This guest post is by LJ SimpleProductivityBlog.comserious.
You often see articles about how to be a good guest poster: things you can do to make an impression and your message published. But what about the downside of that? Do you have what it takes to be a good guest post host?
Guest posting is beneficial both to the writer and the Publisher. It builds relationships, strengthened support and generate publicity for the host while giving exposure to the writer. Here are eight things you can do to improve the host of the post of the guest.
Frequently asked questions are good ways to keep yourself from the same questions again. For guest posting, have a FAQ that relates to the questions you are, such as "how long messages need to be?" and "what format should I use?" It also serves things such as your blog topics and the frequency of posting, although this must be clear for those who have done their homework. After a FAQ can save you a lot of extra work answering email, and provides a place to link to in response to General questions.
Even if you don't accept guest posts, your general blog FAQ say this outright. It saves the author a lot of problems.
It does no one any good if you have a guest posting FAQ that nobody can find. The link must be prominent and convey that it's going to be guest posting.
A great way to get your guest posting guidelines is to provide a link to it on every guest post that you publish. A prospective author finds it more quickly if they're looking at a guest post.
The process of submitting a guest post is one where the poster submits an idea or article, and then it goes into a kind of freezing until the blog host accepts or rejects. The article not be submitted elsewhere, and it may go out of relevance.
Part of the FAQ should be a period when you return to your possible guest receives. Even then, you must honor what you say. If your timeframe is five days says, make sure you have respond in five days, even if it's a "I the article, but I'm swamped and the need for more time to look at it." If you find yourself consistently missing your change timeframe specified, something that in the FAQ you can meet.
Respond within a certain time, builds credibility and makes people more likely to send a message; After all, who wants to get a message into a black hole to knowingly send?
An individual e-mail address or form of guest post submissions makes it easy for you to keep track of what comes in. It also gives the author of a feeling that his post will not be lost in other email. This information can be included as part of the FAQ.
We all strive to improve what we do. But without external feedback, it is very difficult to find out what we are doing right and wrong.
Who doesn't like to have praised their work? If there is something that your attention in the article was caught, telling the author. This form of community building will you just allies and readers.
On the other hand, if you are rejecting the post, some basic feedback why. If the entry does not meet the criteria in your FAQ, let the author know (along with a link to the FAQ). Or if the post too much editing on your part would require, the author must know as well. This type of feedback will help them write better posts in the future, should they choose to use information.
Sometimes it works not a post on your blog because of the timing or any other factor that has nothing to do with the article itself. In that case, ask the author to be flexible. I had a recent submission where the author did everything right — but the article was about the same topic as an appropriate way out of the following week to go. I asked him if he would like to delay publication in connection with the timing, and he agreed. A possible rejection into a win-win.
Negotiate with the author can not only build relationships, but also a reputation for honesty.
It is your blog, after all, and you have the last word on the content. If your blog is about widgets, and someone sends a post on elephants, not the quality of your content in danger by publishing them. Also, feel free to reject messages that do not make the cut, even it they come from someone you know.
With creative work read by others can feel like having your skin removed. Remember that the person on the other side of the email is a person with feelings. So friendly as you can.
Have you thought about what it takes to be a great guest post host? Share below.
LJ seriously is a computer programmer by day, geek productivity of all time. Using the principles of productivity and simplicity SimpleProductivityBlog.comon, she helps people get through the things that they do so they can get on the things that they want to do. They can also be found Twitter and on Facebook. Remember, a productive life don't have to be complicated.
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