How do you get your first 1,000 blog subscribers without knowing anyone online? Is it possible to do this almost entirely through guest blogging and within a few weeks or months?
What is important to realize is that guest blogging gives you quality traffic. This sort of traffic that sticks around and subscribes to your blog.
Important points to note about guest blogging:
1. You are doing really well if only one percent of your visitors subscribe
2. It is only one blog post
3. It indirectly gains you more readers and subscribers
The biggest benefit of guest blogging is not the traffic that you get from your byline, but the visibility that comes with it. It is like suddenly everyone notices your blog and you start receiving traffic that you deserved.
How to Guest Blog
Most popular bloggers pay a lot of attention to their comments - who is commenting? So, a good way to get the attention of the blog owner is to leave something truly beneficial on the comments section.
What if commenting doesn't work? Sending a thank you email is important. Check out how this can be done using this example after a blog owner named Penelope, of Brazen Careerists, included a link on her post:
Penelope,
Hey, its Jon from OnMoneymaking. I wanted to thank you again for the friendly link. It's probably the best complement anyone has paid my blog since I started it.
At some point, I'd like to write a guest post for you. How would you feel about that?
So far, I've done posts for copyblogger and Success from the Nest. If you're open to me doing one for you, I can come up with a couple "brazen" ideas and send them to you.
Just let me know.
Best regards,
Jon
Popular bloggers are some of the most busiest people in the world and writing a 3-page email or giving them a bunch of reasons why you want or deserve to guest post will not get your email read. The best emails are only a few lines long.
The above email got Jon a guest post which saw him get 12,000 visitors to his blog which saw him well on his way to getting his first 1,000 subscribers.
Here's How to Get the Attention You Deserve
If you are a beginning blogger and you know your content is good, but you are not getting the attention that you believe you deserve, here is what you should do:
1. Start by reading the popular blogs in your niche. Don't just read the posts but read the comments as well. Look at the tweet counter and try to get a feel of what's popular on the blog. You need this knowledge when you need to write your guest post.
2. Leave memorable comments. When the owner of the blog reads, you want them to think, 'who is this person? How do I not know them?' So really, sit there, and think what you can say that will impress them.
3. Ask if you can do a guest post if you don't get invited to do one. If they say 'yes' then you can start working on it, and if they say 'no' then you can at least cross them off your list and focus your attention somewhere else.
4. Harness the visibility that your guest post gets you. Use it to get links, improve your relationships, and improve your search engine rankings.
I hope this connects the dots for you and hopefully gives you the skill and the confidence you need to start guest blogging.
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