{"id":4781,"date":"2012-09-11T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2013-06-03T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:24:45","slug":"nice-guest-post-refusal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/09\/nice-guest-post-refusal\/","title":{"rendered":"Being nice with your guest post refusals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"handwritten<\/a>Whether or not you want them, as your blog\u00a0gets older\u00a0and more popular it is extremely likely that you will be offered guest posts for your blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And assuming you want to maintain a certain standard (in writing quality, content value and staying to a style and topic range), you will need to reject some, if not all,\u00a0of those offers.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to cover why we should reject posts nicely – or reject them at all rather than just ignoring them – that’s a topic for another day. And I’m ignoring obvious spam for this post, too.<\/p>\n

Rejecting with respect<\/h2>\n

The key to refusing a guest post nicely is to be polite and respectful.<\/p>\n

Even if the guest post is irrelevant to you or low quality<\/a>, someone\u00a0has taken the\u00a0time to write\u00a0a post and submit it to you. If they have really tried, they will have\u00a0an emotional attachment to the post and your response.<\/p>\n

How to reject professionally<\/h2>\n
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  1. be polite\n