Sticking to a consistent publishing schedule on your blog is quite hard, especially when you are also busy with a full-time job (or other professional responsibilities). And the funny thing is that the audience of your blog will never understand your situation. All they want is ‘posts’ that are packed with useful suggestions, practical tips and valuable recommendations. If you don’t continue to satisfy their hunger, you’re sure to send them straight to your competitors.
So, what should you do?
The best I can recommend is ‘hire guest bloggers’.
Well, a guest blogger is simply any content or blog writer that can write for your blog in a way that fulfills the requirement of your audience. There are several benefits of hiring guest bloggers. First, you save yourself plenty of time that you can utilize to focus on other important tasks. Second, it adds variety to the content of your blog. Third, your blog is frequently updated. And all of this leads to getting more traffic and making more money.
But do you know how to hire guest bloggers so that you work with the right kind of writers and take your blogging business to the next level? Given below are some of the most essential tips for your help.
Checking Track Record or Experience
Begin with having a look at the guest blogger’s resume. Going through a writer’s resume should tell you a lot about their most important skills, qualifications, technical know-how, previous work projects, achievements etc. Most importantly, you should have a closer look at their previously published guest articles. In addition, you need to know about their social media presence.
As soon as you’re done with this, you can move on to the screening process (which takes place on your blog).
Screening
Not every guest blogger or writer is a best fit for your blog. It’s, therefore, vital to select a writer whose style of writing, area of expertise and experience suits your blog the best. If a hired guest blogger is not a good fit for your readers, it can bring plenty of harm to your blog’s credibility and reputation.
While hiring a new writer, SocialFresh (a popular social media blog) first requests them to contribute 2-3 guest posts (unpaid) to make a well-informed decision. Once they have assessed the style and quality of the guest writer’s writing via these free posts and found it up to the required standard, they can move on to create a payment system. In addition, SocialFresh also offers excellent opportunities for earning bonuses for high traffic generating guest posts.
If you’re in need of guest authors, it’s vital to make sure you evaluate their writing potential and knowledge. Otherwise, you may be at risk!
Where Should I Find Them?
If you’re already receiving a lot of guest blogging requests (due to your blog’s popularity), that’s actually good news. All you need to do next is pass them through the screening process and choose those that you think are a good fit for your blog. You can also negotiate the rates as per your requirements. One thing that you should always keep at the top of your mind is that ‘the cheapest may not be the best’. So, make a careful decision.
If hiring guest bloggers is an urgent requirement (or your blog is less popular), you may need to find them on your own. In any case, you don’t need to have an extremely popular blog to hire guest authors. Working with experienced guest bloggers can take your blog (even if it’s only a few months old) to the next level and increase its popularity over a short span of time.
Given below are places you can find guest bloggers –
Check out other niche related blogs that publish guest posts
Use your professional network
Look for them in your blog’s comment section
Find them via social networking sites
Go to blog communities like Blokube and MyBlogGuest
Post job ads to sites like Elance and Odesk
Search for them offline
Searching offline (the last point above) is also an excellent way of finding some of the most useful guest bloggers or blog writers. Many popular blogs have found guest writers for their blog by looking offline. It’s due to the fact that not all niche experts are active content creators or guest bloggers.

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