I’ve never done a guest blog so I thought now’s as good a time as any to learn the ropes.

Thanks for sharing your blog.

Yes! It’s totally a two-way street, and I think a lot of people who would like to get into guest posting miss this. They see it as an opportunity for them but don’t recognize that for the partnership to work, it has to be a payoff for the host, too. Your insight and unique perspective have allowed you to share information with our readers that they wouldn’t have gotten from Angela or me, so your coaching posts have definitely been a help to us!

I’m thinking that people who are really new to guest posting may not know that guidelines are somewhat standard and if they poke around, they can find them. Then, of course, there are the content marketers who don’t pay attention to the guidelines, anyway (I can provide great post on interior design for you!). Ugh.

Ted: On the SCBWI-MI blog, author/publisher Maria Dismondy wrote a post about pitching podcasts:
https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2018/05/pitching-podcasts-for-interviews-by.html

Podcasts are definitely on my radar for this fall as well. Have been asked on a couple but never pitched.

This is a good idea. I’ve done a lot of podcasts but haven’t submitted requests for participating in them, so I’m not the best person to write this post. But I’ll see if any of our resident writing coaches might be up for it. Thanks for reading, Ted.

Right? Readers have limited time, and they’re not going to read posts that have already been done. Offering new content, or existing content from a new perspective, is super important.

Thanks for saying to include the correct contact info. It’s especially important if they’re using a form and have the wrong e-mail or forget to share their name.