Guest Posting on BicycleLab.com
Bicycle Lab is a blog for road and triathlon cyclists.
Bicycle Lab is focused on helping road cyclists and triathletes get more out of their overall cycling experience. The purpose of the site is to build relationships with our readers by educating them about their chosen sport.
With these relationships they will be more interested in buying our bicycle fitting services as well as attending our online seminars, classes and workshops.
We want smart thought provoking pieces that will start conversations and educate readers.
Submission Checklist
- Voice – interesting and conversational. Eliminate the jargon and corporate speak.
- Do you leave the readers with something to think about and discuss in the comments?
- Is there a takeaway for readers? What do they get out of your post?
- There is absolutely no selling in the post. (you may provide a link you your bio but no offer)
Format
__ Word count: 500-800 could be higher on a special piece. (upon approval)
__ Please send as a word, text only, embedded in email, or html filtered document. (no PDF’s) Ideally I could give a log in and posts can be made directly within wordpress if you are familiar
__ Please try and include an appropriate photo along with credits and permission
__ Include links to any sources, names (twitter handles if appropriate) and companies. Hyperlink them if you know how to, or use this format: Victor Jimenez (link to: http://www.twitter.com/bicyclelab) and we’ll take care of it for you.
__ Format for easy online reading by people with short attention spans; with short paragraphs, lots of subheads, and bullet points when appropriate.
__ Single space after sentences, please! • __ Include your headshot or other image at 200 by 200 pixels. Don’t worry, we can resize it if you
can’t.
Bio Credit
Bio of two to three lines with a link to your twitter handle, your blog/company, in your bio. We do allow relevant links to your content in the body of your post.
If your post doesn’t meet the guidelines above, we may bounce it back to you for revisions. We reserve the right to decline it altogether.
We edit, sometimes more than others, and may change the headline.
Exclusivity:
We ask that your article not be published elsewhere previously, or simultaneously without our knowledge. If you’d like to re-purpose your post on your own blog, please wait at least 60 days to do so, and please provide attribution and a link to your original post.
Deadline:
We ask that your articles be submitted 7 days prior to your scheduled run date in order to handle the editorial process. Sometimes the scheduling may change if we receive a timely post that we want to run right away. We will let you know if that should happen.
Commenting:
Please be available the day your article publishes and at least the following day to respond to comments. Also post on your relevant social networks the day of publishing
Thank you for being part of the Bicycle Lab community
Please email info@bicyclelab.com
Victor Jimenez