{"id":11880,"date":"2014-11-13T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/?page_id=11880"},"modified":"2019-11-15T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:01:34","slug":"guest-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/about\/guest-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11881\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"Hey-Doug-another-story\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hey-Doug-another-story.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your kind words about my blog and I&#8217;m so happy you are interested in providing content.<\/p>\n<h1>THINGS TO KNOW:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>We do accept guest posts. \u00a0We have a special place in our hearts for those getting started writing as well as those experts with great followings.<\/li>\n<li>This is a business however and therefore for everyone else, \u00a0we charge for any posts that are promoting a commercial link. \u00a0Typical fees to promote your business start at $100 and go up.<\/li>\n<li>We never promote gambling, sex, dating, drugs, payday loans, or offensive sites &#8211; at any price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If still interested, pick the column that applies to you and read on:<\/p>\n<div class='one_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Beginning writers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are getting started on your writing career and want to place an article or two, we&#8217;d be happy to look at your work and possibly feature it on our site without charge. \u00a0Feel free to pitch us with ideas you have in mind that fit one of our three topics: \u00a0 travel, photography or tech. \u00a0If we like the idea, we would then need to see the entire article. If we do publish your article, we&#8217;d appreciate you promoting it as much as possible on your social network and we&#8217;ll do the same. \u00a0You are welcome to attach a short bio, a photo and a link to your Twitter or LinkedIn profile. \u00a0Please click below and contact us.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class='one_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Subject matter experts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are very well known in the fields of travel, photography or tech, feel free to pitch us with story ideas. If you&#8217;ll provide links from your site to ours and promote the article, we&#8217;ll do the same, no charge. \u00a0Again, please pitch your ideas\u00a0or send completed articles for us to review and we&#8217;ll be in touch promptly. Please click below.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class='one_third et_column_last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Other guest writers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All other writers, business owners, PR people, publicists, etc. that want an article to link to your site will have to pay for the privilege. \u00a0If you think there is value in having links from our blog (and there certainly is) then we need to profit from the association as well. Feel free to contact us with story ideas related to travel, photography or tech for this blog and mention every link that you wish to include in the article. Upon review of the links, we will contact you with a price. \u00a0The article will still need to be reviewed and a quote is not a guarantee of placement. If this is agreeable, please click the link below.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dougbardwell@gmail.com?Subject=Guest%20Post%20Proposal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11883 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contact-me.jpg?resize=360%2C109\" alt=\"contact-me\" width=\"360\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contact-me.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contact-me.jpg?resize=150%2C45&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/contact-me.jpg?resize=300%2C90&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for your kind words about my blog and I&#8217;m so happy you are interested in providing content. THINGS TO KNOW: We do accept guest posts. \u00a0We have a special place in our hearts for those getting started writing as well as those experts with great followings. 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