Comments on: Guest Blogging: Sometimes It’s Best To Just Say No

By: Marie @ MDesign Media

Marie @ MDesign Media — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:23:49 +0000

Overall we’ve had good luck with the guest posts offered. Once in while even though the story/content is interesting, the grammar is bad… It is a little tricky to explain why you have to turn them down.

By: #startups101 PRO Advice Interview with Ann Smarty

#startups101 PRO Advice Interview with Ann Smarty — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:34:45 +0000

[...] to maintain the quality of your blog. That is, create guest posting policy and stick to it. Learn to say “no” to lower-quality submissions. Work with guest bloggers to join forces and promote their articles [...]

By: owenhyde

owenhyde — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:17:58 +0000

Hi,
Here is owen hyde, I’m very interested in guest posting at your sites/ blogs.
I discovered you by your site. I have gone through your site, I was really impressed and wanted to get involved. i am having a unique content for ” Fashion store” to share as a guest post.I am mailing you my few ideas which you might be enjoyed.
My title is ” Maurices is latest fashion and saving money”. This is the destination where they are selling fashionable, traditional wear for everybody at lowest prices with high discounts. They provide various coupons like Discount Coupons , Promo/Promotional Coupons with their codes
I kindly request you to mail me, I can send you my guest post . let me know what you think, I hope all is well.
With thanks and the best regards,
Owen Hyde.

By: @onlinetaxpros

@onlinetaxpros — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:17:25 +0000

Dear Gerald,
Guest posting is indeed gaining popularity, and people doing the posting should have to answer to a few guidelines as well. Examples are asking yourself, "Would I post this on my own blog?","Does this look like shameless promotion?", and "Will anyone else want me to post on their blog after reading this?"

Keeping all this in mind will help you to build a great relationship with your blogging community. Making your posts as good or better than the standards you set for your own blog will go a long way in turning your one-time opportunity into a great way of gaining exposure!

By: Amy Fowler

Amy Fowler — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:34:42 +0000

Some of you are saying that you would feel guilty saying no to a good quality article that just didn't fit your niche.

As someone who writes guest posts a lot: don't!

If you tell the writer you think the article's great and would love to publish it, but it just doesn't fit with your blog, I can't see why they would be offended. I wouldn't be.

You could always then suggest some topics to them that you would be happy to accept a post on if they wanted to do something else…

By: Danko

Danko — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:31:14 +0000

Very good article indeed. I feel it should be about the community as a whole. Karma is such a wonderful thing; it is so awesome to be a team volunteer just knowing you've helped make this world a much better place for all humankind.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:58:14 +0000

Gerald,

You should have posted the guest post about flash web design and done a bit of editing (ie. "How You Know You're Web Designer Doesn't Know SH#$ about SEO")

I love web designers that try to talk SEO with people. The only lingo they really know is title tags, meta keywords, and linking…

Thanks for the post!

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:05:14 +0000

Just try to tell her that your blogs have different styles. A style is something very unique – you can't be offended to hear you have a "different" one.

By: Anushka

Anushka — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:59:19 +0000

Great post! Mine is a fashion blog and I recently had another fashion blogger write me, asking to guest post. As a habit, I decided to check her blog before I replied and I'm so glad I did! Her blog has it all – bad writing, shoddy layout, horrible picture quality and worst of all, terrible taste in clothes!
Nowhere close to the standard I strive for in terms of language, content and picture quality!
She is a sweetie though and I'm worried about how to say no. Any tips? I can't exactly say I'm not doing guest bloggers right now since I am, but only those who are on the same page / level as i am in terms of all the specifics i mentioned above. Help please!

By: Asheesh Mani Jain

Asheesh Mani Jain — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:46:57 +0000

I fully agree with this post. Blogging is a great way to connect but people have now started using it as a tool for indiscriminate link building. Links should be a byproduct of the effort for sharing valuable information and not the sole objective. No person can deny the need and importance for links but using guest posts just to get back links is not ethical and should be discouraged.