你有 一本宣传书,产品或服务— and 您 need a bigger audience to get it moving out into the world.
为什么不借用一个(受众)呢?
来宾写作 for other websites is a fantastic way to get 您r name, message, and offer in front of tens of thousands of readers (depending on the size of the site 您’re writing for). And the best part? It won’t cost 您 a penny.
为什么没有更多的作家,企业家和思想领袖这样做呢?为什么不 您 正在做?
Because 您 think 您’re not ready. Even though 您 almost certainly are …
我每天和作家一起工作,我听到这三个“来宾博客的神话” 您’我会一次又一次地看到下面。让’在我们进入好东西之前,立即驱散它们…
误解1:“我需要拥有一个完善的博客”
你不’t need to have thousands of readers before 您 start guest writing for other sites.
Content editors don’t care about the size of 您r audience: they care about the quality of 您r writing.
我以前根本没有博客就发表评论—从来没有一位编辑会在乎。它’通常是一个好主意 have a site of 您r own 送回读者,但不要’t let a small audience be the excuse that keeps 您 from guest posting.
误解2:“我的写作不够好”
Yes, 您r guest post needs to be well-written. That doesn’t mean 您 need a PhD in English Literature, or a glittering résumé.
选择一个主题。写一个清晰,简洁,有用的帖子。然后编辑… carefully. You’ll put 您rself way ahead of the crowd.
误解三:“我必须在建立宾客职位之前建立关系”
有些博客不接受未经请求的来宾帖子;其他人则不知所措,以至于他们只使用收到的材料的一小部分。它 能够 help if the site owner knows 您r name —但这绝对不是必需的。
Sure, 您 want to cultivate relationships with editors …撰写出色的来宾帖子是一个不错的开始。推文和博客评论都可以,但是不应该’t be 您r primary strategy. Your primary strategy is writing excellent posts.
外卖: To be a successful guest writer for other websites, 您 don’t need to have a huge audience of 您r own, 您 don’t need to be the next Shakespeare, and 您 don’t need the big blog editors to know 您r name. All 您 need 去做 is 写得好.
Getting 您r guest post onto a big blog in 您r niche means:
- Extra traffic to 您r blog
- More sales of 您r products
- 有机会添加“我为...写的…” to 您r résumé or 关于页面
Even if 您r post gets rejected, 您’ll have a fantastic piece of pillar content for 您r own site.
但是要 maximize 您r chances of acceptance, here are 5 steps 您 need to master:
Step #1: Research 您r target site carefully
一些博客写客串, 然后 寻找一个博客提交。
通常,这意味着该职位不太适合—编辑将拒绝它。
代替, pick 您r target blog first. Read at least ten posts, ideally a mix of guest posts and posts by the regular blogger(s). If 您’没有找到任何来宾帖子,’s a sign that 您 need to pick another blog, at least for now.
- 帖子,特别是来宾帖子多长时间?从长到短都有范围吗?还是它们大多倾向于落入相当狭窄的字数范围内?
- 写作风格是什么样的?健谈,好斗,古怪,温柔?
- What topics have been covered recently? Could 您 contribute something that’s relevant, but that also fills a gap?
- Can 您 figure out what their “bread and butter” topics are —他们的主题’总是需要寻找新鲜的内容吗?
- Could 您 write a compelling, useful follow-up to a recent ultra-popular post?
寻找来宾指南,大多数大型博客都有。请遵循有关格式,图像,书写样式,链接等的所有说明。
Step #2: Develop 您r idea
A strong idea will make the writing easy; a weak idea will just waste 您r time.
列出五个可能的主题,然后选择最佳的一个。
Make sure 您 能够 do justice to 您r idea.
唐’t choose something that sounds amazing if 您 know 您’ll struggle to write it. A simple idea, executed well, is worth far more than a hyped-up but ultimately disappointing post.
Instead of “Everything 您 need to know about WordPress”, try “WordPress初学者的7个基本技巧”。
Step #3: Write 您r guest post
Set aside time for writing 您r guest post.
It’s all too easy to keep putting it off for another day. Aim to write when 您’re at 您r best, whether that’s at 7 am or 10 pm.
If 您’re struggling to get started, skip the introduction and move straight into the main body of the post.
If 您’re still stuck, 设置一个20分钟的计时器,然后写。唐’t worry if it’s horrible, just keep 您r fingers moving.
Even if 您 end up scrapping a lot of 您r material, 您’ll find something that’s worth keeping.
