Getting hosts for your carnival can be tough.  It takes organization to keep things moving, and sometimes the hosting schedule gets tight.

It’s tempting to jump at the first person who offers.  That’s fine but be sure to do some due diligence.

Meaning check out their blog.  Is it a place that you’d want to have the carnival posted at?  Is the blog ready for the carnival (assuming it’s a popular carnival)?

I didn’t check out someone’s blog for the carnival that I manage.  There were some questionable advertisements (almost not safe for work) in the sidebar, but I had already asked the person to host.  I had to apologize to the person I asked to host and eat a lot of crow.  If I hadn’t, I might get someone fired who checked the carnival at work on break, which wouldn’t be good at all.

Word to the wise:  Don’t do what I did, and check your hosts’ blogs out before extending the invitation to host.

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