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Outreach

What is outreach?

Outreach is the process of contacting site owners, editors, or journalists to pitch content, request a link, or propose a collaboration.

Why it matters

Effective outreach is short, personalised in the first line, and leads with what the recipient gains. Typical reply rates run 5–15%; anything above 20% usually means a very tight prospect list.

Follow up once, politely, after four to seven days. Repeated follow-ups damage your sending domain's reputation.

Related terms

  • Pitch

    A pitch is the short proposal you send an editor describing the article you want to write, why their readers need it, an

  • Prospecting

    Prospecting is the research step of finding and qualifying websites worth pitching, before any outreach email is written

  • Guest posting

    Guest posting is the practice of writing an article for someone else's website in exchange for exposure, authority, and

Cite this definition

Guest Post Website. “Outreach.” Guest Posting & SEO Glossary. https://guestpostwebsite.com/glossary/outreach