Step #4: Edit 您r post
很少有作家能撰写出色的初稿。 Editing is 您r chance to hone 您r words 因此它们尽可能有效和强大。
首先编辑整个帖子. Look for unnecessary tangents (sometimes these make good seeds for follow-up posts), badly-ordered information, and vital missing pieces. Fix these before 您 move on.
Once 您’re happy with the shape and flow of the post, focus on the individual sentences and words. Rewrite any clumsy, awkward, or weak sentences. Change any words that hit the wrong note.
唐’忽略无所不能 24条规则.
Step #5: Add 您r bio
Sure, it’s exciting to see 您r name on a big blog — but 您’ve got other motives for guest writing too.
If 您 want to drive traffic to 您r blog, newsletter, or sales page, 您’ll need to make good use of 您r bio.
这应该:
- 用第三人称写
- 明确呼吁采取行动
- 包含链接
If 您’re linking to 您r blog, choose a specific post,最好是与来宾帖子相关的信息。 “Click here to learn how to get 您r blog set up”比“阅读我的博客”更具号召力。
有关来宾作者简历的一些很好的示例,请在Copyblogger上滚动浏览此处的帖子。
步骤#6:将其发送出去!
这是最难的一步。
我对Copyblogger的第一篇客座帖子 在硬盘上呆了至少一周后,我才鼓起勇气将其通过电子邮件发送。
Once 您’ve edited and polished 您r post, 您 have to let it go.
写那封电子邮件,深吸一口气,然后点击“发送”。
A few weeks from now, 您 could have 您r writing in front of an audience of tens of thousands of readers.
因此,写那个来宾帖子。
Trust me, 您’re ready.
关于作者: 阿里·卢克 is a writer and writing coach. If 您’re struggling to get inspired, check out her 25种想出伟大构想的方法.
读者评论(81)
很高兴再次见到您的来宾,阿里。我认为恐惧使我们无法做很多事情。来宾张贴就是其中之一。一世’m amazed at some of the bloggers that just explode on the scene. You see their posts everywhere. 我认为它’s because they don’不知道他们不是’不应要求更大的博客让他们发表评论。你不知道,直到你问…
谢谢约翰!它’s lovely to be back on Copyblogger. 🙂 And I absolutely agree with 您 that 您’ll never know until 您 ask —我遇到了很多伟大的作家,只要他们更有信心,他们就可以在他们想要的任何博客上发表文章。
当我刚开始写博客时,我在我的利基市场中的一个大型博客上发布了我的第一篇客座文章,然后他们接受了!有时不知道“rules” is a big help, isn’t it?
阿里这里的好提示。
消除这些神话是第一步。实际上,我的博客只有5天的历史,当我在《福布斯》上登陆演出时,我的追随者为零。
So see? If I 能够 do it, so 能够 您r readers… 🙂
感谢您分享阿里… 🙂
哇,埃里克’s very cool! 😀 Congrats to 您! And I hope anyone reading who’不愿做客的帖子可以从中汲取灵感— all that matters is the quality of 您r writing.
谢谢阿里。
是的,写作质量是关键…包括说服能力。 --
好心地… Eric
我可以担保埃里克’s writing. I’ve read several of his posts (on Forbes and on his own blog) and I always leave inspired. Great to see 您 here Eric!
Thanks Tom. Kind of 您 to say my friend… 🙂 Eric
哇,埃里克非常鼓舞人心,感谢您的分享。 --
Thanks Jessica. Let me know if 您 want my whole strategy on hooking up with Forbes. Be happy to share it with 您… 🙂
访客博客是我尚未尝试的旅程中的一步。我的“to do” list for this month includes sending out requests for guest blogging. You never know what will happen until 您 try. Thanks for the great information, Ali!
Thanks, Nancy! And good luck with 您r guest blogging pitches this month. 🙂
很棒的帖子,尽管我总是会检查作者简介中的链接,除非该网站的质量真的很低,否则不会影响发布宾客帖子的意愿。
我通常会发现质量很差的网站导致来宾帖子的质量很低…!
爱因’t that the truth.
“Dear SIr/Madam, I came across 您r site http://www.yoursite.com 在Google搜索期间…”
Um… delete.
你不’t have to be the best writer in the world to write great content! Obviously 您 need to know how to string two sentences together and have a solid grasp of the English language, but there is no need to pump out Pulitzer winning material every time 您 sit down to write. Useful information is going to be useful information no matter what.
尼克,我绝对同意博客文章不’不需要(坦率地说,应该’t be!) Pulitzer prize material. Obviously the quality of 您r writing matters, and it’s worth investing a bit of time into making 您r guest posts as good as 您 能够 —但是我遇到的许多作家绝对足以当嘉宾作家。
嗨,阿里, thanks for 您r tips. This is really a very encouraging post for me to get started.
