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You Are So Wrong About Guest Blogging

January 10, 2012 - Last Modified: February 14, 2013 by Hesham Zebida

About Guest Blogging

Yesterday, we published a blog post about Guest Blogging as an effective way of earning popularity by Pratik Dholakiya, and I share it on our Facebook page, you can find it on this link. Today, I found a comment by Jim Syyap saying  he don’t do guest blogging.

Jim added a link to a blog post explains 5 reasons why he don’t do guest blogging, and why he actually don’t bother!

Jim, I read your post and I wanted to comment on it, but I didn’t because I felt to write a lot, the comment won’t really hold what I want to say, so I wrote this post! I knew your reasons, and I am sorry to say that I don’t agree with you at all, none of your 5 reasons seems to be valid to me, and here is why…

[box type=”note”]This post express my own personal opinion, it explains my point of view, so don’t take it personal, even the title is not meant to attack anyone, really![/box]

1- My voice has to blend in with theirs

This is not really the way it is, I don’t see how someone will force you to blend in your own voice to theirs when guest blogging.

As a Guest Host, I am seeking a new blood, I need someone who can write what I can not write about and think in a different way that I never thought of! This means You as a guest blogger are absolutely free to write with your own voice, your ideas, your words.

I remember once that a few blog readers thought I am open for everyone to guest posting with no firewall, and as a result they saw a lot of crap has been published on the blog, probably they didn’t realize that the idea here was giving  a space to everyone to present their own voice, or actually to find their own voice!

I see you agree with this when you said:

One reason why people will choose to follow your blog is to see the world from a different perspective.

This is actually an important reason why you should guest blog! And, that’s why I think there is a conflict between your reason and opinion.

2- SEO experts claim that guest blogging will benefit my blog

SEO experts claim that guest blogging will benefit my blog because of spill-over traffic.

They don’t claim it, this is a fact my friend!

However, I think the main point of guest blogging is not really about traffic, it’s more about engagement!

But this dosn’t mean guest blogging won’t bring you traffic, in fact I know a lot of bloggers who were unknown before they start to guest blog and get their best content published on other blogs. And, please pay attention to this, you won’t get a lot of traffic by publishing a couple of guest posts, you will need to do a lot of guest posting to achieve this goal.

So let me tell you this, If you want to be a popular blogger, there is no easier way than dedicate one month of your work for guest blogging, writing 20 or 30 quality blog posts then submit them to popular blogs, and watch your dream come true!

But, before you do that, make sure that you actually have something worth on your blog, you don’t want you blog visitor to forget about you for ever from the first visit, you actually want them to love you, and keep visiting back, and turn them into a regular readers!

Are you aware of article marketing? (please watch the video) There are some issues in article marketing, that’s why SEOs thoughts about replacement, which is guess blogging! I am sure that every Guest Host know about this… There are thousands of dollars paid every month for SEOs, marketers, and link builders who convince bloggers to get their posts published in a try to promote their clients.

While dealing with guest bloggers, I personally reject many of those who pretend to be bloggers! I prefer to help out bloggers who actually promoting their own blogs or businesses.

When was the last time you clicked on a guest blogger’s bio after reading their article?

Ok, I can answer that with another question, what makes someone check your bio?

You see, I do a lot of work here on the blog trying to enhance the way guest bloggers are presented. But, this responsibility is a share between me and the author! Authors has to first of all write a good post, and secondly… Engage!

I mean how you expect that someone will check an author Bio if the post is full of crap!

Without good content and engagement, how come you expect someone to look into your Bio and check who you are?!

And, guess what?

There are a lot of other guest posting hidden benefits that you probably haven’t notice!

Most of these are here on FamousBloggers.net, so not every blog really cares for this, and that’s why they don’t succeed on attracting more bloggers to write for them, but I do!

  1. You are allowed to add a few links into the post buddy as long as it’s relevant to the topic and not forced in the content, these are good for SEO!
  2. The other thing is you got your Bio where you can have more links, even use your best keywords!
  3. For every comment you add on the blog, you can get two other backlinks to your blog and recent posts of yours.
  4. There is the author archive page which has a list of your posts, and also extra backlinks straight to your blog.
  5. Also, there is a Great Pens widget on sidebar which gives another backlink to every author here!
  6. Your post will be shared 10s of times on social media sites and networks.
  7. It will be submitted to social bookmarking sites.
  8. You will have a chance to get even more shares and links to your blog, and we will even recommend you to our readers for a very long time!

