everything you need to know about guest blogging - From the correct way of how you should approach the blog owner (with regard to allowing you to submit a guest post on his/her blog), as well as the biggest advantages of guest blogging.
How To Locate Blogs To Submit Guest Posts To In order for you to guest blog, what you need to do is to first locate blogs that are in the niche that you are in (search for [niche topic] blogs, where you replace [niche topic] with the niche topic that you are in).
Thereafter, you need to look at the entire blog and find out whether or not the owner is updating it often (you will reap the best results from guest blogging if you were to submit a post on a blog that is updated regularly by the owner).
You need to find out the posts that are already available on the blog itself, and then think about what kind of posts that you can write that will benefit the readers (doing prior research and finding out the posts that you can write about will increase the likelihood in which the owner will give you a positive reply to your request of guest blogging on his/her blog).
After you have decided on the topics you want to write about, what you need to do next is to send an email to the owner - Where you start off by commenting on his/her blog (highlighting the positive points of it), and then asking politely if he/she would like unique content on his/her blog (with your guest post).
You will also want to tell the owner the topics that you can write about (along with how they can benefit his/her readers).
By doing so will definitely help increase the chance of your request being accepted.
Advantages Of Guest Blogging There are many advantages of guest blogging, and in this article, I am going to highlight 4 of the biggest advantages of how you will be able to benefit from it.
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Being Recognized As An Authority When people (especially those in the niche that you are in), discovers that you have guest posts on a couple of other blogs (in the niche that you are in), they will automatically regard you as being someone who is very knowledgeable in the subject area, and brand you as the authority (someone whom they can listen to for advice in the niche).
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Invaluable Backlinks For every single guest post that you create, you are allowed to, at the end of it, include a link to your blog.
Doing so will help you create invaluable backlinks to your blog - And especially if the blog that you are guest blogging on has a high volume of traffic to it, you can be sure that you will also receive part of the traffic (from people who reads the guest post and thereafter, clicks on the links below to visit your blog).
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Free Advertising By guest blogging on another blog (that is in the same niche as you), you are exposing your blog to reach out to even more people - In that, there is a link to your blog after every single post that you contribute to.
This, in a way, gives your blog some free exposure (to reach out to even a wider audience through the blog in which you submit a guest post to) and that is free advertising for you! 4.
Create New Windows Of Opportunities In time to come, you can even Joint Venture with fellow blog owners to create products and/or services that solves whatever problems that people in the niche that you are in are having.
Doing so will definitely help you increase your online income.