Thanks Dan, so glad it was an encouraging read. 🙂 Best of luck with 您r guest writing!
我认为这为如何处理来宾博客提供了极大的清晰度。
在选择过程中,我总是会卡住。的“which one of the million of blogs out there should 您 research and write a guest post to submit to” process.
Given 您r great experience and success with guest blog posts, could 您 offer more detail about how to research the kind of blogs that fit the readership 您’re trying to attract to 您r blog via guest blog posts?
(我认为这可能是一个很棒的来宾帖子想法,可以跟进这个很棒的帖子;-))。
谢谢迈克尔!是的,我认为这个问题本身可能是一整篇文章,但我’ll do my best here.
我写给宾客的理想博客是:
(a)与我的目标受众完全匹配(我为小说和非小说作家写作,目标是中级水平)
(b)大量读者-
(c)不错的来宾发贴经验(优秀的编辑和读者)
我研究博客的方式是看谁’我的利基市场最大:谁’在所有Blogroll上?谁在Twitter上被提及很多?我的同龄人喜欢谁?
有一次,我’我想到了一些博客,我研究的是他们的RSS订阅者数量,倾向于获得多少Tweets或评论帖子,读者看似不错的东西…最重要的是,博客是否实际接受来宾帖子。
实际上,Copyblogger是我排名第一的访客博客,因为它吸引了列表中的所有内容。尽管我自己的博客针对的受众群体略有不同,’有很多重叠。同样适合我的其他博客包括《用笔的男人》,《写到完成》,《 专业版Blogger》,《创意宾夕法尼亚》和《每日写作技巧》。
希望那有所帮助!
去阿里的路!我不做的另一件事’t think 您 mentioned is linking 您r guest posts to other posts within the blog 您r writing for (like 您’已在copyblogger上完成)。精明的博主知道SEO的好处,并鼓励读者花更多时间阅读。博客所有者将不胜感激。
这确实是增加职位的好方法’s chances! I 能够’我在这里没有任何荣誉’m ashamed to say —实际上,Copyblogger团队中的一些勤奋的人在链接中添加了(我写这篇文章时显然很懒惰…) but when 您’刚接触博客,在其他博客中添加一些链接是证明您的好方法’已经完成作业。 --
Pretty straight post and points that we all know but rarely think of before deciding to guest post. My 3 years of blogging experience 说 that guest posting is not tough, it is all about mentality. You need to back 您rself and write honestly in 您r own style.
是的,正确的思维方式是如此重要。我希望这篇文章的目的是鼓励人们只给客人写一本书… there’s nothing to lose!
迈克尔
我发现“最简单的部分是“您应该研究并撰写来宾帖子以提交给数百万个博客中的哪一个”。从您开始以来一直关注的博客开始’对他们涵盖的主题感兴趣。评论这些博客中的帖子,以便您与作者或编辑者建立联系。我的来宾博客文章始终是博客中已有文章的替代内容或其他信息。
对博客文章的评论带来的访问量至少与搜索引擎一样多。
I think this is great advice, Naomi, especially about starting with the blogs that 您’最感兴趣。不仅如此建立关系更容易,而且’s also a lot easier to write a great guest post, because 您’我对博客有个好主意’他们主题的惯用风格和方式。
美丽!
在与其他人联系来宾发布方面,我充满了自信。我倾向于降低自己的重要性,并把自己钉住一两个钉子。
猜一下’是时候把它放到一边,开始上路了!
谢谢约瑟夫!我知道鼓起勇气发出来宾请求的勇气有多难… but it’s so worthwhile (plus it gets easier over time). Good luck with 您r guest post pitches!
这很有帮助….and I’我还没准备好!有一天我感觉不错’尝试一下。感谢您提供的信息。
Glad 您 found it helpful even if it’s not yet the right moment for 您. 🙂
阿里那’s it. I’我打算再把我的Copyblogger来宾留言吐光一次,深吸一口气,然后将其发送给Sonia。
Sonia, 您’ve been warned 😉
Hurrah! Go for it, Adam, 您’没有什么可失去的。 (我在Copyblogger上发表的第一篇客座帖子在我的硬盘上已经放置了至少一周,然后我才将其发送… so I know how it feels. ;-)) Hope to be reading 您rs here in due course… 🙂
伟大的嘉宾,阿里!您正在谈论话题。
I have a quick question, once 您 have guest 发表于 a site for example Copyblogger. How often do 您 come back to submit guest posts to them again?
干杯!
