Article publishing guidelines

As a member, you can submit small business related articles with a click of a mouse. We welcome your articles and encourage you to use the Tips and Advice section to promote yourself as an expert.

How do I get exposure?

First, as member and publisher, you get an additional star and your profile can be seen on the TeamBiz homepage more often
Once a week, we choose an article to be featured on the homepage and in our TeamBiz Loop newsletter (along with other new articles) that goes out to over 600 TeamBiz members.
Your articles are optimized for search engines, so your exposure goes beyond TeamBiz community.
Your credits pop next to your name, are also displayed at the bottom of your articles and are linked to your member profile, to help you grow your reputation.

What kind of articles can I publish?

Our members are entrepreneurs who own or manage independent small businesses, and they are always looking for new ideas to improve their business and for strategies to work smarter.

TeamBiz articles are written from a small business perspective and fit in the following topics:

branding
business goals
business financing
business growth
business legal matters
business networking
business plans
business psychology
business relationships
business start-up
business tax and accounting tips
business technology
communication skills
customer service
decision making
employee management
exit strategies
innovation
marketing and promotion strategies and tips
online marketing
outsourcing
pricing strategy
problem solving
productivity
project management
public relations
sales strategies and tips
stress and time management
work life balance
work motivation

Are there any editorial guidelines?

We want to bring our members valuable information they can actually use to help their business, so we review every article before publishing.

Here is what we are looking for:

Articles that are 400 to 700 words long, with concise and well structured information (using headings and lists) suitable for busy readers
Articles that help entrepreneurs and small businesses (1 to 50 employees)
An upbeat tone, that leaves a positive impression

Here is what we avoid:

Articles that are advertorials. For example an article that talks about "How to choose a accountant" or "The benefits of working with an accountant" or even directly what a company does (services, products, programs offered etc), is considered an advertorial. On the other hand, an article that talks about "Tax tips for the end of the year" is more likely to get our member's attention, and at the same time it shows your expertise, in an implicit, non-obtrusive way.
Articles that are not original work, written by somebody else. If you cite somebody else, please credit all sources.
Articles that are actually press releases
Articles that are focused on news topics and may become obsolete shortly after publishing. It is all right though to make sparse references to major events, for example to prove a point.
Articles with heavy formatting (overuse of bold, italic or CAPLOCKS, *****, ======== etc., - you get the idea)
Aggressive tone

What if my articles are rejected?

Once you make sure your articles meet our editorial guidelines, we will be happy to review them again.

Most likely reasons for rejections are:

Advertorials (please see above)
Article is written by somebody else and not by you
Article does not fit in any of the topics described above
Article is not suitable for small business
Heavy formatting or aggresive tone as described above
News oriented or press release

How do I send an article?

We made it very simple for you:

Log in into your TeamBiz account
Choose "Publish an article" from the right-hand menu
Paste your article in the form and send it for review
Check your article status in your "Published articles" section. It usually takes several hours to have your article reviewed and published.
Repeat for as many articles as you want. If approved, we'll schedule their publication dates to about one per week, to maximize your exposure.