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Home-based business success stories wanted | 20 cents per word

Added 2020-07-14 19:41:56 +0000 UTC

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: HOME BUSINESS MAGAZINE (US)

HBM publishes large numbers of these stories each year. Success stories are designed to focus on a wide and diverse range of people whom have found success operating businesses and working from home. The best stories are informative, provide specific details, and are inspirational. A key point is that a success story cannot be an advertisement for a business or company (no advertorial content). To be seriously considered by Home Business® Magazine, it must be of value to a reader, whether they have an interest in your product/service or not. Provide the following with a success story submission:

Graphics/Images: Send at least one high resolution graphic image (PDF, tiff, Jpeg format). Avoid “portrait-type” photos. Provide “action” photos that show the individual engaged in work or that somehow illustrates the business.
400-Word Success Stories: Paste this into an email and send to editor@homebusinessmag.com. Cover these points (third person narrative — not Q&A format) to the best of your ability:
- What inspired you to start your home-based business?
- What did you do prior to starting the business?
- Briefly describe your home-based business.
- How did you start up and finance your business?
- How do you market your home-based business?
- Who are your customers?
- What do you consider your best business achievement?
- What are the primary advantages of working from home?
- Where do you see yourself with your home-based business in 3 years?

Writing Style Recommendations: the following are notes on the writing style of articles for HOME BUSINESS ® MAGAZINE (HBM) / Home Business Online:

Provide good, quality, “how-to” content.
Try to keep paragraphs short, with headings for multiple paragraph(s).
Use headlines that catch readers’ eyes as they skim the editorial.
Bullets: “Bulletized” content is perfectly acceptable for magazine content.
Good grammar is a must! Have someone proof your work before submitting.
Editorial is expected to be “camera-ready” to drop into the magazine.
Use smooth-flowing syntax, parallel structure, and good sentence structure.
Minimize promotions of products, services or other people/figures in the industry. This degrades the perceived value of an editorial piece. Quotes from industry experts on the subject of an article are acceptable. Save any promotions for the resource box inserted at the end of the article.
Recommend key phrases/sentences to put in pull quote boxes within the article.
Be prepared for a potential need to cut content or to add content. Fast turn-around is needed for final editing. HBM usually handles, however, any last-minute editing in-house.
If desired, provide recommendations for a graphical concept for the article. We can then research our stock photo libraries to see if something similar is available.
Please provide one high-resolution photo 300 x 300 dpi jpg file (8” x 10” minimum size) of the author, emailed to editor@homebusinessmag.com