Comments on: Maximize Your Guest Posting Efforts

By: Maher Saleh

Maher Saleh — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:23:13 +0000

Guest posting is a great way of promoting your blog and building your audience

By: Steve!

Steve! — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:03:38 +0000

I agree with Tay, don’t have a welcome post, just let the guy post, then add something to the end of the post like, oh, this was a guest post by blah blah!

By: Adam McKerlie

Adam McKerlie — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:38:17 +0000

@Tay
I’d have to agree with Ben, Having a welcome page is the best way to convert visitors. It helps them see that you have some great content and hopefully it’ll keep them on your site longer.

Again agreeing with Ben, if you write more than one guest post a week I wouldn’t clutter up your blog with all of theses posts. Also you should replace the “welcome posts” with new content shortly after (the next day or so).

By: Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:16:48 +0000

Guest posts are a great way to get new visitors to your site. If you get the opportunity to do so, you should give a brief explanation of your own site to make sure the expectations are there for the new readers. Just because you do a guest post in a niche site doesn’t mean that your site has to match it.

By: bmunch

bmunch — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:37:06 +0000

Ha, that’s what happen to me. I wrote a guest piece for Chris Garrett’s Dslrblog.com because there is a opportunity and I am interested in photography. Visitors who came over didn’t stay long at all. Those who came expecting some topics on photography is disappointed.

Choosing your topic for guest blogging is extremely important.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:05:30 +0000

@ Mike, thanks for such insightful commentary…

@ Tay, I’d have to disagree with you here. If you’re writing a guest post on a popular blog, you know you’re going to get an influx of people new to your site. Taking the time to introduce those people to your site properly (giving them a sort of guided tour) will help convert more of those new visitors into subscribers. Now obviously if you write several guest posts a week or you’re writing on a smaller blog a welcome post might not be needed but I don’t think that applies to most bloggers.

By: Tay - Super Blogging

Tay - Super Blogging — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:38:36 +0000

I disagree with having a welcome post, because I think articles on a blog and important and crowding it up with a welcome post for each guest article you’ve written on another blog isn’t a smart choice.

However, I think the thing you SHOULD have is a great new article on the homepage – when you’re expecting any kind of traffic flow (link from a big blog, guest posting, social media spike), there should be a fantastic and well-written post on display so all new visitors realize that you’re continuously putting out good content.

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:17:20 +0000

I say that a lot of these guest posts have no relevance to the blog, but once in a while some are relevant.

-Mike