Last month I wrote a post explaining how you can get free content from your visitors by simply adding a contact form. Today I will continue to talk about this method and develop it so you can get free content ready to be published on your site without having to do a single thing.
It may sound to be good to be true, but it’s a really simple method and I’m a bit surprised that I can’t find any posts explaining how to do it.
In the post above I told you how to get your visitors to ask questions which you then could answer and publish on your site. It’s a great method to get suggestions on topics, but now I will explain how you can pass on the questions automatically and get the answers sent to you.
How this method works
- Add a simple contact form with modifications.
- Encourage your visitors to ask questions.
- Forward their questions to experts within your niche.
- Receive the answer of their question from the expert.
- Publish the question and the experts answer.
How to find experts within your niche
This is the tricky part in this process. You need to find a expert within your specific niche who are interested in answering your question and getting his answer published. Tricky, but not impossible.
I’ve been doing this for a while and the easiest method to find an expert within you niche is simply to search at Google for one.
“niche” + “contact us”
For an example, if you are building a niche site about swimming pools:
“swimming pool” + “contact us”
By doing this you will get directly to their contact page. The best method now is to mail them and ask them to work together with you. For every question they answer they will receive a link from your site.
How to forward questions automatically
Even though you will get free content it’s a bit boring and unnecessary to forward every mail manually and this is why we are automating the process.
- Download and activate Contact Form 7.
- Check checkbox for Use mail (2) in settings.
- Replace [your-email] under To with the experts mail.
- Replace [your-email] under From with your own mail. (<> intact)
Now the expert will receive a copy of every question through the contact form and when he replies the answer will be sent to your mail.
A simple method to receive free content for your niche sites.
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Great tips but not easy to be got guest posts from bloggers if your blog hasn’t high Pagerank and AlexaRank
This is the great thing about this method. Since you are not reaching out to bloggers but regular websites they are more interested in answering your questions. Usually they also don’t have so much knowledge about Page- and AlexaRank.
Not really. My blog is quite new and I was a guest blogger on daily blogging tips. Just write your content and send it to the bloggers. If it is something worth publishing than they will publish it. If not, they will let you know.
I’m not sure if I follow you here. This is a method to receive new quality content while I’m helping my visitors by answering their questions. This is not a traditional method where you ask your visitors to send you guest posts.
Sorry my mistake Stefan i got Toan Nguyen Minh’s question other way round, where trying post authority blogs as a guest poster. Appologies
Also, do you have any post, where you used this technique? Would love to see it.
No problem InternetHow. Since I’m relatively new to the international market there’s unfortunately no examples in English.
Nice Stefan! Never thought of doing this, but it really is a smart idea. You should write this up into an Ebook and sell it. I had honestly never heard of this idea before.
I’m not to fond of selling e-books with information since people often writes about it as soon as they get their hands on it. Hopefully more people will give me a backlink now if they appreciate my content.
Good point Stefan. I’m going to start having a weekly round up soon I think. I’ll try and remember to include this. If I forget, I’m sure lots of your other posts will be in it. Keep up the good work!
Don’t worry. Since I’m following your blog I will be there reminding you if you forget.
I agree with Toan and the Gooroo..This is a great idea and I never thought of it and probably never would of. This is very useful for when you are ina pinch and really need some good content.
Hello Stefan,
This is the best Idea to get more content for my blog and without any hard work and money.
Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome. Please feel free to share my link if you appreciate the content.
This is a clever concept, Stefan. Thanks for sharing it. And thank you for your comment on one of my blogs. It made me find you and I’m glad I did – you write some interesting stuff!
Thank you Chef. I’m glad to here that.
Hi Stefan ,
Great post there. I do believe that sometimes we do have to write our own articles. However , i agree that this method is a good idea.
I agree with you Brendon. This tip are more directed for people who are trying to make money through small niche sites. With that said, it still works as well with a regular blog.
Hi Stefan,
I think its a great idea. There are plenty of experts out there who are willing to help, especially if it is building their brand as well. And if you don’t ask then you don’t get.
Andy
Thank you Andy. I agree with you. Since all the parts benefits from it, everyone will be in on it.
It’s good but will it not jeopardize the overall quality of your blog? I mean your work is still the best.
I agree with you Walter and as I answered a bit above I think this method is better for small niche sites. As a blogger I prefer to create all of my content myself and I believe it’s better in the end. On the other hand you can use this method to receive answers and then write a longer post about the subject and quote the answer within the post. By doing so you will not risk the quality of your blog while you at the same time get free content.
Cool idea Stefan. Definitely never even crossed my mind, but it makes great sense. I definitely think it is a win-win-win situation for everyone… you (as it makes for an easy post), the reader (as he gets his questioned answered), and the expert (as they get more visibility as an expert in that niche).
Thank you Doug. Like you say everyone is a winner so it’s much better chance to find people by doing this than using guest posts.
This is a new idea. Haven’t really thought about using it that way. I would really love to see some examples/cases if you have them. How about a post sequel in case you’ve tried it? Thanks in advance and looking forward to the idea.
It sounds interesting Ching. What do you have in mind?
Ya. It’s a good thing to follow. Normally i m following such methods not only for blogging but also for learning.
That’s good idea Stephen, this will surely help me and other readers also, and thanks for visiting my blog so I could find this blog,
You’re welcome Madhav. I hope you stay and subscribe.
I never though of this concept. It is a nice way to reach other bloggers as well. I liked your innovative idea.
Thank you Ricky, I’m glad to hear you liked it.
Nice idea, first time hearing something like this. Might be useful for me at a later stage.
Hello Stefan
This is a great idea stefan I will try this see what I come up with, thanks for dropping by my blog.
Alexis
You’re welcome Alexis. Good luck with your blog as well. Feel free to come back to me with the result if you decide to use this method.
Hi Stefan
This is a great idea, never thought of getting content that way..will have to try it out
Avis
You’re welcome Avis. Feel free to report back on the result.
Good idea, it can attract better traffic that one individual alone. A interesting depth of vision. Great!
Stefan
Great idea to help others whilst also delivering high quality content – I like it!! Will be trying it out very soon and will let you know how it works for me.
Thanks for the tip.
Tom
I’m glad to hear you found it useful Tom. Looking forward to hear more on the result.
Great idea, Stefan. It does two things: (i) helps one get the free (yet expert-generated) content, and (ii) gives the participating expert some free PR.
excellent idea! thanks a lot for this post Stefan, i am going to add it to my task on the New Media Bloggers blog!
I’m glad you found it useful. Feel free to get back to me and share how it went.
OMG, this trick rocks! It’s damn easy to find an expert on our niche, otherwise we are not serious in blogging or we are choosing a wrong niche. And when a post from this method published, there will be a ‘triple win’ relation appears:
1. We – definitely
2. The expert – we can drop a back link to his blog
3. The reader – we solve his/her problem.