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What We Won't Accept

There are some things we simply can't accept:

• Anything that's been covered on our blog before. Please do a search of our site before submitting your articles.
• Anything that may be construed as a link-building scheme.
• Anything that is too promotional for your company or organization.
• Anything that is offensive or inaccurate.
• Anything that is overly critical of individuals or companies — this is not a site to air grievances.
• Anything of adult content, bitcoin, gambling, political, etc.
• Anything that focuses on e-commerce.
• Anything that focuess on WordPress.

• Timeline For Posting

  • We only post guest posts on Fridays.
  • Typically, we only allow 1-2 guest posts per Friday (at the editor's discretion), and they are on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  • We take off for most major US holidays (see below), so your submission will be responded to when we return.
    • New Year's Day
    • Good Friday
    • Memorial Day
    • A week around Independence Day
    • Labor Day
    • The week of Thanksgiving
    • A week around Christmas and the following we

  • Format your post appropriately.

    Don't sacrifice depth in the name of brevity. We don't have a fixed word limitation for the blog, but most posts should be between 800 and 2,000 words. Instead of attempting to meet a set word limit, concentrate on providing clear, in-depth explanations that readers of all levels can comprehend and benefit from. Over-explaining a concept is preferable to under-explaining it and leaving some readers in the dark.

    • Please no links before the frist h2 tag or introduction, this provides us a place to break the text for the read more link. Also no links in the conclusion.
    • Paragraphs should be no more than three to five sentences long and formatted using H2s, H3s, and H4s, when appropriate. We have provided a nice template here. If you fail to include this, it will result in an automatic rejection.
    • Add bulleted lists to help break up dense copy chunks. Numbered lists should be formatted as number + period.
    • Always include a conclusion.
    • Always include a meta description. If you fail to include this, it will result in an automatic rejection.
      
    • When including images, gifs, or screenshots, cite the image source as: “Image source” and hyperlink that text with the page you found the image on.
    • If you include images please embed the images in the Google Doc and send them as a separate attachment, this aids us in posting your content faster.
    • Copy and paste your post into Grammarly or Google Docs and run a spell-check. These editing tools are our favorites for identifying hidden misspellings and excessive spaces. We also like Hemingway Editor to check for complicated sentence structure and run-on sentences; if you have Grammarly premium, that is a plus.
    • Include a brief bio 
    • We prefer AP Style for 99% of the post
    • We do prefer an Oxford comma (which is against AP Style)
    • Citing external sources
      • If external, please also list the source either as they said or at the end
        • Nigel Tufnel, with This Is Spinal Tap said, “These go to eleven.” 
        • “These go to eleven.” (Source: This Is Spinal Tap )