Contribute

The Urban Conversion is a television show that is about creating a sustainable, green lifestyle, in an urban setting. In the spirit of the show, we are creating an online community of individuals seeking to nourish, protect, and create sustainable practices to protect our planet. There are so many people in our world that have such an incredible wealth of knowledge. We are looking for those people to share their wisdom, ideas and thoughts of the things that we can all do to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. We are looking for the people who care about making a difference as much as we do.

Ask yourself the following:

· Are you passionate about environmental and sustainability issues?
· Do you want to make a difference, and have a positive impact on our planet?
· Do you want to become a part of a green community, where you are a global leader?
· Have you been looking for an open platform and forum where you can teach and inspire?
· Do you have a voice, and a message, that needs to be heard around the globe?
· Do you have exceptional writing skills?
· Are you looking to share your knowledge and expertise with a targeted global audience?
If you answered yes, then you are the sustainability leadership that we are looking for.

Benefits of being a Professional Contributor:

· You will be listed on our website’s Professional Contributor Page
· You will have a professional profile page that will include:
1. A profile picture, as well 3 additional photos.
2. Your Name
3. Your Organization/Business
4. Personal Biography
5. Organization/Business Bio
6. Link to your website
7. Link to your blog
8. Link to your social media sources (facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube)
9. Contact information
10. List of posts
Click here to see an example of the professional profile
· Your articles will include your photo, byline and a link to your Urban Conversion profile page.
Click here to see an example of the format of an article
· You will also be a member of the community, which will give you full access to the site’s benefits.
· You will have free VIP access to all portions the site, and be the first to know about any upcoming Urban Conversion shows and events.
· You will have a global soapbox in which to share your knowledge and make a difference for our planet.
· After your first successful submission, you will receive a free Urban Conversion t-shirt.

The Facts:

The Pay
The Urban Conversion does not pay for submissions. We seek to help leaders utilize a national platform, from which they can establish themselves as international professionals in their specialty.

The Commitment
We are looking for professional contributors to write a minimum of two (2) articles, or DIY instructional guides per month. You can write more if you would like. After writing for 6-months, you can scale back to one (1) article per month, or you can choose not to continue to participate in the program.

The Content
We are seeking articles related to environmental and sustainability issues. These articles can be informational, or have how-to/DIY instructional content.

The Submissions
Content submitted must be completely unique. Duplicate articles will be rejected. If you are looking to submit an article that has already been submitted to another website, the piece must be considerably re-written. It is important that search engines do not view any articles as duplicate information.

Article Ownership
The article is, and will remain your property. In addition, you will retain all copyrights to the article. However, by submitting your article to The Urban Conversion, you are giving The Urban Conversion the exclusive right to the article for a period of 12 consecutive months. After 12-months, the article will remain on The Urban Conversion website; however, you may submit the article to any other websites you would like.

Quality of the Content
The professional’s bio was developed for the self-promotion of our contributors. Submitted articles cannot include the self-promotion of any business, services or products. In addition, press releases are not permitted. Any promotional articles will be rejected.

Length of the Article
Articles should contain no less than 200 words, and no more than 1,000 words. There are exceptions; however, be sure that your information is delivered in a manner that is easy to read and full of good, useful information.

Photos and Videos
All articles must consist of at least one (1) photo, which is relevant to the content in the article. Photos must be the property of the article owner (you). If you are not the owner of the photo, please ensure that you have permission from the owner to use the photo with your article on The Urban Conversion website. You may also include a video as part of your article; however, the same rules apply to videos as photos. By submitting photos and videos, you agree that you are taking full legal responsibility for those photos and videos.

How Articles Should be Written
We are looking for articles that reflect your expertise on a topic; however, we are also looking for your personal stories about what you are personally doing to make a positive environmental impact. Again, we are not looking for self-promotion, rather the implementation of a concept or idea. Articles can be written from either a first person or third person perspective, depending on the context of the article.

Right to Use
By submitting your article to The Urban Conversion, you give the owners of The Urban Conversion (and any representative of The Urban Conversion) the right to use your article, selected excerpts from the article, any related photos/videos on any section of The Urban Conversion website. In addition, you give permission to The Urban Conversion to use the preceding on any other website or social media platform in an effort to promote The Urban Conversion website and community.

Meeting the Obligations
If you are not meeting your obligations listed under “The Commitment”, we will remove your biography page from the Professional Contributors page. However, your articles will remain on our site, based on the information listed under “Article Ownership” and “Right to Use”.

We reserve the right to:
· Accept or reject any submission
· Edit any submission
· Return any article to you for editing for grammar, length, quality of content, etc.

Getting Started

If you’re interested in being a Contributor, please complete the following form for consideration. For your writing sample, please feel free to copy and paste any of your work (regardless of publication). Your sample will not be used on The Urban Conversion website. Please allow at least ten days from submission for us to contact you.

We are excited to see your work!