February 23, 2012

How to Make Friends and Land Guest Posts on Popular Blogs

Note: This is a guest post written by Cat Alford from The Budget Blonde.

What is guest blogging anyway?

Guest blogging is when you spend time and effort crafting a well thought out post, but, instead of publishing it on your own blog, you give it to a friend to publish for free (just like I’m doing right now for Joseph).

But why would you do such a preposterous thing? Is it just because you like Joseph and his blog? That may be true, but shouldn’t you be working on your own website? Shouldn’t you spend the time it’s taking to write the post and use it on your own site?

The answer may surprise you because it’s a 100% “no.” [Read more...]