If you are trying to find a guest blogger to provide a guest post for your weight loss blog, you might be at a loss concerning where to start. After all, people don’t normally advertise themselves as guest bloggers. Also, you don’t want just any guest blog post, you want a high quality one from someone who has great info that can help your audience. It might seem like there is no perfect starting point for accomplishing your goal of acquiring a quality guest blog post. However, there are a few tips you might want to follow in order to find quality content.
Ask Other Bloggers
If you want a quality guest blog, ask a quality blogger. Many bloggers are looking to network, and if you ask them for a guest post with a promise of linking back to their blog, they might just do it. Networking is very important in blogging, so the ability to guest post on somebody else’s blog is an attractive opportunity to any serious blogger. You should make sure that your blog has a following, though, as many bloggers don’t want to write for blogs that don’t have a substantial following or have a firm foundation. This isn’t necessarily the rule, though, so you could still ask around. Not that established, look for other bloggers looking to build their network who have great, accurate info. You can help each other build your audiences and help people to lose weight.
Hire a Freelancer
There are plenty of freelance writers who would be happy to craft content for you. Many of them have their own websites, and would be happy to network with you just for referring traffic to their website or email address. Unless your website is about freelance writing, they are not your direct competition, you’re getting content from a reputable source, and they are getting referrals. In fact, you might even ask if they would be willing to write a blog content in exchange for your promotion of their website, if that’s something you’re willing to do. Not every writer will be open to this, but some will be. You can also find freelance writers for hire on sites like Text Broker and Elance. On Elance, you can even connect with writers with fitness and nutrition backgrounds as well as a number of other specialties.
Ask Professionals in the Field
If you want a guest blog post written and your blog is about the finer points of losing belly fat or dressing for your body type, go to Google and look up some websites, blogs or articles on the subject. The next step…contact the writers you find that would be most likely to respond. Additionally, look up some books on what you are writing about. Contact the authors and ask them if they would be willing to write content for your site as a guest blogger. They may charge you a fee, or they may not, but regardless, networking with professionals is a great way to learn more about your field, in addition to possibly obtaining a great guest blog post. You can always ask them if they’d be willing to answer a few questions, and if you can use the interview, or portions of it, as part of your blog (written interview, video or audio recording). You would be surprised how many reputable professionals in different fields are more than happy to share their knowledge and help educate others, and how many can become really great affiliates and friends.
While there are countless ways to obtain a guest post for your blog, here are three ways that will likely get you headed in the right direction in the most efficient manner. Always make sure to be respectful of the writer’s time, whoever it is you ask. If this person is a professional writer, a reputable blogger, a leader in their field, and so on, they likely have many demands on their time and responsibilities. Approach your prospective guest blogger with professionalism and respect, and you may be surprised how many doors open for you.