So, if the visitos missed your post links, they won’t miss your Bio links, engagement in the comments, or the Great Pens widget links!

You know? All these can lead to traffic with time, especially if posts are ranked high in search engines, which is the case for many of the posts on FamousBloggers.net

3- Blogging for someone else, adding value to their brands

Blogging for someone else, you are adding to their brand value with very little return to yours.

“I wrote for so-and-so” other writers will claim. They think that by writing for a famous brand, that popularity will somehow rub off on theirs.

It doesn’t work that way. It is still someone else’s brand they are promoting. I would rather be patient planting seeds on my own garden, thank you.

This sounds old way of thinking, I mean why you spend time on social media adding stuff and commenting here and there?

What could be better, a valuable comment on a Facebook post, or blog post?

I know this looks off topic, but it’s not!

To prove my point, let’s think about it, when you add a valuable comment on social media, it will disappear with time, it will be so hard to find. But, a comment on a blog post is more appreciated by the blog owner, that’s why it will be there all the time for people to read it and even interact with it. The same thing goes to guest blogging, I mean why we limit the way we think about things, it’s so clear that guest blogging can drive traffic in the long term, you know why?

Simply because when you choose a blog to guest blog for, you want to make sure that blog has more authority than yours, which means your ability to rank your blog post is higher than if you publish it on your own blog, or then you shouldn’t be interesting on doing it on the first place!

Ok, let’s think in a different way… The other side’s opinion!

Actually, I don’t think that any guest blogger can add a big value to an already established blog with huge authority!

I think that I should charge guest authors for the value they get by publishing their posts on my blog!

4- You don’t need to Write for Others if you have a well established Brand!

Once you get what building a brand is all about, you will NEVER write for someone else for the rest of your life.

Allow me to tell you about Danny Iny, he did what I am talking about above (I actually learn from him), and I have no doubt that Danny was having more authority and popularity than me, even before publishing his book, the Engagement from Scratch.

So, why Danny guest blog?

Danny did a fantastic engagement with other bloggers to actually write the book, then he did its marketing via guest blogging, he did 10s of blog posts for other blogs, that’s how he succeeded (in my opinion)!

Here are other people’s that I see doing same thing, and I see they are super successful:

  • Leo Widrich , co-founder of BufferApp.com
  • Tammy Kahn Fennell , co-founder of MarketMeSuite.com
  • Gregory Ciotti , founder of SparringMind.com

P.S. See how those people get extra promotion and mentions?! That’s what you will get when you write for other blogs!

5- If I am good enough to write for someone else, why should I?

If I am good enough to write for someone else, why should I?

I think you should know the answer by now!

Finally,

Just like you! I share my opinion, and I know that anyone can live without guest blogging, but the only issue is that you will be missing a lot of good things!

I admit it, I am guilty not to guest blog on other blogs more often, I hope this post will remind me, I also hope this will change at least 10% of what You think of guest posting, or then…

You go plant your seeds, while I enjoy my plate that is full of fruits!

