{"id":188181,"date":"2020-10-21T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/?p=188181"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T06:30:29","slug":"importance-of-guest-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/importance-of-guest-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of guest blogging in driving Organic Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is guest blogging? Why do we guest blog? How to write guest blogs?<\/p>\n<p>We know you probably have questions about guest blogging like the above.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we will answer all these questions and make guest posting easier for you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-guest-blogging\"><\/span>What is Guest Blogging?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/guest-blogging\/\">Guest blogging<\/a> or guest posting as we call it is simply publishing an article on someone else\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/what-is-seo\/\">Search engine optimization<\/a> technique to promote the content which is written and published through a blog post on a third-party website or blog.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018blog or website\u2019 generally falls in the guest blogger\u2019s niche and caters to a similar industry.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, guest bloggers write articles for similar websites in order to-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase credibility and awareness of their brand<\/li>\n<li>Position themselves as an expert or well-informed about that field\u2019s nuances.<\/li>\n<li>Get more guest traffic to their website<\/li>\n<li>Build backlinks to their website<\/li>\n<li>Build relationships with peers in their industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"course-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\"> Accelerate Your <strong>Career or Business Growth!<\/strong> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-title\"> Learn & Leverage Digital Marketing <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"enrollBtn\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"amp-btn\" href=\"#gform_wrapper_286\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-is-guest-blogging-an-important-seo-tool\"><\/span>Why is Guest Blogging an important SEO tool?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Any<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/seo-course\/\"> SEO course<\/a> today shall highlight the importance and benefits of Guest Blogging as a powerful SEO tool.<\/p>\n<p>Guest Blogging is an important SEO tool to bring organic traffic to your website.<\/p>\n<p>This technique is the most guaranteed way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/get-website-traffic\/\">boost your SEO ranking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/get-website-traffic\/\">generate organic traffic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By actually providing high-quality content in the form of a Guest post on other blogging sites, you can build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/backlink-generators\/\">backlinks<\/a> to your own site.<\/p>\n<p>This increases the visibility of your website and adds a lot of value to your brand.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, featuring guest posts on your own website too will help you deliver fresh content to your audience.<\/p>\n<p>So, featuring guest posts can be a great way to keep readers engaged.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it gives a promotional boost when your guest bloggers share their blogs with their personal networks.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"key-aspects-of-high-quality-guest-blogs\"><\/span>Key aspects of high-quality Guest Blogs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are a lot of key aspects of providing high-quality Guest Blogs to the host website.<\/p>\n<p>The most important tip to start with is that one should not treat the exercise of Guest Blogging as a platform to advertise the blogging sites.<\/p>\n<p>The end goal of this guest posting practice or guest blogging is to add some value to the brand and industry you are catering to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some good practices of Guest Blogging are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the guest blogging guidelines before contacting the blogging site.<\/li>\n<li>Personalize your mail by using the name and contact information of the blog owner<\/li>\n<li>Write your concise bio and include why should you write for their blog<\/li>\n<li>Including high-quality links to your previous work<\/li>\n<li>Ask for a response or reply to readers through comments<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the Guest Blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/types-of-social-media\/\">social media channels<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow up after Guest Blogging as to how much guest traffic did it generate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how-to-do-guest-blogging-5-steps-of-guest-blogging\"><\/span>How to do guest Blogging- 5 Steps of Guest Blogging<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">5 Key steps that can help you in guest blogging are-<\/p>\n<h5>1) Finding blogging sites that accept guest posts<\/h5>\n<p><strong>You can do this in the following ways &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>a. Using Google Search Strings such as<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>keyword \u201cwrite for us\u201d<\/li>\n<li>keyword \u201csubmit a guest post\u201d<\/li>\n<li>keyword \u201cguest post\u201d<\/li>\n<li>keyword \u201cguest post by\u201d<\/li>\n<li>keyword \u201caccepting guest posts\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>b. Just replace keyword with keywords from your own industry.<\/h6>\n<h6>c. Using Google Reverse Image Search-<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a guest blogger in your niche,<\/li>\n<li>Grab the URL of their headshot<\/li>\n<li>And finally, pop that image URL into Google reverse image search to get the list of places they have posted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>d. Use Twitter Search<\/h6>\n<p>By entering a basic guest post search string such as \u201ckeyword&#8221; guest post<\/p>\n<h6>e. Reverse engineering the backlinks of your competitor.<\/h6>\n<p>You can look at the backlinks of your competitors using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensiteexplorer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Site Explorer<\/a> and spot any of the blog posts they have written.<\/p>\n<h6>f. Use AllTop.com<\/h6>\n<p>To find out the list of best blogs on the web, etc.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-make-your-guest-post-ready\"><\/span>2) Make your guest post ready<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out the guest blogging sites that are good for your guest posts<\/li>\n<li>You can choose blogging sites that have an authoritative link profile, in your niche (or a related niche), and only post high-quality content, that can bring you targeted traffic.<\/li>\n<li>Choose blogging sites that will not bury your link just in an author bio box, plus your sites should also have a good amount of social media followers.<\/li>\n<li>Find the best-suited guest post topics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-pitch-with-the-right-email-template\"><\/span>3) Pitch with the right email template<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Your email template for pitching can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with something specific about their sites<\/li>\n<li>Introduce yourself using short and sweet sentences<\/li>\n<li>Introduce your website link and social profiles<\/li>\n<li>Share 3 specific topics to choose from<\/li>\n<li>Do <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/sales\/soft-sell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soft selling<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Share your experience and other published work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-write-your-guest-post\"><\/span>4) Write your Guest Post<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here you should create your best post, making it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top-quality<\/li>\n<li>Relevant<\/li>\n<li>SEO Optimized<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive<\/li>\n<li>Informative<\/li>\n<li>Engaging<\/li>\n<li>Unplagiarized<\/li>\n<li>As per the guidelines of publisher sites<\/li>\n<li>Have a clear call to action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-follow-up\"><\/span>5) Follow up<span 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With each high-end backlink, your website&#8217;s rank goes up on the SERPs.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-improve-brand-visibility\"><\/span>4) Improve brand visibility<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A key to increasing guest traffic to your website is improving the branding. Along with Social Media Marketing, another important practice that comes in handy according to SEO courses is guest blogging sites.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the more blogs, the higher their quality, and the greater the intensity of your website name popping up on different forums and thus bringing in more SEO traffic.<\/p>\n<p>It is a great way to increase your brand visibility. 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