A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your First Guest Post
Posted: February 28, 2012
Your own blog might be packed with great content … but it won’t be doing you much good if you don’t have any readers.
Your own blog might be packed with great content … but it won’t be doing you much good if you don’t have any readers.
One of the best ways to bring readers to your blog is to write guest posts on larger, related, blogs. This not only gets your name and writing in front of people, it also helps your Google rankings (because you’ll get a link to your site from a high-pagerank blog).
If you’ve never guest-posted before, you might not know where to start. Here’s your step-by-step guide:
Step #1: Choose Your Target Blog
Some bloggers come up with an idea and write their post, then look for a blog that’s a good fit. But it’s more efficient to select your target blog first – because this will influence everything from your initial idea to your writing style.
A good target blog is large, on-topic, and clearly accepts guest posts (e.g. you’ve seen other people’s guest posts on that blog).
Step #2: Write Your Guest Post
As you write your guest post, keep in mind any guidelines from your target blog. (Most larger blogs will have guest post guidelines – try using the search box to find these if they’re not immediately obvious.)
Make your guest post focused and useful. Give it a clear structure (introduction, main body, conclusion) and try to write it in a similar style to that used by your target blog.
Read the complete article A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your First Guest Post.
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Written by Ali Luke