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{ 77 Responses }

  1. Brady Clark says:
    I love guest blogging! Not just because I can put up a good quality backlinks but I learn a lot from the posts. Especially that I am new to blogging I get a lot of tips and more of inspiration from the experts. And yes there can be highs and lows with guest blogging although just think of the positive ones and how both the reader/guest blogger and the owner of the blog benefit from it.
  2. Deborah Anderson says:
    Hesham, Love that you brought out the social engagement part of this. Your approach is very community-oriented and I subscribe to that! -Deborah
  3. Silly Mummy says:
    I have found guest blogging really good for my blog, esp. for putting my name out there. I've chosen well so far. I got on a site that sent me 500 hits in 2 hours! I think a newbie blogger should take as many invites to guest post as possible but for quality sites.
  4. Ed Parton says:
    Ha! I agree with you 200% ! Being elitist serves only oneself. One should be humble enough to respect the "little" people. I may never make any money posting on my blog, but I sure do love doing it. If I can spread the post / love around, that alone would make me happy.
    • Tony says:
      I love the way you put it. Since I was once a little blogger (maybe I'm still one outside my little circle) I need to always remember to respect the little bloggers. Pride get's one nowhere. Even if I won't publish a guest-post, I still take time to respond to the author and commend him for visiting my blog and taking interest in my work. A little politeness does much good to everyone. Cheers.
  5. Allie says:
    Hesham, I just have to say one thing: I bought Danny Iny's book because of his efforts in guest blogging. I saw him everywhere! For his efforts and his writing skills, I thought I would buy his book. I even wrote a post about how he inspired me. AND he commented there to. I know that is not a GP but he is a hell of a guy, blogger, and marketer. Guest posting works. ~Allie
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Allie, I agree, the engagement from scratch book is really inspiring, and tech us a big lesson! Thanks for stopping by my post.
  6. Larry Lourcey says:
    Great post Hesham. It isn't that the guy's points were all wrong - he just wasn't looking at the big picture. @larryphoto
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Larry, I don't really mean anything personal, I am thankful to him for the inspiration!
  7. Ileane says:
    Hi Hesham, sometimes when I see posts like this, I wonder if the person really feels this way or if they just want to write a controversial post to get some traffic on their blog. Either way in this case I'm glad you addressed the topic because I would like to add my two cents. I know that most of my guest authors are getting traffic from my blog (for example see the comment from Mitz). Even the bloggers that I interviewed get traffic from the interview posts. Let me say this, everyone has a right to their own view and outlook on things but a smart person will at least test things for themselves to see what works best. It's fine for us to share our opinions, but in order for others to find value it's wise to listen to those who speak from experience. For example, what if I was giving advice about the best way to stay happily married. Well that would be foolish of me because I've never even been married. Now if you want to know how to use Twitter - I'm your girl :)
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Haha.. Marriage is good, Twitter is good... Testing out things out is great :) P.S. Heading to your recent post, looks interesting to me!
    • Allie says:
      Illeane, How to stay happily married? I can answer that one. Wife is always right. LOL. Just kidding. Compromise is the way to a happy marriage. You are right. We all have a right to our own opinions. But you should at least test your theories before you write conclusions. ~Allie
  8. Jian says:
    Guest blogging has its highs and lows but I think for the most part, it brings benefits to bloggers. Not only that guest bloggers lend new perspective but guest blogging also enables bloggers to communicate and establish camaraderie. Talking from experience because I used to guest blog for different design blogs.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Design blogs are good, I think I should do this some time!
  9. Derek Morton says:
    Wow, that guy is a tool. I absolutely love to guest blog. I wish I had time to do it more often. It is by far one of the best things that I've done to help expand my reach. While the links are cool, and have helped my SEO. I've been more impressed with the opportunity that it gives me to reach a different audience and get their feedback to help improve my messaging. Thanks for writing this post as a response.
  10. Gwyneth Hanssen says:
    I do believe that guest blogging is an excellent way of branding yourself. Having your name seen all over the web is a great way to "expose" it and blogs are great tools for exposing your name.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Gwyneth, thanks for sharing your opinion.
  11. mitz says:
    I have based an entire website on getting traffic from guest posting. I have many websites that have taken years to build up to earn income and the one built with guest posting is going to kill them all.. When people say it does not work or that there are cons to guest posting they are simply not doing it right! Every time I guest post I get sales.. What could be wrong with that? :)
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Haha... I have no doubt about that Mitz, it's hard to compete with guest blogging traffic especially in the long term! Exactly, so good to be true for some people :)
  12. Daniel Milstein says:
    That is true,Hesham. As an author and business man, I can relate to how you said, "I don’t see how someone will force you to blend in your own voice to theirs when guest blogging". I hope more people discover your blog because you really know what you're talking about. Can't wait to read more from you!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Daniel , Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate it.
