Guest Posts

You may have noticed that I occasionally feature guest posts from others here on this blog. If you are interested in contributing a guest post, I’d be happy to consider it.

Guest Post Guidelines

The following are the guidelines to consider if you want to write a guest post for this blog.

Quality

I will only publish posts that I consider to be quality. Too much fluff, and it will be rejected. Poor writing may get the boot as well.

Original Content

I only accept original content that hasn’t been published elsewhere, and you must agree to not publish it elsewhere once I publish it.

Preferred Topics

Nearly all topics related to Internet Marketing, making money online, building websites, marketing in general, WordPress, blogging, etc. are welcome. It’s always good to check with me first though, to see if what you want to write is something that I think will be a good fit or not. One topic to stay away from is SEO. Why? Ask me in private correspondence and I’ll be happy to tell you.

Editing

I reserve the right to make minor edits (spelling, grammar, etc.) but I won’t make substantial changes that would be considered a rewrite of any portion of the post. If I do feel like a portion should be rewritten for clarity or some other reason, I will tell you, and give you the option of making whatever changes might be needed. I may, however, break up long paragraphs into shorter ones, or even add a subheading or two for clarity as needed. (See below for clarification on that).

Images

Images are always appreciated. If you use images, you must have permission from the copyright holder to do so, and they must be properly attributed and credited. Images should be no wider than 575 pixels.

SubHeadings

I make use of lots of H3 subheadings. If you’ve seen any of my posts, you’ll see that I break up content with purple subheadings which have over-and-underlines around them to really make things stand out. These subheadings are all H3′s. I recommend that you include subheadings within your post, and if you don’t, I might add some, so be aware of that.

Other EyeCatching Elements

It’s always good to break up long paragraphs into shorter ones, and to make use of things like bulleted lists. Make your post scannable. Again, if you don’t, I might.

Link Policies

I’m happy to let you place one or two links within the body of your post, as long as they point to something that is relevant to the post (and point to something that I don’t mind linking to…don’t even try to link to spammy stuff). Affiliate links are not allowed, since I can’t personally vouch for them. You can also, of course, place one or two links within the Author Bio.

Author Bio

An Author Bio is a must. Include one or two sentences letting readers know more about you. This bio will be included after the post.

How To Format The Post and Send It To Me

Text files only please. Don’t send me a Word doc. That just means lots of extra work for me. I prefer either a plain text file, or even better, a text file in HTML format. But plain text is fine if you don’t want to spend the time placing paragraph tags, bold tags, etc. in the post. I don’t mind doing that.

If you do use images, please just make a note within the post as to where you expect them to go. So for instance, just type something like [mycoolimage.gif goes here]. And of course, include all the images used in the post as attachments.

Be sure to let me know where each link will point, and what the anchor text will be. It’s easiest if you just go ahead and [a href] them, but if you’d rather just make a note, that’s fine too.

In all cases, just send the plain text file to me via email – to the same email address that we’ve already communicated on. If we haven’t communicated yet, then please use my contact form first to make contact with me and let me know you’re interested in writing a guest post here.