Guest Writers and Bloggers are Welcome!

Submit Your Article or Review HERE!

Yes, if you want to be one of our guest writers or a guest blogger on this site you can add your article here, post your guest blog, and you can also  include your Author Biography information so that our readers can visit you to read even more about your subjects of expertise.

You can see from the list of subjects on the navbar to the left that there is a huge and ever-growing range of subjects covered on this site, not just the classic home DIY.

This site also discussed all the step-by-step tips and guides that help you in the subjects of health, personal development, home and household products, money, internet marketing, kids and parenting, cooking and decorating, gardening and going green, seasonal holidays and celebrations ... just about every subject that we all need to learn how to do for yourself some time in your life.

If you would like to share your knowledge and tips on any of these subjects, just go to that directory page and toward the bottom of each page you will see a Title Box for article submissions that when you click will open up into a full submission box for your article and author bio info.

You can also feature up to four pictures... can be of the subject you are writing about, of yourself, your books, whatever you feel is relevant to your articles.  But only in .jpg format please and under 100 px if possible - and make sure you have the right to use those images please.

You can write for my Ezine too...

I have a how to do it ezine that is sent to my list every month, sometimes twice a month, that includes gifts to my subscribers like my free pdf reports that they can download.

You are welcome to submit a short article to the ezine, and you can also promote any free reports of your own that you are offering readers.

The ezine will be taking classified advertising later on, but if you act quickly you can get a free advertorial by preparing an informative and useful post for the ezine right now.

To be on of the guest writers featured in the ezine, post your story in the box below (near the bottom of the page) and make a note at the top for me to tell me you would like it considered for the next edition of  th ezine.

Do you Review books or products?

If you are a book reviewer, or you would like to add your review of a product mentioned on this site, or tell readers about a product that you have experience with and recommend for them to help with learning how to do something in one of the directory pages, then by all means submit your article and review.

As long as the article is helpful, and has unique content that is of value, I don't mind you putting a product or author bio link in it as well.

If you have a "book reviews" site and would like to get some review copies of my books from here or on Amazon and Lulu, just contact me and ask for the book you are interested in, with a link to your book review site, so that I can check it out and so on.

Naturally I reserve the right to reject any content that is submitted by guest writers and bloggers, as I am strict about maintaining a high standard of writing and only featuring relevant and valuable content that serves my readers well.

What if your subject of expertise is not on the site yet?

As you can see from some of the headings on the navbar at left that don't have any or many directory pages linked to underneath them yet, this how to site is still being developed, and new subject content is being added every week.

So if your subject is not yet featured in a directory page of its own, just add it to the submission box below.

Once it is approved it will appear here on this page.  Then when a subject directory page is loaded online, I will move the article to that niche page.

If you are not sure that your subject will ever be featured as a guide category on this site, just contact me and tell me what you want to write a page about, and I'll let you know if it is a subject I think is appropriate for here and worth your time posting here as one of our guest writers or not.

For those of you who are not experienced guest writers I have added some checklist points at the bottom of the page that you may find helpful in writing your articles for this site.

These are some of the current guest blogger and writer pages on the site:

What Is The Connection Between Pregnancy And Low Back Pain?

Travel Tips for Warm Weather

5 Ways To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

Add Some Spring To Your Step With Smoothies

Easy Dip Dyed Hair

5 Skincare Tips For Teens

How To Prepare And Get Into The Christmas Spirit Early

How to Plan a Garden Tea Party

Tips for First Time Travelers Going Overseas

Top 3 Home Remedies For Acne Treatment

Have you been featured as one of our Guest Writers or Guest Bloggers Yet?

Don't wait any longer! You can grow a reputation as an expert in your field, you can attract a following of readers coming to visit your site regularly, you can promote your books and products when you add your article to reputable sites.

It really IS worth the effort to write and submit unique content to websites and blogs that are leaders in their niche.

Below are some basic instructions and checklists for how to write articles that get you clicks

How To Write Articles That Blog and Webmasters Will Love

I’ve never seen anyone else mention this, but it’s important to note… It’s important to give Editors what they want as they hold the “keys to the castle.”

If they don’t like your article, or if they break the “Terms and Conditions” set by the directory, they won’t publish your article and all your effort will have been for not. 

Here’s 7 tips to keep the Editors (like myself here) happy:

1.            Submit good, “original content” articles (500-700 words long)

2.            Make sure your titles and body content are keyword-rich

3.            Don’t include “By: Author Name” in the title (save for Resource Box)

4.            Make sure your article is informative… Not a sales pitch!

5.            Format your article to 60 characters in width

6.            Use a text editor to remove your word processor’s formatting

7.            Let your text wrap naturally.  Only use the [Enter] key after completing a paragraph.  Leave an empty line between paragraphs.

Note:  While 500-700 word articles are optimal, articles between 400-1500 words will be accepted by most directories.

