Submit Articles to AskStudent

Have you been playing basketball all your life? Do you have your degree in finance? Whatever your Area of Expertise, do you wish to gain exposure by writing content on a hugely popular website such as AskStudent. Well, you can do this now and while you are sharing your expertise, we also want to pay you for writing about what you know! Find out how you can get paid to contribute here.

1. Write. You can start writing articles even before you’re approved. Just click on “Submit Articles” on the AskStudent homepage and start writing! We’ll review your application and any article submissions within a few days. Once approved, you’ll receive a welcome email that contains your username and password.

2. Apply to become a contributor. This includes a short sign up page where you can tell us who you are and other sign up information. Also, you will get the opportunity to use a graphical interface similar to Microsoft Word to post your future articles. You will also get the opportunity to enter your Google AdSense Publisher number so that you can start making $$$.

3. Agree to our Content Submission Policy.

4. Add your public bio. This is what the general public will see when they click on your byline. You can include whatever information you choose (including a link) and you’ll have the option to add a photo.Also, make sure you list out your areas of expertise and why you think you can be a successful contributor to AskStudent.

5. Come up with more article ideas. Check out the different categories to find a topic you want to write on. Or, if you already know what you want to write about, just write and submit your own article. Our editorial team will then review and publish your submission.

Note: Make sure that the article you’re writing has not already been written on the site or it may be rejected.

6. If you are selecting a topic from our available topics list, click on the title of the topic that you wish to write about. Review any specific editorial notes. Then, if you plan to write on this topic, click “Write Post”

7. Write the article and then save it to continue writing later or submit the completed article to the editors for review.

8. The editors will then review your article. Once your article is published, you can start earning ad revenue as long as your Google AdSense account has been created and linked to AskStudent.

9. We’ll split all the revenue your articles earn in half (50/50) with you and you’ll be paid your share by Google AdSense.

10. If you want to earn more by helping to promote your article, you can follow the easy steps in How To Promote Your AskStudent Article.

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How to Promote your Article submitted to AskStudent

At AskStudent, we work hard to find article topics of broad interest, but in order for your article to attract attention, we need your help. And, with our new revenue-sharing policy, it should be all the more enticing to do a little extra work to get your article seen. Here are a few easy steps to help promote your articles:

1. Get the word out. Simply e-mailing your friends and family a link to your articles will help get your articles seen. Maybe one of your articles will be informative or useful to your sister’s co-worker or your uncle’s friend. Encourage your family members and friends to pass your articles along to anyone who might find them helpful or interesting.

2. Link to your own article. If you maintain a website, blog and/or social networking account (i.e. MySpace or Facebook), you should definitely link to your article. It’s a great way for people to discover your article, but it will also help with your search engine mojo. The more links that an article has pointing at it, the higher it will appear in the search results, thus increasing its visibility and traffic.

Do any family members or friends have their own blog, MySpace account or website? Talk to them. Even if the links aren’t prominently displayed, they’re still meaningful from a search engine’s perspective. You can even boost your own blog’s popularity by submitting it to blog search sites like Technorati. This will give your blog more exposure, which in turn gives more exposure to your links.

3. Tout your article to related websites. If you’re a member of a group that has a website or know of a website related to your article, send the webmaster an email and request that they link to your article. It can’t hurt and could be mutually beneficial. You can mention the website’s name in your article and get the word out about them as well!

4. Participate in forums and include a link to relevant articles that you’ve written. If you actively participate in online forums, you can include a link to articles that you’ve written for AskStudent in your discussion threads if those conversations happen to relate to your article topics.

Finally, consider starting a thread about one of your articles if it touches on an interesting issue. It may generate a great discussion for all involved and get your article some traffic at the same time. Please remember that no one likes spam, so be considerate. If it can add to the discussion, don’t be afraid to share your knowledge!

Note: Some forums provide a hyperlink option, while some require you to add the html yourself. You can easily create a link by including the following code: <a href=”http://w ww.askstudent.com/category/your-article”>Title of Your Article</a>. This should automatically create a hyperlink when you submit your post. Some forums use BBCode instead of HTML, so for those the code will look like this: [url=http://ww w.askstudent.com/category/your-article]Title of Your Article[/url].

5. Submit your article to relevant news and social networking sites. Sites like Digg.com, Stumbleupon.com will allow you to submit an article for readers to vote on. Sites like Reddit.com allow users to submit links to articles that show something new and popular online. Social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us are also good to share your favorite sites with other users. If your article is popular it will become more and more visible on each of these kinds of sites (thereby making your article accessible to more people).

Quick Tips

– If you are submitting your article to a blog, discussion forum or news site, be sure that your article will be relevant and truly useful to its audience. If a site owner receives an email or a forum post that contains a link to your article that does not seem relevant to that site’s audience, it will likely be removed forever and treated as spam.

– Links are important. If possible, always include an actual link in your discussion threads if you participate in a forum.

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Writing Tips to our Contributors

Outlined here are writing tips to AskStudent’s contributors.

1. Logical Order. Establish a series of simple, numbered steps that follow a logical sequence and are easily accomplished.

2. Word Length. Articles should be at least 400 words, except in rare cases where you can thoroughly explain a process in fewer than 400 words. An article can be as long as an author deems necessary to fully address the topic (there is no maximum).

3. Accuracy & Readability. Every article should be as correct and concise as possible.

4. Intellectual Property & Copyrights. We will review your submission for not only accuracy and originality, but particularly to ensure the material is not duplicated from any other source. Copyright violations or any form of plagiarism will be grounds for immediate removal of your AskStudent account.

5. Style. Articles should be written using the active voice. The tone should be informative and friendly. Write as if you were giving how-to advice to a friend or family member. To accomplish this, you may want to address readers as “you.”

6. Straight Facts. Basic facts are essential. Avoid personal anecdotes and narrative sidelines that distract from the project’s main focus.

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