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A Guest Post A Day

One of the most common methods that bloggers seem to be using these days towards traffic generation is guest posting. Guest posting is considered as an effective method of free advertising and gives the blogger an opportunity to expand into other areas over just their own blogs and be noticed. The question that needs to be asked though, is guest posting really worth it, or is it just another technique that chews up your time, and keeps you blogging away far longer than usual?

Guest posting is all about short and long term:

The only way that guest posting can be analyzed towards whether it is something useful or not; we need to focus on two things. If your intentions are short term or are they long term? To make meaning of what I am saying, we need to look at an example:

When it comes to guest posting, people are often attracted to it because where they are posting is usually far more popular than their own blogs. If the blog offers shared advertising, then the guest blogger may be able to make some money, yet alone build traffic.

In this case, this type of guest posting for money and traffic is just a short term option. All the guest poster is trying to do is make some extra money and bring in extra traffic. It’s a short hand option towards getting new readers, that won’t usually last.

All that is happening is, new readers are formed, they get bored of the content and then the guest poster published again trying to find more readers, a never ending cycle of posting. This is the point when guest posting keep you blogging away, but not for the right reasons.

Blogging away – At the least in a helpful manner:

Effective guest posting is when you seriously nurture what you are doing. This doesn’t just mean blog hopping, visiting one blog, leaving a guest post and then never coming back, this is not an effective use of guest posting and all you are doing is keeping yourself blogging away for no good.

If you seriously want to turn up a notch with your guest posting, then spend the time to write 10 to 15 posts on a blog over a period of 5 to 6 months. Why? Through this, the readers of that blog will really get in touch with you and what you have to say. You’ve just published on a blog that they regularly read for the past 5 months, it’s as though you’re an admin, they will want to visit your blog. This is an effective type of guest posting, building up real connections with readers.

