Thank you for your interest in contributing to our blog. We love guest posts but we’re picky about their quality. We aim to provide informational and unique content to our audience: SaaS business owners, professional marketers, and customer service experts. Since we prefer quality > quantity, we do not post generic content that can be found anywhere on the internet.
Please review the following step by step guide before sending us your topic ideas. If we don’t respond to you within 4-5 days, we have not accepted your guest post.
Guest post logistics:
suggest topic ideas and send them to us
when we approve a topic, we let you know in an email and send you a Guest post brief to fill out
the deadline & exact posting date will be scheduled once the Guest post brief is reviewed
go through the checklists here: topic idea, brief, content, visual content, link placement, general for final draft here
Topic idea checklist:
read our blog to find out what topics we have covered in the past and what types of content are relevant to our readers – please refrain from sending already published or irrelevant content
suggest 3-5 catchy topic ideas that you feel knowledgeable about and are relevant to our industry, which include customer service/support/success, help desk solutions (live chat, customer portal, call center), digital marketing, SaaS, etc.
share some of your previous publications with us in your email
send your pitch in email to hello@liveagent.com with “ice cream” added to subject line
Guest post brief checklist:
once the topic has been approved, you will receive an email response from us
fill out our Guest post brief that we will send you
keep in mind that the goal of the guest post is not only to provide exposure and links but also to increase organic traffic therefore also research potential low-competition keywords with high search volume before submitting the completed brief
Guest post content checklist:
LiveAgent is always written as one word
at least 2000 words, preferably more
SEO optimize your article as outlined in the Guest post brief
write in second-person point of view (you/your), conversational tone, and American English
keep your sentences short and easy to understand (No fluff!)
limit your paragraphs to max. 5 sentences (great free tool – Hemingway Editor)
use different formatting options: strong text, bullet points, numbered text
maintain a consistent font type and size in the piece
all headers should be lowercase, except for the first word of the header and any proper nouns or acronyms (list out all acronyms)
only the first letter of a new sentence should be capitalized
write actionable tips, statistics, and other interesting facts that provide value for the reader
run a grammar, readability, and plagiarism check
proofread and double check before submitting the final draft
5+ images in the article – copyright-free pics, screenshots with links, own images (each image should be up to 100kb with a proper file name. attribution, and alt tag), screenshots with arrows are fine
avoid stock images and low-quality images
send all visuals as attachments to the email when sending the finished draft
Link placement rules checklist:
relevancy and informational value of the backlink (preferably non-promotional links)
the placement of the link should look natural
no paid or sponsored links
to maintain a high level of quality, we do not accept link requests from websites outside of our niche. That includes keywords we already target organically.
promotional links have nofollow attributes for search engines
check the anchor text and keywords (related phrases, keywords, synonyms), for example, ticketing software (ticketing system tool, ticketing tool…). Avoid words such as “click here,” “here are,” “check here,” etc.
external links should not be included in the opening paragraph, header, footer, sidebar of the page, or conclusion
preferably, organic traffic is more than 1K, but the link acceptance depends on the site’s overall quality
2-5 dofollow external links (to authoritative/topically related websites) and preferably fresh content (not older than 3 years, and use multiple sources, not just one)
2-5 internal links to LiveAgent, PostAffiliatePro, QualityUnit, or anywhere our brand is mentioned in the text
avoid linking to our competitors as source content (we would remove the link and find a new source to link to)
backlink insertions are only accepted on blog posts tagged with “growth”, “support”, “live chat” and “help desk”.