It is not uncommon to read from a lot of blogs about blogging that guest blogging has a lot of benefits. However, with all these people guest blogging and sites publishing these articles, are people really taking advantage of this in the best way possible.
The benefits of guest blogging is a two-way street. Both the site owner and the blogger benefit. So, in order to cover how you can make the most of guest blogging, I need to address both sides of the street.
For the Site Owner:
- While you want to follow the focus of your site, be open to new things. It may be because you are not familiar with new techniques or news in your niche as you thought you were. There will always be someone with a leg up on your knowledge in your niche. Let them bring that knowledge in and enhance your site.
- Make sure that you place guidelines for guest posts if you decide to open your site to outside writers. It would be pointless to keep rejecting articles that do not fit your site’s criteria, especially if you do not list any in the first place. Do not assume people will write exactly what you want.
- Be courteous with your guest bloggers and make sure you do background searches on them. They are doing you a favor by providing you quality content. Even if you promise pay for regular writing, they are still doing a larger favor.
- Make sure you do background searches your guest writers. No, you do not have to do a full research, but find out what your guest writers are writing about on their own websites. There are a lot of bloggers who pull information almost out of thin air and that could hurt your site. You want your site to be able to offer the right information, not the wrong.
For example, I recently read an article, to which I will not name, that had quite a few points that showed a lack of experience in the area. In fact, the article probably should have either been revised or not been published at the site as it contradicted other articles on the site that had a similar topic.
For the Guest Blogger:
- If a site owner has criteria, follow it. If you are unsure of the requirements for guest blogging at a website, ask.
- Do not expect your article to always be approved. Site owners try to make sure the articles fit their site before publishing. If your site does not meet the owner’s expectations, you can take the article to another site for consideration.
- Your guest post is not a free ticket to make money by throwing in an affiliate link or slipping in an article you are getting paid for by an outside company, even for SEO. This is wrong. That is why there are places for that (like your own blog and article publishing sites.) As social media marketing has become popular, people are looking for transparency – not people writing and making money off someone else’s blog for a guest post. In that case, pay the site owner their cut for hosting your paid blog post.
- It is fine to insert keywords, but they should be related to a direct business or place that you have control over. Again, this relates somewhat to the previous point mentioned.
- One of the purposes of guest blogging is to build a healthy relationship with readers in your niche. That should be what you set your sights on building. Once you have, you will find people eager to read your own site, connect more with you, or even do business with you.
Are there other ways that you can make the most of guest blogging?
great post, youve covered all the the waysshowing how you can make the most of guest blogging, hope a lot of people read it!!
Good tips for anyone thinking of guest blogging. I have been asked to be a guest blogger but never taken anyone up on it. ou have given me some things to think about.
hello nice sharing i had not get any guest blogging but after reading the article i will do it …..thnx for the share it is going to help a new bloggers a lot thnx for the share
Guest blogging a also a famous way to advertise and benefit . I’ve been thinking to sign up as a guest blogger from established websites, but I’m still thinking over it.
Guest blogging is something I haven’t even considered up to this point. Thanks for the great tips on how to go about it. I like clear and simple. 🙂
Willena Flewelling
great points you mentioned for both blog owner and guestwriter.
I’ve been doing guest posting and the benefits were awesome, I’m getting a lot of traffic and more readers to my blog through my guest posts.
one of my guest post that i submitted 3 months before has been ranked high in the search engine for it keyword and i’m still getting traffic through it.
thanks for the post.
thanks i am trying to do the same as guestwriter. i am new in all this stuff but i am trying to be more familiar with this procedure .
interesting articles on guest blogging. Guest blogging is gaining more popularity in recent days. Through this you can improve your writing skills and also you can improve your community. Previously I did not done any guest blogging but now I will try to do guest blogging.
great tips. I haven’t guest posted it. This is definitely helpful.
Guest Blogging entails such responsibilities that you have properly pointed out. Good job for that! I ave never tried guest blogging, and perhaps now is the right time to do so.
I think you can increase the chance of your article being approved if you put a lot of time into writing it.
Have just been contemplating someone guest posting my blog. How would you have them answer their own questions? Would you send them the question every time one was asked ? I assume we don’t allow anyone to have the password to the blog itself..
Guest post method has been grown in recent times and is anticipated to grow more.
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Guest blogging is really one of the fastest way to get backlinks and promote your blog especially if you become a guest blogger on a high traffic site. As of the moment I haven’t experienced writing for others so I cannot give any pointers though for guest bloggers just make sure you obey all the rules so you can gain trust from the site owners.
About a guest blogging we can get all the information from Google, but the way you provide all the details in your article it is truly amazing. It helps those people who interest in a guest blogging they can get the best part from your thoughts. I also added one thing that anybody can improve their blog from writing practice.
Thanks for the great tips on how to go about it. I like clear and simple.i really appreciate with this article…..
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Great deep analysis about guest posting.. I do agree that deep linking through guest posting will give you great result long term Finding results may take time but when that time comes it really gives a big credit to your site..
Well Written Nile. You have Posted Great Ideas for guest posting. I’m Agree with your views. Frankly Speaking being a Student your blog helps me to Improve my guest Posting Skill.
Thanks a lot.
Nice post Nile!
Thanks for laying out what both sides need to do consistently in order to really make the most of guest blogging.
It’s certainly going to be a viable option as long as blogging in general stays relevant. Thanks! You don’t see to many credible bloggers offering advise on this particular subject!