We just launched two features that change how content marketers find each other.
For years, getting a guest post, a link exchange, or a content collaboration done meant sending cold emails into the void.
You’d find a site you wanted to work with. Write a pitch. Wait. Follow up. Get ignored. Try someone else. Repeat.
It was slow, frustrating, and completely disconnected from the actual work of creating content. And somehow, it became just the way things were done.
We think there’s a better way.
Introducing Collaborator
Collaborator is a dedicated marketplace inside Zupyak where content marketers and site owners post what they’re looking for — and the right people find them.
Guest posts. Link exchanges. Content collaborations. Paid placements. Link insertions. It’s all there, in one place, with 700,000+ businesses already on the platform.
Instead of hunting for opportunities, you post a request. Instead of cold outreach, interested parties come to you. The whole process flips — and it takes about two minutes to get started.
The idea is simple: the best content partnerships happen between people who are already in the same room. Collaborator is that room.
And Messaging to go with it
Finding a potential partner is only half the problem. The other half is actually talking to them without it turning into a ten-email thread.
So we built Messaging directly into the platform.
Here’s how it works. You see a Collaborator request that interests you. You choose your collaboration type — guest post, link exchange, whatever fits — and your opening message is sent automatically. If they’re interested, the conversation opens. If they’re not, the request closes cleanly, no awkwardness.
From there it’s a direct conversation inside Zupyak. Agree on the terms, make it happen, done — without leaving the platform or switching to email.
Three steps:
1. Choose your collaboration type — your first message goes out automatically based on what you’re looking for.
2. They accept — if there’s interest, the conversation opens. If not, it simply closes.
3. Collaborate — work out the details directly, then get it done.
Why we built this
Every week, the Zupyak team sees a stream of emails from people asking about guest posts, link exchanges, and sponsored placements. Agencies looking for placements. Bloggers looking for partners. Site owners looking for quality content.
The demand has always been there. What’s been missing is the infrastructure to connect these people efficiently.
Cold email is a terrible way to run a marketplace. It’s slow, it’s noisy, and it creates a massive amount of friction between people who genuinely want to work together. We’ve been watching this problem for a while and decided to solve it properly.
Collaborator and Messaging are our answer.
Who this is for
If you run a website and want more high-quality content without doing all the writing yourself — Collaborator is for you.
If you’re an agency or freelancer looking for placement opportunities at scale — Collaborator is for you.
If you’ve ever sent a cold email asking about a guest post and waited two weeks for a reply — Collaborator is for you.
Plans start at $1/mo. The Startup plan at $9/mo unlocks do-follow links on every article you publish, plus our full AI content suite. And posting a Collaborator request is free.
Get started
Browse what’s live at zupyak.com/collaborate and post your first request. It takes about two minutes.
We’d love to hear how it goes.
— The Zupyak Team