Hi! I'm a drawing of Catherine. She does most of the writing here, including this blurb. (Does this count as writing in the third person?) Catherine believes that websites don't really run on technology, they run on emotions. If you agree, then she wants to help you rock it out and be awesome online.
Visit a blog that has some commonalities to yours and a contributor who probably knows who you are… because you’ve chatted in comments, talked on Twitter, met at a networking event, have friends in common or hang out at the same forum. Get their email address and send them an email. It should include:
- A really obvious subject line: Offering to guest post on [YourAwesomeBlog]
- A paragraph that shows that you understand the author and their readers
- Some suggestions on topics that you could cover, word count, etc
- A specific time when this article would be ready by (and Lordy Lordy you better be able to deliver on it!)
- The benefit this article would have for your readers
- Thank them for their time and attention
Then review the entire email until you’re confident that:
- You don’t sound desperate
- Or that you’ll hunt them down if they say no
- You don’t sound like you’re doing them the world’s biggest favour
- Your language is good (spell-check, people!)
- You sound like you’re talking to a real person
- It’s clearly a win-win idea
So, who will you be asking to guest post for? (If it’s us, we’d love to have you…) Tell us in the comments!