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Disclosure: We did our best to provide you with the most accurate information, including
metrics, links and website names. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy as we have
no control over 3rd party website.
This list in no way guarantees that all or any of the websites listed below will accept your
content, guest post or contribution. This post/list shall only be treated as a go-to resource for
those who are looking to contribute their work to various media publications. The vast
majority of these sites would require you to show some expertise & have some experience
before allowing you to submit guest posts/contributions. So, take your time and ensure that
your content is of top-notch quality before reaching out to any of these websites/blogs.
Also, its worth noting that by the time you reading this post, some websites may have
changed the rules and guidelines for guest blogging, have completely closed external
submissions, decreased or increased in Domain Authority and/or Alexa Rank. That being said,
well try our best to keep this list updated and provide you with the most accurate,
comprehensive and reliable source.
This guide will be updated with new websites, metrics and links once every 3 months for the
next 2 years. We will automatically send an updated version to the email youve used to
purchase this guide. The next update will be sent out on 09/08/2017.
If you have any suggestion or you spotted a mistake, please email us at hello@solvid.co.uk.
Well really appreciate your help!
For those of you who are not quite familiar with content marketing, blogging and SEO, Guest
Posting is an act of writing and publishing a blog post or an article on someone elses blog or
website. Your work may or may not be compensated nancially. This purely depends on
whether the website/blog offers a nancial incentive for your contributions.
There is a little difference between guest posting & being a contributor. Guest posting is more
for those who are looking to contribute a one-off post, whereas being a contributor may
require some degree of commitment (e.g. producing 2-3 posts per month).
Whatever you prefer to call this process, ensuring that your posts are published only on
reliable, quality and reputable websites is an absolute necessity if you wish to reap the
rewards of guest blogging.
Wait a minute, didnt Matt Cutts declare the death of guest blogging?
There is a huge distinction between low-quality guest blogging and quality contributions of
your original, well-written and comprehensive content to authoritative, trusted and reputable
blogs.
Overtime, guest posting (also known as guest blogging) has gained somewhat a negative
reputation due to it being abused by black hat SEOs. Instead of focusing on long-term
commitment and long-lasting relationship with the blogger, so called SEOs used guest
posting only for building backlinks (most times on low-quality websites), usually spinning
articles all over again and republishing them on different blogs.
Sure, most of us know that guest blogging has been hit by spammers, publishing low-quality
articles on shitty blogs. But, does that really mean guest blogging is totally dead? No, not at
all.
So stick a fork in it: guest blogging is done; its just gotten too spammy.
Im not talking about multi-author blogs. High-quality multi-author blogs like Boing
Boing have been around since the beginning of the web, and they can be compelling,
wonderful, and useful.
Simple! Dont be spammy, dont post low-quality content on spammy websites, dont accept
low-quality content (if you are the one receiving guest posts), dont spin articles, dont use
guest blogging as your only SEO strategy, dont automate the process, dont post on
irrelevant websites and dont post the same article on multiple blogs.
Instead, be authentic, credible, write high-quality stuff and focus on long-term benets of
contributing your work to 3rd party websites.
We can draw a line here. We hope you have an understanding of how low-quality guest
blogging is different from high-quality contributions.
It would have been a crime to write this guide and not to mention the main benets of guest
blogging. At the end of the day, you arent writing articles for 3rd party websites just because
you have the time to do so. Although you may want to sound like a philanthropist when
pitching articles, deep down in your soul, you are expecting something in return, whether its
some nice referral trafc or a boost in your brands exposure.
Reach a wider audience: Contributing your work to external websites would mean that more
people will see your work. Imagine this, if you get your article published on Forbes, 10s or even
100s of thousands of people would read your article, and if the subject is directly correlated
with what you do, people will come back for more (often directly to your website).
Generate quality referral trafc: Quality posts that get seen and read by 1000s of people are
likely to generate a ton of quality, targeted referral trafc. You know where this can lead to.
Yes, more exposure and more sales.
