Why Do You Guest Post on Specific Blogs?

This is a guest post by Ryan Biddulph. He shares smart blogging tips at Blogging From Paradise.

I prepared to write a guest post to publish on another blog a few moments ago.

However, the blogger seems to have written off the blog. I write and publish one guest post for the blogger infrequently. But the blogger who owns the blog:

never engages on social media
never checks in to scan comments
never seems to do anything related to the blog

I still happily publish the odd guest post for the blogger and their community, but if they care little about the blog, I will guest blog infrequently for the community.

Before typing one word for the blogger, I logged out of that blog, logged in to Cori’s blog, and wrote this guest post. She tirelessly promotes my work. Cori engages me on Twitter. She also promotes one eBook of mine at the end of every guest post I submit. Why in the heck would I NOT guest blog for Cori?

Joy Healey displays the same appreciative, engaging perspective any time I guest post on her blog. She even drops the guest post links into a group who promotes each post freely on Twitter.

Cori and Joy are guest blogging priorities because each warm blogger engages me and works with me for us to spread the word.

Sazzadul Bari has tirelessly engaged me for the years I have guest-posted on his blog. I happily wrote and published 281 guest posts on Blog CD.

I have written and published 48 guest posts on Blogging Front because Apurva Vishwakarma engages me freely and promotes each blog post.

Sazzadul and Apurva appreciate me! I appreciate them! I freely help active bloggers who engage me, for all of us to succeed.

I go to where I am loved. In simple terms; guest blogging for live, active, engaging bloggers is the easiest way to co-create success for everyone involved. But guest blogging for bloggers asleep at the cyber wheel wastes your time. Guest blogging for bloggers who largely write off their blogs seems silly. Why should you care about their blog if they do not care about their blog?

I happily pick up the blogging slack to publish a high volume of genuinely helpful content for bloggers who promote the content and engage me across social channels. I love lending a helping blogging hand for folks who want to succeed.

But if I reach the point where readers believe I am the blogger who owns the domain, I simply know; it may be time to move on because guest blogging works best as a joint venture and quite poorly as a solo venture.

Where do you guest blog? Why do you guest blog on specific blogs?

I once stopped guest blogging for a 2 million-member community because fundamental differences goaded me to part ways. I saw things differently than their editors. But I also suspected that the site owners slowly but steadily cared less and less about the blog.

Observing the blog’s Facebook Page along with other onsite clues, including non-existent engagement and questionable ad placement notified me; guest blogging there no longer seemed to be a match for me.

I do promote old guest posts from that blog and from any blog whose owners seem less than active, but I rarely if ever guest post where the owner has little or any interest in the blog.

Guest blogging works best as a team effort between 2 bloggers intent on co-creating success for one another. Two bloggers promoting guest posts for their tribes amplify each other’s success. Guest post for live blogging bodies. Guest post for engaging bloggers who actively work their blogs. Let go all other bloggers.

Even though I appreciate having admin rights on some blogs whose owners see blogging as a purely passive exploit I see the power in people, not in guest blogging for a passive blogger with a lukewarm or non-engaging community.

Guest post for live bodies. Remove the featured image.

Let go of all other guest blogging opportunities.

Make your time count!