Guest Post

January 22, 2011

If you’d like to submit a guest post, I’d love to share what you have to say with this site’s readers.

Why Submit a Guest Post to InkwellEditorial.com

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Guest Posting Guidelines for Inkwell Editorial

Following are a few simple guidelines for submitting. I look forward to reading your submissions.

a) Must be pertinent to the freelance writing niche: This is broad (eg, blogging, white papers, SEO writing, case studies, article marketing, ebooks, etc.) so you shouldn’t have a problem writing a relevant post.

guest-blogging-guidelinesb) First-hand: What I mean is, don’t submit generic content that even a little research on the web will reveal. If you read through this site, you’ll see that the vast majority of it is from my first-hand experience. That’s what I’m looking for. And, it doesn’t have to be a “success story.”

Recounting your failures — and how you overcame them / are working to overcome them – is just as insightful (and a lot of times a heck of a lot more interesting).

Update: September 2010. Please, please don’t submit general content that can be found all over the web. It will not get published.

This is why I ask that first-hand accounts be submitted, for, even if it is on a general topic (eg, a blog is great for freelancers because it serves as an online portfolio), if it is told from a first-hand perspective, it can be enlightening. For example, you can explain how having a blog landed you an assignment, what attracted the client to it, what writing samples you had on it, the content management system you use (eg, Joomla, Wordpress, etc.).

Again, personal experience rocks here at Inkwell Editorial. Everyone has these; just share your freelance writing success/failures with us so we can all learn from them. This is all I ask.

c) Well written: Please do the minimum like running a spell check and using good grammar.

d) No overt promotion: Of course, you’ll get a three to four-line byline with a link to your site/blog, so don’t feel like you have to overpromote/overlink in your post.

e) Original content: Your post can’t have been published any place else. I only publish original material here. I don’t even submit my own posts to other places, ie, article directories like I used to.

f) Guest Post Length: 400 -1,200 words. Why at least 400 words? Because I’ve found that it’s hard to really get an insightful point across (teach a lesson) in articles shorter than this.

g) Don’t Contact Me First: There is no need to contact me to ask if you can submit a guest post. And, don’t submit “ideas” for posts. Submit a completely written, relevant, unique guest post. If it meets these standards, there’s a good chance it’ll be published.

HTML Coding

The only tags allowed are Bold, Ital, Underline and Header Tags (eg, H2 tags). You should also include links (ie, use the <a href> tag). Don’t submit photos or any other docs with your content.  Submissions that include these will automatically be deleted.

File Submission

Submit as .txt or MS Word doc.

How to Submit Your Guest Post

Send to info*at*InkwellEditorial.com. Put “Guest Post Submission” in the subject line.

That’s it; pretty standard stuff.

FYI, if I decide to use your submission, I’ll post it first and then send you the link to it. Note: I reserve the right to edit the post; the original intent/scope of the piece and all appropriate links will remain intact. Usually, I edit for minor grammar errors and to add SEO value (eg, keyworded headlines, etc.).

I’ll try to respond to all who submit, but that depends on how many I receive. If you haven’t heard anything after a couple of weeks, feel free to send me a touchbase email [info{at}InkwellEditorial.com]. But I’m extremely busy, so please be patient.

Good luck,
Yuwanda

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