Comments on: Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R or Free Content? http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/ Tips for aspiring probloggers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adrienne http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Adrienne Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:29:05 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-3689 I guess I'm confused. I call this bartering. I also call this "Special Contributor" :-) is there a difference? I have a book author who writes for me for free, it's a win, win, I get great content, and she in returns get to promote her site and book at the bottom of her article. It's fine with me. Bartering is a good way to promote something you just did, like ie. a book or another product. I would do it, if it's a benefit down the line. I guess I’m confused. I call this bartering. I also call this “Special Contributor” :-) is there a difference? I have a book author who writes for me for free, it’s a win, win, I get great content, and she in returns get to promote her site and book at the bottom of her article. It’s fine with me. Bartering is a good way to promote something you just did, like ie. a book or another product. I would do it, if it’s a benefit down the line.

]]> By: More Thoughts On Writing for Free, Guest Blogging, and Marketing Opportunities : Freelance Writing Jobs | The #1 Online Writing Community for Freelancers http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3158 More Thoughts On Writing for Free, Guest Blogging, and Marketing Opportunities : Freelance Writing Jobs | The #1 Online Writing Community for Freelancers Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:13:38 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-3158 [...] couple of months ago I explored guest blogging in a post entitled, Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R. or Free Content? In that post, I didn’t suggest writers NOT write guest blog posts, but rather, they consider [...] [...] couple of months ago I explored guest blogging in a post entitled, Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R. or Free Content? In that post, I didn’t suggest writers NOT write guest blog posts, but rather, they consider [...]

]]> By: Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-3012 Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:32:14 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-3012 You've got to give to get back! It's definitely worth guest blogging at a top blogger's site if it helps build up your traffic. I came here after reading your post on Problogger so there's conclusive proof that it works. I've already signed up for the feed too:) You’ve got to give to get back! It’s definitely worth guest blogging at a top blogger’s site if it helps build up your traffic. I came here after reading your post on Problogger so there’s conclusive proof that it works. I’ve already signed up for the feed too:)

]]> By: Tania Mara http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2950 Tania Mara Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:50:49 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2950 On one hand, I feel that guest blogging doesn't equal writing for free because ultimately you're supposed to get something in return: exposure, backlinks etc. On the other hand, I wonder how fair this exchange is? When you see a famous Internet marketer boasting that he makes thousands of dollars a month from his blog and yet he never pays guest bloggers, is it a good idea to write for him? Maybe it is, if his target audience is prone to hiring freelance writers. Otherwise, this is writing for free indeed: you'll give him free content and won't get anything in return. On one hand, I feel that guest blogging doesn’t equal writing for free because ultimately you’re supposed to get something in return: exposure, backlinks etc. On the other hand, I wonder how fair this exchange is? When you see a famous Internet marketer boasting that he makes thousands of dollars a month from his blog and yet he never pays guest bloggers, is it a good idea to write for him? Maybe it is, if his target audience is prone to hiring freelance writers. Otherwise, this is writing for free indeed: you’ll give him free content and won’t get anything in return.

]]> By: FWJ Contest Ending Soon! | Article Writing Tips http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 FWJ Contest Ending Soon! | Article Writing Tips Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:51:55 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2945 [...] Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R or Free Content? [...] [...] Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R or Free Content? [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 Lisa Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:53:49 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2936 I am new to blogging but have worked incredibly hard at learning all the ins-and-outs and building up my reader base. I've been asked by a few different blogs to write guest posts and am finishing up a post right now. Here's my dilemma. It's really good stuff, and ultimately, I'd like for it to be on my blog as a resource for my readers. Should I shorten it and provide only about half of the content to this other blog and post the other half on my own blog? I was considering posting the entire thing on his blog, providing a link to it on my blog, and then, in several weeks, posting it on my own. Is that tacky? I'm trying to figure out proper guest blogging etiquette so I'm consistent with whoever I write for and whoever writes for me. Can you tell I am a newbie at this?? Lisa thesurvivalmom.com I am new to blogging but have worked incredibly hard at learning all the ins-and-outs and building up my reader base. I’ve been asked by a few different blogs to write guest posts and am finishing up a post right now.