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  1. Ryan says:
    If it takes you 1 hour to write up a guest post it would take 365 hours to write a post a day... essentially you'd spend over 9 days straight writing guest posts or a full month of 8 hour days.... lotta work! If you had a $15 an hour job you could've made almost $5,500 in that time.
    • Peter J says:
      Exactly, and that's the reality of being a blogger. Except blogging, your paying for enjoyment. Sure you might not earn the cash, but at least it isn't such a boring job. :)
      • Demian Farnworth says:
        Your headline gives the impression your strategy is exactly what it says it is [which is not true], so a better approach would've been a twist like "A Sane Alternative to Guest Blogging Everyday." Your headline is clever but confusing. Besides, your headline doesn't give your true strategy the justice it deserves, which is a very healthy and sane and successful strategy.
    • Radu Tyrsina says:
      :) Awesome comment Ryan! Thanks for the comment and the short calculation :)
  2. Aakash says:
    Guest posting is beneficial for both. Let me tell you how - Benefit of blog owner - # Get new content with new concept, hence good for his/her readers. # If you got a guest post than along with that guest post you got their readers as well. # It gives strength and visibility to the blog. People also started to think that if this blog is getting guest post that means this blog gain some attention and notice. Benefit of Guest blogger - # Main benefit is you get exposure. # You can spread your thoughts and hence more visitors will come to your blog. # People will start taking you more professionally because you got guest post under your belt. So in this way this is win win situation for both.
  3. S.Pradeep Kumar [HBB] says:
    I agree with ya, Guest Blogging does what Google doesn't. I planned a lot for writing guest articles, but unfortunately posted them on my blog itself. :D
  4. Ryan says:
    I did about 30 my first year blogging and saw a ton of success from it, but 365 in a year!!! That's like taking on a second job just get all those posts out. It would make your blog pretty popular and I'm sure it would work, but just a lot of time to pump that much quality content out.
  5. Kharim says:
    I wish I could do more guest posting... but that is my goal for 2011, to do more writing and contributing my post to other blogs so that I can build up traffic and also my the brand name of my blog
  6. Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey says:
    Completely agree with you. Guest posting is important and a vital way to market your blog. You need to write effective guest posts to drive people to your website.
  7. RinatisDinoro says:
    I think I figured it out - constant writing on a number of websites gives you the chance to create something like a tribe. Everybody will know it is you!
  8. TJ McDowell says:
    I think you're right about posting in one place to establish credibility. There are a few bloggers on Famous Bloggers who have earned my respect from multiple posts on this blog. Then again, there are several other writers who I have never even visited their blogs and they have quite a few posts here. It's all about quality content that's relevant for the reader.
  9. Lennart Heleander says:
    Hi Peter, Using guest post to successful drive traffic to your website or blog is first at all to post the articles in the right blogs and categories, quality before quantity, answer all comments to the articles, and like you write too; spend the time to write 10 to 15 posts on a blog over a period of 5 to 6 months.
  10. Pritam says:
    Yes, guest posting is something that make your blog more worthy. There are so many advantages of guest blogging. The biggest advantage is that you are being recognized in the bloggers community. You not only get the good traffic but also get the backlinks to rank in Google. Yes, you should try to post 1 guest a day.
  11. The Bad Blogger says:
    Well, there is one blogger that I know that does 300 guest post this year, ah... I forgot his name, but what you said is right, writing a dozen guest post for a particular blog for a certain amount of time, is sure to get a great number of new readers, but of course, the guest post should be something that's valuable and informative.
    • RinatisDinoro says:
      300 posts per year?! Are you kidding me? :D That guy is not only a full-time blogger, but a over-full-time one!
      • The Bad Blogger says:
        I'm not kidding you, just found out his name, his called "Onibalusi Bamidele" from http://www.youngprepro.com/... although I don't really read his stuff much... for some reason, I really doubt his a "prepro" but you can go take a look, that's what he claim... "300" for this year alone...
        • Hesham says:
          I didn't count all his posts, but what I am sure of is Onibalusi actually did a lot of guest posting, and he is very active blogger, he wrote 8 posts for FB only this year. Here is a link to Onibalusi Bamidele author page.
          • RinatisDinoro says:
            I saw his website, will bookmark the guy, he deserves it :)
  12. Tia says:
    Guest posting as a regular contributor in one or two places is good. I decided to do it less and less, because my own blog was suffering and when I was able to post daily or almost daily on my own blog, the traffic was much higher than when I was guest posting often. It all depends on where you decide to guest post. If you can find a site that is complementary but doesn't offer the same exact advice, that's a better choice than if the host blogs share the same audience. Cheers, Tia
    • RinatisDinoro says:
      You are so correct! It is better to guest post on 2-3 websites who have > 10 000 visitors a day than to write 6-7 on 4-6 blogs with around 5000 visits. And, don't you feel bad giving away such a great content to others in exchange for an outbound link?
  13. Nasrul Hanis says:
    You're right! Gust posting is truly an awesome method to build reputation and generate traffic for our site but that doesn't mean that we have to rely on guest posting at all time! It's because a good guest post will attract the readers to visit your site and then what? They will have a bad impression if they find out that you're actually not updating on your site and in that case your guest posting can't give so much help to your site. The best thing is to do is - balance between doing guest post and writing for your own site. And of course keep your site updated is the #1 priority!
