Review Guidelines for Pitch Your Guest Post Site Owners
Pitch Your Guest Post works because site owners give real, thoughtful feedback that helps writers improve and land better guest posts. Your feedback is what makes the platform valuable for everyone. Writers are paying for your review, so take a little extra care to make it detailed and genuinely helpful, not something they’d get from a cold email reply.
Review 101
Respond on time or refund the pitch
Stick to the turnaround time you set for each site, so writers know they can count on you. If you can’t reply in time, refund the pitch. It keeps things fair and the platform trustworthy.
Be respectful and constructive
Give feedback that’s clear, polite and genuinely useful, whether you accept or decline.
Maintain confidentiality
Respect the privacy of the pitches you receive. Don’t share pitch contents, ideas or writer information outside Pitch Your Guest Post.
How to accept a pitch
Note: you can keep chatting with the writer after you accept or decline a pitch. The chat stays open indefinitely, whatever the pitch’s status.
When you accept a pitch, take a moment to agree on next steps with the writer. Confirm what’s expected, how and when it will be delivered, and any other details you need. For example:
- For guest posts: agree on the draft deadline, word count, format and target publish date, plus how many rounds of edits you’ll do.
- For expert quote roundups: set a deadline for the written answers, and confirm the word limit per answer and how contributors will be credited.
- For links and author bios: restate your policy up front, so there are no surprises later.
- Once it’s live: share the published URL with the writer.
Clear communication means both sides know what to expect, and it turns a good pitch into a smoothly published guest post.
How to decline a pitch
If you decline a pitch, explain why it isn’t the right fit and offer a suggestion or two that would help next time. Be honest, but keep it tactful and clear, so the writer understands your perspective and trusts your input. Specific suggestions make your review more useful and lead to better pitches in the future.
Bad rejection example
Not interested. Doesn’t fit my audience.
This reply is short and dismissive. It gives the writer no idea why the pitch wasn’t a fit or what to do better next time. It’s fast to write, but it adds nothing, and it feels like the same silence they’d get from a cold email.
Good rejection example
Thanks for the pitch! The topic is solid, but we’ve covered link building basics twice this year, and our readers are mostly experienced SEOs. If you pitched a more advanced angle, like recovering lost links after a site migration, I’d be glad to look again. Your outline structure is clear, so keep that.
This review is polite, specific and actionable. It explains why the pitch wasn’t accepted and gives clear guidance for improving it. Even when the answer is no, the writer leaves with something valuable, which builds trust and keeps the platform’s quality high.
Following these guidelines helps make Pitch Your Guest Post a trusted place where great guest posts get pitched, reviewed and published.