Here’s my dilemma. It’s really good stuff, and ultimately, I’d like for it to be on my blog as a resource for my readers. Should I shorten it and provide only about half of the content to this other blog and post the other half on my own blog? I was considering posting the entire thing on his blog, providing a link to it on my blog, and then, in several weeks, posting it on my own. Is that tacky?

I’m trying to figure out proper guest blogging etiquette so I’m consistent with whoever I write for and whoever writes for me. Can you tell I am a newbie at this??

Lisa
thesurvivalmom.com

]]> By: Free Content: It’s All in the Wording : Freelance Writing Jobs http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 Free Content: It’s All in the Wording : Freelance Writing Jobs Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:19 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2860 [...] I blogged about it a few days ago: Guest Blog Posts: Free Content or Good P.R. In my post I wondered if guest blogging was the new write for exposure scam. After posting, [...] [...] I blogged about it a few days ago: Guest Blog Posts: Free Content or Good P.R. In my post I wondered if guest blogging was the new write for exposure scam. After posting, [...]

]]> By: Jacob http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 Jacob Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:58:37 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2859 I don't consider writing guest blog posts "writing for free" because there is an exchange of goods. I am exchanging my writing to someone in return for exposure. Exposure costs a ton of money. In a PR department, more money is spent on the actual advertising than on the writers who are putting together the advertising, so the way I see it, exposure is the currency of blog posts. I write an article, give it to a blogger who I feel would benefit me (no one can honestly say that they write a guest blog post for the owner of the OTHER blog. They do it for their own gain.) and then I wait as the traffic comes in. And if the blog is a bigger one (which is what makes you want to do it), the traffic always comes in. Now, if you make another ten sales because of that one guest blog post, did you write it for free? I feel like with writing, people are so nickles and dimes about it that they don't realize the benefits of writing something for free in return for something bigger and better. If I write a few free blog posts now for other blogs, but then in the future, my blog is earning a lot of money in part because of the traffic that blog sent me, all the better. I don’t consider writing guest blog posts “writing for free” because there is an exchange of goods. I am exchanging my writing to someone in return for exposure. Exposure costs a ton of money. In a PR department, more money is spent on the actual advertising than on the writers who are putting together the advertising, so the way I see it, exposure is the currency of blog posts.

I write an article, give it to a blogger who I feel would benefit me (no one can honestly say that they write a guest blog post for the owner of the OTHER blog. They do it for their own gain.) and then I wait as the traffic comes in. And if the blog is a bigger one (which is what makes you want to do it), the traffic always comes in. Now, if you make another ten sales because of that one guest blog post, did you write it for free?

I feel like with writing, people are so nickles and dimes about it that they don’t realize the benefits of writing something for free in return for something bigger and better. If I write a few free blog posts now for other blogs, but then in the future, my blog is earning a lot of money in part because of the traffic that blog sent me, all the better.

]]> By: Freelance Writing Jobs for October 12, 2009 : Freelance Writing Jobs for Web and Print http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2858 Freelance Writing Jobs for October 12, 2009 : Freelance Writing Jobs for Web and Print Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:36:22 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2858 [...] Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R. or Free Content? [...] [...] Guest Blog Posts: Good P.R. or Free Content? [...]

]]> By: Pamela Calhoun http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/guest-blog-posts-good-p-r-or-free-content/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Pamela Calhoun Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:11:30 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/networkblogging/?p=1218#comment-2857 I think that it's great myself. I am such a newbe and I'm trying to find my voice so if someone gets the chance to get out there and do it go for it!. I might sound plane and simple but to the point just go for it. Oh and be greatful to the one who gives you a chance to show your stuff. I think that it’s great myself. I am such a newbe and I’m trying to find my voice so if someone gets the chance to get out there and do it go for it!. I might sound plane and simple but to the point just go for it. Oh and be greatful to the one who gives you a chance to show your stuff.

]]>