Guest Posts / Write For Us

At Self Storage Search we only publish high-quality content, however, if you’d like to be considered as a contributor then please read our below basic guidelines:

• Make sure you read our Editorial Guidelines below or following this link.
• Your article must be original and not already published anywhere online.
• Articles must be a minimum of 800 words, but we have no upper limit.
• We accept infographics with a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License or similar. We do attribute and link back to the original creator. The infographics must be very good, though!
• We prefer useful tips and practical advice but, most of all, content that is interesting and high quality that people would love to read and share.
• Links can be included in the body once approved by our editors.
• We reserve the right to make changes to any content you submit without notifying you. These changes will only be for editorial consistency or to correct errors.
• Make sure you include the content ideas you’d like to write about in the email!

Just email us at the address at the top of the page and we will get back to you as soon as possible. If you don’t hear back from us within a couple of weeks, you may assume we could not publish your content.

We understand that there’s a lot of the reasons behind why would anyone want to contribute to our site. Let us list a few:

• Advertorials – we accept content that is useful for the users but also serves the marketing and advertising purposes.
• Getting your name out there – especially if you’re a new storage or a content writer, you’ve gotta start somewhere.
• Practising writing – this is obvious, but we’ll be much more lenient in accepting your content than, for example, The Times 😉
• SEO – link value – as you can see on the left – is still among the most important ranking factors in Google. Therefore, having a post which links back to you from our site could be very valuable in terms of hitting the first page for your keywords.
• Anything else – there’s probably a lot more, but we’ll limit the list to only the reasons above.

Blog mission statement

Our blog is where everyone interested in the self-storage facilities or removals can meet and share their experiences on the web.

We allow self-storage owners and companies providing the facilities to add their listing for a nominal fee (or even have a free listing) to promote their business.

We also provide a useful search engine allowing you to find a facility near your location or your destination location. Our database is growing every day!

Guidelines

Posts on the Self Storage Search website are helpful, not self-promotional. No jargon or corporate speak. Keep it interesting and conversational.

The audience is every person searching for a self-storage location, people getting ready for a move (thus, removal companies are also welcome to add their listings) and any company looking for a place to store their stuff.

Requirements

The following are required material for the Self Storage Search blog.

Unique Content.

Word count:

• 800 (min) – Please don’t limit your blog post based on this number. Most of Self Storage Search’s blog posts range from 500 – 2800 words.

Format for sharing:

• Share a Google doc or email a Word doc.

Links:

• Link to other content whenever relevant. Every link included must add value for readers.

Paragraph length and spacing:

• Keep paragraphs short. No longer than 4 lines.
• We adhere to the one space after the period philosophy, not two.

Formatting:

• Use headers and sub headers to break up your post.
• Avoid big blocks of text.
• When writing headlines be specific and indicate a benefit to the reader. Read “How to Write a Headlines” if you need pointers.
• Use bullet or numbered lists.
• You can end the post with a question or a call to action for comments. The more specific, the better.

Images:

We love images on the Self Storage Search blog. We use them to break up text, make the blog post scannable and to support data. Ideally, we include one image at every scroll depth, so an image is always visible. Here is a great example.

• Include one header image
• All post images must be at least 710px wide.  
• NO STOCK PHOTOS (unless absolutely necessary, which is hardly ever).
• Include images that illustrate “how to” do something or images that support data.

Example of images that will do well on the Self Storage Search blog.

Author bio:

Only if you would like us to include your author’s bio. All guest posts with author’s bio will be marked as “Sponsored”.

• Author bio should be 50 words max.
• Include your headshot (350×350).
• Link to your Twitter, LinkedIn and company.

Editing

We may edit your post or bounce it back to you for revisions. We may edit anchor text and links that are not relevant to your post. Sometimes scheduling may change but we will let you know ahead of time.

Exclusivity

We ask that your article is not to be published elsewhere previously, or simultaneously. If you’d like to republish a guest post that ran on the Self Storage Search site, please wait at least 2 weeks to do so. Update it to make it current and link to the original post.

Deadline

We ask that your articles be submitted 7 days prior to your scheduled run date. Don’t worry, we’ll coordinate a date together.

Commenting

Please be available the day your article publishes and the following days to respond to any potential comments.

Promoting

Please plan to promote your post throughout your social networks. We ask that you share it more than once on multiple networks over multiple days. The time frame and scheduling is up to you.