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Guest Blogging Benefits

No doubt blogging is a great means to take your blog and your online venture to new heights. But still lots of bloggers are confused about guest blogging.

Whether they should use guest blogging or not and if yes what are the benefits of guest blogging?

There are countless niches where most bloggers don’t know how to use guest blogging to its full potential. In case you have any doubts regarding the kind of benefits you will enjoy after including guest blogging into your overall marketing or promotion plan, this guest post will clear all of your doubts.

Without doubt, the overall trend for guest blogging has been improving over a period of time and has been going in the right direction. Guest blogging is the most effective and least expensive method to get an edge on your competitors in the online arena. And in case you don’t know how to find the targeted blogs that accept guest posts in your niche, here is the ultimate list of 100 plus blogs that allows guest blogging.

Now let’s discuss more in detail about the guest blogging benefits!

Get Backlinks to Your Website

With guest blogging, you are able to generate lots of high quality and targeted links from top blog websites in your niche. When we write a guest post for a blog, we are allowed to add 2-3 links in total in our guest post and the author bio section.

All links that we are getting through guest blogging used to be dofollow. So these links help us get the best ranking on Google and other search engines for targeted terms. And since we are guest blogging on high ranking blogs in our niche, only a few backlinks from these blog websites will help our own website towards better page rank.

Additional Traffic to Our Website

Since you are guest blogging on blogs based in your niche, you will be able to get some additional traffic to your website from the blogs where you are writing guest posts. People clicking on your website links in your guest post will be especially interested in services, products or information pages you are generating backinks through guest blogging.

Traffic from relevant blogs will help your ads perform better and you will be able to get more conversions in case you are selling any kind of product through your website. From the single guest post, you can expect to receive from a few clicks to hundreds or even thousands of targeted traffic to your website.

I remember when I wrote a guest post on maxblogpress.com and this gave me 400 plus visits over the period of time. So if you are blogging on a popular blog, you can expect a similar amount of traffic numbers for your website pages as well.

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Helps in Building Your Authority

With the power of guest blogging, you are able to associate yourself with top blogs in your niche.

Apart from guest blogging, there is no way you can associate with the owners and readers of top blogs in your niche effectively. Since you are writing guest posts on popular blogs in your niche, the targeted audience of your niche will start giving you respect for your hard work and will improve your overall authority in their eyes.

Relationship Building with Fellow Bloggers

Guest blogging also helps in building relationships with fellow bloggers of your niche. Apart from the blog owners, you are also able to build a healthy relationship with their blog readers.

More Targeted Guest Posts for Your Blog

When you are writing guest posts on other blogs, the owners or editors of those blogs may be interested in contributing some guest posts on your blog. This will help your blog get more targeted content in the form of guest posts from top bloggers of your industry.

There is also every chance readers of those blogs will be interested in showing their writing skills to you in the form of guest posts on your blog. When I’m writing guest posts on other blogs, the flow of guest post requests on my blog also increases.

A few days ago I wrote a guest post on the topic Ways to Find Blogs for Guest Blogging on bloggingtips.com blog. And with in a few hours time, I got a guest post from its owner Zac Johnson on the topic Picking a Domain Name for Your Blog.

It was only due to the power of guest blogging, I was able to get Zac Johnson’s guest post on my blog.

More Money Making Options Waiting For You

Writing guest posts on high traffic blogs will send some flow of traffic to your blog as well, and will result in more money making opportunities for you from the ads of different networks you are showing up on your website.

Apart from this, you could end up getting lot of freelancing jobs depending upon how well you write your guest posts and how much expertise you have about topics from different industries.

Bamidele Onibalusi is the guy behind youngprepro.com who used to make thousands of dollars every month just through a writing services that he is providing to its clients. Onibalusi has been able to attract lots of writing jobs due to his approach towards guest blogging. He used to contribute lots of high quality guest posts on popular blogs. Here is Onibalusi’s November 2011 Earning Report where he has earned $6000 plus through writing services only.

Do you have any doubt or question about the benefits of guest blogging shared above or want to share any killer benefit of guest blogging that I missed mentioning? Do share in the comments section below.

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Anil Agarwal owns BloggersPassion blog where he shares blog tips around Wordpress including choosing domain name, best Wordpress web hosting solutions, premium wordpress plugins and themes etc.

