Recently I had a chance to experience what it is like to be a guest blogger. I got to do a guest post on Altafsayani.com. It was a great honour to be asked by another blogger to post on their blog and I enjoyed doing it. I re-wrote a post I did on my site about 15 Awesome Search Tricks For Google. It was fun getting the opportunity and if I get another chance I would gladly do it again. By doing this I get some exposure to my blog and I get to make new friends in the blogging community. I think overall it can be a win win situation if done correctly (I will explain more later in this post). The blog I got to post on got new content and I got a bit more advertising for my blog.
Have you ever had the chance to be a guest blogger? How did you feel when you were given that opportunity? I think for the most part most of you would be thrilled to get a chance to post on someone elses blog and you would find it a great honour to do so.
Is guest blogging a good or bad thing overall?
You may wonder why I am asking this question after I have said how much I enjoyed guest blogging myself. Well the reason why I ask this question is because even though I had a great experience posting myself on their blog it might not be the best for the personal who is getting a guest post on their blog. Here are some reasons why it can be a bad thing for them:
- What the guest says on your blog might reflect badly on the host
- Getting the keys to someone elses property can be dangerous
- Having too many guest posts on your blog can alienate your subscribers because they are use to your writing style and visit your blog for your style and not someone elses
- You are effectively writing another person’s blog for free
- What might work for you blog might not work for another persons blog
- If you find topics hard to come by in the first place how do you decide which ones to keep for your blog and which ones to give away?
So these points above are some things to consider when thinking about guest blogging. I think for now if I get the opportunity I will continue to guest blog on other peoples blogs but keep the door closed for now for people guest posting on my blog. Maybe in the future that will change but we will see how things go with my blog. If I run out of good content and people are wanting to post on my blog in the future I may let them have the opportunity.
Would you let someone guest post on your blog? Do you think it would be a positive thing or cause issues with your readers?
I’m waiting for my first guest blogging
Well good luck getting your first guest blogging appearance
Thanks for the comment!
Well I invited two members from a forum on anthropology on which I post to make guest posts on my blog.I refused politely.I’ll wait a month or so before I invited someone else to make a guest post.I think a guest post is a good idea,it brings freshness to a blog.
Blogging should always be as informative as possible. Whenever you’ve bulks of information about your blog, you can always expect positive remarks.
@Jhangora – Thanks for the comment! Yup I think guest posts can work on your blog if you get the right guest. Hopefully you find the right ones in a few month’s.
@blogger pro – Thanks for the comment as well! Yup I think you are right. When have lots of informative information on your blog there will be people out there that want you to guest post that type of information on their blog.
Yo Michael & judging by my grammatical mistakes I shud take it slow
Instead of “I refused politely” it shud read “They refused politely,” & “invited” =”invite”
Maybe I wud invite u in January 2009 to make a guest post on my blog
@Jhangora. I figured that was what you meant. I was a bit confused at first but figured it out.
Sweet well let me know how things are going with your blog in January 2009. Maybe we can talk about guest posting then.
Hi Michael,
I do believe in “Guest Bloggers” either becoming one or looking for bloggers to help in my blog.
By the way im looking for Guest Bloggers, Would you mind to be a Guest Blogger in my site?
If you accept Michael, you can email me at the address I left in this comment.
You also will get a backlink from a PR2 site.
Good post Michael, thats what make me incline to made this proposition.
@Marketing Business Review – Thanks for the comment!
I had to remove your link in your comment because you already have a link in your name. Sorry but I am not doing a bunch of free advertising for your blog.
As for being a guest blogger. I appreciate the offer but for now I will have to decline. I am working on getting more quality content on my site first and then I will maybe do some more guest blogging later.
Hopefully you find some good guest bloggers to help you out with your blog.
Hi Michael,
Sorry if it looked that way but It wasnt my intention to advertise my blog, it really was a link to the post requesting Guest Bloggers.
So you could read the info about been Guest Blogger.
Im still looking for Guest Bloggers, so whenever you can please let me know, I really like the way you write.
Thanks for the answer Michael.
@MBR – Thanks for making that clear. I did check out your blog and the information about guest bloggers. I think for now I need to focus on my blog a bit more and then I will plan on looking at doing more guest posts on other peoples blogs.
Thanks for the offer and if I have more time in the future I will email you about this. Thanks!
not really have many chance to become a guest blogger. it might be because i’m super busy this moment.