E-PersonalFinance.com is a website dedicated to giving practical guidance on personal finance and investing topics. We have thousands of articles, quizzes, questions and answers, tips, and more.

Our author guidelines are set forth at http://www.e-personalfinance.com/article/Author-Submission-G uidelines.html.

The categories of topics to be covered on the site include: stock investing; mutual funds; bonds; options/futures; annuities; real estate investing; college savings; 401(k) and IRAs; home buying/selling; mortgages; credit cards; savings/credit; taxes; estate planning; retirement; saving money; and insurance.

Writers Guidelines:

Overview

The content for the finance site is intended to be evergreen, professional, helpful, but yet not overly simplistic nor overly complicated. Much of the content is intended to provide practical advice, tips, and guidance. The content will not be quoting individuals or businesses as to how they address issues.

Copyright Issues

Under no circumstances is the writer to copy text from other sources, as this could lead to serious copyright infringement liability.

Articles

Articles will range from 300-800 words. The titles of the articles have been designed to be very descriptive and search engine optimized (SEO).

Paragraphs should generally not be longer than 3-4 sentences. These are articles that must be geared for a Web audience.

Use short paragraphs and avoid overlong sentences, which can lose a reader's interest when reading information online.

Make sure to use calls to action in both the title and the article itself. In addition, use common keywords that readers may type into a search engine. Google has a tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) that can help you determine popular variations on the key phrases and words relevant to your article.

Feel free to use bullet points or numbered lists liberally if the material lends itself to "info bites" like that. Many online readers like to be able to scan information quickly.

Articles that focus on the top 7 things to do, or "how to" articles, or the like, are preferred.

Here are some sample articles that embody the type of articles desired:

Avoiding Common Mistakes and Problems in Your Will-
http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/retirement-est ate-planning/10614-1.html (a bit long though, the use of icons is not necessary)

Why You Need to Plan Your Estate-
http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/retirement-est ate-planning/8337-1.html

Picking the Right Stock for the Right Goal
http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/investing-stoc k-investments/9612-1.html