Have you ever heard of that concept?
You’ve heard the blogger cliché “content is king”. It’s a lot like the real estate industry’s “location, location, location.” It turns out blogging and real estate have something in common: for both, you need content and location.
When it comes to pro blogging, thinking about location matters. There is no “build it and they will come”, and only 20% of your work is publishing posts.
So how do you even get started guest posting and when is the right time to even start as a new online business owner?
In answer to the 2nd question, NOW is the time!
I don’t care how new you are to online marketing and blogging: if you want to make sales right out of the gate with your new business, begin implementing these steps right away. Granted, it helps if you have a place for people to go once they read your articles and love them, but really you have to start making connections even before the official “launch”.
My name is Nate Moller. I’ve been blogging since 2005 and am the owner of MollerMarketing.com.
I write a lot about starting an online business, eCommerce, droshipping, SEO, social media, and self-motivation.
I’m interested in guest posting on your blog in the near future.
Let me know what the next steps would be.
I look forward to blogging on (you blog).
Obviously I’m going to change this up depending on who I’m emailing.
I may add things like how I found their blog, what I liked about it, how we could benefit one another, etc.
a 2-3 sentence bio section, usually done in italics (here’s an example): Nate Moller has been teaching clients about how to start an online business for almost five years. He consults small to medium sized business, helping them establish and implement a blogging & social media marketing strategy to grow their business. Read more about Nate at MollerMarketing.com and follow him on Twitter (@mollermarketing).
you CAN include your domain name too but usually I just use keyword phrases instead.
Save the Notepad file and attach to an email for the guest post!
Repeat this process over and over again! Also, once the blog post is live, make sure to promote, promote, promote, especially if you plan to guest post on this blog again in the future.
Bookmark it with the social media tools: Stumbleupon, Digg, Delicious, Sphinn, Mixx, etc.
I have been blogging for five months and the idea of guest posting has struck my mind. The only problem is that I’m shy to request for a guest post. Perhaps I should gather my courage and believe in myself.
Well Walter, now’s the time to start. Put together some good content and I’ll consider it for publishing here at MollerMarketing.com.
I really do have to research what is out there in my industry in terms of blogs. Because I am new to this I have no idea what other people have in blogs in my industry. It will be interesting to find out and then perhaps guest blog!
Hey Nate, great stuff…couple of questions…I have no clue about the uploaded images with alt tags, so some info on that would be great.
I’ve recently added a talking avatar video to some sites and wonder how search engines rate the content of a video?
Are Multi User blog sites ranked higher?
Question, what about locality when you do your search? When starting out to guest post is there an advantage if you guest post on a site in your own city versus overseas? Or would the number of subscribers be key?
Good question Tino. To me, there is no real advantage of local vs. international links. The only thing I like about local is the possibility of developing a good business relationship vs. guest posting for someone that you may never ever meet.
The number of subscribers is a great measuring tool, but not all blogs or websites reveal that information openly.
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