Become an inuencer: Being featured in authoritative websites and blogs would make you
an inuencer in the eyes of your potential audience. People would look up to you as an expert
in your niche, and will often cite your words as the words of The Almighty.
Build up your social media presence: Wondering how to build up your social following
without posting cat pics? Guest posting is the way to go. For instance, when someone shares
your article, you would often get tagged and mentioned. This, in return, builds up your social
presence.
Increase an authority of your website: People are more likely to trust and buy from the
brand that has a powerful web presence. If your product gets a decent review from The Next
Web, would people have more condence in purchasing that product from you? Sure thing.
Become more condent: Imagine getting featured in Forbes, Wired, Inc and Entrepreneur?
That would denitely tell you something about the quality of your writing and your expertise.
Increase exposure & brand awareness: Similarly to increasing an authority of your website,
guest blogging can expose your brand to a much broader audience.
Inbound links (backlinks): This point should come as a no brainer. You can also get a
quality, powerful backlink from your prole bio. The vast majority of sites will allow you to add
a link or two in your byline, which usually appears at the bottom of every post.
Build an email list: An inux of referral trafc to your website can lead to a growth of your
mailing list. If, and only if you can convert that trafc to your regular subscribers.
Money, money, money: Some people manage to build an entire business from contributing
articles. Solvid is a good example. Weve gotten several monthly paying clients just from
publishing quality articles on The Next Web, Sitepoint and Lifehack. Yes, weve worked our
socks off to get there, but it all pays off.
Although there are numerous benets of contributing content and being a guest blogger, you
should plan your journey carefully when deciding to utilise this strategy. All great things come
with pitfalls.
Dos:
Do read the guidelines: Different blogs have different requirements for contributors and
guest bloggers. Some may only accept posts that are less than 600 words; others may only
accept articles if you are a known individual in your niche. Hence, always check the
guidelines on a case-by-case basis.
Do create exceptional content: No reputable blog would accept a poorly written post,
especially from a guest blogger. Do your background work, support your claims, provide
arguments, check your grammar and spelling mistakes. No one is perfect, but if your article is
terrible, it will not get featured. Simple as that.
Do show your expertise & experience: Ideally, you would only want to blog on subjects that
you have and in-depth knowledge of. So, if you know your niche well enough and have
sufcient knowledge of the topic show it!
Do write for the audience: Dont go wild with SEO jargons if you are writing for a small
business blog. The audience would not understand a word. Instead, tailor your content for the
audience of that blog.
Do create original content: Only write unique content that has never been published on
other websites/blogs (even your own). If your post is accepted, you should still avoid
republishing that piece.
Do nd out what works best: Identify what type of content does best on that blog. Is it top-10
lists or in-depth guides? You can evaluate that by the number of shares and comments a
post has gained.
Do craft a perfect byline: In order to present yourself in an appealing way, you need to write
a decent prole bio. Do include your notable achievements and previous contributions.
Donts:
Dont be spammy: Dont send mass emails to 100s of blogs at the same time asking for
guest posting opportunities.
Dont spin articles: Spinned articles are so damn easy to spot. They are terrible and dont
read well.
Dont make guest blogging your only link-building strategy: The primary reason why Matt
Cutts has declared a death of guest blogging is due to it being treated as a go-to place for
easy links.
Dont post on spammy and low-quality websites: You would want to avoid spammy
websites at all cost. Not only they can damage your reputation as a writer, but also get your
website in trouble with Google.
Dont stuff your article with links: Editors are picky. It will take them no more than a minute
to identify a self-promotional link. Unless its necessary to include a link (perhaps you are
citing someone), dont stuff them in. If you wish to have a link back to your website use the
byline.
Dont accept poor guest posts (for blog owners): If you dont want to look sketchy dont
be sketchy! Only accept quality guest articles that can potentially bring value to your
readers.
By the time you read this part, youve probably realised that guest posting/contributing isnt
an easy way to gain backlinks. You should be prepared to work your socks off to get
published in an authoritative publication.
