1,000 new subscribers in 60 hours

Sarah Peterson used republishing, invested one day, and reported over 1,000 new subscribers in 60 hours with $0 spent.

Approach

1. Find media that accepts republishing. One search pattern from the notes:

   YOUR_TOPIC "this article was originally published"

2. Send an email similar to this:

   Subject: something specific, not generic

   Hi [Editor name],

   [Personal connection point]

   I recently wrote an article about [topic] which my audience has enjoyed. I think [publication name] audience would love the article as well, because [why].

   I included the article in the body of this email. Original link: [link].

   If you think it is a good fit, I would love to have it republished on [publication name].

   [Your name]

3. When the article is accepted, ask the publisher to place a canonical tag pointing at the original URL:

   <link rel="canonical" href="YOUR_URL_HERE">

Source: Sumo — traffic from republishing

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