I sure will get time out for it and start guest blogging because I think that is really important.

Mohammad Afaq
http://afaqtrafficblog.blogspot.com

Despite the tone of the post (the first line), I was surprised he used it. It occured to me after I submitted it that he could take it the wrong way and get offended or annoyed with me and just tear me a new one with ridicule.

As for his benefits, I probably didn’t do him much good. I should have researched some real workable skills, reworded the comment suggestions to be more interesting and responsive (maybe asking for examples of how his readers have pi**ed off gurus), and just generally try harder to get him some links.

As for my benefits, my blog is pretty bad, so obviously my traffic skyrocketed. I just wish I would make it benefit me. I can’t stand all of this internet technical SEO social network scr.ump.tio.us digg template adsense adwords affiliate jargon, so blogging probably won’t be where I “make it”.

It still can’t hurt to check out what you pros are doing though. Thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge for free Darren. I thought I read somewhere it’s occured to you to just write many ebooks and cash in BIG TIME.

Weeks ago Liz Strauss asked me to write one, which not only is a real honor, but also came very unexpected as I had only written a few articles back then.

You will find it by clicking my name above and I would love to hear what you think. Liz won’t mind either I’m sure.

Guest posting is definitely something I will look to do more often. Inviting Guest Bloggers is also on my to do list, but I think it may still be soon early for that although it probably also would depend on who would ask or accept :-)

In terms of writing the piece, I found it rather intimidating to write for someone else’s blog, so the post probably took about twice as long as usual to put together with all the because I was fussing and obsessing over it quite ridiculously.

But perhaps that “fear factor” will wear off with practice?

It will be extremely interesting to see the effect on my stats, especially in terms of enabling new readers to discover my blog — too bad there’s no accurate way to guage the effect of guest-posting on the credibility as a blogger in a particular niche… I have a suspicion that this might be one of the major benefits of guesting, albeit unmeasurable…

I’ve been thinking about guest blogging for a little while now. We only launched our blog a few weeks ago and it would be a great way for us to get some publicity.

I certainly appreciate the tips on how to get started guest blogging. Perhaps someday I might even use them on you : )

Thanks for a good collection of articles,

– Mason