Comments on: Guest blogging deserves a bit of respect

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:48:05 +0000

This goes back to a comment I just made over on Karen’s most recent submission, “The Stages of a Blogger”.

In that comment I mentioned: “Quality over content, in my opinion. They say content is king but if it is not quality content then you are not going to get return visits. I have recently changed my blog and moved from the low quality PLR/Paid-To-Post type of posts to personal posts to provide better quality and information to my readers and to try to establish a quality base.”

It’s the same thing whether you are posting to a blog for yourself and especially if you are guest blogging on someone’s blog. You want to deliver the highest quality content to ensure someone will go back to the top and see who you are and click to your site.

I can tell you this… If I come to a site that is filled with ads and links I move on qucik. There are way too many websites offering the same thing you are and I can find what I am looking for in a atmosphere I am comfortable with. If your post looks dicey and questionable, like stated above in the post, then I will move on.

Let’s put it this way, if you go to buy a car and the show room smells like urine, the walls are covered in filth and the sales guy is shifty eyed and deceptive are you going to buy a car there or are you going to go down the street to the lot that is a whole lot cleaner, the sales guy had a shower and you feel he is telling you the truth? I am going down the street and I am going to mention the dirty lot while I am there thus spreading bad publicity that may lose them a sale sometime in the future.

Bottom line if you are going to guest blog respect the blog owner but most importantly respect the readers that blog owner has busted their butt to get. If I am reading a blog I am looking for information not your affiliate links, I have plenty of those of my own.
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By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:08:10 +0000

I will certainly check it out thanks!

By: Jessy Troy

Jessy Troy — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:43:40 +0000

Great post with some useful indight. As an active guest blogger, I was very keen on reading it thoroughly.

You should also check out MyBlogGuest.com – the community of guest bloggers. I’ve been member for more than 6 months now and have been amazed by the opportunities it offers so far.
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By: zoopco

zoopco — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:45:14 +0000

Excellent post! I do agree with everything that was written here. Rome was NOT built in a day and I feel sorry for those people who want instant success. There is no such thing. It takes time, patience, and a lot of effort to even start being noticed. I recently just added commentluv to my blog and am anxious to see what results this will yield. I am also worried about many people writing one worded, irrelevant comments – but thats what I have akismet for!
keep up the good work
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By: Jarret

Jarret — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:06:04 +0000

Hey Andy, definitely some great points about guest blogging. As someone who runs a site that accepts a number of guest posts myself, I try to put my best foot forward when I contribute for other blogs. When I first started accepting guest posts the overall quality was quite poor for the most part. Fortunately, it’s improved tremendously. I still use Copyscape to check guest posts which recently caught someone plagiarizing the famous “Dr. Mercola” which was an odd choice given how well-known he is.
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By: FeistyWoman

FeistyWoman — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:16:44 +0000

Just wondering if it’s bad etiquette to inquire about being compensated for guest blogs. Asking not demanding. Especially if they don’t mention it up front. I guess we shouldn’t be too choosy or pushy if we’re out there trying to promote a brand-new blog.

Entertaining and informative article. Totally on point!
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By: FeistyWoman

FeistyWoman — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:13:02 +0000

Wow, I had no idea people actually do the half-a$$ variety guest blog. I guess that want to ensure they’ll never have to guest blog again. No?
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By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:26:37 +0000

Wow thanks for the vote of confidence. Will have to think about that one. Have so many loyal commentluv readers visiting would have to be something extra special.

Patricia Perth Australia
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By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:01:09 +0000

Andy, this was a great post. I recently started exploring the guest blogging avenue myself. I have to say, you can not just read one post on a blog and expect to write something fantastic. You have to really look into the blog owner’s writings, determine their mission and align your content as such.

Thanks for the post!
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By: Madav

Madav — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:18:00 +0000

I think I done lot of mistakes in my six month blogging carrier.Very late to find out those mistakes. will concentrate more on my blog promotion.
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