It's Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Hello Sam, how are you today? Oh dear, not very happy. Is it the blogging? Not going so well?
Oh dear. Have you tried Twitter? That might help you promote your blog.
Hmmmm. That doesn't seem to be going very well either. Maybe we can help you out. Follow @guestblogme for starters. Then compose a new e-mail and address it to post@guestblogme.posterous.com.
Great. Now add a subject. Remember to tag it with your Twitter name, just like this:
Wonderful. Now it might be a good idea to start your post with a short autobiography. Tell us who you are, give us a link to your blog and your Twitter profile. This will help your new readers find you!
Now go ahead and write the article you want to post. If you've already got an existing blog post, you should be able to just copy and paste that into the mail. Use rich text and it'll keep all your formatting.
Looks like you're good to go. Go ahead and send that, and let's see what happens. Wow, that didn't take long at all. You just got a message from Posterous saying you're waiting for moderator approval, and an invitation to create your own Posterous site, if you don't already have one. If you like blogging simply by sending an e-mail, and want a full Posterous site of your own, perhaps you could do that later. For the moment, though, hang tight and see what happens next.
A tweet from @guestblogme - it looks like your post has been approved, posted to Posterous, and announced on Twitter. In fact, it's been posted to many other blogging sites as well, and it looks like you've already had a few visitors! Look out for more tweets and promotion of your post later. This should get you off the ground, Sam.
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