I couldn’t have wrote a better article myself talking about the “Don’ts of Guest Blogging” than the one I found on Blog Engage on Sam’s Web Guide.  The article talks about the three essential don’ts of guest blogging which include not using guest bloggers strictly for a backlink, not focusing on A-List bloggers, and not promoting yourself or your content as the primary focus of your guest post.

I highly recommend you read the article above for more details and author views but I wanted to add my own two cents worth before you do.

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When guest blogging you don’t want to try and steal the hosting blogs focus and attention and try to steer that traffic to your own blog, instead you want to compliment that blog and build upon its foundation with your own credit and minor references to your own site in your post.  This serves better in the long run because if you write high quality content you are more likely to get people engaged and follow links or leave comments on your guest article.

I would add a 4th don’t to the list as well:

Don’t ignore people who comment on your guest posts

Make sure that you check your guest posts often, and reply to comments in a timely fashion.  If you ignore the commenters, because you weren’t checking actively or subscribed to your own posts comments you may lose potential readers and audience who would follow you back to your own blog.

I myself can scarcely come up with the time to put a guest post or two per month on blogs where I signed on to contribute too, I try not to be a one time guest poster because this is another way to get lost in the crowd and only get very temporary value from your guest posts.

What are your thoughts on bad guest blogging habits?  What peeves you?

Also, I am always looking for guest bloggers on DragonBlogger.com and if you are interested in writing about SEO, Social Media, Technology, Gadgets or Entertainment just hit me up and I would be happy to accept a guest post from you.

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Dragon Blogger is always looking for guest bloggers and writers who want to expand their audience and possibly reach new people they would otherwise not have met with their own blogs. This blog is all about Technology, Blogging, SEO, Internet and Entertainment so pretty much if you blog about anything you qualify for hosting a guest article here on DragonBlogger.com as long as it is well crafted and it provides value to readers.

When you guest blog on DragonBlogger.com know that your article is hosted on a site with nearly 25,000 pageviews last month and many guest posts have seen noticeable increase in visits to their own sites after writing a guest article on this one.

If you are interested in doing a guest post for dragonblogger.com leave me a comment and I will email you the details. You don’t have to commit to being a routine guest blogger, you can do a single post only and leave your mark or if you want to become a regular I can set you up with a WordPress contributor account.

Contact me with the form below if you want to join DragonBlogger.com as a guest writer:

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DragonBlogger.com is open to guest bloggers who want to share their blogging voice and style and try to reach a greater audience and get some notice. I am accepting bloggers who are looking to contribute regularly (I will create you a wordpress account) or if you want to do a one time guest post only you can just use the contact form here and let me know you want to submit a single guest post.

Contributing to DragonBlogger.com will help get your articles and blogging identity noticed and this site now receives almost 1,000 unique visits per day on average and is among the top 15k Alexa ranked blogs in the US. You also get to have a backlink or two to your own site which will share my SEO juice.

I will visit all bloggers who request and make sure your blog is a quality blog, I don’t want people guest posting just to promote an affiliate sale site or company website, I am looking for contributors who run quality bloggers, bloggers who are looking to reach a wider audience.

I will not accept guest posts that try to sell affiliate products, blatantly promote your own site or what I deem “non-beneficial” to my readers.

I am primarily looking for more Technology and gadget contributors, but will accept articles about anything Internet, Social Media, Blogging, and Entertainment related (Video Game, Movie or TV Show reviews).

Who wants to be a guest contributor on DragonBlogger.com?

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My first Guest Blog post was sent to Dragonfly Poems who did me the honor of actually posting it.  I had sent them three poems from one of my unpublished poetry books (which will never get published).  I have always loved poetry, and visit Dragonfly Poems as the content is very nice, the quality of poems are refreshing and you can even buy poems and have custom poems written just for you.

So go head over to there and check out my Guest Post, read my poems and let me know what you think.

Thank you Dragonfly Poems

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