What’s in it for you?
- BBOG is now part of the Microsoft Start program. This means your content may appear as news on the start page for people who use a Microsoft account. More info here. If your title is optimized and your content is engaging, it has the potential to draw thousands of visitors in a very short window.
- We publish every post on our most active social media accounts, Facebook (see the page) and Pinterest (see the page). Some posts are published on Instagram, some are not.
- BBOG’s content is occasionally syndicated on 3rd party websites.
- BBOG has tens of thousands of organic visitors each month worldwide and tens of thousands more from social media. Readers are drawn to our quality content.
The Guidelines
I am approached by multiple writers every week asking if they can post an article as a guest author on Big Blog of Gardening. I’m happy to do so if your article meets the following criteria:
**BBOG’s subjects are organic gardening, organic lawn care, and related environmental and food issues. Content outside of these categories will not be considered for publication. Please take a few minutes and peruse these categories in the menu to get a sense of tone, subject material, and focus.
**Will your article be of interest to the readers? Big Blog Of Gardening’s readers are from all over the world. They rarely respond to or share articles that are very general in tone and those which only skim the surface of a subject. Your article should offer a unique POV on the subject, based on your won experiences. Please see the “Most Popular” articles to get an idea of what the readers respond to. Each of these articles has attracted tens of thousands of page views.
Only one backlink to your website will be accepted. If linking to a business site, the author must be listed as an employee of the company. The link will appear in the Author’s bio at the end of the article.
All authors of guest posts are listed as Guest Authors. See examples here.
What expertise are we looking for? We seek experts in journalism, horticulture, agriculture, arboriculture, ornithology, or botany. That could mean owners or employees of landscaping businesses, arborists, educators, garden nurseries, or other types of businesses in the education or home and garden field. We also accept submissions from new writers who are passionate about gardening or environmental concerns, who can write authoritatively on a subject.
Write your article according to journalistic standards. State facts, not opinion, and cite the sources of your facts. Please provide HTML links to your sources.
Are you an expert on the subject you’re writing about? If not, include quotes and attribution from someone who is (see above). If you are an expert, please include your credentials in your bio.
Your article must be 100% original content. (I will check). We do not accept syndicated content or articles that have appeared on other websites. This is easy to check, so please don’t waste our time and yours. If the article we publish appears on another website at a future date, we will remove your article from BBOG.
We reserve the right to edit and format your article, including adding links to other articles in this site, changing the title, adding subheadings within the article, correcting grammar, and changing your text. These changes are aimed at improving the readability of your article, user experience, and SEO.
Please share your published article on your social media accounts.
Occasionally, Big Blog of Gardening’s content is syndicated. By submitting your article, you give permission without restriction for your article to be published on 3rd party websites at our discretion. Big Blog Of Gardening is not responsible for any changes or edits these parties may make to your article.
Please browse through the published guest author posts here to get an idea of the kind of material we accept.
Email me via the contact form on the About page for more information and put “Guest Author Request” in the subject line.
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