Submit an Article

Thank you so much for your interest in being published on the Consciously Awesome Featured Blog!

First time submitting? Please review these first steps necessary to set you up as an Author: 

 

 

  • Follow us on Social.
  • Fill out your ConsciouslyAwesome.com Registation Profile completely. Be sure that your profile reflects the best representation of you! Register on our website here.
  • Do you have a Gravatar? Yes. Great! We will require your email address associated with it.
  • No, what’s a Gravatar? Your Gravatar is imperative to ensure that your photo accompanies each article you author. Create your Gravatar Now: visit Gravatar.com. Refer to the middle of the screen on the right-hand side where it says, “Create Your Own Gravatar,” and click on the blue bar. On the following screen, you will be prompted to create a username, password and your email address. Completion of this step will gain you access to your new Gravatar account and you will then be able to upload your photo. Set your image to the “G” rating for complete visibility.
  • Short Bio for your blog signature (Maximum of 300 characters).
  • A professional portrait of you that 512×512 pixels.

Guidelines & Details to Submit: 

  1. Please  upload a well-written, edited article that is between 500 – 2000 words in a Word Document or PDF file format.
  2. Your article should be original (never published) educational, inspirational, motivational, informative or story-telling in some way. The reader should walk away with a feeling they gained something, NOT feeling like they were ‘sold to.’ We will not publish articles that are a ‘sales pitch’ for your product or service. Provide written value and they will seek out your services.
  3. In the body of your article, you can include one outbound  link. If you have multiple links or sources, only 1 will be hyperlinked so please be sure to specify in the “Comments” field in the template below.
  4. Our blog theme has strict image requirements and if you choose to submit a Featured Image with your article, they MUST be rectangular with a 3:2 ratio and not contain text. You’re welcome to submit an image, but typically we provide our own Main Featured Image for several reasons. If you submit an image and we do not use it, we will do our best to find another image that is aligned with the one you submitted. Images for the BODY of your article are awesome! We welcome images depicting visuals of what you are writing about. Its best if you have one every 300 words.
  5. Videos to accompany an article are a great and you can add your video in the form. Please be sure it is uploaded to YouTube.
  6. If you are submitting for a blog series, ALL articles in your series must be submitted in order for your series to be scheduled. A series would be defined as a minimum of 3, maximum of 7 articles surrounding one topic or theme. Writing a series is a great way to position yourself as an expert in the area of wellness & creativity that you represent. Please fill out the blog form for each article in your series and specify which part in the series it represents. (Part 1, Part 2, etc.)
  7. If your article is published on Consciously Awesome, you cannot publish it anywhere for at least 30 days (including your own website/blog). This is important because your content will be penalized by search engines and receive a much lower ranking.
  8. We reserve the right ot edit your post. Don’t worry if we do need to make edits we will do the best we can to keep your voice.

*HELPING YOU SHINE! We share your article to many followers on social media and our email list the day you are published. We tag your handles when shared as an extra opportunity to increase your following. The day your article posts, you are kindly requested to support your own content by sharing it and replying to your comments.  Please check often the day of and the days following as you will not receive automated notifications. Your support for your article is essential. You are encouraged to visit the Featured Blog and support your fellow authors with sharing their blog and commenting. It’s a great way to build relationships. We also encourage to tell your following about your post via social, email, video and so on. Those who GIVE SUPPORT, GET SUPPORT.   Please fill out the form and let’s get rolling!