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“Look at me! Look at me! I’m over here! Come and join me.”

Is this you? Do you constantly push your blog to your followers? Do you constantly shout at others for attention to stand out above the crowd? Do you scream for affection, for affiliation, for an audience? You probably do. Most of the blogosphere does.

When blogging was first invented, it was used as a medium for every day Joe’s and Joanne’s to share their thoughts, their feelings, their news and their mews. Back then, it wasn’t a seven figure number trying to make a seven figure living. It was a select few, trying to earn nothing, but try new.

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Over the years I’ve been blogging, I’ve been fortunate to be able to write guest posts for several high profile blogs, including in front of an audience of 45,000 at John Chow Dot Com, and most recently on Darren Rowse’s Twitip.

I’ve previously spoken about guest blogging, specifically how to secure guest post slots and how to make the most of guest posts, so I won’t go in to those two things too much in this article. Today, I want to help you to identify and ask the right questions when deciding which blogs to write guest posts for, and how to ensure the audience reading your guest post clicks through to your own blog.

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Yesterday, I spoke about how to get your guest post published on a pro blog. Today, I want to discuss what to do after your post has been published in front of those 30, 40 or 50 thousand subscribers.

Taking Advantage of Guest Blogging

The real benefit of guest blogging comes when you write several articles for one particular blog, or for a range of blogs with the same audience. The idea is to get your name in front of the same audience on a regular basis.

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Recently, I’ve been writing a lot of guest posts for high profile pro bloggers and each time I do I receive several emails asking me how I was able to write for such a well respected and large blog.

To some people, the process to get a guest post published on a large blog is quite obvious, but other people often believe high profile blogs are only open to the elite of the guest blogging world.

Here are my tips that have helped me get my articles published amongst several high profile blogs, including John Chow Dot Com.

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