If you ask 10 people who are up for the guest posting; "What is your main aim for writing a guest post?". I am sure at least 7 people will have free backlinks in their mind. If free backlinks is not set as prime goal; it will at least feature in first three goals. So is guest posting is all about getting free backlinks? If that was so Google must have banned free backlinks building trick long time ago....!
It was never about getting network build up or link shares at any point of time. Though this beautiful concept is mainly used for the same purpose only. I have also seen people who ask you to pay registration fees to join their site as an author; and people do such silly things. Now as that is said; guest posting is not about having free backlinks then what this funda is all about. Let's dig in the subject and see some great benefit this beautiful phenomenon has to offer:
When you do guest posting on site which is well-known for its content; isn't it like an exam for you? What all have you learned about blogging you will pour in 600-1000 words. You will do SEO if you know; sub-heading and keyword placing too. And who will check that exam paper; of course a pro who has Ph.D or same in blogging. Isn't it good if you observe what all changes were done in your blog post? Don't you think it will be an assessment for free of cost. Like my first guest posting on ShoutMeLoud was YouTube Easiest Way To Make Money From Home. I got it checked by Harsh; and I saw so many things which he changed in my content. If I wanted to learn those things on my own that would have taken at least 10-20 hours of reading and a lot of practice. But thanks to my guest post I could see it as a live demo on my work.
To be able to see these changes I recommend you to keep your draft saved in word or notepad. See if any changes were made in the content by site owner. Changes for internal linking and all is okay. Try to focus specially on the SEO part. People pay hundreds of dollars to learn it; you can learn it for free.
Most of the people avoid guest posting because they feel they are inferior writers and they can't write like professional bloggers. Just give it a try; even if you go wrong you can correct it. No site owner will publish sub-standard post on his blog; so he will surely come back to you for corrections. Believe yourself and once you have your post approved and published; that feeling is just too good. And by then you know; you can do it.
The third best advantage of writing a guest post on good sites is your comments are coming from people who are there to ask their doubts on subject; who have read it and they are eager to know it. Sometimes you have to be on your toes as these queries can come from people who are technically sound people. And amateur answers to their queries might not be an easy escape for you. Don't you think this is a great way to enhance your knowledge too. People do comment if they have doubt; when they feel some information is wrongly presented or when they want to add something to what is said (and of course the people who want free backlinks to make a big free baacklink list ). In any of the three circumstances you will gain or share something; this can benefit you in two ways. Firstly you will learn how to answer such comments. And another thing is; you will develop an art of HOW TO COMMENT...!
Through my personal experience I know that all comments which come to you blog is leechers only. And they have nothing else to say but GREAT POST and GOOD WORK.
Via guest posting on nice sites your social portfolio develops. Though this will be a slow process but people will open your Facebook and Twitter profile to see how the fellow looks who wrote this. And this will be the best way to make your professional network too; as social networks might provide a platform to interact with think-a-like people who saw your guest post.
When you do guest posting; mostly you will be using WP platform. You will be presented with a writing area where your favorite blogger writes too. You will be able to see a lot of things which you can't see when you open the site in the browser.
Thanks to my first guest post; I thought of changing my SEO plugin from Yoast to SEOPressor. This is because I saw how it was better when I used it practically on ShoutMeLoud. So I could overcome my comfort zone with Yoast's Plugin.
Ultimately guest post will give you free backlinks. But don't you think what it gives you apart from those backlinks is worth more. So next time when you write a guest post; try to take is as knowledge builder and not free backlinks builder....!
It was never about getting network build up or link shares at any point of time. Though this beautiful concept is mainly used for the same purpose only. I have also seen people who ask you to pay registration fees to join their site as an author; and people do such silly things. Now as that is said; guest posting is not about having free backlinks then what this funda is all about. Let's dig in the subject and see some great benefit this beautiful phenomenon has to offer:
1) Get Your Credit Report From The Pro:
When you do guest posting on site which is well-known for its content; isn't it like an exam for you? What all have you learned about blogging you will pour in 600-1000 words. You will do SEO if you know; sub-heading and keyword placing too. And who will check that exam paper; of course a pro who has Ph.D or same in blogging. Isn't it good if you observe what all changes were done in your blog post? Don't you think it will be an assessment for free of cost. Like my first guest posting on ShoutMeLoud was YouTube Easiest Way To Make Money From Home. I got it checked by Harsh; and I saw so many things which he changed in my content. If I wanted to learn those things on my own that would have taken at least 10-20 hours of reading and a lot of practice. But thanks to my guest post I could see it as a live demo on my work.
To be able to see these changes I recommend you to keep your draft saved in word or notepad. See if any changes were made in the content by site owner. Changes for internal linking and all is okay. Try to focus specially on the SEO part. People pay hundreds of dollars to learn it; you can learn it for free.
2) It Boosts Your Confidence to Perform On Bigger Platform:
Most of the people avoid guest posting because they feel they are inferior writers and they can't write like professional bloggers. Just give it a try; even if you go wrong you can correct it. No site owner will publish sub-standard post on his blog; so he will surely come back to you for corrections. Believe yourself and once you have your post approved and published; that feeling is just too good. And by then you know; you can do it.
3) Comments Come From Minglers and Not Leechers:
The third best advantage of writing a guest post on good sites is your comments are coming from people who are there to ask their doubts on subject; who have read it and they are eager to know it. Sometimes you have to be on your toes as these queries can come from people who are technically sound people. And amateur answers to their queries might not be an easy escape for you. Don't you think this is a great way to enhance your knowledge too. People do comment if they have doubt; when they feel some information is wrongly presented or when they want to add something to what is said (and of course the people who want free backlinks to make a big free baacklink list ). In any of the three circumstances you will gain or share something; this can benefit you in two ways. Firstly you will learn how to answer such comments. And another thing is; you will develop an art of HOW TO COMMENT...!
Through my personal experience I know that all comments which come to you blog is leechers only. And they have nothing else to say but GREAT POST and GOOD WORK.
4) Your Social Presence is Taken Care Of:
Via guest posting on nice sites your social portfolio develops. Though this will be a slow process but people will open your Facebook and Twitter profile to see how the fellow looks who wrote this. And this will be the best way to make your professional network too; as social networks might provide a platform to interact with think-a-like people who saw your guest post.
5) Back Door Entry to The Site:
When you do guest posting; mostly you will be using WP platform. You will be presented with a writing area where your favorite blogger writes too. You will be able to see a lot of things which you can't see when you open the site in the browser.
Thanks to my first guest post; I thought of changing my SEO plugin from Yoast to SEOPressor. This is because I saw how it was better when I used it practically on ShoutMeLoud. So I could overcome my comfort zone with Yoast's Plugin.
6) And You Get Your Free Backlinks Too:
Ultimately guest post will give you free backlinks. But don't you think what it gives you apart from those backlinks is worth more. So next time when you write a guest post; try to take is as knowledge builder and not free backlinks builder....!
