How To Allow Guest Posting?

14 years ago

Well you can start by advertising your blog for guest blogging on these sites;
MyBlogGuest
GuestBlogIt
Guestr
BlogDash
PostJoint
BloggerLinkUp
BlogSynergy
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14 years ago

Unfortunately I do not understand the purpose of the links that you've...

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Well you can start by advertising your blog for guest blogging on these sites;
MyBlogGuest
GuestBlogIt
Guestr
BlogDash
PostJoint
BloggerLinkUp
BlogSynergy
Copy for Bylines
Guest Blogging Websites
Fizz Niche

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jyoung79 14 years ago

If you are going to allow guest posting, make sure you set strict guidelines or else you will end up with a lot of garbage and your blog will quickly turn into a low quality article directory.

May I suggest:
1. The guest poster has a (real photo) gravatar. People like to associate a face with what they are reading.
2. They email you links to sample articles previously published on other blogs (preferably other guest posts). This will allow you to see the quality of their work.
3. They will respond to comments in a timely manner. You can check their other sample blog posts to see how good they are at responding.
4. Require them to sign up for your mailing list, like your Facebook page, etc. before they can be approved as a guest poster. In my opinion, they should at least be following your blog if they are going to contribute to it.
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moneymakerway

14 years ago

Maybe a good idea is to create a video about
you allowing visitors of your site to make a blog post!
You can upload that video on YouTube and optimize it for
keywords related to guest blogging!
There is google keyword tool which you can use to find out which
keywords are popular for that purpose.
You can also outsource backlinks creation for that video
just to help up your video to be visible on google and youtube
first page.

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winsoar

14 years ago

I'm not sure, I think you have to create user accounts, but maybe there is a plugin for it.

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jjarrett

14 years ago

Make sure you put something on your blog that tells visitors being allowed to guest post. Include the right combination of keywords for it, make a page. Once it gets indexed in the search engines, if there's not too much competition for your keywords, might come up as a place to post guest blog posts. Get the writers to come to you. Better quality I think than My Blog Guest.

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napoleonfirst

14 years ago

If you want to allow or disallow guest posting you just have to allow multiple users to post. I think the option is in the general, reading or writng part of Wordpress as I do not remember right now exactly where it is.

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JohnMcCabe 14 years ago

One piece of advice, though, which I strongly urge you to consider...

Have the posts go to 'Draft' status so you can review them prior to publishing. If you don't, I can pretty much guarantee that you will be buried in garbage posts or worse, sooner rather than later. And if you make the lists of the autoposter gang, you might as well fold your tent - you won't be able to delete the crap as fast as it comes in.

Another thing. If you allow outside content, prominently post guidelines for posting. Include the idea that it's your blog and you get to decide what gets published and what doesn't, and that you aren't interested in spending your life debating the subject. That doesn't mean you can't give feedback, but it covers you for declining to argue over whether every declined post should be published.
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- vickybabe 14 years ago
  
  Thanks guys, did a bit of research and came up with this:
  
  WordPress › Guest Posts « WordPress Plugins
  
  Will see how that works out. Also every post goes into the pending queue which is great for moderation
  
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Rob Whisonant

14 years ago

I allow guest posting on many of my blogs. What I do is setup a Contributor account role for each guest poster. That way they can add their posts but not publish them. I then go in and select what posts to publish and what ones to reject.

Works very well.

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vickybabe 14 years ago

^^^That actually sounds really good. Anyone know how to do this?
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- Rob Whisonant 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by vickybabe
  
  ^^^That actually sounds really good. Anyone know how to do this?
  
  Just go into your Wordpress admin area and click on Users. Then Add User. Assign the new user with the role of Contributor.
  
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  vickybabe 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant
  
  Just go into your Wordpress admin area and click on Users. Then Add User. Assign the new user with the role of Contributor.
  
  Thanks mate, nothing difficult about that
  
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karthick pacific

14 years ago

Actually i am having a bit knowledge of guest posting. May i know how do to guest posting first? Is it similar to commenting technique?

