Guest Blogging Benefits: Increased traffic to your website Brand awareness – the more people see your name the more they’ll recognize and trust your brand. Increased followers on your social networks Search engine optimization and link building Expand your network – by featuring and guest blogging, you’re showing yourself as a thought leader and someone…

Here’s a standard template for guest blogger guidelines. It’s one that I use for various blogs and it seems to be effective. You can post a link to it in the footer of your website or even as a post that people can search for. By providing it upfront, or having a link you can send to people you’ll save yourself a lot of work when the inquiries start coming in.