Guest blog posting – isn’t that old school? Yes, it is – but it works and works well especially in this post-Panda era of SEO. Mike and talk about this and many other strategies for how to use guest blog posting and leverage it in your marketing strategy as we continue our series on the Top 10 Marketing Strategies Today.
We talk about how and why guest posting has become so popular again in 2012 and is once again a very important marketing strategy. We’ll also talk about some of our personal experiences with it and the results we’ve obtained.
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In This Episode
- We define guest blog posting
- Getting your name out there through guest blog posting
- How guest blog posting can boost relevant traffic to your site
- Diversifying your traffic sources
- The impact of guest blog posting on your rankings through authority back links
- We discuss authority by association
- Opening up new opportunities through relationship-building
- How to get your first guest blog post out there
- How to approach other blogs for a guest blog post
- Using video to stand out against other potential contributors
- Why guest blog posting is more important than ever before
Our Pick the Brain Segment
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In this Episode’s Pick the Brain Segment
- We talk about using Google Analytics vs. other 3rd party analytics systems such as GetClicky.com
After getting hammered by Penguin and Panda, a lot of people want to ditch Google Analytics in favor of GetClicky and other popular 3rd party analytics. But does it really impact your site or your rankings? Is making the switch really worth it? Will you really be hiding your information from Google by switching? Find out on this week’s Pick the Brain, and make sure you subscribe to our podcast so you don’t miss an episode.
Action Items from this Episode
- Get out there and get started doing Guest Posts
- Identify the top guest posting candidate sites in your niche (make sure to look at their PageRank and linkcounts and see if they really are a strong authority site worth having a link from)
- Begin the process of guest posting, start slow, but get started
Resources Applicable to this Episode
- Our Insider’s Club
- Our new AskMikeandTroy.com resource
- Building Authority Sites - Although not referenced in the podcast, Building Authority Sites is a full-featured course that is very content centric and will help you build the authority and footprint of your site for expertise positioning and increased traffic and revenue
- ArticlesOnTap.com - If you need help getting more content to your site, check out our services – blogging, curated content, product reviews and large authority content – we’ve got you covered.
2 Responses to TMS005: Leveraging Guest Posting for More Links, More Traffic & Building Relationships
I keep hearing about how guest posting works, it just seems so frustrating to me – waiting for replies to get accepted, kissing everybody’s butt to get a post on their site, etc… wish there were an easier route. You guys seem to do a bunch of services on your Articlesontap.com site – any chance you’re adding this as a service? I know i would love to outsource this…
Hey Dan,
Yeah, at first it can be a bit tough, but you just gotta keep plugging away at it. After you get a couple of them though, it gets easier. You can reference your prior guest posts in your request for a guest post. Once you have a couple under your belt you’re likely to get approved much easier for future posts.
To answer your question, well, we’re doing some guest post services with a handful of select clients right now. No promises just yet, but if things go well with this service then we will be offering it publicly. So, keep tuned in and maybe we’ll be able to answer your needs in a couple of weeks down the road…
Thanks for stopping by!