How To Write Articles That Will Be Loved By Your Target Market

 1.            Write keyword-rich articles so they can be found by searchers

2.            Do your homework to learn what problems your market has

3.            Write interesting articles that give solutions to problems

4.            Offer more information (for Free) in your Resource Box

 Pro Tip:  Internet Marketer, Jimmy D. Brown, coined a phrase that’s perfect for Article Marketing…

Make your content “Useful but incomplete.” 

This way, they’ll need to go to your site to learn more about your “solutions.”

How To Write Articles The Search Engines Will Love

1.            Write keyword-rich articles so they can be found

2.            Make sure your articles are “original content”

3.            Submit your articles to “authority sites” (sites with high PageRank)

4.            Consider LSI (latent semantic indexing) when writing 

Now, I’ll break it all down to “27 Tips Guaranteed To Give You A Leg-Up On Your Competition.”

We’ve covered some of this info already, though much will be new.

27 Tips Guaranteed To Give You A Leg-Up On Your Competition

1.            Make sure you’re submitting Original Content

2.            Most Article Directories will NOT allow you to include any direct Affiliate Links, but this can be overcome by using Link Management software (see Resources section)

3.            Editors like informative articles that share your expertise.  Articles that include tips, strategies, how-to’s, case-studies, reviews, opinions and commentaries are well-received

4.            Articles which are considered “hypey,” i.e. excessive self-promotion, a sales letter or even a press release won’t be accepted.

5.            You must use decent English, i.e. spelling, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.  (It doesn’t have to be Shakespeare, just above average)

6.            Punctuation rules:  Include one or two spaces after a period but be consistent.  If doing the “…” thing, ALWAYS include (3) dots.  If separating something with a hyphen, use two (example; “- -“.  Never include a space before a comma or period

7.            Articles must not contain information the editors deem illegal, immoral or promoting hate or violence

8.            Articles must not contain information deemed unethical by the editors.  Check each directory if unsure, each has it’s own set of rules

9.            You may not submit the same article twice to the same directory.  Apparently, some authors were re-submitting articles after making only minor “tweaks” to them

10.         The Title of your article should be in upper/lower case.  It’s best to capitalize the first letter of each word, although you can choose not to capitalize “minor” words like “to,” “and,” etc. but that’s up to you

11.         Don’t put quotes around your Title.  Even though this is a good idea for the headline on your site, the editors don’t want them on your article’s Title.

12.         Don’t put a period at the end of your article Title.  If you do use any punctuation at all, say an exclamation point or question mark, use only one.  The editors DON’T want… “Check this out!!!!!!”

13.         No HTML coding is generally allowed in your Title… Don’t use it!

14.         In order to get lots of traffic to your article, make sure you select proper keywords for your Title.  Your most important keywords should be placed within the first 3-4 words of your title

15.         Author name must include First and Last Name or First Initial, Last Name (note: Most directories allow the use of pen names)

16.         You’re not allowed to include any type of title with your name unless it is of “Doctorate Level” (i.e. Dr., MD, PhD, etc.)

17.         Article body should be 300-1500 words. Ideally, your articles should be about 500-700 words but anything in the 300-1500 range is OK

18.         Do not repeat your Article Title & Author Name in the article body

19.         While it’s allowed, you’ll find your articles get downloaded more if you limit the use of the words “I” and “me.”  Readers are more interested in “What’s in it for me?” type articles than they are in knowing how great you are

20.         You are typically allowed to use some HTML coding in the body text but this differs from directory to directory

21.         Your body text should be formatted to be 60 characters per line.  You should not have “hard breaks” between the lines of sentences.  Hard breaks occur anytime you press the [Enter] key and are only allowed after the completion of a paragraph.  (note:  You should leave an empty line between each paragraph)

22.         You can generally have up to (3) live links in your article body but these should be “resource” links and not point to sites you own.

23.         Your Resource Box (or Bio Box), is the place where you can put self-serving links and a sales pitch.  It should be about 3-6 lines long and should be written in the third person.  (note:  Generally you should include no more than two outbound links from your Bio).  Also, write your bios in the “third person” as they look more professional and bring more traffic to your site(s)

24.         DON’T use mailto: links or include an email address in your article.  You can if you want, but plan on getting heavily spammed

25.         Not all directories allow “anchor text” links but you should take advantage of this feature whenever possible.  By “anchor text,” I mean the ability to hyperlink a Keyword Phrase back to your site.  For example, you hyperlink the phrase “College Success” to point back to your site about College Success.  This is powerful!

26.         It’s highly recommended that you take the time to fill-in the “keyword” area of the article submission form as well as the “article summary” section.  These two areas will help improve your chances of your article being found, so put a little thought into this.  (I’d recommend you include 3-5 keywords/keyword phrases)

27.         Lastly, make sure your articles are listed in the proper category and or sub-category.  This makes it easier for Ezine Publishers and Webmasters to find your articles.  This, in turn will greatly increase your article’s distribution

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