How to Get Noticed Online by “Big Name” Bloggers
In the post, How to Use MicroBlogging to Grow Your Business, I talked about how a special report I wrote went viral because a big-name blogger “tweeted” about it. A commentor on the post wrote:
“A lot of it (getting a piece to go viral) seems to be based on “big time bloggers” tweeting for you…..what happens to those of us that aren’t already known by the big timers?”
That comment inspired this post.
There’s no mystery to getting noticed online by big name bloggers. It’s simple hard work and some luck. Remember though, luck comes by way of hard work. If you want to get noticed by a big name blogger online, following are three things you can do to heighten your chances.
3 Ways to Get Noticed by Famous Bloggers
1. Give a Solution to a Problem: The whole reason I wrote the report that went viral was because, since the economy has been in the tank here in the U. S., I’d received quite a few emails from freelancers asking about how to land more writing gigs.
Hence, the impetus for the report was to offer advice and help. I offered a solution to a problem.
2. Speak to the Blogger’s Audience: This kinda goes without saying, but it needs to be mentioned. Big name/famous bloggers receive a lot of requests from many who are trying to get attention for their product/service. A lot of the time, it has nothing to do with their audience.
I don’t care how good your product/service is, if it’s not relevant to the blogger’s audience (ie, their business), it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to get their attention.
Bloggers are niche business owners. And, there are “famous” ones in every niche. So don’t just approach a blogger because they’re famous. Do your due diligence and approach the right ones, ie, the one whose audience can benefit from your product/service.
3. Make Contact Consistently: I’m not talking about cyberstalking here. What I mean is to make approaching established bloggers a part of your marketing routine. For example, write and send one post a week to a well-trafficked blog. If you do this, eventually you will get published, mentioned, tweeted, etc.
I’ve sent posts to probably 20 or so famous bloggers. I’ve been lucky enough to have been published a half dozen times or so on highly trafficked blogs in my niche (freelance writing). Like anything that you put consistent effort into – it pays off over time.
Note: Always send original content that you don’t publish anyplace else.
How to Become a Famous Blogger
The final thing I want to say on this is — work towards getting famous/established in your own right. Many are so focused on getting noticed by big name bloggers that they forget to focus on establishing themselves.
Famous bloggers started off just like you – from ground zero. If you consistently write, publish and market your blog, you’ll start to gain a following.
Who knows, one day you could be the “famous blogger” that everybody starts approaching.
Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell EditorialPosted on December 3rd, 2008 and filed under Promote your blog
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Great post even though I was never one for brown-nosing. But I think it is more than that. The best way to learn how to become a millionaire is to hang around or associate with other millionaires. Same for blogging. It’s not who you know but who knows you. Establishing yourself first before approaching “Big Time Bloggers” is key in my mind!
Thanks. Great post!
@Home Based Business: Regarding this part of your comment, “Establishing yourself first before approaching “Big Time Bloggers” is key in my mind!”, I disagree just a tad.
Even newbies and unknowns can bring a fresh perspective to a topic that will make it a very publishable topic to share with their readers.
The key is to have something RELEVANT to say, then write it up well and send it off. This can help to establish you, ie, you don’t have to wait to become established before approaching the “big boys.”
Thanks for taking the time to write in.
Everyone is putting all of their stakes for John Chow
-Mike
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Great post with lots of good tips.
Is it early to say that the action of tweeting itself is beginning to show signs of going viral?
Loved the post!, Its very true too, I recently got an extra 200+ visits to my site just because a “big name” twittered about one of my posts!, like you said in the post, if its good related content then by all means approach them, after all it cant hurt right?;)).
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If you have interest in blog writing, you must definitely read this post. All the tips provided here are really useful. Thanks for writing such an informative post.
Blog writers should definitely read your post. Its indeed an useful as well as interesting article. Well-done.
Thank you for this very useful well written interesting article
I write blog on a regular basis. So, I find your post to be an interesting one. However, your article is also an informative one.
Interesting article. I find it a constant hard struggle to get my blog noticed, never mind picked up. When I look at my google results, it seems that a lot of the people who find my blog are looking for subjects that I just do not cover, and don’t want to get involved with! Some of the search terms in Google are frightening and even more so when I realise that they end up at my blog!
The internet is a mystery to me. Hopefully I will find a way to get picked up by famous bloggers.