Comments on: How to Win Some Blogger Love–Scoring the Book Review, Guest Post or Interview

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:53:55 +0000

Good post! One I could send to several authors, along with my kind decline. 🙂

By: E.b. Black

E.b. Black — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:02:25 +0000

I’ve gotten several guest posts and interviews without asking. All I do is post on blogs that interest me or ask people if they want to guest post on my blog and then a lot of people wind up asking ME if I’d like to guest post or be interviewed on their blog as well. It’s nice.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with asking people if you can guest post on their blogs, even if you aren’t a huge fan, but sometimes reading other people’s blogs and following them on twitter and facebook with no expectations from them can lead to opportunities like this.

By: Julia Kovach

Julia Kovach — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:13:49 +0000

Great post, Kristen, and super advice! Thanks for sharing your expertise with the rest of us! xo

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:11:58 +0000

In reply to Alexx (@MomCat_Reviews). New bloggers are great for this sort of thing because many of them are in need of content. The thing is to just engage and talk to people and then it will be much more organic and authentic.

By: Alexx (@MomCat_Reviews)

Alexx (@MomCat_Reviews) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:13:10 +0000

Why leave out the smaller newer bloggers? Aren’t they potential new readers as well?

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:31:24 +0000

In reply to David Lowbridge. That is an excellent suggestion :D.

By: David Lowbridge

David Lowbridge — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:26:42 +0000

I just found your blog this morning and decided to go through the old articles. This one stuck out to me like a sore thumb. Being both a reviewer and a writer I see a lot of what you have said in this. Practically no-one leaves comments on my blog when I review their novels – in fact I think only one author has ever left a comment on the blog (although another one did so on facebook instead).

But also requesting I can’t stress how important it is that having pre-made blog posts can be. Not only for when you want to guest post but for that emergency. If you have established relationships with bloggers and one of them gets let down by another author – if you are an established author with a reputation for guest blogging, you might get a last minute email asking if you have anything available for that slot that is left empty because someone else has let them down. Suddenly you get the exposure and you’ve had to do so little work for it.

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By: Jeanette Levellie

Jeanette Levellie — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:02:41 +0000

Thanks, Kristen, for this funny and helpful post. I recently published my first book, and I discovered exactly what you’re saying: Fellow-bloggers that I’ve developed a relationship with over the last 3-4 YEARS were eager to interview me (I provided sample questions), review my book, and host a giveaway. In return, I gave them a free download of the book and in most cases, I provided a hard copy for them to give away, at my expense. It’s a universal principal: “give and you will receive.” It’s not “Be obnoxious and hope someone will pity you.”

Keep up the wise words!