  13. Jules Webb says:
    Great job Hesham! You articulated your points very well, and I agree that guest blogging can be a positive thing for both the site and the guest.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Julie, congratulations for the new blog, looks great! Thanks for stopping by, maybe we will have a new guest blogger some time soon :)
      • Jules Webb says:
        Thanks Hesham, and thanks for the invite. I think I might want to gain some writing experience before I blog for someone else, but I sure do appreciate the vote of confidence! ;-)
  14. Irene Enriquez says:
    I love how each reason is completely addressed and rebuked. I agree that guest blogging is more about engagement and establishing a connection with other bloggers. I really want to do guest blogging, but I feel like I'm not confident enough to do it. But with the reasons presented in this post, guest blogging is surely worth the effort.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Irene , As I mentioned in my post, you need to have some good content on your blog before you actually think of doing guest blogging, however you can do it anytime, but with NO guarantee you achieve your goals! Guest blogging is the most easiest thing to do if you have something to say! P.S. You are welcome to write your first guest post on FamousBloggers.net, and don't worry, we can help you and make things easier for you, you just need make the decision, and write something that could benefit others! Thanks for stopping by!
      • Irene Enriquez says:
        That's what I'm currently working on. :) I'm dedicating t his month in creating helpful content for my target readers. Thank you so much for the encouragement to do a guest post. I'll surely consider that once I'm confident I have awesome content in my blog.hehe Thanks for taking the time to reply!
  15. Dan Keller says:
    Wow, I guess you did have a lot to say. I can feel the conviction and passion come through. I definitely agree with your points, guest blogging is a win -win all the way around. I am very thankful for the numerous guest bloggers that have contributed to my blogs over the years. I only wish I had the time to do more guest blogging. When I first started out I guest blogged on several blogs and it did help to establish my blog. If/when I come out with a product, I will make sure that I find time to guest blog as I believe it is an extremely useful marketing tactic.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Dan, I think that when you come out with a product, you probably want to include guest blogging in your plan as one of your marketing tools! And, let's be honest, when you launch your product, maybe you can ask your friends and fellow bloggers to help you out and write about it to spread the word, but not all of them will respond due to the busy life style! From the other side... Many of them would actually love to get a guest post by you, this makes it easy for others to accept you promoting your stuff on their blogs, that's a valid win win! Good luck!
  16. abhiz says:
    I'm totally agreed. When i was in the first blogging time always thinking guest blogging is one of the waste one. But some bloggers like famousbloggers earning first spot in Google one of their guest posts!! OMG its really helpful. Now i have only pr1, i'm working to increasing that more to attracting guests.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      I see you've got the point, guest blogging can help you get better ranking, I assume you understand that difference between PageRank and Ranking!
  17. Melinda says:
    You make a lot of fantastic points! In my opinion the most important reason of all is: You are in front of new people...a new audience that might not know about you. It is like being a book author going out to visit stores for book signings or speaking engagements...it is exposure to people that you may not come into contact with in any other way.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Melinda, That's exactly what I am trying to say! I still remember your post "Excuse me, Are you in the Right Class?", just so that you know, I link to that post a lot while writing on the blog, simply because it has value, and it's a really nice post! This probably explains why your post has a PR3 :)
  18. Mary says:
    There is also that you can guest blog as part as a strategy, such as launching your blog or promoting a book or a product. It can be a timely event, that you don't do often but helps gather a larger audience.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      So true, and I think most people don't get it yet!
  19. Doug Gene says:
    Thanks, Hesham. I'd been skeptical myself, on putting together some blog posts. This cleared a few things up though.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Great, thanks!
  20. doug_eike says:
    No one can write 20 to 30 quality articles in a month! A few bloggers are able to do that in a year. If getting a good result from guest posting requires writing and guest-publishing 20 to 30 quality articles, then the result will be a long time coming. For me, the pros and cons of guest blogging are difficult to resolve. My conclusion, so far, is that my time is better spent developing the content of my own blog. You've mentioned that, as well, and I agree. Visitors who connect through a guest-blog post must see something worthwhile, or they will not return. That means, in my view, that most bloggers would be better off writing their own content until they have a significant body of work that will keep visitors interested and entertained. Ironically, once they reach that point, they may not need to guest blog at all. Thanks for raising some interesting points and issues!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Doug, Why not? A dedicated person will do it! I know people who are actually doing it, and they have the ability to write a quality blog post every day or two! Maybe I can not do it myself, but they can! It think this has something to do with their abilities and skills! I appreciate your input.
  21. Dave Lucas says:
    On his blog, Jim wrote: "When was the last time you clicked on a guest blogger's bio after reading their article?" .....my answer: I can't recall ever having done so...
