** Post updated: 1/16/12:

I’m looking for 3 more bloggers for this site for the following blogs:

1) Family and Parenting Blog

2) Money and Investing

3) Career and Growth

In each case I’m looking for someone to write short, simple posts with one idea each to share with women. Here is a good example of what I’m looking for: sample.

- each post, one ‘idea’ to share, relatively short, straight to the point. I figure we are all busy, so I want posts with a good piece of information that can be read quickly. If you can add a personal experience like in the example above that would be great but I realize that won’t be possible for every post.

- each post should be between 100 and 200 words long.

- 5 posts a week. M – F.

- eventually when I can pay more, maybe I’ll have you write one post a week that is a bit longer.

- each post must be unique. To define that better – it can’t be anything copied from someone else – I don’t want to run into any copyright issues from other web sites. But also, I don’t want duplicate content. Having said that it is perfectly ok if you have your own blog about the same or a similar topic and can rewrite some ideas you may have posted before, as long as it is written in a unique way.

- I reserve the right to edit posts – mostly for grammar or spelling, but I may add in a link to another related page of mine too. Or I may edit out something I think isn’t appropriate – but I will try to contact you first or right afterward if this happens.

- I reserve the right to re-use ideas you post on other parts of my site.

- Your name will always appear with your posts and I will make a profile page for you that each post you write will link to. Your profile page can include links to other blogs or sites of yours – but I will check and make sure they are appropriate.

- Although it is my site, I want to make the site less and less about me over time and more about the community that I want to form around it. So, please, feel free to add a personal touch to your posts and promote yourself and the blog you write.

- I would like for your to either include a picture of yourself that will appear on each post, or use a Yahoo or similar cartoon version of yourself. (See mine as an example)

- if you include other images with your posts – they must be images that you are legally allowed to use.

- Please avoid writing anything about religion. I think we will have enough posts about topics that may be controversial, I really don’t want to bring religion into the site. A brief mention of God is ok. Ask me if you aren’t sure.

- While I want the blog you are writing for (except for the fitness posts for the one blog) to be about you – I may still write an additional post for the blog from time to time.

- I would prefer people with some blogging experience.

- After choosing some people, I will go over some basic SEO topics and style guidelines.

- I will most likely write up a short contract

- Please do not include affiliate links in your posts or profile page

- you don’t have to use your real name, but please use something reasonable and consistent. We can discuss this if you don’t want to use your real name.

- You will have access to log into WordPress to write your posts.

- if I can’t find one person that can write everything for one blog, I may choose more than one person for each blog, each writing about different subtopics.

- below is more information about the type of posts I’m looking for for each blog.

To apply:

- email me at trisha at this domain using a subject that includes the blog you are interested in writing for.

- include links to any blogs or web sites you have, social media profiles or anything else you think might be relevant.

- if you don’t have a blog, please include a sample of your writing. But please understand that I will probably choose someone with blogging experience over someone without.

- include a brief explanation of why you want to write for IdeasForWomen.com

- include what hours you are available to contact. I understand some people will have day jobs or young children at home and may not be available all the time.

Detailed blog information:

1) Family and Parenting –
For this blog I’m looking for 4 sort of sub-topics each week – a) family or home safety; b) family activities or parenting issues c) something related to parenting and learning/teaching kids. The other days of the week is up to you. In fact, if you can think of some other subtopic you would like to write about, please let me know. Homeschooling topics would be great.

2) Money and Investing –
Again, I’m thinking of a few sort of sub-topics with one post about each, each week. a) investing – stocks, bonds, mutual funds; b) saving for retirement and college; c) insurance; d) saving, budgeting, getting out of debt, etc. The other day of the week is up to you. In fact, if you can think of some other subtopic you would like to write about, please let me know.

3) Career and Growth –
Career ideas: individual ideas for helping women improve or develop their careers and/or interviews with women in different careers to help other women decide if a particular career path is right for them.
Growth: – personal, profession growth, positive uplifting types of posts.
Again share your ideas for this blog if you have some.

Pay:

Currently I will pay $25 a week. Which amounts to $5 per post – remember these are relatively short posts. As I make more from the site I will pay more.

Other:

- Politically, and otherwise, I’m pretty liberal and that will be reflected in one of the other blogs I will write for the site. If that offends you, blogging for this site probably isn’t for you.

- I don’t do pink or princesses, in fact I’m pretty anti pink and princess. I will be writing some posts along those lines, and if that offends you, well, blogging for this site probably isn’t for you.

- I’m also not a big fan of makeup, fashion, etc., if that offends you, well, you know.

- My background is in science, so anti-science posts are not welcome.

And lastly, I will eventually delete this post, or modify it – so if you don’t plan to contact me right away, you may want to save a copy of it.

Thanks!