Comments on: Guest Posting: Watch Out for Complaints

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:30:39 +0000

Lol. I love how you use the term beloved blogger. You brought up an important point about guest posting in the fact that bloggers will look at how professional a website is before deciding to accept a guest post. Their image is on the line.

Accepting a guest post is like saying, “I vouch for this person” so it’s important to also make sure your own site shows value to their readers and politely asking for feedback when your post isn’t accepted may inform you about things you weren’t aware of.

Another great point is about the fact that if you’re accepting guest posts it doesn’t mean you can stop engaging your readers. They came to you because the like YOU. And while the other bloggers may be great they still want to see you on center stage.

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By: rjleaman

rjleaman — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:05:23 +0000

“That said, people should *never* wait to be asked…” applies to, oh, just about everything in life, doesn’t it?
Just need to (a) find the courage, (b) put best foot forward, and (b) hope for good timing to get that “HELL YES!” in response…

rjleaman’s last blog post..7 Ways to Optimize To-Do Lists

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:25:07 +0000

@ RJ – All of our guest posts (count ‘em! Three! or was that two?) are all posts that come from writers we asked personally. Heh, it’s funny to watch them just about pass out. “But you don’t accept guest posts!!!” “No, we don’t. Would you like to write one?” “HELL YES!”

That said, people should *never* wait to be asked. It may never happen.

James Chartrand – Men with Pens’s last blog post..Guest Posting: After You Get the Yes

By: rjleaman

rjleaman — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:59:05 +0000

Interesting timing I’ve got a guest posting on my blog today, coincidentally. For me, guest post placement is an ad hoc sort of thing, more than a plan: I occasionally run across a blogger I like, for one reason or another, and want my readers to meet, and so I give an invitation… like that. It doesn’t happen often, but it doesn’t happen on a schedule either. You’ve made me think of something, though, and I had to check back through my records to see if my memory was right (which it is) — that I’ve never published a guest post from someone who approached me out of the blue. Seems to me, that feel just a bit like setting your sister up with a guy you’d never met… wouldn’t it? Isn’t a guest post placement, in essence, a personal recommendation of this guest by Beloved Blogger to readers?

rjleaman’s last blog post..7 Ways to Optimize To-Do Lists

By: wordvixen

wordvixen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:12:40 +0000

@Kelly- I’ve more or less solved my “this post is not the post I’m looking for” on a lot of popular bloggers by unsubbing from their feeds, but subbing to their twitter feeds. Most of them tweet new posts, and I can see if the post will interest me or not without getting that guilty feeling I get when not opening a post on my reader.

wordvixen’s last blog post..My Virtual Writing World

By: --Deb

--Deb — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:41:48 +0000

@Leslie--That's much easier if you're an obsessive knitter! (grin) --Deb's last blog post..Blog Showing

By: Deb Ng

Deb Ng — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:14:56 +0000

Wonderful timely advice. For me it comes down to the blog’s image and vision. It would be more damaging to my reputation to ruin someone else’s blog than to spout off on my own.

By: James

James — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:54:22 +0000

@ Lindsey – Auuugh!! *waves of guilty*

You’re tricky. *waggles finger* Verrrry tricky. I haven’t forgotten, you know. And I’m 37 and still use a blanket. So there. I have time.

By: Lindsey Hoff

Lindsey Hoff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:26:28 +0000

I think what would make a great eBook is:

“How To Finish A Baby Blanket While The Baby Is Still A Baby”

….inside joke