First, I must say, “Thank you, Glynis, for the invitation to
post regularly to TWG blog.” Guest blogging is, indeed, something I love to do,
thus, the title of today’s post.
Guest posting … there are conflicting ideas about the wisdom
of inviting others to post on your blog. After all, don’t readers pop by to
read what you, the blog owner, have to say?
That certainly may be true if you are the author of several
books with a following of thousands or tens of thousands. However, many (most)
of us are not at that point.
Plus, some blogs, like this one, are set up with the
intention of having a number of different contributors.
Here are six things I
love about guest posting:
1. I don’t have to come up with a topic. Sometimes my eclectic
interests make it a challenge for me to zero in on my target audience and what
I should write about for my own blog and website.
2. People I wouldn’t reach otherwise read my words—and hopefully,
are encouraged.
3. By writing for others and seeing how they lay out their
site, I get ideas for my own online presence.
4. I am becoming increasingly adept at using sites such as
pixabay[dot]com and picmonkey[dot]com to create graphics to include with my
posts.
5. As is the case for many writers, a looming deadline
serves as a great motivator.
6. As a result of guest posting, I have developed
friendships with those for whom I blog and others.
And six things I love
about inviting others to guest post on my blog:
1. It provides encouragement to other writers who do not
have their own blog.
2. It validates those who question the relevance and worth
of their words.
3. It gives timid writers the opportunity to connect with an
“audience.”
4. It gives these writers the opportunity to encourage my
readers.
5. It gives my readers the opportunity to read something
unique, something with a different voice.
6. When I was blogging regularly, it gave me a break.
So, to my fellow TWG members—and others—who welcome me to
their blogs regularly, “Thank you! The vacuum of cyberspace is anything but
dark and dreary because of you.”
If you have a blog, do
you invite others to guest post? Regularly? Every now and then?
Do you guest post for
others? What do you love about doing so?