我通常至少离开一个月—这取决于博客!有时要过几个月才能回来,但这’通常是因为我忙于其他事情。
It’值得一提的是,其他来宾海报在博客上出现的频率如何,以期可能会成为目标。如果您每年只做一次客座发帖,那么编辑和读者可能不记得您是谁—但是如果您每两周发送一次帖子,’可能会太多。大约每两个月大概适合大多数博客。
多一个“secret” to guest posting…
在评论中跟进。
(每个人都应注意,到目前为止,Ali已对EACH做出了回应,并且每个人对此都有评论。)
It increases 您r brand, sparks further conversation and makes 您 look like a class act.
Aw, cheers, Adam! 🙂 Yes, being present in the comments means a lot, to 您r readers and to the blog that’s hosting 您. It’s a great way to make sure 您’通过*下一个*来宾帖子重新表示欢迎… 🙂
是的,你不’不必拥有一个已建立的博客就可以撰写来宾帖子,但是如果您想从中获得最大的收益,那就可以了。如果您的博客没有其他博客,那么写作的重点是什么?’是否包含足够的内容以引起您的来宾帖子吸引的访问者的兴趣?如果您想留住这些访客,您可以’第一次访问时需要大量的重要职位(大概20个左右)来吸引他们,吸引他们进行第二次访问,并希望使他们注册。感谢您的见解!
What we teach most people is 您 want some reasonable cornerstone content in place first, 然后 start guest posting to pull traffic in.
Not everyone needs that, and if 您 have something in place like a great autoresponder, that 能够 fill in while 您’re building out 您r site content.
我从阿里带走的东西’s post is that 您 能够’不要让小博客成为借口。
有人这么做的原因之一是为了投资组合(如果主持人博客愿意写一个,甚至是推荐)。和我’ve used guest posts to promote products (ebooks and ecourses) rather than pointing back to my blog, so it does depend a bit on 您r goals and marketing plan.
I agree with 您, though, Doug, that if 您r main goal is to get sign-ups to 您r blog, 您’在发送访客帖子之前,我希望有足够的内容丰富。
大帖子阿里!
I’ve been working on ideas for guest posts, and researching sites to approach, and 您r post and additional insights in the comments couldn’t have been published on a better day! Great to read 您r thoughts on selecting which sites to approach – I’m付诸行动-
Hurrah! Glad the timing worked out well for 您, Robert. 🙂 Hope 您r site-selection goes smoothly, and best of luck with 您r guest posts.
哦哦那’s me. “我真的很想尝试发布访客,但是我’m not sure I’m ready.” Well, on second thought, I think I am. Thank 您, Ali, for another great motivational *and* instructional post. You have really made this sound doable!
Yay! That was just what I was aiming for, Sheila. 🙂 I took a peek at 您r blog, and 您r writing is great (I particularly like 您r gentle, personal style in the “给孩子们的东西” pieces) — 您’绝对准备来宾发布。 --
关于质量写作的阿们。我经常被潜在的客座博客所吸引,并一直在考虑增加一些。
但是,当我要求指导他们的工作时,他们会走开或不走’t reply.
是的,杰夫,我也有一些类似的建议。
好消息是,阅读这篇文章的人会自动地从速效市场营销人员寻找反向链接的大多数(坦率地说,是很懒惰的)宣传中脱颖而出。 --
来宾留言是我的避风港’t done yet so I’我一定会试试看。我认为除了一点点自信以外,没有什么可失去的。非常丰富的帖子,阿里。
绝对可以尝试一下,德拉甘… and hey, maybe 您’会获得一些信心。 -祝你好运!
进入大型网站绝对会让我们感到胆怯,但更多时候他们不会’只要帖子质量好并且符合他们的整体网站价值,他们就会更愿意接受客人的帖子。
These are really great tips to keep in mind. I love that 您’鼓励我们先写帖子,因为我们有很多次发布帖子的想法不错,但是在主题获得批准后,我们可能会不愿意写这篇文章。
谢谢你--
谢谢,摩根!我发现许多网站都希望先看到帖子,然后再对要说的是或否… but 您’关于避免作家有一个很好的观点’块。拥有一个不错的音调可能是一件好事,因为’s always the worry 您 won’不能在帖子本身中对此公正。
很棒且及时的帖子,因为我刚完成了自己的来宾帖子任务。在许多情况下,人们会自动认为大网站所有者不会’对他们的职位不感兴趣,但有时即使不问也无法假设。
I do want to add that it helps if 您 能够 clearly define 您r topic before sending the request as that will increase 您r chances of success.
做得好,收到很多来宾留言,Anshul!关于明确定义主题的大量补充— yes, that’很重要(而不仅仅是来宾写作)— it’s always good practice to pin 您r topic down before tackling any piece of content or writing any pitch).