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Bio links is probably best used for SEO! I admit that not all people click on Bio links, I see this in my blog stats, and still the links within content is the best, but many people don't place links on the right place, this explains the fail in bringing traffic from some guest posts!
  22. Robert says:
    I'm going to agree with you here Hesham, guest blogging can never be a bad thing. It's bound to do more good than bad, in fact it can't really do any bad. I have a feeling that the article Jim is talking about was written to cause a bit of a stir, and create a bit of noise about it, well it looks like it worked haha!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Geust blogging turns to a bad thing only when content is bad! It's a quality thing! I thought the same as well, but some how it look like he is convinced! And for some reason, he didn't reply to any of the comments on that post! I was thinking the same before I wrote this post, what if we published his post here on FamousBloggers? What kind of interaction and reaction he would get? Interesting!
  23. Vernon says:
    I think that its a matter of choice if you seems that you earn more profit in guest blogging than the other way around. You have different state of earning with other people. You can't compare which or which is more productive. But in my part I do agree about guest blogging isn’t always about traffic generation but building the relationship in the community.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Well.. that's could be the thing, everyone sees it from a different angle!
  24. Jamie Northrup says:
    I'm not a big fan of guest blogging, but I do it anyways because there are so many advantages if it's done right. It's like when musicians cross into another genre to feature on a song, they are trying to gain new fans that may not know of them because they aren't necessarily interested in their music genre.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Haha.. Glad to know that you have the time to do it! Well... speaking about musicians and bands, they has to travel across country and allover the world, they can not stay in their own town dreaming that people will come to them! Well.. many of them are more popular now, thanks to the internet and Youtube, and of course people who blog about them :)
  25. Rory says:
    This is one seriously comprehensive rebuke! It's good to see lively discussion being created and enjoyed online, not only that but this is some excellent education. Until now I hadn't understood the full value of guest blogging. The hard fact of the matter it seems is, guest blogging allows you to get your thoughts/opinions/tips/tricks/content on other sites that may (or may not) have more visitors/better page rank etc. It also allows you a strong follow back link with your chosen anchor text on a page full of relevant information. Also it's great for networking and making friends, which is always good in business!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      You know Rory, everyday I say to myself "Today is different! People will understand!", but then I get disappointed! Have you done any guest posts recently?
      • Rory says:
        Ah at the end of the day there will always be some people better informed than others. It's a noble man who has the infinite patience to keep his brothers educated :). Actually I only started online publishing a few months ago, as you can probably tell i'm working on some i-gaming project at the moment. My personal blog http://www.friendlyrory.com was more of an experiment than anything else, and it doesn't really give it's readers anything in particular of any value. Although having been reading more and more blogs in the name of link building I have been tempted to start updating my personal blog again :).
        • Hesham Zebida says:
          I see, this happened to me when I first started blogging, then I realized how important it is to maintain my personal blog, haven't done any good with that yet, so thanks for the reminder. Good luck!
  26. James says:
    I wrote a guest post of DiTesco some time ago that links back to one of my websites. By prompting me to add more angles to my article he gave me a lot of food for thought in guest posting work I've done since then. It was a great learning experience so if Jim Syyap doesn't want to guest post it's his loss.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi James, this is great, DiTesco has a fantastic blog! Thanks for stopping by.
  27. Anne says:
    As with Most things, it's a question of balance. Some guest blogging, high quality and not SEO spam, should be win-win for both parties.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Anne, long time :) Thanks for giving your opinion, much appreciated!
  28. Dave Lucas says:
    So, now we have two sides to the story! My take is, that guest-blogging can be rewarding and beneficial to both the host blog and the guest-blogger. Every blogger should consider his or her needs when it comes to submitting (or accepting) guest articles. There are valid points for both sides raised in your article, Hesham. Luckily for all, we bloggers have the freedom to make whatever decisions we think are best for our weblogs. Bottom line: if you DON'T think guest blogging is a good idea, don't participate! Blog On!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      So true Dave, the freedom of blogging, it feels good :)
  29. James Greg says:
    I totally agree with this post. Guest blogging has great benefits and this is also a form of trade. You give something or spend to acquire your goal (traffic). The main purpose is not just to attract traffic but also "ENGAGE" them in your blog and that is the real success. I guess in the early stages while learning to blog Jim had been mislead by some wrong experts and it made his mind thinking it was worthless.
  30. DiTesco says:
