Submit Content for Home Business

Guests are welcome to submit content, including articles, How Tos, Tips and other types of text content for the Home Business site on About.com.

If you submit content to this site, please keep in mind the following:

• About.com is not an article syndication site. As such, you should not submit articles you have already submitted to such sites. With very few exceptions, content that has already been published online elsewhere will not be included for publication on this site.
• Unlike article syndication sites, your bio will not be published on the same page as your article. Instead, you will be provided with a separate guest contributor's bio page, which may include links to your web site. You can see an example of such a bio page here. If you are a first-time contributor to About Home Business, please include your bio information (a few sentences) along with your content. If you'd like to include a photo with your bio information you are welcome to submit one or provide a link to one on your web site. You may use either your real name or a pen name, if you prefer. Anonymous submissions are not accepted.
• While you are welcome to provide one or two links to your web site and an email link from your bio page, any links to your web site or other business with which you are affiliated will be removed from your content. You are welcome to link to other web sites that are relevant to your content and that add value for our readers.
• Articles should ideally be no longer than one page but in any case not longer than 5,000 words. This is considered very long content for a web page. Longer articles should be broken down into separate articles for separate publication. Your published article components will be cross-linked and those cross-links will be updated each time a component is published.
• Your content will be edited for spelling and grammar as necessary. Please proofread your content before submitting it.
• The material you submit is assumed to be your own. Plagiarism and violations of copyrights will not be tolerated.
• Please reference your sources used in any research results included in your content.
• Please remember that not all submissions will be published. You will be notified by email if your content is published on About Home Business with a link to your published content. You will not receive an email notification if your content is not published. Please be patient. Several weeks or even months may elapse before your content is selected for publication.

You may either use the form that follows on this page or submit your content via email. Instructions for either method are provided below. NOTE: Submitting your content through the email method has been found to be more reliable than using the form method to submit content for possible inclusion on this site.

By submitting your content to About Home Business, you grant About.com non-exclusive license to publish the material. Copyright ownership remains with the author, who may also use the material elsewhere.

Email Method

If you feel your content is too long for the space provided or you prefer to submit your content by email, feel free to email it to me. You can email your content within the body of the email message or as a Word (doc) or text file (txt) attachment. You must be certain to add the following disclaimer text to your email message or your content will not be accepted for publication:

"I certify that I am the author or sole owner of the material I am submitting to About.com. About.com and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. I agree to indemnify About.com for all damages and expenses that may be incurred in connection with the material."

If you are a first-time contributor to About Home Business, please remember to include your bio information and (optionally) a photo or link to a photo that you are willing to license to About.com for use with your content and/or your bio page.

Form Method

First Name:

Last Name:

Email Address:

Title:

Organization Name:

What byline would you like to use? (For potential feature articles, your full name is required.) For other material, you have a choice. Display My Full Name First Name Only Use Nickname:

Enter Your Article or Other Content Here:

I certify that I am the author or sole owner of the material I am submitting to About.com. About.com and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. I agree to indemnify About.com for all damages and expenses that may be incurred in connection with the material. For more information, please see our user agreement.

Thank you for your interest in the About Home Business site. Your content submission is appreciated.