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You know and are passionate about the topic, and you love to write. You know how to check your spelling and grammar, and how to construct an article (beginning, middle, end). You are excited about the opportunity to pass along information, experience, and resources. Is this you? Then this is what to do:
Read the following and send your application (described below) to : blogs at adoptionmedia dot com.
Important: The blog is about the topic. Bloggers bring personal experience and knowledge about the topic to the blog and that is the position from which they write, but these are not personal blogs that happen to touch on the topic.
Currently open for application:
Catholic Adoption
Crisis Pregnancy
Haiti Adoption
Kazakhstan Adoption
Korea Adoption
Older Child Adoption
What Are the Benefits of Blogging for Adoption Media?
(1) The opportunity to share your passion, to be published, and to have
your voice heard by large numbers of readers.
(2) We take care of the technology, hosting, graphic design, and
marketing. There are no fees to you.
(3) Blogs will cross-promote across the Adoption Media network of sites.
(4) This is a paid position, with a contract.
What is Required of Adoption Media Bloggers?
(1) A minimum 20 posts per month, one each weekday. Posts should be at least 300 words minimum, but will often be much longer. Blogs are about the topic. A personal touch is important, but personal posts are not appropriate. A blog post can be as simple as a Web site link with your comments or a photo with a description. Posts can include tips, ideas, top 10 lists, interviews, how-to articles, photos, essays, or product or entertainment reviews.
(2) Review comments to your blog entries, delete inappropriate comments,
and respond to comments where appropriate.
(3) Blog entries should be appropriate and related to the topic. They should present information and issues fairly and without bias. These blogs are not the appropriate place for sensualized sexuality, advocating for a specific political party, religion, lifestyle, abortion, etc. Please contact us if you feel an exception needs to be made to this rule. It is appropriate to talk about faith and spirituality without advocating for a specific religion, or to talk about advocating for families without endorsing specific political candidates and parties.
(4) Successfully complete Adoption Media Blogger Training and
probationary period. Then, continue to maintain a high quality of blog
posts and work well with the Adoption Media team.
(5) Post regularly on the Adoption.com forum (message board) that
corresponds to your topic to build a connection between the online
community and your blog. Post links in your blog to other blogs where
appropriate, and visit and post on other blogs that are related to your topic, both on and off the adoption.com network. Proactively build your readership.
(6) We’re looking for bloggers who are self-motivated, who can keep a good balance between hard work and lots of fun, who have expertise in their topic, and who can add personality to the blog.
APPLICATION
(1) Outline: Please provide an outline of the categories that you think are important to the blog.
(2) Writing Samples: Please send three samples of blog posts on the topic. Include links to any published blogs and articles.
(3) About You: Please provide us with a bio about you and your family, including your name and city or location. Please also send your resume, your qualifications, and your experience in the topic area(s).
(5) Email Us: To apply, send items 1, 2, and 3 with all of the
information described above to Lisa@sharespace.com with the name of
the topic in the subject line.
Other Issues
(1) Because of the cultural writing issues surrounding our target
audience, the writer must have been raised and educated in the US
(including military bases abroad), Canada, Australia, UK.
(2) Once you are accepted, our lawyer will provide you with the full legal agreement with all of the terms and conditions.
(3) We reserve the right to have more than one blogger on a blog, as has
proven very effective for other blog networks, to subdivide topics into
more than one blog, and/or to change the terms of the agreement.
(4) All content is owned by Adoption Media, LLC.
