Guest blogging is a great way to establish yourself as an expert your field and can bring more traffic to your blog through search engine optimization by increasing the number of inbound links to your site.
But, only if your guest blogging pitch succeeds in getting your guest posts accepted.
I receive numerous guest blogging requests each and every day, and I'm sad to say that 99% of the pitches are a complete waste of my time to read and the potential guest blogger's time to write.
With that in mind, here are the mistakes I see made most often in guest blogging pitches and what can be done to improve those pitches.