Comments on: How To Recruit High Quality Guest Bloggers

By: make money blogging

make money blogging — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:30:29 +0000

This is a great opportunity for blogger but I’m not sure if I can produce a topic that suits your needs. Anyway nice to know that you are giving opportunity and exposure to other bloggers.

By: netvalar

netvalar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:07:50 +0000

I long ago made a write for me post with basic submission rules. I try to keep a link to it in my top posts section too. However the interest from others to write a guest post has come from 2 sources.

1 was a forum I participate in where I mentioned that I wanted at least 3 different view points other then my own on a specific subject.

The other source was Myspace. After finding out from Ariel Publicity how “Making April” used Myspace solely to start selling 1000 tracks per week on I-Tunes. One of the things they did was regular bullitins with off the wall subjects. What I started doing last week is daily questions that relate to my niche. A few people have been answering them and 1 of the answers this week was so detailed I asked if they would be interested in having it posted publicly. As this person isn’t a blogger all I really get is a break but my readers get someone elses opinion and the subject of the article is something I can expand upon later too.

So Phil rewrote his answer the way he wanted it to appear in public and we discussed a bio line for him along with where to link to. This gave his poetry/song profile another link potentially a few more readers.

Oh and this brings up another good reason for guest bloggers. They may write something that you can expand upon later in your blog or maybe they will expand upon it themselves either way it has the potential to add content not only once but several times. And we all could use more content right?

By: Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:44:56 +0000

Guest blogging is always beneficial for both parties, but it should never be used excessively, as it will lead to dilated content.

By: Mr. Javo

Mr. Javo — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:14:34 +0000

You are right, I think a blog has an ID and you shouldn’t hire too many guest bloggers.

By: Ray Ewwards

Ray Ewwards — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:30:22 +0000

This something that I have been considering lately but haven’t really put into effect. Thanks for the great tips on how ot approach this.

By: Sangeeta Sinha

Sangeeta Sinha — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:50:23 +0000

To choose excellent guest bloggers is a difficult task and must be done very carefully. You don’t know what you may end up with.

By: Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:36:02 +0000

H! I hope I do not sound like a spammer here or using this thread to just promote my blog, but I would like to inform Andy Macdonald – SEO & Marketing Blog (the 13th commenter before this, I suppose) that I just posted a topic on my blog entitled “How to convince Blog Owners that you are a Good Guest Blogger” and I hope he finds it informative and just what answer his needs. Thanks!

http://wherebloggersandhumansmeet.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-convince-blog-owners-that-you.html

By: Making Sales Making Money

Making Sales Making Money — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:51:59 +0000

I wrote a guest post yesterday. I have a reciprocal agreement with the site owner. We are both in the same niche and it should benefit both of us, So its win win

By: Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:54:13 +0000

I agree with some, if your blog has not reached 1k subscribers, then you cannot request for guest bloggers.
Guest blogging definitely helps new bloggers like me who has the ability to write “attractive” posts but do not have a stable blog yet.
For bloggers who allow guest blogging, I think the advantages they can get are: greater credibility and additional free promotion coz the guest blogger will definitely mention his blog on one of his posts.
Incidentally, Kevin Muldoon of bloggingtips.com is allowing me to post as guest blogger to his humble site and my 3-time posts is helping me a lot to get notice. Thanks to him.

http://www.bloggingtips.com/author/guardianangel/

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:23:54 +0000

As for ‘incentives’ how about paying some cash! Nothing talks like money. If you offer $50 for a well-written guest post you will have bloggers beating down your door…

My other suggestion is to ask commenters to guest post – some of them aren’t interested in having a blog of their own but they have the ability.

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:33:40 +0000

Personally I never paid for guest bloggers. But I guess it depends on the situation. If the guest will bring you a really great article and credibility then it could be worth it.

By: jhay

jhay — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:26:38 +0000

It’s an idea I have been seriously thinking about. Perhaps I should really consider it again since now I’m having less time to blog because of school work.

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:18:02 +0000

Some blogs offer payment for guest blogs, and these will include both a byline and a link back to the guest blogger’s web site or blog. I have mixed feelings about this. One the one hand, I am a writer expect to paid for my work. On the other hand, I’m a blogger and it’s nice to gain exposure. In any case, it’s worth noting as a potential benefit for the guest. It works especially well via a submissions (write for us) page. I haven’t put a call out for guest bloggers on my own blog yet because I’m having trouble reconciling the notion of asking people to work for me for free. Yet, I’ve guest blogged without payment and was happy to do so.

It’s an issue worth considering.

By: Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:38:21 +0000

I’ve had “guest bloggers” for years – long before we called this “blogging”. Sometimes they just do a post or two, sometimes they have written again and again.

The incentive I offer in addition to the usual links and recognition is an optional “bio” page where they can wax on about themselves and a 300×250 space that they can do whatever they want with (well, within reason): they can run an Adsense block, advertise their favorite charity, whatever.

If content is really exceptional, I’m willing to pay for it too – haven’t done a lot of that, but there has been some.

And yes, of course I have a “Write for this Site” page, but I haven’t had much luck with advertising that at other places. I’ve found that people don’t READ what I’m looking for and submit posts I can’t use (often good posts, just not appropriate for my site).

By: Thomas Sinfield

Thomas Sinfield — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:35:45 +0000

I am going to seriously consider adding a ‘Write For Us’ link at the top of my blog. I think that will make a lot of people aware that I am looking for guest bloggers. Cause I have not really said it anywhere.

By: Lin

Lin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:29:33 +0000

It’s funny how often a specific topic I’m interested in reading more about suddenly appears on Darren’s blog.

I’ve been interested in inviting guest bloggers to write posts on occasion and didn’t quite know how to go about it, but it’s not a problem anymore. Thanks! :)

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:38:38 +0000

I like reading guests posts, but when they start to outnumber the actual posts made by the blog’s owner, it gets a little depressing.. if if they are good posts. I guess maybe because it seems like the blog’s owner has taken a step back.

Either way, having guest bloggers is a great way to gain different perspectives on your blog too. *=)

By: Pua

Pua — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:26:26 +0000

i really liked the incentive part. why else would somebody want to write a quality post for my blog?!

but to tell you the truth even with that it’s hard to get another hawaii blogger to commit to writing a unique post for my blog. everybody is so busy writing qaulity content on her/his own blog.

i love guest posts! it definitely adds some change to the blog.

anybody has out there who has to say something exciting about their visit to hawaii???????? we will honor with the incentives mentioned above.

mahalo and aloha, pua

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:59:51 +0000

Ruchir, some job boards have strict rules about what you can post, most do not.

That means that probably you could get away with ad asking for guest bloggers, and then you just need to specify in the details what kind of arrangement you are looking for, and what you have to offer in exchange.

By: Andy MacDonald - SEO & Marketing Blog

Andy MacDonald - SEO & Marketing Blog — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:51:33 +0000

A great post Daniel. That gives a lot of good information on how people should find Guest Bloggers, but what about people who want to become a guest blogger, finding blogs which allow this.

How is it best to approach a blog’s owner to request whether they accept guest bloggers, where is best to find them, and do you have any tips on the subject?

I would be really interested to hear them.