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Adding a new item is fairly simple.
To do submit an article you need to get to your biography page, do this using the Author's menu above or by clicking on your name on any article you have previously written.
Above and to the right of your biography you will see a link to submit a new item.
If you think that you have something you can add to this site, then I would love to hear from you.
I have recently restructured the site to allow those who generously provide their knowledge and time to contribute to the site an opportunity to raise their profile and promote themselves, their products and their expertise to the readers of the blog.
I believe that contrbuting to this site could be a wonderful opportuniuty to highlight an industry issue to an attentive and interactive audience.
If you would be interested in submitting an article for publication I would ask you to contact me with your idea here
If I think your idea has merit and will be of beneficial interest to the readers then I will ask you to provide the following;
- The article, either in "MS Word" or other word processor format
- Your Bio: This is usually 1-2 paragraphs maximum and explains who you are and provides an opportunity for you to promote your website or product in a subtle manner.
- A photograph, we need a picture of you preferably something professional - we will not use company logo's book covers etc.
Your bio will automatically be appended to every future article you write and will appear on your author profile page.
If we feel that your articles are exactly what this site needs then we will possibly offer you a user name and log-in for the front end of the site so that you can automatically publish future articles yourself. We still however reserve all editorial rights and will remove/edit anything that we feel is simply an advert and provides no benefit to the readers.
We reserve the right to refuse any article for any reason, even if we thought your premise was good. Usually the reasons are, readability, too superficial, uninteresting content, content not specific enough for the audience, content has been posted in multiple locations etc. You will simply be advised that the article does not meet our editorial standards.
Back in March 2009 I set up a private forums site dedicated to Independent Financial Advisers and Mortgage Brokers in the UK that belong to, one of the biggest financial networks, Sesame.
The members of the site are all independent professionals usually working in 1-5 man or woman companies, dealing face to face with their client base on any range of financial issues. The giving of financial advice in the UK is heavily regulated by the Financial Services Authority and as such advisers are swamped in constant learning and paperwork to keep up with the legislative burden. Training budgets on sales and marketing have dropped in many small firms to a unprecedented low. Many of the business firm owners that I talk to are struggling in the current climate to bring new clients through the door. I have a personal belief that in many cases this is due to 'salesmanship' having become some what of a dirty word. Sales and marketing knowledge having taken a back seat.
With this in mind, being an avid reader of sales, marketing and general self-improvement literature myself I thought it would be a good idea to set up a blog as an offshoot to this core site and invite the authors that I most admire to submit blogs around sales, marketing and perhaps some broader issues with a slant towards financial and mortgage advisers. Hopefully introducing advisers to new inspiration and learning
Although the core forum site is private the blog will be public, for the benefit of everyone.
I'm relying on the generosity of experts to keep this blog fresh and interesting.
If you want to suggest an expert for me to contact or you are an expert and would be willing to publish a guest blog entry on this site then please drop me a line so that we can discuss your idea.