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  1. Mubashir says:
    Anil I have also started guest posting on my own blog. But no one take interest. Its difficult to convince someone for guest post.
  2. Ryan Clark says:
    Great post, Anil; I have been using guest posting for years, both as a webmaster/blogger and as a marketer, and have found it to be a mutually-beneficial exchange for both the author and the blogger... Webmasters get fresh new content, and bloggers get links for themselves or their clients! A perfect example of a win-win situation, as the traffic boosts confirm.
  3. Anil says:
    Thank You for giving information. I too started guest posting in my blog.
  4. Jeremy Moller says:
    You have essentially covered the many benefits of doing guest blogging to improve a business online prominence and relevance. The beauty of it is that it migrates into a business all on its own because the more it can drive traffic to a business's site, then the more possible conversions it can create. This will also drive affiliate marketing channels to build back links into a business's site and the possibilities are just infinite. Great post!
  5. Thomas says:
    "And in case you don’t know how to find the targeted blogs that accept guest posts in your niche, here is the ultimate list of 100 plus blogs that allows guest blogging." Thanks for this, I've been wondering how to reach other bloggers to see if they would let me guest blog. Thanks again, Thomas
  6. Robert says:
    Anil, I come across your articles in many places and they are great quality...and this is another one. As you mention, you get inbound links from quality guests post and the best part is that, sometimes, they are contextual--the best kind of link! Thx for another great post on guest blogging. Cheers, Robert
  7. Deborah Anderson says:
    Great article. I especially like how you highlighted the part about gaining authority. Back before blogging, that was done through column writing and syndication which has become so much easier with blogging. Good point(s).
  8. Lewis LaLanne says:
    Great Guidelines Sunil! One of the biggest benefits I think to be had from someone doing their first guest blog post for a site with a HUGE following is conquering their fear of going out on the big stage and letting themselves be heard. It seems to me that the confidence to be built as a result of feeling the fear and doing it anyway would be of MASSIVE value in the aspect of that person taking even more calculated risks in the future.
  9. Sunny says:
    According to me Guest blogging is one of the easiest way to build links to increase your web precence or Link Popularity. Whether you are new to guest blogging, or have been guest blogging for many years, the benefits of guest blogging that come along with being a guest blogger are always worth any effort that you may put in.
  10. Aasma says:
    Guest blogging certainly a best way of getting quality backlinks from high authority blogs, plus it helps you get more exposure among relevant audience.
  11. Trung Nguyen says:
    I must agree with all your points listed on this post, guest blogging is great way to build backlink, increase SERPs ranking, building our authority... You're doing great job, Anil
  12. Steve says:
    Anil, You are so right. Guest posting is a great way to not only get those great backlinks from a varied collection of sites, but they are a wonderful way to get exposure in your niche, build authority, make connections and have a way for readers to find your site, that may never have stumbled upon it otherwise. In other words, something that MOST bloggers should be looking to do more of. Steve
  13. Devesh says:
    Hey Anil, Glad to see you here. That's a great example how you got to connect with Zac johnson by writing a guest post for BloggingTips. Guest posting is a powerful way to drive traffic and build relationship with other bloggers in your niche. Thanks for sharing the tips. Great job. -Dev
  14. Joe Boyle says:
    The effects of a good guest post are immediately apparent. The SEO benefit and direct links alone send a new stream of visitors right away. The key, though, is to provide the top-notch content to the guest blogs. If the content you provide on your own website is superb, but the guest posts you crank out are of a much lower quality, the results will be dismal - there will be no motivation to go to your website, for you are already thought to suck.
  15. Janelle Wright says:
    Thanks for sharing these benefits of guest blogging Anil. You have clearly outlined the key benefits in applying this strategy. Keep up the great work! Janelle
  16. davids says:
    Hi Anil, Well you have convinced me that I need to do this now. I just don't really know how to get started. Any suggestions?
    • Anil Agarwal says:
      I would recommend you find some blogs in your niche that are accepting guest posts. Go through their guest blogging guidelines, create guest posts accordingly and submit to them for approval. In most cases, you should get success with your guest blog writing.
  17. Tom Lindstrom says:
    I have only done a few guest posts yet but I can already see the benefits.It is the #1 way of getting targeted traffic and relevant back links.The challenge is to get your guest post on the most popular blogs in your niche to get a lot of traffic quickly while smaller blogs can really help with your ranking over time.
  18. Karen says:
    I've only very recently started guest blogging and already I am seeing great results. Spike in traffic and a business proposal are just a couple of them. I am thinking of doing more in the future. Great work, Anil. Your article will surely convince others who have not started yet to look into guest blogging to improve their business.
    • Anil Agarwal says:
      I'm hoping for the same. In the coming days most of spammy link building techniques will be done. But guest blogging is here to stay for long as no search engine will ban you for contributing a targeted guest posts on a popular blog of your niche.
  19. Jack Sander says:
    Guest posting is a great technique to build backlinks to our blogs and to create unique content without any additional cost. Although we have to manage this activity with great care, as to maintain a quality standard, the advantages of guest blogging are significant.
  20. Bill Davis says:
    Great stuff! Guest blogging is going to be one of my key strategies to get more traffic and make more sales in the next few months. Thanks for this very timely and awesome article!
  21. Mitz Pantic says:
    I agree about Guest blogging...I am a huge fan and have built an entire website up from nothing with guest posting only. This website earns its own full time income thanks to the content I have posted on others websites. Very cool!! :)
  22. Rashmi Sinha says:
    Guest posting is great and most important benefits can be found in this post. Thank you for putting all these together. I hope people will understand the purpose of guest blogging and take full advantage of it.
  23. Adesoji Adegbulu says:
    I love this post. Anil, you have done a good job. On Bamidele, he is a born writer. I give that to him
  24. Pete Goumas says:
    Yes, Anil. Guest posting has several advantages. It doesnot only give you online explosure but it also help you to make money online.