Ask For Your Guest Post Instead of Waiting For One

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There are plenty of ways to attract web traffic to your site. Guest posting is surely one of the most popular ways to increase your blog traffic and attract some inbound links. That’s why many bloggers are using it to promote their site.

I have two guest posts so far. One is 10 powerful techniques to generate viral marketing in YoungPrePro.com, the other is a post collaborated with Michael from Lickshunmewah.com named 7 type of headlines that attract readers. I actually received an email from Michael checking with me whether i am able to contribute a guest post over at his blog and i am too glad to oblige. The post had created a lot of buzz over at his blog but credit to Michael who had done really well in editing and add on to my original post.

He is an expert in writing and i believe he will be able to offer you a service should you require any advice on your writing or editing. Do not hesitate to contact him if you require his services.

Why You Shouldn’t Wait For Your Guest Post Sometimes

Michael ‘s action(his email to me) gave me an idea to write a post on why you shouldn’t wait for your guest post to come to you. Sometimes you need to take initiative and take action to ask for a guest post.

To accept a guest post and guest posting in other’s blog should be a win-win situation. As a blogger, you give your readers exposed to different perspective when you accept a guest post. If you guest post on other blogs, you can get to the front page and attract organic traffic and inbound links to your blog.

Do you always wait for a guest post to reach you? If your blog is extremely popular, probably you don’t require to ask for it as there will be lots of guest post waiting for your review.  Bloggers are more attracted to submit guest post to high traffic blogs that can get them plenty of traffic. What if you are a new blogger or you have a low traffic and you only receive probably one or two guest post per week or even months. It’s simple, just ask for a guest post from a fellow blogger you know and have a good relationship with.

This is what you should do:

• Drop them an email

Ask your fellow bloggers politely whether they have the time to write a guest post in your blog. Do not simply email every blogger to ask for a guest post. Make sure you know them personally and have a good relationship with. You can establish a friendship by just commenting on their post or simply email them.

• Not afraid of asking

Don’t be afraid of asking. There is nothing wrong in requesting a guest post. I believe most bloggers would oblige if they could find sometime to guest post on your blogs. So what if you have a low traffic. I am pretty sure his guest post will still attract some new readers. The best thing is if you announce that this blogger is a helpful guy, his reputation can only be enhanced by your announcement.

• Not afraid of getting rejected

If there is no reply or simply the other bloggers reply he has no time to write a guest post, just thank him for the reply and get on. Try to email another blogger asking for the same thing. I believe ultimately there will be one who answer to your calls.

• Do some research

Do make sure you don’t just email every blogger you know without making some research on his writing style and niche. It don’t look good on you if you refuse to publish his post after asking for one.

• Establish your network

If you have a particular blogger whom you respected and you feel it’s awesome to have a guest post written by him. Establish a friendship beforehand tend to make things smoother. It won’t be easy if he is a A-list blogger, we seldom see A-list bloggers guest posting for other blogs now. So you need to make the judgement. However there should be more pros than cons if you have acquaintance  with your respected bloggers even if there is no guest post from him.

Conclusion

Do not wait for things to happen, you need to make things happen occasionally. I believe you will see the benefits if you take the effort to ask people for something in this case a guest post. Likewise, you need to return some of the good favor to others if you are required and things can only get better for you.

Share Your Thoughts

I love to know what you got to say. Do you ever ask for a guest post from any bloggers. Do you always wait for the guest post to reach your shores? If you have different opinions and anything to add on, please do not hesitate to share with us.

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