Write for Us Hiking: Hiking Blog Guest Post Guidelines

Hiking content online is mostly top trail lists and packing checklists. What this blog wants is the business side: how an outdoor brand found its buyers, how a guiding business fills its trips, what content brought in bookings, told by someone who built it.

My readers run small businesses and work in marketing, and some of them sell outdoor gear, trips and experiences. They want more customers and bookings, so a hiking post has to come from someone who has done it.

60-second hiking guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Do you work in or run the outdoor business you describe
• Do you have a real booking count, sales figure or result
• Does your opening answer the reader's question straight away
• Have you removed any pitch for one brand or company

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• Launching or growing an outdoor gear brand, with the sales numbers
• Filling guided hikes and outdoor trips, with the bookings it brought in
• Building an outdoor blog or channel into a business, with results
• Seasonal marketing for outdoor businesses, with what you changed
• Partnerships with parks, clubs or retailers, with what went right and wrong

If your post could be published on any hiking site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we don't accept

• Basic trail lists and packing lists
• Promotion of one product, brand or tour company
• Generic travel tips with a hiking label
• Previously published posts republished from another site

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong hiking pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write about the ten best hiking trails for beginners." A strong one says "Our small guiding business filled every autumn trip for the first time after we started a free monthly group hike and followed up by email, so I want to show the format, the follow up and how many joined a paid trip." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• Filling guided trips
• Launching an outdoor gear brand
• Turning an outdoor blog into a business
• Selling in the off season
• A contrarian view on gear affiliate content

Looking for more places to pitch? The free write for us finder lists sites that take guest posts in your niche, and the free backlink checker shows what a placement is worth.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept hiking guest posts?

Yes. Hiking guest posts are welcome from writers who have done the work and can share what happened. We publish practical articles with real examples and decline basic trail lists and packing lists with no lesson for the reader.

What hiking topics do you accept?

We accept growing an outdoor gear brand, filling guided hikes and outdoor trips, outdoor blogs and channels as a business, seasonal marketing, and outdoor partnerships. The common thread is a specific lesson with a result attached, not a general overview.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn, or a guest slot on another site under a different name. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before it goes live.

How do I submit a hiking guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience doing the work you are writing about. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before writing a full draft.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long should a hiking guest post be?

There is no fixed word count, but posts that do well here usually run from 1,000 to 1,800 words. Long enough to show the example and the numbers, short enough that a busy owner finishes it. Cut anything that repeats what the reader already knows.

What makes a hiking pitch stand out?

A real result in the first sentence. Say what you did, what changed and over what period, then say what the reader will be able to copy. For example: Our small guiding business filled every autumn trip for the first time after we started a free monthly group hike and followed up by email, so I want to show the format, the follow up and how many joined a paid trip.

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