In this first in a series of monthly roundup articles I scoured the internet to bring you five reputable articles that will help you find guest blogging opportunities to grow your travel brand and establish blogging identity.

This month there’s a resource list of 100 Travel Blogs that accept guest posts, and tips about how guest blogging can grow your audience. If you want to get an insight into the value of incorporating a guest blogging strategy into your own travel blog activities, don’t miss the Content Marketing Institutes’ article about how important it is to supplement your own content with content from other bloggers in your niche.

(1) 11 Secrets to Becoming a Professional Travel Blogger

Matt over at Expert Vagabond has put together a list of travel blogging “secrets” to help beginning bloggers build their audience and broaden their reach. #3 on his list is about Guest Blogging. His Advice?

… be picky, and guest post on blogs that you think will provide the best return on your investment in time. Because time is limited when you’re trying to become a professional blogger!

(2) Four Ways Guest Blogging Grows your Blog Audience Quickly

In his guest blog post on Entrepreneur, Syed Balkhi discusses using guest blogging to grow your audience, improve SEO and backlinks, drive traffic to landing pages, and build authority.

Even though it may sound a bit strange, many bloggers, authors and entrepreneurs still guest blog on multiple sites. Watch the experts such as: Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Neil Patel, and many others. They are all guest blogging.

(3) How to Incorporate Guest Blogging into Your Strategy

Kelsey Meyer published an article on The Content Marketing Institute’s blog about incorporating guest blogging into your content marketing strategy. This is an interesting because it talks about guest blogging from the host’s perspective. Although Kelsey uses business blogs as her examples, the strategic approach is relevant to any blogger with their own travel blog who is trying to build their brand by supplementing it with quality content from other travel bloggers.

We’re not talking about spam-like 300-word blog posts written by your SEO agency and submitted to 500 different “blogs.” Guest-contributed content includes educational, high-quality articles that showcase your company’s area of expertise and highlight the author as a thought leader within the industry. They should be nonpromotional, professionally edited, and submitted to a single outlet.

(4) Ultimate List of Top 100 Travel Blogs that Accepts Guest Post

It’s good to see some competition for my 100 Travel Blogs lists, although this list doesn’t include any information about what type of guest content they’re looking for. This guest blogging resource list for travel bloggers does include the name of the travel blog and the link where you can submit your guest article.

(5) How To Get Started With Guest Blogging: Audience Growth Tips That Work

Guest blogger Elna Cain reviews all the different steps involved in guest blogging from beginning to end, including how to go about finding host blogs through to drafting your pitch. This article includes a useful link to an article on Blogging Wizard about how to Craft the Perfect Guest Post Pitch, which shares the key learning about keeping your pitches short and sweet.

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