Keeping Your Blog Active While Being A Guest On Blogs

I will be the first to tell you that I really enjoy visiting others on their blogs and websites. There is something about having the opportunity to reach out to a new audience that is very exciting. I suppose that can be said with just about any new venture or experience. However, there is one draw back. If I'm writing guest posts for blogs what am I going to write about on my own blog? When will I have time to post on my blog when I have dates scheduled for other blogs?



These are good questions and we should consider both when thinking about being a guest on multiple blogs. Time is always a factor in anything we do. We have to make daily decisions on how to best use our time. The best advice I can offer is the same advice I received - schedule your blog posts so you can focus on your guest posts. I cannot stress enough how much relief you will find by scheduling your posts. In fact, I scheduled this post you're reading right now. Scheduling posts will save you time and help keep you on track as you visit more and more blogs.



Now that the time constraints have been relieved, to a degree, you can focus on topics. What are you going to write about? You can't simply regurgitate the same information over and over again. That would get insanely boring. No, you have to offer fresh and compelling posts. This could be the first time a reader is exposed to your style so make it count. How do you generate those delicious morsels of information that will have readers follow you to the next blog and your own?




Make a list of ideas. A thought strikes you and you think, "That would be a cool post, I should write something about that." Make a note about the idea unless you plan to write about it that day. Write down your ideas just as you would if you were planning a story for a new novel.
Write what you know and include aspects of your writing but don't go overboard. You don't want to be labeled a master of spam. You also want to avoid writing short, low quality posts and end it with loads of information about your buy links and book covers. Allow your writing to shine from beginning to end.
If you are a guest on a blog, visit the blog and read some of the post. Scroll through and see who is following the blog and what types of comments they are leaving. This will help you determine what catches their interest and why they are reading that blog. With that you can design a guest post that introduces you to the readers and captures their attention.
As with any post, be yourself, be honest, and have fun. The readers will see it, feel it, and appreciate it.


Now I'm off to write some guest posts. Have fun!