Ann Smarty has built a fantastic network of bloggers, writing guest posts for one another and building connections called My Blog Guest. Designed to help people showcase quality content without having to pay for the privilege. The relationship building is a key aspect of this free service, with bloggers and authors encouraged to focus on the content rather than on disseminating press releases, and an encouragement to participate in social media.
How does this benefit blog owners?
- Free content, often a helpful boost to a busy blogger.
- Boost traffic with a refreshing new ‘voice’.
- Content variety. If you’re a lone blogger, variety can help shake up your writing style.
- Promotion of your blog through social media.
- New connection built with a great writer, who could go on to guest post for you regularly.
- Offering a leg up to others in the blogging community.
How does this benefit writers?
- Showcase your talent on an established platform.
- Expand your reach to a new audience.
- Promote your own blog.
- Participate in the blogging community.
- Couple of links back to your site.
This is a community in the style of Freecycle, Wikipedia and open source software; exemplifying the pay it forward spirit that helped make the internet great. This gift economy principle has helped make My Blog Guest one of the most popular sites in the SEM world, with thousands of adherents and endorsements from SEO linchpins like Rand Fishkin. Give it a try today – you won’t be sorry.
