Don'r Forget Offline Publications | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

Post edited 3:55 pm – January 10, 2012 by savingadvice

I think that bloggers sometimes forget about offline publications when it comes to promoting their blogs. If you write guest posts for other blogs, also consider writing for offline publications. While offline publications don't usually bring in as many people, I have found that they are a lot more likely to click on ads compared to those that get their information off the Internet (think about it, how often do you click on ads). In fact, I had my biggest earning day ever due to a mention in an offline magazine. Just a friendly reminder as you put together your promotion strategy.

Definitely not easy, but it's doable. Here's is another approach to consider. An effective way I have found is to take an article that you have already written, rewrite it as a news story with everything the staff writer needs and some quotes from yourself. Just like you and your blog, staff writers are expected to produce a certain amount which can be difficult for them. If you give them a well written article where they only need to make minor changes, you are much more likely to get a mention than trying to get your own articles published.

great ideas – i'll have to look into that.  Ive considered branching out my writing.

I tend to look for niche publications (big and small) where I can write a finance article toward that niche (that's just me). It's definitely easier to get into smaller publications, but they won't bring in as much traffic.

I've tried submitting a press release to many newspapers in my local area and hometown as well as personal finance magazines, but still didn't get any bites. 

Is the key to try multiple times until it works?

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savingadvice said:

I tend to look for niche publications (big and small) where I can write a finance article toward that niche (that's just me). It's definitely easier to get into smaller publications, but they won't bring in as much traffic.

I have to agree that personalized content to a specific newspaper writer helps a lot (doesn't always work, but will work much more often that a press release). Think of it this way — when you receive an email that has obviously been sent out to 100 other bloggers about someone wanting to write a guest post (press release) and a request that has obviously been written specifically to you (personalized request), which one are you more likely to follow up on?

It takes more time, but you should get better results doing it this way.

This is all great advice. It can be very difficult to get noticed when there are so many others doing exactly what we are doing.