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GUEST BLOG – WRITE FOR US!
BE A GUEST BLOGGER
Do you believe in business & career enrichment for women? Have publishing or blogging credits? An in-depth understanding about your area of work? Then we’d love to share your message, tips and advice with our audience!
Guest Blogging on Maroon Oak is not a paid opportunity, but given our reach on the web (ranking on Google & Alexa) and social media, your work gets great exposure!
Blogging Guidelines
Topics we love (but not limited to):
Entrepreneurship, job hunting, success, mindset, social media for small business, communication, blogging, career options, work-life balance, How-to’s (how to start a career in …… Or how to use Evernote etc.)
We are looking for fresh perspectives on topics most relevant to women. Whether it’s an advice piece or a personal story of how you created a business out of a hobby, we want your personal voice, combined with examples and meaningful takeaways for our audience.
What we need:
Each guest post must be your own original work that has not been published on any other website, forum, chat or social media network. Suggested length 800 – 1500 words.
If you’re pitching a post, please share a query (1-2 paras) outlining your basic ideas. Please also include details of your Blog, Social Media and other publishing links.
If you’re sending a completed article, please paste it in the body of an email or as a Google Doc with a shareable link (but not as a document file).
Do include proper attribution of data, quotations, and outside content referenced in the article.
Handy tips:
Do read the previously published articles to get an idea of content our audience likes and needs . To avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, review the existing articles under your category of expertise.
Please also utilize the search option on our blog to view previously published articles on topics you might be thinking of pitching( to avoid unnecessary duplication of content).
Support your advice with examples – e.g. here’s why aggressive networking tactics don’t work or how you can grow your business through collaboration.
Make sure your article isn’t overly self-promotional – while your experience matters and you should call attention to it, an excess of advertising undermines pretty much everything you’re sharing. You can share links to your product or brand in your author bio.
The fine print:
Plagiarism or copyright infringement is not permitted. When quoting others, please make sure to properly cite your source.
Please share your ideas and submissions at INFO@MAROONOAK.COM
with the subject line GUEST BLOG on Maroon Oak!
VIDEO BLOG – SHARE YOUR TIPS!
CREATE A VIDEO BLOG!
Maroon Oak Members can create and share tips on their area of expertise.
Just record a short video and send it to us. Our team will take care of the styling and share your video content.
Scroll down for Video Guidelines or see Video Blog Posts from other Members.
Video Guidelines
We invite all Maroon Oak Members to share their expert tips! (Not a member yet? Sign up and start connecting. It’s Free!)
New Member Benefit – Video!
Maroon Oak’s Video Blog is another awesome step in our initiative to grow Member reach and provide them more visibility with their audience. Members can share a short video about their work and tip(s).
Maroon Oak will share your video across the web and social media.
All you need to do this is to record a short video related to you and your work and email or text it to us.
Guidelines make it easy!
We have enclosed 4 key tips on creating impactful videos.
Share Content your Audience loves
The most popular video content – how-to’s and tips, hands down! Share a tip (or many) about something from your area of expertise.
E.g. A quick primer on the benefits of yoga. Or top 5 reasons to have a beauty routine. Hidden hacks about Facebook pages. Why I volunteer.
Duration – Attention Spans are shrinking
We suggest keeping it to under 2 minutes – that’s plenty to share something meaningful AND not losing your audience. (Most of the most popular ads don’t exceed 30-40 seconds).
Styling – Make it interesting, fun, humorous, thought provoking
Breakdown your video into 3 main parts. A handy script or cheatsheet always helps (think fewer takes).
Head: Start with your name and company. (I am xyz, the owner/founder of or a PR head with…). Tell us what you’re going to share.
Body: You can show or tell your message. Use a demo, share a screen with voiceover or stay in frame yourself – it’s all up to you.
End: I’m (your full name) and a ‘thanks for watching’ message.
The Maroon Oak team will take care of adding captions, so your name and company name is clearly visible to viewers.
Note: These videos are meant for sharing tips on your subject matter expertise with your audience. Please do not make them primrily about self- promotion.
Layout – Always Horizontal!
You can record using your phone, but remember to turn it sideways before recording. (Else your video will have 2 ugly sidebars on both ends)
DISCLAIMER
Maroon Oak reserves the right to approve, edit or reject any content.
Please share your ideas and submissions at INFO@MAROONOAK.COM
with the subject line VIDEO BLOG on Maroon Oak!
WEBINAR – SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE!
BE A SPEAKER
Be a part of our Speaker Series (Webinars, Lives and Virtual Summits) from Maroon Oak- an initiative to provide quality content to our audience and visibility to speakers.
Look out for details on our Lives and Virtual Summit!
Webinar Guidelines
How it works
The Maroon Oak team will:
Format & Specifics
Presentation Format
Duration – Attention spans are shrinking!
Next steps
Please share your ideas and submissions at INFO@MAROONOAK.COM
with the subject line WEBINAR on Maroon Oak!
