As they say timing is key.

Guest blogging is going to be one of the many things I will be doing more of this year – so this post was very timely for me.

I had one guest post published last year and not only did it bring is a burst of traffic in the days following it’s publication but still brings a trickle of traffic now.

I believe guest blogging should not only be done for back links but for gaining loyal readers.

Clare

It does give you some inspiration knowing that large sites are willing to accept lesser known authors….

For those wishing to break into the writing medium, this could open up a few doors that lead to further success further down the road….

The “no payment” side of it, could become an issue, especially if the guest contributors start to build a busy publishing schedule….

Unless the opportunity for those guest Authors arises whereby, a pay role position became available, or another option offering “payment per piece(post) were proposed…..

Or, perhaps some form of assistance were granted to help expand the guest writers(contributors) name throughout that particular niche…

What a nice turn of phrase. I want the bumper sticker!

–Jonathan

Do not get discouraged if your guest submission is rejected. Remember if all else fails at all you have content that you can post on your website.

I’ve been thinking about doing some guest posting for quite a while but never thought the big name publishers would ever even consider the little guys contribution.

Well – English being my second language I better have someone proof read my stuff before submitting.

I wish you success in 2013!

One of the nice things about writing content for one blog is that you can often re-submit the same post to another blog if it doesn’t get approved to your first choice. I’ve done this a lot.

In my opinion, it helps to pitch numerous blogs all at once. You should get responses from good quality blogs if you’re able to offer up quality content. Don’t give up on DumbLittleMan.com!

Thanks a lot!

This has been on my to do list for far too long – one of my big goals for 2013 is to start connecting with and creating relationships with some of these bigger blogs – maybe not the super big ones at first, but in time I’m hoping.

I submitted an article to DumbLittleMan after asking their permission and after 4 weeks of my submission, I didn’t even here anything from them. Not even a rejection. Sometimes you’ve no idea how they work though I don’t have any experience with Mashable and Copyblogger like blogs. I will try some of them this year.

Thanks @Rohit. We should be friends on G+.

I thank you for writing such an inspiring post for hesitant guest posters, most of the bloggers have already provided with the submission guidelines on their respective blogs but still the fellow guest posters keep on shooting mails asking questions which have been already addressed in the guidelines. This makes the editor crazy.

Though some people are trying their hands on postrunner.com

btw the best shot which I liked was :

You need neither name nor audience to get published

Keep it up 🙂

Its reassuring to see that you don’t necessarily have to be a perceived expert in the niche for guest posts to be accepted by larger sites.

I think the majority of the rules highlighted would apply when targeting most site owners in general.

Kind regards,

Chris