To feature guest posts on your blog or not to?

As your blog grows and the readership increases, you will get people contacting you asking to write guest posts for your blog.

Offers like these are great to get, as it shows that your blog is now attractive for other bloggers to write for and to give away their unique content to, in hope of getting a high-quality link and some visitors.

I have already written enough on why I recommend bloggers write guest posts for bigger blogs in their field, but what about featuring guest posts from other bloggers on your own blog?

I recently got this email from Jade Craven, reader of HowToMakeMyBlog.com:

Hi! I’ve been reading your blog for a while and have been really enjoying your posts on guest posting. I was wondering if you would be interested in a guest post about pitching your best work as the guest post. I understand if you would prefer to keep this as a single authored blog. I just really love this blog and would love to have the chance to post for your community Let me know what you think.

Featuring other bloggers’ on your own blog? Can that bring just as many benefits as writing for other blogs? Here are the pros and cons that I can think of:

Pros when featuring guest posts

• Less writing work to do for you as a blogger
• Helps keeping a regular blogging schedule
• More time for promotion of the blog
• You can even go on a longer vacation
• Gives different point of view and perspective

Cons when featuring guest posts

• You cannot keep your blog as a single authored blog
• You cannot keep the high-quality standard of articles

I cannot really see too many drawbacks regarding featuring blog posts from other authors on your own blog. It seems to be a good step to help you out in time of need.

As long as you have a very strict quality control, guest posts can improve your blog by bringing different point of view. I also think that only featuring guest posts once in a while is a good step, as it is important not to make them daily occurrences as your blog readers might miss your personal touch.

What do you do on your own blog?

What do you think? Are there any other cons you can think of? Do you feature guest blog posts on your blog? What is your experience with that?

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