Posted by on Jul 30, 2011 in Guest Posts, Marketing | 8 comments

Four years ago, I wrote all the content for the Roundpeg blog.  It is a good thing I wasn’t all that busy, so I had time to research and write a daily post.   But after awhile all the content started to sound the same, so I  began to encourage the rest of the team to write posts from time to time.  Each of us brings a slightly different perspective to topics relating to small business marketing and the result is a more interesting blog.

But we hang out together, and even though we have different perspectives, I think our topic range is fairly narrow, so I love to invite others to share content.  You can see some of their posts here : http://www.roundpeg.biz/author/guest/ And we are always looking for others to share their opinions and ideas as well.

So what do you need to know to write a guest post for Roundpeg?

    1. Our audience is comprised of small business owners, so content must be relevant for that group.
    2. Roundpeg is a marketing and business blog so we look for content with a business focus
    3. The tone of the blog is professional, but fun.  Our posts tend to be informative, but not heavy handed
    4. We like to keep blog posts relatively short – 250 – 500 words
    5. We love photos and don’t use them often enough.  If you have a great graphic, include it with your post
    6. We are happy to link to your product, service or profile at the end of the post, but we will not include 250 words of advertising.
    7. We will edit for grammar and spelling, but will not change core content.
    8. Our readers like to get to know the author, so you must also include a bio and head shot.  The ideal size for your head shot is a 2.5 inch square ( 180 pixels) in jpeg, gif or png format.
    9. It MUST BE original content.  We are not interested in re-posting something that appears elsewhere.  If you have good content you want to reference, with a new spin and a link to the original we would be open to that.

Interested? Simply send us a note!

 

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  • http://www.iservpro.com Mark Pugh

    I would certainly like to be a part of this new opportunity. I would write on business technology, computer support, hardware/software stuff, etc.

    Some of my blog postings can be seen here: http://www.iservpro.com/blog I have other content in the works and could write on some technology subject you want to have mentioned that is time relevant as well.

    Let me know.
    Mark

  • http://goodworkswellness.blogspot.com Pamela Reilly

    If it’s not too small a niche, I would LOVE to provide a post on how medical practices can effectively use social media without violating ethics rules or incurring undue liability. This is a niche that is in desperate need of social media education, mainly because the potential for legal disaster is fairly large. I do, however, realize the target niche for this topic is very tiny. Thanks so much!

  • http://marketandconvert.com Leo Saraceni

    I just finished writing a post about the new AdWords Click-To-Call feature for mobile ads and I think it’d fit your audience very well. Let me know who I submit the post to. (I’ve also added images, as you suggested ;) )

    Thanks!

  • http://www.roundpeg.biz Lorraine

    Pam, Mark, Leo
    The ideas sound great. Please send email them to me and we will put them on the schedule

  • http://www.seppichdaily.com Stephanie Daily

    I’m interested.

  • http://www.bohlsenpr.com Vicki Bohlsen

    Lorraine,
    Would love to — and would love to offer the same to you. We just recently started posting guest blogs as well.
    Vicki

  • http://www.civicresound.com Joshua Towns

    If you think that your readership might be interested in how volunteer work/charity/community involvement can improve brand recognition and provide a solid ROI, then I would love to write about that.

  • http://www.roundpeg.biz Lorraine

    Joshua, Vicki and Stephanie, we would love to have your content to add to our blog