How to Land a Guest Post on a Big Blog (Even if You’re a Complete Newbie With No Connections)
Do you ever wonder if there is a Secret Society of Popular Bloggers?
You email a guest post idea to a popular blogger. Then it’s radio silence.
When I first started, this happened to me over and over again. After 20 emails sailing off into the void, I began to develop Blogger’s Paranoia:
Is there a secret password I forgot to include in the subject line?
When I finally got an answer… it was a “No”.
One particular rejection stands out for me.
I had found this perfect blog, devoured its top 10 articles and wrote a killer pitch.
The next morning I got an email from the blogger.
09 September 2015, 05:43 am
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My suspicions were verified:
Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow –all while having fun. It is the place where great futures are started each and every day.
I was crushed. So it turns out that there WAS a clique – and I wasn’t in it.
High school all over again.
Welcome to Blogger High.
(SPOILER ALERT: Don’t give up, spunky kid. No is just a delayed yes.)
Turn the Tables: How to Get Popular Bloggers to Beg YOU for Guest Posts
09 September: Sorry, you’re not one of the cool kids. You can’t play on my site.
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14 October: Same blogger. This time pitching me ideas so I’ll come and write for her.
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What the heck happened in those 5 weeks? Are we on Parallel Earth?
03 November: I counter-pitch three ideas I’d prefer to write instead. They get accepted. She even volunteers to wait until my website is up.
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Keys to the Kingdom: How to Get Popular Bloggers to Unlock Their Network and Pitch Guest Posts on Your Behalf
28 December 2015: It must be the Christmas Spirit... The blogger who turned me down three months ago is now connecting me to other big name bloggers.
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HUH?!
Why was everyone being so nice all of a sudden?
They let me in on the secret…
How Complete Newbies Can Land Killer Guest Post Opportunities
Since then, I’ve reverse-engineered the Christmas Miracle and turned it into a step-by-step formula.
That’s why I’m here. To experiment and bang my head against walls repeatedly so you don't have to.
I do the hard work and test things out for you. Then I distil them into repeatable and scalable formulas.
All you have to do is plug and play.
Every two weeks I send out a new guest posting strategy. Tried and tested hacks like…
- How to Find Guest Posting Gold Mines (and Avoid Toxic Blogs That Bring Zero Subscribers)
- Jedi Mind-Trick: How to Turn a "No" Into a "Yes" If Your Guest Post Is Rejected
- How to Write a Guest Post Pitch No Popular Blogger Can Resist
- Turn the Tables: How to Get Popular Bloggers to Beg YOU for Guest Posts
- How to Tell if a Seemingly Good Guest Blogging Target Will Actually Flop
- How to Find the Hidden Influencers in Your Niche (and Why You Should Stop Spamming Random Bloggers for Guest Post Opportunities)
- Keys to the Kingdom: How to Get Popular Bloggers to Unlock Their Network and Pitch Guest Posts on Your Behalf
- … and much more.