Guest Post Guidelines

List of Desired Blog Post Themes & Topics

In general, articles for guest content fall under the following themes:

Career

  • How to Find a Job – Including networking, quality job boards (and which are scams), and how to access the hidden job market
  • How to Land a Job – Resume, cover letter, interviewing, negotiation
  • Your Career – How to reinvent your career, keeping job skills sharp, next steps after a layoff, parents reentering the workforce, dealing with career discrimination
  • Finding passion & purpose in your career
  • Work life balance

Home Organization

How to keep your life and family organized, happy, and productive

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Meal Planning
  • Cleaning
  • To-Do Lists
  • Finances
  • Family Schedule
  • Vacation Planning
  • Party Planning
  • Baby / pet sitters
  • Doctor visits

Guest Post Content

We are dedicated to our audience and only want to show the highest quality, factual information that will help them in their careers and home life. In this, we want to avoid articles that are overly self-promotional, as that erodes trust. Instead, we ask that you showcase your expertise, with well researched articles that provide value to our readers.

  • Posts should be 1,000 to 1,500+ words in length. Longer is better.
  • Break up your content so its easy to read. Use logically structured headings, subheadings, bullets, and any other visual technique to improve the readability of your post
  • Write naturally – We want you to show your human side so you make a connection with your audience. With that said, please no profanity
  • All content must be original – We do not accept duplicative or syndicated content. If you have posted elsewhere on the internet, link to it. If you quote other content, link to it.
  • Name your sources – Providing data or statistics in your articles is a great way to build trust. However, we ask that you link to the original source
  • Use Statistics, Outbound Links, Lists & Bullets, and Actionable Takeaways – Make your article easy to read and understandable. Use these techniques to provide value to our readers so they walk away informed.

Guest Post Logistics

  1. We will collaborate on a topic & article title via email. Please do not start writing until this coordination is complete
  2. Once agreed, please tell us when you expect to complete the article for review
  3. Once you’ve written your draft, please send it to us as a google doc. Make sure your sharing settings are: ON – anyone with link; ACCESS – Can edit
  4. We will edit this document; please save your original elsewhere
  5. Please send us a short, 1 or 2 sentence bio. This can include a link to your LinkedIn profile and/or your website
  6. Send us a jpeg of the featured image that is associated with your article. No smaller than 1280px in width
  7. We will let you know when the article goes live

The Career Counter reserves the right to not post an article if it does not meet our standards or Google’s Search Essentials requirements (Formerly Webmaster Guidelines)

Guest Post Promotion

Please feel free to promote your article through your website, newsletter, blog, or social media account(s). If you post a short blurb of the post on your blog, please make sure there is a link back to the original content on our site so we both avoid duplicative content penalties.