Design Biz : Great Sites for Submitting Your Articles
Designers, what’s the best way to get press? I’m sharing my list of sites to submit home decor, craft, and DIY projects. Submitting your blog posts and projects to other sites can help you get noticed, and have Google fall in love with you.
Sites for Interior Designers to Submit Articles
Traffic, Traffic, Traffic: This is the golden ring for any blogger trying to build their business website and audience. One of the best methods for increasing your traffic is by submitting your valuable articles to larger publishers for better audience exposure. This is a subject of one workshop being offered at the
IN THE BEGINING
The Most Popular Article Submission Sites List
Sites.google.com. Google offers this medium for link building. ...
Github.com. This site is a popular article submission website and also has good ratings. ...
Ezinearticles.com. Ezine Articles. ...
iSnare.com. ...
Myarticle.com. ...
Articlebiz.com. ...
Goarticles.info. ...
Storify.com.
Real Strategies for Decor Bloggers and Designers on Where and How to Submit Articles for Publication
I am so excited to introduce you to fellow Design Bloggers Conference, speaker, author, and marketing guru, Amy Flurry who has recently published a new book "Recipe for Press" for Interior Designers. This book outlines the secret sauce for getting published and is a recommended read for not only interior designers but anyone providing services or products in the decor industry.
An essential guide to pitching your projects. is your design work ready for media attention? Then Recipe for Press is your one-stop resource for getting your work published. Follow these steps to ... Easy read, very applicable. Look forward to putting her tips into practice and seeing how they affect our business. Good layout and pictures too.
Know the Guidelines:
Many magazines will usually provide their own “writer’s guidelines” to tell writers what the editor wants and doesn’t want to help you craft a story in their voice, and to tell you what type of articles and departments are open to freelance submittals.
THE LIST
Reach more people, self-publish today and also expand your audience/ reach by submitting articles to these sites.
This is a partial list and you will need to research the key contacts, or you can purchase Amy's book for all the information and yearly updates on contacts!
Local Papers
Local Magazines
Design Sponge
Rue Daily
HGTV
Houzz
Guest Post with Other Blogger
YOUR LIST
You can create your own list, and keep it up to date. It is time-consuming to compile. With Amy's list, you can reach the editors directly. "Just Saying" She also provides their SM contacts. This works very well for gaining new links for online authorities in your niche and will bring additional views and traffic to your site, and let us talk SEO. Just having an established online magazine linking to your site, is the golden ring of Google SEO.
5 Tips for Submitting Your Work,
1. Craft Your Email Pitch. Make sure it’s a well-crafted elevator pitch.
2. Have great images: Invest in professional photography.
3. Review the Editorial Colander: Know what is the schedule of content for each publication to pitch to what they are currently curating. (usually 2-3 months in advance)
4. If at first, you don't succeed, try again. Yes, do not get discouraged if your first contact is not successful. Continue the discussion.
5. Create Content with publishing intent!!!
Update: Feb 2018
Amy was recently interviewed on "The Design Style Podcast: by designers, for designers. here
Did I miss any other publishing platforms for Interior Designers? I would love your suggestions to add to this list. For more information on writing that perfect query letter to the editor visit: Freelance writing
Social Platforms: Self-Publish Is At Your Fingertips
Facebook: Yes, this is a great place to publish. Facebook's top dog status makes this a Social Platform that will offer your article and have Instant articles are shared more freely on this site.
Bloggers Tool Box:
If you would like to learn more about the essential tools for making money on your website, how about working with Sponsored content? This is a great forum for earning money with your blog. We have a list of Networks for you here-
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