{"id":3216,"date":"2020-07-02T21:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clients.triloogia.ee\/proekspert\/wp-new\/?page_id=3216"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:14:20","slug":"guest-post-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clients.triloogia.ee\/proekspert\/wp-new\/guest-post-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest post guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-cgb-section-block\"><div class=\"container container__main\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-section-block left\"><div class=\"container container__narrow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write for us<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proekspert guest post guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proekspert is an innovative leader in helping companies rethink their business and build solutions in the digital era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our clientele, blog readers, and the team expect when reading our content the sharpest minds and latest trends that can make them rethink their current ways of working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proekspert accepts guest post contributions that can challenge our mindset and the way we examine the digital industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re looking for writers who can discuss the following focus areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"blue-bullet wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Digital transformation<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Data analytics<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">CX design<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Business processes<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Connected products<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Organizational change<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If this sounds like you, then read on about our guidelines for writing on our blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We get a lot of pitches. Most don\u2019t get accepted. Here are some tips to stay out of our trash folder:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Style<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"blue-bullet wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Submit your post via Google docs or MS Word only.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Articles should be from 1,000 to 2,000 words in length.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We write in American English only.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Most include one internal link to one of our own blog posts.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"blue-bullet wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Use active, not passive voice.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Be specific, don\u2019t write fluff.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Never plagiarize, we expect only original content.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No hate speech.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No self-promotional content.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Use recent and sourced examples to illustrate all the points you make and hyperlink your sources.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Format<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"blue-bullet wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Only the first word in the title should be capitalized. The title should be H1.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Only capitalize the first word in each subheading. Subheads should begin with H2 and below.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Periods go inside quotation marks. <em>\u201cThis is how you would punctuate a quote.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Question marks go inside quotation marks if they\u2019re part of the quote. <em>\u201cHow do I punctuate a quote?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Leave a single space between sentences.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Capitalize the first word of a bullet point.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Use subheadings and short paragraphs to break up large chunks of text.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Use exclamation points sparingly, and never more than one at a time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Use en-dash (\u2013) to indicate a range or span of numbers. Do not use hyphens.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">When writing out an email address or website URL, use all lowercase.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Capitalize the names of websites and web publications. Don\u2019t italicize.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Avoid spelling out URLs, but when you need to, leave off the <\/span>http:\/\/www<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important \u2013 Please note!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"blue-bullet wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No affiliate links.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No links to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, pornography, or payday loan websites.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">No obvious anchor text placement. \u201cSoftware developer USA\u201d is an example of anchor text placement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">One dofollow backlink is permitted in the author\u2019s bio, not in the main text. The link will only be to the company homepage.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Author bio must be 2-3 sentences long and will include a professional headshot image sized at 200 x 200 pixels.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Pitch your unwritten idea to us.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our team will assess your pitch and decide whether it will match our focus areas.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#333333\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Send your post to us for internal review and final edit. If it met our guidelines it will be sent for publishing. 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