How to use guest blogging to get traffic to your website

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stockunlimited-fist-bump-agreement-1862783 You have amazing content. You’re on the right social media platforms. Your clients love your work and you have awesome products. But for some reason, you just can’t get the traction that you want.

If this is happening to you, it might be that you simply need more traffic. After all, if customers don’t know your product exists, then they can’t buy it. That’s where guest blogging can be helpful.

Guest blogging is a simple way to partner with another blogger to get traffic and build backlinks to your website. If you appear on a major blog, you could easily double or triple your traffic. More targeted traffic means more visitors discover your brand, join your mailing list, and buy your products. That’s a win for you!

The bloggers who host your post also benefit. They get unique content for their blogs. This saves them time and helps them fill in their content marketing calendar. Plus, they introduce someone new to the community, which boosts authority status.

With guest blogging, the audience wins, too. They get to read quality content from a trusted source with a slightly different perspective. They also find a new niche leader to follow and favorite.

Now that you understand how guest blogging is a triple win, it’s time to tackle a big question…

How do I get someone to publish my guest post?

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by Ellen Finkelstein

Is guest blogging dead? What Google said and what you need to know

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On January 20, 2014, Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team, wrote a blog post that has upset bloggers everywhere. He named it (after a revision) “The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO.”

Why is this important to you?online-business-guest-blog-posting-1

I’ve written several times about the importance of partnering to extend your reach. Guest blogging is one of the best ways to start partnering. It doesn’t require any technological expertise and you don’t even need a newsletter.

When you partner, typically the favor ia returned so both partners gain from the relationship.

The value of guest blogging

When you write a post for another blogger, that blogger’s readers see your post and may come to your blog and sign up for your newsletter, buy your products or services, or just become a regular reader. You gain exposure to other readers and potential customers.

How it went wrong

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by Ellen Finkelstein