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Please review the content on our site and the follow Writer Guidelines, and the Do's and Don'ts prior to any content submission.

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WRITER GUIDELINES

Overview

The content for our E-PersonalFinance site is intended to be evergreen, professional, helpful, but yet not overly simplistic nor overly complicated.  Much of the content is intended to provide practical advice, tips, and guidance.  The content should not be quoting individuals or businesses as to how they address issues.

Copyright Issues

Under no circumstances is the writer to copy text from other sources, as this could lead to serious copyright infringement liability.

Articles

We generally prefer substantive quality articles of at least 700 words. The titles of the articles should be very descriptive and search engine optimized (SEO).  By way of example, the proper title of an article should be "Getting Better Interest Rates from Your Savings" and not "Getting Better Interest Rates."  The latter title could be applicable to many other topics other than individual savings.

Paragraphs should generally not be longer than 3-4 sentences.  These are articles that must be geared for a Web audience.  Various paragraphs with bold faced introductory headings are encouraged, to give the reader an easier way to navigate around the article.

Use short paragraphs and avoid overlong sentences, which can lose a reader's interest when reading information online.

Make sure to use calls to action in both the title and the article itself. In addition, use common keywords that readers may type into a search engine. Google has a tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) that can help you determine popular variations on the key phrases and words relevant to your article.

Feel free to use bullet points or numbered lists liberally if the material lends itself to "info bites" like that. Many online readers like to be able to scan information quickly.

Articles that focus on the top 7 things to do, or "how to" articles, or the like, are preferred.  A number of overview articles, such as "Bonds 101" or "The ABCs of Mutual Funds" are favored.

Please review the articles in our site to get a sense of tone and approach.

Answers

"Answers" are to be set forth with the question first, and then the answer which should be 2-4 paragraphs giving the user the straightforward answer. Links to other sites or resources are encouraged.

Here is an example:

Where Can I Find a Business Lawyer?

You can find a business lawyer through one of the two largest online listings of attorneys: Martindale.com and Lawyers.com. At Martindale, you can look for an attorney by name, firm, location, and by specialty. At Lawyers.com, you are asked whether you are a personal user or business user, and then asked to choose the type of lawyer from a drop down menu. You are also asked to select the country, city, county, and state for the attorney. Once you have made your choices, both sites will provide a selection of attorneys who meet your requirements. The listings on these sites provide information about the attorney's education, memberships, publications, location, and area(s) of practice. Only those attorneys and firms that have elected to be listed on these sites are so listed. All attorneys are licensed by the state or states in which they practice.

After determining the state from which you need an attorney, you might want to narrow your search by going directly to the bar association for that state. The American Bar Association's Web Site provides access to each state's bar association and local bar associations. Most state bar associations and local bar associations have legal referral programs through which members of the public can contact the associations and be referred to a local attorney. You can then request a business lawyer from the state or local bar association.

Here is a second Answers example:

How Can I Learn about a Company's Payment History or Bankruptcy Record?

There are three national credit reporting agencies that do credit checks on businesses from which you can learn about a company's payment history or bankruptcy record: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

You can also research a company's payment history or bankruptcy through Dun & Bradstreet by obtaining a Comprehensive Report. Through this report, you can find out if a company is undergoing financial stress by obtaining six months of alerts notifying you of any changes in the company's credit, along with detailed credit information and payment history. You can obtain an overview of how a company has paid its bills through D&B Paydex Score.

KnowX is a fee-based online service that provides a variety of business background checks. Types of information available from KnowX include: bankruptcies, lawsuits, liens, and judgments, Federal employer identification numbers (FEINs), corporate records, and business address and phone information. bankruptcy record from LexisNexis, provides authoritative legal, news, public records and business information with legal, tax and regulatory publications. LexisNexis is a fee-based service, with several different payment options.

Bankruptcy Court records are public records which means that anyone can access them. The Administrative Office of the Courts, PACER Service Center, is the Federal Judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate Court records. You can look up bankruptcy records at this site yourself, or you can pay one of the companies referenced above to access the records for you.

Quizzes

Quizzes can be multiple choice (with 3- 4 choices), or true/false quizzes. Example of quizzes can be found at www.unibs.co.uk/all-quiz-categories.html

DO's

- DO have at least 4 or more section headings in the article in bold type facing, where possible.

- DO use bullet points.

- DO consider how the search engines will find your work based on search engine optimization (SEO).

- DO consider adding a last section to articles providing "Additional Resources" to the readers, especially links to other articles or sections on unibs.co.uk

- DO make the article substantive and useful-longer articles are preferred; when in doubt, make it comprehensive

- DO think about "Top 10" lists as a way to make an article more readable

DON'T's

- DON'T use the first person.

- DON'T have typos in your work (always do a spell check).

- DON'T have long paragraphs. Two to four sentences per paragraph should be the most.

- DON'T use an informal style.

- DON'T infringe anyone else's copyright or copy sentences from other works.

- DON'T quote individuals for supporting statements.

- DON'T include work that is already published on a third party Web site.

- DON'T provide information that quickly becomes outdated (such as "the standard tax deduction for 2007 is..."). The goal is to have "evergreen" type of articles.

- DON'T use colloquial terms such as "bamboozled" - the tone should be professional and substantive.

SUBMISSIONS

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