{"id":22,"date":"2018-04-03T17:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outreachxpert.com\/demo\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2019-04-26T08:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T08:05:30","slug":"how-to-write-pitch-and-get-your-guest-post-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outreachxpert.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/03\/how-to-write-pitch-and-get-your-guest-post-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write, Pitch, and Get Your Guest Post Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re starting up as an e-commerce vendor, a freelancer, or an online consultant, how do you put your product in front of your ideal customer?<\/p>\n

As a startup, you don\u2019t have a million dollars to run a PPC, SEM, or SEO advertising campaign. And with over a billion websites out there, getting your blog in Google search results is more difficult than advertising your brick-and-mortar shop on one of the billboards in Times Square.<\/p>\n

Luckily for you, there\u2019s a smart marketing solution: guest posting\u2014<\/strong>publishing articles on popular blogs. You can launch an online business today and start getting traffic,exposure, and even some sales with a single guest post.<\/p>\n

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The hard part is how to write, pitch, and get your guest post accepted.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips to guide you:<\/p>\n

Conduct a thorough research on the blogger.<\/h2>\n

Before anything else, you must do your homework.<\/p>\n

Those editors at top publications and A-list bloggers are very smart. They can tell if you\u2019re just a get-rich-quick marketer who wants to get traffic and leads from their platform. You have to avoid that by digging deep into their website or blog.<\/p>\n

As you go through their website, familiarize yourself with the topic they publish. If it is a marketing blog, for example, do they focus more on lead generation, growth hacking topics, or copywriting? Next, know what types of articles they love.<\/p>\n

Are they list posts or how-to\u2019s? In-depth articles (1,500\u20132,500 words) or short articles (500\u2013700 words)?<\/p>\n

Finally, never ever reach out to an A-list blogger on their contact form. Get their email address, roll up your sleeves, and craft an original, high-quality article<\/a> that no one has ever written before.<\/p>\n

Write a guest post that has never been written before.<\/h2>\n

I mean it. If you want to get a \u201cyes\u201d from an editor at Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, or Inc, you have to craft a post that has never been written before.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut,\u201d you say, \u201ceverything has been written.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019re right. Almost everything has been written, and writing engaging posts is a challenge bedeviling most bloggers<\/a> today.\"\"<\/p>\n

However, here\u2019s a formula for picking a topic that has been written a million times and crafting it differently, making it look fresh, unique, and original.<\/p>\n