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.
• Each post can have a one line byline with one link, and should also include a two to three sentence short bio, which can include up to two links.
• You will not embed SEO tags, monetizing tags, link trackers 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. (Although if you provide me with standard HTML markup, that is really awesome!)

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!)