Identify which content performs best on a particular blog and what type of content gets the
most traction. Identify the style of other posts, how well they are written and how detailed the
posts are.
How long should the piece be? There is no point writing a 2,000-word article just to nd out
that the limit is 1,000 words.
Before you proceed with writing the actual article, its worthwhile pitching an idea rst to see
whether this would be something they would publish.
When pitching, try to keep your email short (300 words or less), provide multiple headline
variations, give a brief description of the article, a quick bio of yourself (what you do, where
else have you been published, achievements, etc.) and a few links to example posts.
Hi NAME,
My name is Dmytro Spilka, and I would love to contribute an article on TOPIC + DESCRIPTION to WEBSITE
I'm a Head Wizard (Director) at Solvid, a creative inbound marketing agency in London, UK. My work has been
featured and mentioned by The Next Web, Sitepoint, Specky Boy, The Hufngton Post, SEMRush, Lifehack,
Backlinko, Fit Small Business and more. My team and I are currently working on the most advanced and user-
friendly Q&A platform for inbound marketers and web developers.
1. HEADLINE 1
2. HEADLINE 2
3. HEADLINE 3
If you wish to take a look at some of my previous articles, here are some links:
1. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/12/20/5-ways-to-skyrocket-your-content-marketing-in-2017/
#.tnw_1v6XNMJh
2. https://www.semrush.com/blog/9-content-marketing-metrics-you-must-track-for-a-better-strategy/
3. https://www.sitepoint.com/google-data-studio-a-nifty-free-easy-to-use-data-vis-tool/
4. https://speckyboy.com/make-sure-users-trust-website/
Please let me know whether this would be something you'd like to see on your blog
Best Wishes,
Dmytro
Its worth noting that the vast majority of high-end publications have a designated
contributor application page or an email. In this case, we can add a bit more details and
provide multiple topic ideas. We use the following email template:
Hi NAME,
My name is Dmytro Spilka, and I would love to take the opportunity to contribute to WEBSITE.
I'm a Head Wizard (Director) at Solvid, a creative inbound marketing & software development agency in
London, UK. My work has been featured and mentioned in a wide range of publication, including The Next
Web, Business2Community, The Hufngton Post, Tweak Your Biz, Sitepoint, Specky Boy, SEMRush, Lifehack,
Backlinko, Fit Small Business and more.
1. http://www.business2community.com/content-marketing/6-reasons-powerful-content-marketing-
hope-start-ups-01791393
2. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/12/20/5-ways-to-skyrocket-your-content-marketing-in-2017/
#.tnw_1v6XNMJh
3. https://www.semrush.com/blog/9-content-marketing-metrics-you-must-track-for-a-better-strategy/
4. https://www.sitepoint.com/google-data-studio-a-nifty-free-easy-to-use-data-vis-tool/
5. https://speckyboy.com/make-sure-users-trust-website/
6. http://tweakyourbiz.com/growth/2017/01/10/why-transparency-is-your-best-business-friend/
7. http://www.business2community.com/blogging/6-ways-discover-great-blogging-topic-
ideas-01794974
P.S. It goes without saying that all of my articles are 100% original, havent and will not be republished
elsewhere.
Please let me know whether youd like to see any of these on WEBSITE, and Ill get the rst draft ready within a
couple of days.
Best Wishes,
Make sure your post is formatted according to the style of the blog, including any relevant
images (everyone loves images). Usually, blogs would ask you to submit the article in HTML
or Markdown format, in which case you should host images on your own website and input
the source links.
If you wish your guest blogging to be successful, the way you present yourself may be the
determinant factor. Illustrate your expertise and knowledge of the subject, add a link or two
back to your website and add any relevant social networks.
Step 6: Revise
Double or even triple check your article, read it out loud and give it to a friend or a family
member to read. Does it ow well, is it coherent, can an ordinary person understand what
youre trying to say?
Step 7: Submit
At this stage, your input is not over yet. An editor may ask you to carry out any necessary
amendments.
