How to Guest Blog

guest bloggingWondering what a guest blog is?

In simple terms, a guest blog is when you write a blog post and post it on someone else’s blog.

Doing this has its advantages like increasing traffic and blog promotion.

Personally, the thing I like about guest blogging is that it shows how bloggers nowadays are willing to help each other out. Indeed, no man is an island, even in the blogging world.

Remember the blogs you publish as guest posts have to be unique and not published elsewhere.

Over the last few weeks I’ve had the benefit of having several of my blog posts published on other blogs.

Guest blogging is not an easy task. You have to make the blog post one of your best because this is your chance to promote your blog to another blogger’s audience and thus increase traffic to your site.  But it may not be accepted. The owner of the blog wants to share great advice to their readers, not any old rubbish.

If the blog post is accepted and the readers like your post, hopefully they will be interested enough to visit your site.
I have gathered some links that I know you’ll find really informative and helpful with regards to guest blogging. Feel free to check them out.

How to Guest Blog without Disaster By Chris Garrett
http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-guest-blog-without-disaster/

How to Guest Post to Promote Your Blog By Darren Rowse
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/02/01/how-to-guest-post-to-promote-your-blog/

Guest Blog Your Way to More Readers and Links By Paekiss
http://worldnetblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/guest-blog-your-way-to-more-readers-and-links/

The Art of Blogging: How Does Guest Blogging Work? By Lorelle VanFossen
http://www.blogherald.com/2007/08/06/the-art-of-blogging-how-does-guest-blogging-work/

How Do I Get Others to Guest Blog on my Blog? By Daniel Scocco
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/how-do-i-get-others-to-guest-blog-on-my-blog/

10 SEO Blogs Accepting Guest Posts: Promote Yourself  By Ann Smarty
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-blogs-guest-posts/15194/

5 Reasons to Write Guest Posts  By Misty Belardo
http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/5-reasons-to-write-guest-posts/

Promoting Your Blog By Justilien Gaspard
http://searchenginewatch.com/3633893

Your Opportunity to Guest Blog has Never Been Better By Roderick Ioerger
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/07/your-opportunity-to-guest-blog-has-never-been-better.html

Traffic, subscribers and Backlinks from Guest Posting  By John Cow
http://www.johncow.com/traffic-subscribers-and-traffic-from-guest-posting/

What’s your experience of guest blogging? Share your views in the comments below.

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30 Responses to How to Guest Blog
  1. Wow, A great list of guest blogging related articles. Thanks!

    I have not guest blogged myself yet, but I do accept guest posts on my blog. Maybe I should start to actively seeking places where to write guest posts.

    Andrew, How much traffic have you got out of guest posting? Has the experience been good?
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  2. Thank you for a great post which for me is very appropriate as I have been approached to be a guest blogger for duration of few weeks on a blog for a professional association. From guest blog we can reach to new audience. While it is a good opportunity to get quality link and the best way to promote the blog.

  3. I think guess post is really a great opportunity for you to introduce yourself and your blog. We need to really increase our network to get more opportunity to do guess post. The hard thing is that you give your best content to someone else.

  4. Dana

    My first experience of guest post is being rejected.

  5. No doubt, there are many advantages of writing guest post on others’ blog. If your guest post is accepted by big guy such as Problogger, Daniel Scocco etc, then you will even get more new readers to your blog. Of course, the quality of the post must be high and grammatical error free.

    Andrew, you have a great guest post in my blog earlier, and am waiting for 2nd post. :D

    Have a nice day Andrew!

    Cheers,
    Lee

  6. This is on top of my agenda while my blog move happens, writing up tons of saved drafts for guest posting. :)

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  9. I like guest posting. I have been a ghost writer for blogs, but have done very few guest posts. I will be looking into doing more guest posts and having more guest posts in the future.

  10. My place too! My latest post, linked below, is a call out for guest posts. ;)

    http://www.directsaleswebmarketing.com/send-me-your-best-articles-ill-send-you-my-best-traffic/

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  11. Andrew,
    Thanks for the list! I’ve recently started using guest posting and it’s working well. I will check out the articles you posted.
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  12. Gary Ashton from Nashville lake homes

    I do understand that guest blog is an effective way to drive traffic to your site. However, in my case i’m afraid of being rejected. The feeling of rejection just kills me. I need to overcome this fear first before doing this method. Anyways, thanks for the great post.

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