Join our blog crew
Blogging is big. You have insights you wish to share but you're afraid your blog will be lost in the internet's tidal wave of blogs. How do you get noticed? Become a HometownAnnapolis blogger. Why? Because we have over a half million visitors a month.
Send us a topic and we'll consider you for our blog crew. We're just getting started and are accepting blogs on a wide range of topics. Your blog can contain news, advice, ideas, opinions, impressions, observations – whatever might be of interest to our users.
Of particular interest are people who have something to say, or opinions to offer, or information to share about some aspect of the communities we serve. That's why we call them "Community Blogs."
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HometownAnnapolis blog guidelines
- Blogs are offered on a purely voluntary basis.
- Posts must be original content and not republished from another source.
- Blogs cannot promote goods or services that benefit the author.
- We cannot offer blogs to business owners or anyone deriving income from a proposed blog topic.
- No personal attacks, threats or libelous statements.
- No attacks on individuals or groups based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or other classification.
- No language that is obscene, vulgar or sexually explicit.
- DO link to other sources on the Web. Make your blog an interactive experience.
- Blogs can contain news, advice, ideas, opinions, impressions, observations — whatever might be of interest.
- Blogs are generally seen as something more like streams of consciousness as opposed to professional columns.
- Be controversial if you wish but also be respectful. You are responsible for what you post.
- Submit posts at a fairly regular pace. Frequent posts will attract more visitors.
- Keep posts relatively brief. Users will look away from thick masses of text.
- Stay within the scope of your blog topic.
- Be topical.
- Think photos.
Submit your idea
If you're ready to take up the challenge e-mail your idea to new media editor Nick Lundskow.