As you will notice below, we use some fancy terms and phrases like DA (Domain Authority) &
Alexa Rank, which may seem senseless to some of you.
If you ever get overwhelmed by the terms weve used in this guide, specically in the tables
below, refer to this part.
Website: No need to explain that. Thats just the name of the website with a direct link to the
homepage.
DA (Domain Authority): A metric introduced by Moz that calculates the strength of the
website on a scale from 1-100 (100 being the strongest). The metric is calculated upon the
number and quality of inbound links, linking domains, MozRank and MozTrust. This metric is
updated once a month. So, if you purchased this guide in June, metrics are likely to be
slightly different. As weve mentioned above, you will receive an updated version of this guide
on 09/08/2017 (Updated every 3 months for the next 2 years).
Alexa Rank: The algorithm that is based on the amount of estimated trafc that a particular
website gets. The lower the rank is, the more trafc a website gets (i.e. 1 being the most
popular website). This metric is updated every single day, so its very likely that the data
youre seeing now may differ from the data youll see tomorrow. However, as ranks dont
change dramatically, the data is likely to stay in a similar region. Once again, you will receive
an updated version of this guide on 09/08/2017 (Updated every 3 months for the next 2
years).
Difculty: This algorithm is based on our own experience and determines how hard it is to
get published on a particular website. Its based on the number of guest posts that we see
featured on that website, the level of difculty to get your article featured on that site, quality
standards and the actual review process. Please use this metric as an indication only, as
difculty varies on a case-by-case basis.
*Moz - Currently closed submissions for YouMoz. Contact editors for possible inclusion.
*SEO For Growth - Is the part of Duct Tape Marketing network. Contact DTM to get published.
Blogging Websites
Website DA Alexa Difculty Submission Link
Forbes 96 262 Extreme Contribute
Survey Monkey Blog 93 593 Hard Contribute
Business Insider 92 315 Extreme Contribute
Fast Company 91 3,459 Extreme Contact
Entrepreneur 90 1,408 Extreme Contribute
Inc. 90 1,921 Extreme Contact
Harvard Business Review 90 2,747 Extreme Contact
AMEX Open Forum 90 438 Extreme Contact
Venture Beat 89 4,368 Hard Guest Post
Emerald Insight 83 6265 Hard Write
Small Biz Trends 80 16,595 Hard Become an Author
Seeking Alpha 80 1,850 Hard Contribute
Business.com 80 28,161 Hard Contribute
Business 2 Community 80 11,525 Hard Contribute
All Business 76 40,885 Moderate Guest Post
Benzinga 76 23,982 Moderate Contribute
I Will Teach You To Be Rich 69 32176 Hard Contact
Money Crashers 69 19824 Hard Write For Them
BPlans 68 12,991 Hard Write For Them
Success 68 19271 Hard Contact
Silicon Republic 68 74550 Hard Contact Editors
Business-Opportunities 66 257,416 Moderate Contact
EO Network 66 128465 Hard Contibute
SiteProNews 65 84,607 Moderate Guest Post
Money Saving Mom 65 63,018 Moderate Guest Post
BizSugar 64 79,823 Easy Submit
Grass Hopper 64 32089 Hard Contribute
Wise Bread 63 26,680 Moderate Contribute
Blogging Websites
Website DA Alexa Difficulty Submission Link
*Smashing Magazine 88 5445 Extreme Write For Them
A List Apart 85 43982 Extreme Contribute
Creative Bloq 84 3357 Hard Contribute
*Sitepoint 84 1525 Hard Contribute
CSS Tricks 81 1998 Hard Guest Post
Codepen 81 869 Easy Register & Post
*Web Designer Depot 78 11973 Hard Write For Them
Who Is Hosting This 76 21870 Hard Guest Post
Dzone 76 4225 Hard Register & Submit
Creative Market 76 2118 Hard Contribute
Theme Isle 75 14275 Hard Write For Them
Tympanus 75 5197 Hard Contribute
