Blogger outreach and guest blogging are one of the most common and effective ways for you to get the word out about your business, site, and content. Both methods entail reaching out to bloggers and influencers in your niche and forming a relationship with them where they can mention your brand or write about your product or allow you to write your own post on their site.
Both are effective ways that have always been a little bit tricky when you’re just beginning. It entails a lot of research, laying down some ground work, and putting in a lot of time, before considering making contact for a favor. So it’s a good thing that there are guest blogging sites that act like a social media site, as well. Giving you the venue and opportunities to communicate with influencers much faster.
What You Need
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Account with guest blogging/social media site such as Guest Crew.
Setup Steps
Find your new blogger friends.
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Create your Guest Crew account at http://guestcrew.com > Choose For Bloggers when logging in.
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Carefully go through the instructions of the blog verification process.
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Start your own campaign or click the drop down of categories for campaigns.
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Get engaged by liking and sharing campaigns to earn credits.
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Find requests and posts for guest bloggers > Click Start
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Create and submit your guest post and wait for the Mark it as Complete review.
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Find your rewarded credits on your dashboard.
Prepare.
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Find the list of influencers in your niche.
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Find a site to sign up for that could possibly have your influencers. Sites like Guest Crew; a wide range of categories, offers social media campaigns and tons of member interactions.
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Write your pitch. Make a variety and personalize some according to each influencer.
Timeframe
Time to do: 1 week
Time to see results: 1 month
Additional Tips
Sites like Guest Crew allow you to register for free but for that particular service, you’ll need credits. You can buy credits if you want to post your own campaigns. One credit costs one dollar.
- You can add a new site by going to Your Sites > Manage Sites > Add new.
- Consider upgrading if you want to make use of their social media features and campaign tools.
- Check out their blog for tips.
Potential Results
Guest blogging is a great way to expand your network and increase visibility with your audience by 50% within the first couple of weeks. Platforms like Guest Crew make this so much easier and give you exposure to authority blogs and an opportunity to build relationships with other bloggers. You can look to earn up to $300 a month as a start and go up from there.