Good advice for someone who wants 去做 guest posts but isn’t sure she 能够. Thank 您!! 😀
Thanks MaLinda! And hey, 您’ll never know till 您 try… 🙂
一如既往地朝着正确的方向推动有用的阿里
欢呼Carole
谢谢Carole! --
谈到来宾发布–阿里,这是你的第三篇文章 ’在过去的24小时内偶然发现(所有人都很棒)。对于那些希望发表帖子的人来说,一个提示可能是看看单个作家(像您一样)如何将内容定制到不同的站点。您似乎专门修改了自己的写作风格,以适应您所在的网站’re guest posting.
我想知道–when 您 write a guest post, do 您 pitch the topic first or do 您 write the entire post and submit it?
Thanks, Cheryl! And 您’绝对正确,我会根据博客的风格量身定制’我在写。实际上,我非常喜欢有机会以略微不同的声音处理不同的主题,这与我可能在自己的博客Aliventures中使用的声音有所不同。
我通常先写来宾帖子,然后再提交。我知道有些博客作者没有’虽然不喜欢这种方法,但总的来说,它似乎与编辑人员息息相关,并且节省了很多时间。如果我’我在玩各种不同的话题,或者在某个特定日期之前安排了一些东西,’有时会问什么可能很好— I’我是为我的4月至5月的博客之旅计划做的…
嗨,阿里,
Great post and great to see 您 on Copybloggeragain! I’ve been guest posting a bit since we met at Blog World and am hoping 去做 more.
我同意您在#2上的观点!确保您可以对建议的主题伸张正义。一世’ve偶尔发现我必须缩减雄心勃勃的概念,将精力集中在仍可增加大量价值但又不’t “epics”。我用来确保能够发表文章的技巧是,至少在提交概念并将其保存到计算机之前,先概述每个概念。这样,当帖子被接受时(有时几天或几周后),我可以快速返回大纲并开始撰写。无需重新设想该帖子两次。
再次感谢您的精彩文章!
Thanks for the comment, Tom! And hey, any time 您 want a hand with a guest post, 您 know where to find me. 🙂
我认为它’容易对来宾帖子过分热情—尽管大量的史诗般的帖子对您,主持人博客和读者来说都是双赢的奇妙旅程,’并非总是现实的可能性。我觉得’关于在发送音高之前先进行概述的好主意。 (而且我经常只是继续写帖子,就像我在上面对Cheryl的回复中提到的那样。)
Ali, thank 您 again for the offer. I will take 您 up on that! Yes, I’ve已经开始真正地预先完全写一些我的来宾帖子,以确保它们能够很好地融合在一起,以满足我的标准(以及博客的标准)。这节省了迫在眉睫的截止日期和空白页的不适感!
同意!它’不知不觉地赶上了最后期限… seems to crush inspiration. And I look forward to reading a post of 您rs… 🙂
Though I agree with #1, it seems like a lot of guest post opportunities do ask for the ability to push 您r post socially. As someone with very few Twitter followers, I wonder if this impacts my chances…
我怀疑这取决于相关博客— 您 might actually be better off targeting larger blogs, as they’ll already have the social media resources to promote 您r post themselves. But building up a strong social media presence is helpful in many ways, so 您 might want to spend a little time on that anyway.
这里真的很好的建议–另一个优秀的博客。保持!
谢谢,迈克! --
嗨阿里
Brilliant headline, and excellent advice. I know that if I put my mind to it that I 能够 create great content, so all I need now is the focus to go out and finish a task. It was also refreshing to hear that 您 complete the first post but allowed it to gather cyber dust before submitting.
If 您 ever see my content appear here or other blogs where 您 guest post it means I’我对此帖子采取了大规模行动。
安德鲁
Thanks 安德鲁! And I hope to see some guest posts from 您 very soon … best of luck! 🙂
关于发送给我的不请自来的留言,我删除了这些以及所有后续消息,但未阅读它们。实际上,发送材料的人所说的是“you’显然对内容感到绝望,不要’真的很在乎质量”。因此,他们会以极大的偏见被删除,并将发件人放入我的垃圾邮件列表中。
我也不要’•接受与商业组织链接的来宾帖子。如果公司想通过我的博客进行自我推广,那么坦率地说,他们可以支付当前的价格–我偶尔会发布赞助帖子,但是大多数时候’无论如何都对我的网站不感兴趣。请记住,如果您接受来自寻求推广产品和服务的人的来宾帖子,’从交易中获得比您更多的收益–特别是如果您有一个网站’充满了优质的材料,排名很高。让他们付款。
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