Guest Post Guidelines

Posted on January 18, 2010 by LJ

I get inquiries from people asking if they can guest post on SimpleProductivityBlog, and if so, what am I looking for. I thought it would be best to lay it all out in one place.

The short answer is YES, I accept guest posts. As long as your post meets my guidelines (below), the chances are pretty good I’ll accept it. I’m always looking for fresh perspectives and opinions.

I currently only publish guest posts once a week, usually on Thursdays.

The Guidelines

• The post content should apply to the blog topics: productivity, simplicity, balance and life design. It can come from research, or from your own experience.
• I prefer posts between 500 and 750 words long. This is not a hard and fast rule, though.
• Your post must be original, be written by you, and never have been published elsewhere (in print or on the ‘net).
• You agree not to publish the post anywhere else. You may, however, link to it.
• I will include up to two links in your byline.
• You will not embed SEO tags, monetizing tags or affiliate codes in your article.
• I reserve the right to edit the content (with approval from you, of course) and will edit the formatting to suit the blog layout.

How Do I Submit?

If you have a post you feel meets the criteria, please email me the completed post (or at least a well-populated outline!) at GuestPost (at) simpleproductivityblog (dot) com. I will usually respond within 72 hours with a decision to accept the post or not. (If I don’t accept it, you are obviously welcome to submit it elsewhere!)