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rajeevsh

14 years ago

There are two ways you could do this:

a) Get the WP-Register plugin, allow people to write posts and submit them. The posts go to draft mode, and you get to review them before they are published. Fairly easy, and you don't have to create any accounts for anyone.

b) Put up a 'Write for us' page on the blog, and give people an e-mail address that they can mail a guest post to. You can write down your guidelines here, and once you have a few people who post a guest blog regularly, you can create an account for them so their work gets published without your review.

The second approach will also get you a few more guest posts as a lot of people search for 'write to us' pages on Google. :-)

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vickybabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by rajeevsh

There are two ways you could do this:

b) Put up a 'Write for us' page on the blog, and give people an e-mail address that they can mail a guest post to. You can write down your guidelines here, and once you have a few people who post a guest blog regularly, you can create an account for them so their work gets published without your review.

The second approach will also get you a few more guest posts as a lot of people search for 'write to us' pages on Google. :-)

I think i like this direction. Seems to me like i would have a lot more control over it

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karthick pacific

14 years ago

Originally Posted by rajeevsh

There are two ways you could do this:

a) Get the WP-Register plugin, allow people to write posts and submit them. The posts go to draft mode, and you get to review them before they are published. Fairly easy, and you don't have to create any accounts for anyone.

b) Put up a 'Write for us' page on the blog, and give people an e-mail address that they can mail a guest post to. You can write down your guidelines here, and once you have a few people who post a guest blog regularly, you can create an account for them so their work gets published without your review.

The second approach will also get you a few more guest posts as a lot of people search for 'write to us' pages on Google. :-)

Thank rajeevsh for your clear explanation. Now i got a correct idea. The thing i need to ask is how we do guest posting to other sites. Is it helpful for SEO process

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vickybabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by karthick pacific

Thank rajeevsh for your clear explanation. Now i got a correct idea. The thing i need to ask is how we do guest posting to other sites. Is it helpful for SEO process

It is extremely helpful for seo and traffic purposes

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raffman999

14 years ago

The best approach would be to advertise your site as available to guest posters/bloggers at the sites listed above, and also create a "write for us" type page on your blog. Guest posters/bloggers use the term "write for us" in quotes when searching for suitable blogs to contact in google so you could get enquiries that way.

I would stay clear of opening your site up to just anyone initially, and try the approach listed above so you retain control of your site and the quality of posts.

Hope this helps.

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kayode10

14 years ago

Originally Posted by vickybabe

I was thinking today that i wouldn't mind allowing guest posting on my wordpress blog.

Only thing is, i have absolutely no idea how to make it happen

All you have to do is to create a page on your blog and give details about what you want as guest post. Once you have this, whenever someone is trying to look for site to make guest post in your niche using search engine, you blog will be one of the results. Also, you can also ask your visitors to make a post on your site too.

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himanshumehta

14 years ago

wp provide inbuilt option for this, under writing settings.

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JohnMcCabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ricky321

Originally Posted by GlenH

It's easy to find site that accept guest posts

Did you read the actual post? The question wasn't 'where can I guest post', it was 'how can I allow guest posts on my blog'. :rolleyes:

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fluffythewondercat

14 years ago

I was thinking today that i wouldn't mind allowing guest posting on my wordpress blog.

If your blog is worth all the time you've put into it so far, may I suggest a different approach?

Don't "allow guest posting."

Rather, seek out people who already write the kind of content you want on your blog.

You see, the problem with the guest-post craze is that everybody thinks they're getting free free free content. But how many are considering if that content is actually optimal for their blog?

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JohnMcCabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat

I was thinking today that i wouldn't mind allowing guest posting on my wordpress blog.

If your blog is worth all the time you've put into it so far, may I suggest a different approach?

Don't "allow guest posting."

Rather, seek out people who already write the kind of content you want on your blog.

You see, the problem with the guest-post craze is that everybody thinks they're getting free free free content. But how many are considering if that content is actually optimal for their blog?

fLufF
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There is great power in this post if you take the time to understand it.

