Post a Guest Article
Crunched is looking for engaging content that will help our audience made up of entrepreneurs and business owners learn strategies and tips to grow their business. Check out our editorial guidelines below and see if the Crunched blog seems like a place for your style. If so, simply fill out our quick topic questionnaire below to get started.
Editorial Guidelines
Topics - Small Business
Tips for Understanding and Improving Internal Accounting Operations
Technology Resources to Help Business Growth
Accounting Industry News and Updates
Style
Our blog articles are designed to be an easy read with a personal touch. We try to stay away from “fluff” and get straight to the point with a professional, conversational tone.
Images
We require one, high resolution, at least 600 pixels wide image for the article banner image.
If the article requires other images to compliment certain text, please provide those images. These images are required to be high resolution, at least 600 pixels wide, and legible text within the image.
Rules
All content MUST BE an original piece. If an article is found to be a duplicate from another published location, the article will be removed and the author will be dropped from future publishings.
We recommend trying to cross-link throughout our other blog posts or external blog posts. Linking to external posts MUST NOT link to an opt-in page.
You can however include a link in your author’s byline.
There is absolutely no pitching of any kind.
All facts must checkout and be credited back to their external source
Blog articles must be at least 700-1000 words in length (Longer is accepted but requires multiple graphics and images)
Deadlines
Our blog posts are produced for a 3 week posting deadline from the point of acceptance. We allow our authors to choose their blog posting date so we ask they please follow and meet the deadlines throughout the 3 weeks.
Day 1 - Blog topic questionnaire submitted for approval
Day 7 - First draft is submitted
Day 10 - Revisions sent back to author
Day 14 - Final draft submitted
The final 7 days are for uploading, verifying all content, fact checking and final scheduling.
Day 21 - Article is posted
If any deadlines are not met, the article will be bumped from it’s original post date and assigned a new one.
Benefits, Payment, Byline Options
Featured post at the top of our blog site
Author byline with the opportunity to link to your personal blog or site
Post promotion to the entire Crunched community through our email list, social pages and paid search to help with maximum exposure
