Unfortunately, this is the only time I’ve been properly able to use the computer today. I don’t know what the problem is, but the Internet doesn’t seem to be working very well – pages taking upwards of ten minutes to load, instant messenger screens lagging and some websites just refusing to work (this blog’s Wordpress dashboard being one of them).
Luckily for you guys, this means you’ll get the chance to promote your website should you want to put in a little work.
What am I talking about? Guest posts on this blog.
I’ve always advocated a strong guest post as being one of the best ways to increase exposure for your website and your brand. Why? You’re putting yourself out there in front of a new audience, one that a lot of which has probably never heard of you or your website, and thus you can reap the rewards.
For the next month, I’ll be taking guest posts. I’ll still be posting once a day, but of late I’ve had problems with the Internet as well as things like parties etc to go to, and I’d rather a top class guest post from someone else than half arsed rubbish from myself.
Your guest post will go out to more than 950~ subscribers, will remain on the front page for a few days and if done well, will get you some traffic, subscribers etc.
A few tips:
- Keep your post interesting. Remember, that people will take this one guest post as an example for how you normally write, and if it’s a boring topic – they will not click through. Make sure you don’t have too many grammar or spelling mistakes – a couple are already, but if your post is written in txt spk you’re not going to inspire anyone to check you out.
- Make sure your own site is in order. If the last post on your website was a paid review, you probably don’t want to have a guest post on a big blog sending you traffic.
- Link to your RSS feed, or better yet setup a page telling people WHY they should subscribe to your blog. Nothing better than preselling visitors on what you can offer them 
Anyways, you can post about…
- Entrepreneurship
- Blogging
- Making Money
- Internet Marketing
- Webmaster Experiences
Anything that you feel will be interesting for readers of this blog. I will look through posts before they go live of course, and if it is rubbish / nothing more than a sales pitch / has bad grammar / spelling, it will not go live and even if it did, it would do more harm than good. Y
You’re allowed to link to your site a couple times, no affiliate links unless the post is really top notch stuff. To get started, send me an email. I’d prefer if it was created in HTML, but even if it isn’t no worries.
The site flipping competition will go live (with the rules published first) later this week.
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September 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I am excited to guest post! I might do so a few times this month, I wish people would guest post on my site all month.
When will you announce your site updates?
Nathaniel’s last blog post..Flamingo Review Winner 2
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September 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I could submit another guest post if it’s ok for you.
I’m currently having some problems with Paypal and I should be able to tell you tomorrow if I can join in the site flipping contest. I hope I can as I got a nice idea for it.
BlackhatWay’s last blog post..Flipping Websites: You Need Something Unique!
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September 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Looks like I am not the only one getting hit by RSS dropoff. Sorry to see you are under 1k again. I will try to find time to submit one to you.
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I’ll think about it, don’t know if i can come up with some good english post at the moment. Definitely a good chance for someone to get some publicity.
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Keep an eye out for me! I might submit one very soon.
Sly from SlyVisions dot Com’s last blog post..Comment King Of August
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September 1st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I might be intrested in this. I’ll see out tomorrow if I have time, and e-mail an article.
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September 1st, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Guest posting is always interesting for me.
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September 1st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Looking forward to guest posting.
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I have a few really good ideas for some guest posts for you – I will email you to them within the next few days
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I may just take you up on this one Jason, we’ll see how busy I am.
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Awesome,
I am looking for a good opportunity to guest post and I have some great ideas. I will drop you a line some time in the next 24 hours with an article or two for your blog
Ryan @ SmarterWealth’s last blog post..Should You Pay For Information Starting Out
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Hopefully we can get some great guest posts like the ones we had during the week you took off. They were some great variety of posts and lead me to some new blogs I like.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
Hmm.. Interesting. I’ve got some ideas.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 am
Is there anything I can offer you to sway the guest post my way?
Ryan @ Smarter Wealth’s last blog post..Should You Pay For Information Starting Out
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 am
Hey Jason,
I saw this guy on SlyVisions who runs a competition where each month he picks one of the top commentors at random (like a raffle each of their comments counts as one ticket…but they have to be in the ‘top commentors’ section) and then he gives them someting free each month.
Like a 125×125 banner, or a site review, or something else.
Every thought about doing this? It would sure make me love your site even more and Im sure others would love it
Ryan @ Smarter Wealth’s last blog post..Should You Pay For Information Starting Out
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Nathaniel (189 comments) Reply:
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:53 am
Jason already said he was doing this in his updates type post. I wonder if he did it for August, that would be nice. I think he will do it for this month, though he should have done it for August too.
Nathaniel’s last blog post..Flamingo Review Winner 2
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Sly from SlyVisions dot Com (21 comments) Reply:
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
Who? What? SlyVisions?
Yeah Jason, it would be nice if you can do something like this too.
Sly from SlyVisions dot Com’s last blog post..The Internet Through An Entrepreneur’s Eyes
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 am
Not trying to spam your comments section Jason
just have another question…will you ever create an archives page?
Ryan @ Smarter Wealth’s last blog post..Should You Pay For Information Starting Out
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Nathaniel (189 comments) Reply:
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 am
Yeah it would be good if a real archives page was made, though you can see all his posts like I have told you before at theuniversitykid.com/sitemap. Just think a minute and you’ll remember every time.
Nathaniel’s last blog post..Flamingo Review Winner 2
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September 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 am
Hmm guest post incoming!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
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September 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
Great idea to generate interest and traffic, I will be submitting a couple of articles for approval and hopefully publication.
Keep up the good work.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I’m putting one together
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Great! I’ll make sure that I send you a guest post. Probably something related to blogging of course.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Static:
It doesn’t have to be blogging related. Maybe some break will do good.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I would be interested in guest posting. I need someone to guest post on my blog too. heh
I might be going back to work for Hostgator here in the next few weeks. So I am going to be busy as hell.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 am
I have never experienced doing Guest post.But I hope I will Do it Soon.
Harish’s last blog post..The Site Flip Project At The University Kid
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Guest post are good at times to create fresher content for readers. It might get boring to the frequent style of writing by the same blogger. Different bloggers will have different opinions and flow of thought even on the same topic. Very effective way of networking between bloggers too
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September 3rd, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I have submitted my post. Thanks
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September 4th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Cool this could be fun! I’m emailing you now.
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September 4th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Inviting guest posts is a very good idea it is interesting not only for your readers but seems to have sparked a lot of interest in would be guest posters as well.
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September 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
This looks like a great contest. If I can get some time in between school and my sites, I think this is a great opportunity. Thanks!
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September 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Dang, left it too late … maybe next time I’ll get my butt in gear a bit quicker.
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September 6th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Inviting guests to post on your blog is a great way to make your blog keep going if you dont have much time..
It will help the guest to gain backlinks and you to gain traffic
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September 11th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I had my friend post make a guest post on my blog and its really cool. He gets his backlinks and we get our traffic.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hey Jason I just wanted to let you know that I emailed you a guest post yesterday. I’m not sure if you are still accepting them or not but if you are then I hope to see it on your blog soon.
If you aren’t going to use it then please reply to the email and let me know so I can use it elsewhere.
Thanks!
~Trent
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