Think of it as the mirror image of article syndication. Imagine yourself with a network of talented writers and subject matter experts. When you need content, you simply send an email to your network of contributors laying out what you are looking for and when you would like it.

Approach it like building an article marketing syndicate, and keep adding talented writers looking for exposure. You won't have to worry about where to find guest posters or whether the posts will be appropriate.

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vickybabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

There is great power in this post if you take the time to understand it.

Think of it as the mirror image of article syndication. Imagine yourself with a network of talented writers and subject matter experts. When you need content, you simply send an email to your network of contributors laying out what you are looking for and when you would like it.

Approach it like building an article marketing syndicate, and keep adding talented writers looking for exposure. You won't have to worry about where to find guest posters or whether the posts will be appropriate.

Awesome post, thank you. I believe, if I was to be able to set this up correctly, with an awesome network of writers it would be extremely powerful. I fully understand what i am being told here and will work hard at making this happen, Thank You Heaps

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vickybabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat

I was thinking today that i wouldn't mind allowing guest posting on my wordpress blog.

If your blog is worth all the time you've put into it so far, may I suggest a different approach?

Don't "allow guest posting."

Rather, seek out people who already write the kind of content you want on your blog.

You see, the problem with the guest-post craze is that everybody thinks they're getting free free free content. But how many are considering if that content is actually optimal for their blog?

fLufF
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I fully agree. I can really see the importance of this post and will take this advice and run with it

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laracoates28

14 years ago

First make a new page with all Guidelines like what guest blogger can include what they can't include, why they will guest blog in your site and other things you might wanted to tell guest writers.

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prettysavvy

14 years ago

Allowing guest posts is easy, getting good writers to submit guest posts isn't. :-)

If you create a contact page for your site (for example with Fast Secure Contact Form plug in) people can contact you and offer you their guest posts.

For actually publishing the posts in my blog, I've created a new user (in the Users section in the WP dashboard) named Guest, and when I get the guest posts (usually in doc or txt or html format) I just create the post myself, rather than give guests access to my admin.

The guest posts should be in your niche and be sure that you don't just let people link to any spammy sites that are not related to your niche at all.

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amine

14 years ago

you can check blog directories most of the blogs will accept you your guest post offer

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RachelLily

14 years ago

You can enable guest post on your blog. They can register and create guest posts which require approval from admin. Below are the steps to do so:
STEP1: Login to your blog with admin user.

STEP2: Go to Settings-->General, then select the check box against
Anyone can register, this will enable the registration on your
site and select Contributor from the drop down list against
the "New user default role", this will make sure that people
who register will have a role of only contributor. Now save
the settings. They cannot do anything else other than posting
article for review.

STEP3: Provide a link on your header menu for Register and Login
Register link:
http://YourSite/wp-login.php?action=register

Login Link:
http://YourSite/wp-login.php

STEP4: That's all, you are done. Now users can register and write
guest posts.

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reneesbertrand

14 years ago

First make a page on your blog and name it like 'Submit a Guest Post'. 'Write for Us'. Than promote it to the guest blogging website where you ask others to submit post to you..

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webtolight

14 years ago

You can create a separate page on your blog that invites your visitors to participate in guest blogging.

Maybe do some guest blogging yourself and get more eyes on your blog which in turn get emails requesting that other guest posters guest post on your own blog.

They are many ways to receive guest posts and am sure many other in this thread shared their ideas and solutions

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erwin78

14 years ago

Hi everyone,

The first thing I would do is to comment
on others people's blogs and get involved

And when you will make friends it is easier

All the best

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mikemeth

14 years ago

Yes join a guestposting network, also you could try and make a fiverr gig some might pay for that if you blog is high PR and high quality

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bossman91stand

14 years ago

I am thinking how i going to make happen and how to do it

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YasirYar

14 years ago

You can add a page devoted to your guest posting submission guidelines. Once done, join communities devoted for guest posting, you'll surely get offers and requests.

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