{"id":209,"date":"2010-07-08T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2010.boulder.wordcamp.org\/?p=209"},"modified":"2010-07-08T15:29:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T22:29:28","slug":"the-guest-post-quandry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boulder.wordcamp.org\/2010\/the-guest-post-quandry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guest Post Quandry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following post is from our sponsor Kapost (formerly known as Grogger). Read on to learn more about them and the guest post quandry.<\/em><\/p>\n

More posts. More posts. It\u2019s the drumbeat that never ends for a blogger, the incessant challenge to always be putting out more good content.<\/p>\n

A great, well-known solution: don\u2019t rely just on yourself–or your team–to produce content. Reach out to others and get guest posts.<\/p>\n

But how do you get guest posts? Reaching out and soliciting posts from others can work, but it can take much more time than it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

So instead of reaching out, just let folks know. Put some messaging on your blog: \u201dwe welcome your guest posts. Please submit your post to guestposts@myblog.com.\u201d<\/p>\n

But consider the calculus of a potential guest poster in reaction to this message. Writing a good, quality post is significant investment of time. But the potential return on that investment is a great unknown for the guest poster. Does the post have a chance at getting published? Will the blogger even give it a fair review? Might I spend the time writing and end up with nothing as a result?<\/p>\n

So what is a blogger to do? The guest poster\u2019s concerns could be addressed by opening up, and letting guest posts publish right to the site. But of course that doesn\u2019t work for the blogger.<\/p>\n

Kapost<\/a> provides the solution to this quandry. Our WordPress plug-in quickly installs:<\/p>\n