Android Central 75 1812 Hard Send a Tip
Design Modo 75 15800 Hard Contribute
Tympanus 75 5197 Hard Contact
Hongkait 74 3701 Hard Write For Them
Six Revisions 74 46952 Moderate Contact
Digital Inspiration 74 9222 Hard Write
Android Authority 72 2360 Hard Contribute
RS Web Sols 72 126765 Hard Write For Them
The Ultra Linx 70 36503 Hard Contact
How Design 69 38397 Hard Write For Them
Specky Boy 68 18225 Hard Submit an Article
Web Design Ledger 67 42165 Moderate Contribute
Mobiforge 67 151336 Hard Write For Them
1st Web Designer 66 25691 Moderate Write For Them
Noupe 66 45380 Hard Contact
Design Shack 65 20563 Moderate Write For Them
UX Matters 65 109647 Hard Write For Them
UX Booth 64 91040 Moderate Contribute
Onextra Pixel 64 54638 Moderate Write For Them
Dart Creations 62 330146 Moderate Write For Them
Vandelay Design 61 35902 Moderate Write For Them
Websites
Website DA Alexa Difficulty Submission Link
Info World 88 11937 Extreme Contact Editors
Java World 77 18015 Extreme Contact Editors
Programmable Web 73 19368 Hard Contribute
Apress 73 62746 Hard Write For Them
Ionic Framework 68 5423 Hard Contribute
Linux Magazine 66 157223 Hard Write For Them
Raywenderlich 61 12825 Hard Write For Them
Simple Talk 58 30150 Moderate Write For Them
Premium Coding 57 81482 Moderate Write For Them
Open Source For U 52 76288 Moderate Write For Them
Code Mentor 52 14113 Easy Write
Scotch 51 7136 Moderate Write
CSS Winner 51 66379 Moderate Contribute
Simple Programmer 50 75694 Moderate Write For Them
Append To 47 112087 Moderate Contribute
Mkyong 47 5484 Moderate Write For Them
Guru 99 47 7677 Moderate Become An Instructor
Stackify 45 139022 Moderate Guest Post
Developer Tech 44 479471 Moderate Write For Them
Websites
Website DA Alexa Difficulty Submission Link
Greater Good (Berkeley) 92 999 Extreme Write For Them
Psychology Today 87 1,994 Hard Guidelines
Self Growth 73 39,282 Moderate Register & Post
Pick The Brain 60 72,885 Moderate Write For Them
Addicted 2 Success 52 54,806 Hard Write For Them
Delivering Happiness 52 542,008 Moderate Write For Them
Brain Blogger 51 206,163 Moderate Contribute
Blinkist 50 41,688 Hard Write For Them
Purpose Fairy 48 209,872 Moderate Write For Them
Good Life Zen 48 309,816 Moderate Write For Them
Asian Efficiency 46 123,537 Moderate Guest Post
Fed Smith 44 156,326 Moderate Write For Them
Partially Examined Life 41 230,972 Moderate Write For Them
1. Google Search
Google Search persists to be the most popular way to nd anything on the web. Same
applies to nding blogs to contribute to.
So, begin the process with using advanced query strings. For example, to nd out digital
marketing websites that are on a lookout for contributors, well use the following string: digital
marketing contribute
To make the job easier for you, weve prepared the list of 10 popular strings:
2. Competitor Backlinks
This strategy can be so powerful if you have the right tools under your belt.
First and foremost, you would either need access to Open Site Explorer, Ahrefs or BuzzSumo.
These are one of the best backlink analysis tools available on the market. You can simply
input any URL, and the tool will give you the list of backlinks a particular site has.
3. Twitter
Similarly to Google Search, you can use pretty much the same strings to nd guest post
opportunities on Twitter. When someone is featured on a reputable blog or publication, they
will often share the post with their followers. Thats where you can sneak behind. For example,
do a Twitter search for a query digital marketing guest post, and it will show you the latest
tweets that include your keywords.
All you need to do is scan through results by clicking on the links and evaluate which
websites accept guest posts.
