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Our Guest Post Process

A repeatable system built for consistency: proprietary site matching, editor-led content, and clear reporting from order to live link.

Last updated: January 1, 2026

An infographic showing the 4-step guest post process: Discovery Intake, Site Selection, Content Creation, and Placement & Reporting.

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PHASE 1

Proprietary Matching System

Step 1: Discovery Intake

We start with a structured intake. You share your business context, target pages, positioning, and constraints. We turn that into a clear placement brief that guides the matching and editorial workflow.

Step 2: Publisher Matching & Qualification

Our proprietary matching system evaluates potential publisher sites for relevance and quality signals, then shortlists strong-fit opportunities for your goals and target pages. Final selection is reviewed by our team before outreach begins.

The exact vetting criteria are published in our Editorial Standards. See our Domain Auditing Methodology for a full walkthrough of how each domain is evaluated.

PHASE 2

Editor-Led Content

Step 3: Topic Research & Editorial Production

Our automated workflow produces data-informed topic angles aligned to the host site and your brief. From there, our writers craft the article and our editors finalize it for clarity, accuracy, and fit before it’s submitted to our publishing partners.

PHASE 3

Automated Workflow

Step 4: Placement Confirmation & Reporting

When your article goes live, our automated workflow sends a clear confirmation email with the live URL. No confusing reports—just the information you need to verify the placement and share the feature.

Integrated Workflow

How It Plugs Into Your Agency Workflow

Integrated means your team can see progress, steer decisions, and step in when needed. We manage execution behind-the-scenes for your clients — fully visible to you through report links and milestone emails.

1) Order Submission

You send target URLs, anchor preferences, niche priorities, and guardrails to start each order.

2) Status Visibility

You receive milestone updates by email as work moves from matching and outreach to publishing.

3) Content Review Window

If review is requested at intake, your team gets a pre-publish review window (typically 48 hours) before final submission.

4) Live Link Reporting

When placements go live, we email your report link with the URL, anchor text, and site metrics for delivery records. Data exports in CSV and API-compatible formats for direct import into DashThis, AgencyAnalytics, Whatagraph, or Google Looker Studio.

5) Replacement Triggers

If a covered link drops during the 6-month guarantee window, your team is notified and replacement handling is initiated at no cost.

What You Get With Every Order

High-Quality Article

A professionally written article, tailored to the host site's audience.

Guaranteed "Dofollow" Link

A dofollow backlink that passes authority to your website, backed by our 6-month link replacement guarantee.

Instant Live Link Report

A simple, clear email with the live URL as soon as it's published.

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