I’ve just published my first guest post over at Blogging Tips. It is, self-referentially, about guest blogging. In this I follow in the able footsteps of Matt Coddington guest blogging at JohnChow.com.
The Blogging Tips article talks about some things to think about when considering guest blogging:
- You have to find someone who is looking for a guest blogger: If you are good enough (and we all think we are), you may be invited to guest blog - but if you are not well known, you may have to create your own opportunity by asking at a range of blogs. Some blogs (such as this one) invite people to guest blog when there are slots free - otherwise, pick a blog that you would be proud to publish with, and send them an email (include a bit about yourself and reference some of your posts so that they know you are capable of creating quality content). The worst that they can do is say no - and some may say yes.
- Make a cost-benefit decision: you need to balance the time you have available against the benefit of building your readership beyond the boundaries of your own blog.
I am glad I’ve made the effort. Blogging Tips contains a lot of quality content and I am glad to be contributing to it.
UPDATE: my time at Blogging Tips has come to an end. It’s been fun and I look forward to the opportunity to guest-blog again.
i loved your post Andrew. Im sure readers of the blog did too
Thanks Kevin,
it was my pleasure - many more posts planned
Thanks for the opportunity to perform on a larger stage.
Best regards, Andrew