When starting out, its important to realise that all things start small. And this is key to guest
blogging. Its very unlikely that youll be able to get published in some of the most
authoritative publications like The Next Web, Inc, Forbes and B2C when you just started a
company or recently started blogging.
You need to have some experience in writing, you need to know the ins and outs of the topic
youre willing to write about, and, most importantly - be patient and start small.
This is how we approached guest blogging (and still use this approach till this day).
When we started our company (and blog), we realised the need to drive referral trafc, earn
exposure and build backlinks. But, we did a huge mistake - we jumped too high. We thought
it was a piece of cake getting featured in publications like Inc, Forbes, The Next Web & B2C.
But, that wasnt the reality. We applied multiple times but were rejected every single time.
Step 1: We published around 20 high-quality, advanced posts (1,000 words+) on our own
website. This gave us the opportunity to showcase our work, our writing style and knowledge
of the subject. This step took us about 2 months.
Step 2: We approached websites that come under the Easy category, including Business
Zone, My Customer, HR Zone & BuzzFeed. Some of these websites had no moderation at all
while others had a low entry bar. We published around 10-15 guest posts on these websites.
This step took us about 1 month.
This allowed us to build up a portfolio of guest posts. So, when we were approaching more
authoritative websites, we had something to showcase.
Step 3: After getting published on sites like Business Zone & My Customer, we decided to take
a step further and applied to contribute to Lifehack, Specky Boy, Tweak Your Biz and SEMRush,
showcasing our previous guest posts. In fact, SEMRush was a big one. Anyone can submit a
post which then goes through moderation and editing. Its relatively easy to get published as
long as your topic is about SEO, Content Marketing & Social Media, and is not very generic. So,
a post like How SEO helps your business would denitely get rejected. Its important to avoid
in-content backlinks to your site when sending drafts, as these often push editors away.
Instead, add a link in your bio. We published around 10-15 guest posts on these websites
before moving on to the next stage. This step took us about 1 month.
Step 4: After being published in some well-known marketing websites like SEMRush and
Lifehack, we decided to take our chance and try to get featured in some of the best-known
publications like The Next Web, Sitepoint, The Hufngton Post, B2C, Crazy Egg and Get
Response. And guess what? It worked! We got featured in all of them. This step took us
approximately 2 month.
To recap:
1. Publish 10-20 high-quality posts on your own website before even starting to guest blog.
2. Start your guest blogging with Easy websites. These are usually under the domain
authority of 50. Then, move your way up by building a portfolio of high-quality guest
posts.
3. Use our email outreach templates on pages 8 and 9 when pitching posts.
4. When you get published on some Moderate websites, try your luck and apply to some of
the Hard websites. As you move up, your content has to become better and better.
5. Avoid in-content backlinks when sending drafts as these often push the editors away.
Its now time to get to our second-best link building strategy we use to build links in a matter
of 10 minutes per day.
The strategy may sound pretty simple, but it usually takes a lot of hard work when it comes
to creating link-worthy content.
In essence, the strategy is based on nding content that ranks really well, then making
something even better and then carrying out a massive email outreach campaign. Isnt this a
skyscraper technique introduced by Brian Dean you may ask. Its similar, but with a twist. We
call this a Beat The Baby approach (dont take the name seriously :)).
We used this approach for our post on 180+ Quality Guest Blogging Websites and were able
to increase its rankings from page 2 to position 4 for keywords related to guest blogging
websites and websites that accept guest posts.
Step 1: Find content that already ranks and has a tonne of links pointing at it
We already knew that guest blogging is a big subject in the industry of SEO, Content
Marketing, Blogging & Link Building, so we already had a topic in mind.
However, for those of you who havent decided with the topic yet, we recommend using
Ahrefs and/or BuzzSumo to nd the best performing content.
For instance, if youre willing to write something about SEO - nd a popular website in that
particular industry. In this case, well be using www.semrush.com/blog.
First, go to Ahrefs (you can get a 14-day Free trial) and input a URL of a chosen website.