  14. Dennis Edell says:
    Just don't get disappointed at how long it may take to get so many posts published by one host. Hopefully, he/she has other guests, possibly many.
  15. Adam says:
    Hi Peter, good point here. If you want to influence people one post is definitely not enough. More articles you publish the bigger chance that you will be noticed by the audience. I think it is good to have couple of favorite blogs to contribute to, focusing on one blog could limit your impact.
  16. Alex says:
    Hi Peter, Great post, practically throwing a guest posting and then never returning back is not going to help you that much, except for the momentary surge in traffic and maybe a couple of new subscribers. But being consistent, returning creating yourself a reputation on that blog and interacting with the guest blog readers is a great way to get more from guest posting. Have a nice day! And waiting for more posts from you!
  17. Daniel Sharkov says:
    Hey Peter, You have made a solid point there! If one really wants to make an impression on others with his writing, then only one guest post is not going to be enough. I've learned this from experience - as of now I haven't guest posted more than once on a single blog and although results are there, they are far from long term. Actually in my opinion if you don't put efforts consistently, there's no way to get a continuous flow of traffic to your blog. Being persistent and doing the things that work repeatedly is the way to go. Good job man! :)
  18. Dan Lew says:
    Hey Peter, Awesome post as always, keep up the great work! Dan
  19. Kevin says:
    You've made some interesting points there. I'm now looking for a blog where I can start guest posting and at the same time a blog that I can come back to over and over again. Consistency is the key, especially if you want to connect and attract new readers to your blog. Good Post!
  20. Akash says:
    I want to say only it that guest posting is the most effective way to grow up for new bloggers. Guest posting may shorten the time of success. Thanks for posting it.
  21. Patricia says:
    Hi Peter You're keeping the Aussie presence up with all the posts you've been doing and now you're on FamousBlogger talking about guest posting. Way to go Peter :-) I've done 2 guest posts so far and really enjoyed the experience. I was asked by both blog owners and was happy to accept. Have a couple more invitations in the pipeline but not done them yet. For me, it was encouraging traffic to the blog owner's site. Introduce my loyal readers to the blog owner and also I would meet their readers too. Didn't worry me that I got more comments than them. Have met some really great people, learning heaps and now visit other blogs. Also, both blog owners have been very generous with their knowledge with areas of expertise that I do not have. Forming great blogging friendships and supporting others in their blogging venture. For me it was still a win-win situation. Patricia Perth Australia
  22. Devesh says:
    Excellent Post Peter. Guest Posting is the best way to build relationship with author of a blog. I've done more then 5 guest posts so far and they are really giving me good results. Thanks for sharing!
  23. James Pruitt says:
    Guest posting is a great way to get traffic, but I do prefer to do a little less. I usually do 2-3/ week so that I have time to engage the readers on that community within the comments for a few days after posting. But I totally agree. My first guest posts were done here, and I really need to come back and do more. I still get 20-30 visitors/ week through the guest posts that I did back in March.
  24. Dana says:
    Yeah, Guest blogging should be continuous so can be effective to get loyal visitor.
  25. Wasim Ismail says:
    Guest blogging is always a good avenue of making your presence known, something that i have just recently started doing.
  26. greg urbano says:
    first - way to go peter, 15yrs old and working the new tech sector of seo ! second, i have been semi sucessfull finding "guest post" photo blogs , here is one my photo should show up on soon! http://www.nomadcourier.com/
  27. Khalid Hosein says:
    Hi Peter - nice article. Have you already found those metrics (10-15 articles over 5-6 months) to work for you already? Also, when you pick blogs to guest post for, do you look at other metrics like their traffic (via services like Alexa, Compete, etc.) ? If so, what are your minimum thresholds to consider it 'worth it'? Thanks! _Khalid
  28. Mike says:
    I think we have the same thinking here, Peter. What you said reminded me about whether we should post at one blog or spread our guest blog posts to 5 or 6 blogs. Each method has its own pros and cons, but like you say, we need to focus on the long-term value than short-term. So, what's this long-term value all about? I think it's contribute the best article for other blog. Sound crazy? Of course not! I think if we contribute the best article, more readers will flow from all traffic corner, so not just the blog owner win, but we will win as well since more readers will read our post. What do you think, Peter?
  29. James Johnston says:
    Peter, I agree with you on this. I found that I get a lot of good traffic from guest posting. At first, I thought it was a good idea to spread my articles in different places. But I realized that by doing this, I couldn't spend very much time on any of those sites. So I stuck my guest posting to one site (Famous Bloggers). I liked it so much and I like how Hesham runs the site, that I had to join his team. Between working on articles for Famous Bloggers and commenting on articles here, Famous Bloggers has become one in the top 5 most referring sites for my site...
  30. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Peter, Excellent advice here. Use guest posting as a means to build a relationship as a blog owner, and the blog's community. Be a follower of the blogs you guest post on. Leave comments. Chat up other readers. Build relationships. Always think long term when writing a guest post for a fellow blogger. Not only will you likely be invited back to guest post, it's just plain good business to build relationships. Thanks for sharing and have a powerful day! RB