    OK Hesham, it is time for you to guest post on my blog and write "killer" stuff like this one, or else, lol.. Oh boy, I really don't want to make this any longer as I totally relate on everything you said about guest posting. The main message that really needs to "suck in" peoples minds is that guest blogging, when done properly, is the single most powerful way for just about anything. It is a great way to build exposure, tap in to the guest host's audience, and... well everything else you said. Obviously, just like anything else, there could be times that guests blogging is not appropriate and as you mentioned, before going around crazy guest blogging all over the place, that you actually a good blog with useful stuff to back you up. Excellent views my friend. That is why you are with your plate full of fruits, lol
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Haha.. Soon my friend! You know.. I always remember your post "Guest Post and How to Optimize And Promote It", something I would love to see every blogger doing! No one knows the taste of guest blogging until they have some :)
  31. Bethany says:
    Hi Hasham In point number 2 you mention how guest blogging is more effective than article marketing due to issues with article marketing. I've got to agree, although guest blogging may take more effort, the results can be far superior when compared with article marketing alone.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Yes, guest blogging takes more effort as you really need to write unique content, and come up with interesting stuff to get the attention you are looking for, or then it's a waste of time!
  32. Andrew says:
    Re: Guest blogging. Two words: Do It Andrew P.S. And submit your best content to be published as a guest post on a higher profile blog.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Thanks for your input Andrew, you always go straight to the point!
      • Andrew says:
        Well...to be honest there is far too much 'fluff' around on the internet. In most cases, 50% of every blog post is just not worth reading...it's just padded out to be longer. I say...get to the point! Andrew
  33. Adeline says:
    so true, guest blogging isn't always about traffic generation but it's also a way get notice online and somehow an effective step to start build a good relationship with the community.
  34. Wong Chendong aka The Bad Blogger says:
    First off, reason number 1, if I wanted to guest post on Basic Blog Tips blog, should I blend in to write like a women? This makes me laugh. Reason number 2, if I wrote a guest post title "Guest Blogging Had Destroy My Online Success!" on Famous Bloggers blog, wouldn't anyone want to know who the hell I am? This makes me laugh out loud. Reason number 3, when I read this, I roll over the floor laughing (joking) I mean if that's building other people's brand, then why the hell so many authority websites had the word "feature on so-and-so" website. OMG... my jaws are dropping!!! Reason number 4, Hesham I think the meaning of his reason number 4 "Once you get what building a brand is all about" means "when you got the knowledge and meaning of branding is all about"... seriously, I'm not sure if I'm right, but that's what I think when I read it. But again, come on... does he even know what is branding? LOL... His blog got no freaking logo... Reason number 5, If I am good enough to write for someone else, I mean why shouldn't you? I mean I know I'm good enough to write great post for this blog, and I did write for this blog, and what I get, I get to know the owner of this blog and in many many ways I really cannot explain here because it will be too long to write, I just had to say, without him, my blog might not be what it is right now, and I'm serious, I mean where can you get this sort of help? Well... two words - GUEST BLOGGING !
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Dude, that's a strong one :) no comment!
  35. Abhi Balani says:
    There was a, like war on my blog for doing guest post and not doing it, by guest bloggers. but I think the winner were those, saying guest posting is good.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      mmm.. I think this is the only War one should support :)
  36. Karla says:
    What a great retort! I'm still baffled why anyone would speak ill against guest blogging when there are so many positive benefits to reap from it.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Thanks Karla , I hope people understand what they are missing and be fixable enough to accept the idea! I appreciate you stop by the blog!
  37. Tom says:
    Very interesting rebuttal. Though I don't quite agree with guest blogging as a substitute for article marketing, I admit that it is a great way to get valuable back links to your site and establishing a name for yourself. If you are trying to make a name in the world of blogging, guest blogging is one of your best options. However, as you said, it is important that you build your blog first into wealth of information so that readers will keep coming back to your site. Otherwise, guest blogging is pointless.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Tom, the good about blogging is that we don't really have to agree with everything! It just doesn't make sense! Every one has his own ways! But, we should try to explains our views, maybe it will help someone to change their minds! Thanks a lot for stopping by!
  38. Tushar says:
    i liked the idea of the post. And if i admit honestly, till date, i am too confused between the pros and cons of guest blogging. i have written guest post where a single one brought me 100 visits and posts when even 3 did not fetched this much. it is much more than just writing a post and publish it.
    • Wong Chendong aka The Bad Blogger says:
      Hey, Tushar, there are many elements needed to construct a guest post, unique content is one of them, but without a good title and also good reason or question for a reader to read your guest post is another thing you need to consider, if I were you I will take the one post that fetch me 100 visits and analyse it and see why it got me 100 visits while the 3 did not, from there you will be able to know why. Most probably, is the title of the post and the content within.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      I understand that everything in this world has its pros and cons, but we when pros are more than cons, that's a good reason to do it!

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