So, our primary keyword becomes common SEO issues and common On-Site SEO issues.
Then, go to BuzzSumo (you can do this without even registering) and input common SEO
issues. This will give you the list of the most shared posts around common SEO issues. Make
sure you select Past Year in the left sidebar.
And the nal step would be to go to the old-school Google and do a basic search around
common SEO issues.
Copy 10-15 top URLs (in terms of rankings, shares and backlinks) around your keyword to a
spreadsheet document. This will provide you with a decent foundation for an email outreach
campaign.
Next step is to go and create something better, longer and up-to-date. But before you do
that, its important to go through the content that already ranks to see whether there is room
for improvement.
In our case, we realised that the vast majority of sites that published lists of guest blogging
websites were either outdated, incomplete or very user-unfriendly.
So, weve decided to take it a step further and created a beautiful list of 180+ Guest Blogging
Websites with mobile users in mind.
So, at this stage, you should analyse the content that already ranks and see whether it could
be improvement further.
If we take at look at SERPs for a key phrase common SEO mistakes, well see that none of
these sites go beyond 14 SEO mistake - its clearly not the case with SEO. There are just too
many issues. So, why not take 30-40 hours and write a thorough post on 50 Common SEO
Issues?
Now that you have your amazing piece of content published, its time to promote the hell out
of it. But rst, we need to nd websites that already link to that inferior content. In this case,
well use SEMRushs post on 11 Most Common SEO Issues (no offence to SEMRush - great
post).
Go back to Ahrefs and input a full URL of your target website (you can also use Open Site
Explorer for this).
Then, click on referring domains tab.
You will then see a list of websites that link to that particular post.
Now that you have a list in front of you, its time to export the list or create a new spreadsheet
document to track your email outreach progress.
As you can see above, weve managed to get mentioned in some of the most authoritative
SEO & Marketing blogs like Backlinko and Smart Blogger. Well show you how we approached
them in a second.
If you wish to see where the link is coming from exactly, click the backlinks drop-down and
check the anchor text.
Hopefully that by the time we move on to our nal step, you already have a list of 100-200
websites to outreach to.
Now that we have a massive spreadsheet with prospect linkers, we can go ahead and
contact them on a one-by-one basis.
Please Remember: Its always better to have a personal approach to every outreach email
you send. Although it takes more time, your chances for getting a link are much higher than
sending a very generic email without even including the name of the author. Also, never ask
for a link directly.
Although its best to contact the author of an article directly, there are times when you wont
be able to nd the information on the site. If this is the case, we suggest using tools like Email
Hunter or Voila Norbert. These tools are capable of nding an email address of the person
youre looking for.
If you nd that the post was published by a guest poster, youll be better of contacting the
owner or the editor of the site. Simply because guest posters will not be able to edit the
article after it gets published.
Hey NAME,
I recently stumbled upon your article on ARTICE TITLE (ARTICLE LINK), and found it incredibly useful!
In the post (point 28, to be precise), you've mentioned THE NAME OF THE WEBSITE THEY MENTIONED guide to
guest blogging (LINK TO THE WEBSITE THEY MENTIONED), which I think is a great resource! However, I think it
might be slightly outdated and incomplete, to some extent.
Ive recently put together a NAME OF YOUR POST (LINK TO YOUR POST). BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHATS SO GOOD
ABOUT YOUR POST AND WHY IS IT BETTER.
I would really appreciate if you could take a second to scan the post and see whether it could be of any help
to you and your audience as an additional reading resource.
Best Wishes,
Dmytro
As you can see, we were fairly honest with our intentions. Thats why we used somewhat a
controversial subject Typical Outreach Email. And you know what, it worked. In total, weve
sent about 120 emails and got 13 high quality links, including links from websites like Smart
Blogger, Backlinko and Successful Blogging. And now, were seeing some great results in
terms of referral trafc these websites send us and organic rankings.
We hope you enjoyed reading this guide and we wish you the very best in your blogging!
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