ProBlogger: Warning: Don’t Accept Guest Posts Until You’ve Done these 5 Steps

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Warning: Don’t Accept Guest Posts Until You’ve Done these 5 Steps Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:01 AM PDT This is a guest contribution by . Guest blog post can add a lot of value to your blog. Guest posts not only give you a break from writing, they show you are connected and that you respect other experts' opinions and different perspectives. Guest posts can demonstrate how much you value quality information your readers find useful. In the long term, guest posts can bring you new audiences, more connections and better content. But it's not always as easy as that. Before you accept and publish any guest blog post make sure you do these five steps so that only the best ends up on your blog. 1. Always check the posts for Plagiarism Search engines, particularly Google, do not want duplicate content and plagiarism on web pages. Google's recent update, Panda, has made it harder for content stealers to continue their behavior without getting penalized. If you don't want your blog to be penalized for duplicates, check any guest post submission for plagiarism There are a few easy to use plagiarism checking services where you can copy and paste the post and their unique algorithm will scan the content for duplicates, giving you a detailed plagiarism report with links to all the used sources. Some of them, like PlagTracker, are even free! Google may not directly penalize duplicates, but such content will erode your website authority. You could even get lawsuits from other publishers for stealing their original work. By checking your guest posts, and making sure the content you publish is always authentic and original, you can avoid such problems and guide your blog to success. 2. Proofread and Format the Guest Posts It seems obvious but if you care about share high quality information with your readers, it's important that your guest posts are relevant to your blog's niche. As with all online copywriting, make sure your guest post describes the benefits to your readers. After all, your readers are interested in how their lives can be eased, so give them what they want! Your proofreading should also check names, titles and genders, whether they are correctly written and consistent throughout the text. 3. Interlink the Guest Posts with Previously Published Content You want to keep your readers on your blog for as long as possible. Linking new and old posts can help you minimize the bounce rate, keep the readers engaged and increase the number of page views. In fact, it's a strategy that professional bloggers use to rank higher in the search engines results. When interlinking your blog posts, it is very important to decide how much will you interlink because too many inbound links may turn out to be counter-productive. 4. Optimise Guest Post URLs and Meta Tags In order for search engines to recommend your blog in their results, you must make it easy for them to read and understand what your blog is about. That's what meta tags can help with. Meta tags are information about information. If your title tags are optimized for the keywords you're focusing on, Google will be able to faster index and rank your blog or web pages. The description tags should be creative, interesting and provide enough quality information for the potential visitors to know what your page or website is about. Additionally, base your posts URLs on the important keywords and consider using short URLs when sharing your blog posts because they are smaller and appear better than the long ones. 5. Add Intriguing Images to draw your Readers' Attention As we all know one picture's worth a thousand words. Don't miss an opportunity to intrigue and keep your audience tuned into your message by including an image. You can always start with the free images available using Google Advanced Image Search, or Tumblr, FreeDigitalPhotos.net, PhotoPin.com, Foter.com, etc. Do you accept guest posts on your blog? Can you add to this list? Sandra Miller is a tech tips writer from Brooklyn. Loves writing about blogging, social media and SEM. You can reach her at Google+ Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Warning: Don't Accept Guest Posts Until You've Done these 5 Steps

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Bolder Fresher Tour With Review With Bill O’rielly and Dennis Miller Posted: 29 Apr 2013 05:30 AM PDT I had scored some amazing tickets to go see the Bolder Fresher tour with Bill O’rielly and Dennis Miller.  We sat 4th row center and had V.I.P. passes that allowed us to attend a meet and greet with Miller and O’rielly after the show. This was really awesome.  I am a HUGE fan of Bill O’rielly as he is one of america’s last true journalists. Dennis Miller started off the show with Bill introducing him as the “fresher” part of the show.  He is hilarious and one of the things I really liked about him was how current his jokes were.  Most of his bit was things that happened in the last couple weeks.  It wasn’t some schtick that he just does everywhere.  I like that.  I know some comics and know how hard it is to write new material so I really respect that. Bill O’rielly came out and.. man that guy is such a amazing speaker.  I have seen him in debates before but he had no teleprompter,  no notes,  and was on point.  He told some very interesting stories about what went on behind the Romney Campaign and why he lost.   After Bill went off the stage him and Dennis came out and took questions from the audience. They gave some great answers and went off on tangents and told stories that were all disclaimers of “this is something we would never say on television” kind of things.  All hilarious. After the event we went back stage to hang out with Bill and Dennis.  It was a decent size group of about 50 people or so. Each person could go up and talk to them,  get a picture,  and a signed copy of Dennis Miller’s DVD and Bill O’rielly’s newest book,  ”Killing Kennedy.   I am all about life experiences and this was one I will never forget.  I feel very fortunate to share this experience with my wife who normally,  because of her hectic schedule,  never gets to travel with me.

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