Have you ever done any guest blogging? To be honest, I never have. I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately for two reasons:
- I want to start having guest bloggers on At Home with Heather.
- I want to be a guest blogger on other blogs.
Guest Blogging has some really good benefits for both the guest blogger, and the blog owner.
The guest blogger can look forward to:
- Increase blog traffic by driving traffic back to their blog through deep linking.
- An expanded circle of readers and subscriptions. More often than not, readers will click over to your blog after reading your guest post.
- Further recognition and promotion of your blog, and your brand.
The site owner will benefit from having guest bloggers by:
- Having new and different content providing more value to their readers.
- Getting quality inbound links.
- Increase blog traffic by sharing traffic with the guest blogger.
To be honest, I’ve always shy’d away from guest blogging as it can be a bit intimidating and outside my comfort zone. Probably because I’m a “guest” and it’s not my blog. My “has to be perfect”, “what if they don’t like it” mentality kicks in on me. I’ve done some article marketing in the past, and that has brought me some good traffic. So now it’s time for me to for me to take it that extra step, and search out some blogs that I can be a guest contributor.
I’m going to start off with baby steps by committing to do 1-2 guest blog appearances each month. From that I will track how much traffic it brings to At Home with Heather, as whether or not it helps to get my name, and brand more recognized. So, If you would be interested in having me as a guest blogger on your website or blog, feel free to send me a quick note. I’d be happy to contribute if your blog is in my area of expertise.
Guest Blogger
On the flip side, I have only ever had guest bloggers on my other sites, and in fact that’s only happened a couple of times. I guess you have to advertise and make people aware of what you need, and I have never done that before. Lord knows, I’m always looking for fresh new content for my sites.
If you are interested in becoming a guest blogger on At Home with Heather, check out the new Guest Blogger page for guidelines, and then send me an email with "Guest Post" in the subject line. Send your article along as an attachment, and if it’s content that I think will be valuable to my readers, I would be happy to post it.
I would love to hear your success stories regarding being a guest blogger.
I look forward to working with you, and am sure it will be a win/win for both of us.
