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5) Writing Fresh Content For 7 Cups: Guidelines

SoulfullyAButterfly January 31st, 2021

Through this discussion, we will discuss the basic guidelines for writing fresh content articles for 7 Cups.

The following are some general guidelines to keep in mind:

  1. Include an Article Sub-headline/header: one sentence, no punctuation at the end, this subheader goes under the title that encapsulates the piece -- (We will discuss this soon)

  2. Article Length: 1000-2000 words.

  3. Break up the article using Subheadings.

  4. The article should not be previously published.

  5. Include at least one non-copyrighted photo, at least 1200 pixels x 630 pixels in size (from Unsplash, etc). If one is not provided, it will be sourced for you!

  6. For any facts or studies quoted, please provide sources as footnotes/listed at the end of your article.

  7. For quotes from other professionals, consider back-linking to their professional websites, research-work links, etc. All articles will go through an editing process for optimization after submission as well!

  8. Submit your Article as a Google Doc link to ayesha@7cups.com / Link it to the dashboard with editing access if provided a dashboard/ OR use the required form for submission as per what you have been guided on protocol.

  9. You will be informed once your article has been published so that you can share and promote it as well! We will also share it on 7 Cups social media accounts.

  10. When provided, please ensure that you include as many keywords, these keyword insights can also be used to guide the outline of your article.

Please feel free to share any questions about these guidelines by replying to this thread.

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admirableRose261 July 25th, 2022

Thank you for these guidelines. They are very clear. I would use Google Scholar and Unsplash to make my article more readable and enriched.

Ginevra962 August 22nd, 2022

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Didn't really understand the photo point can someone explain better? We will be provided with the photo?

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SoulfullyAButterfly OP August 22nd, 2022

@Ginevra962 thank you for the question! In general it is recommended you look for a copyright-free image from websites like Unsplash, but we can also provide one for your article when editing it if support is needed for this!

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Ginevra962 August 22nd, 2022

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Thank you for answering!

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Daf8 September 6th, 2022

❤️ I am quite certain I understand everything! If anything, I could have just some minor doubts, like how to make sure the picture has 1200 pixels x 630 pixels in size, how to know how to submit the article (if it should be emailed, linked to the dashboard or submitted via form) and where the keywords would be. Thank you for this post! ❤️

gentleFox20 September 30th, 2022

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Read and understood :)

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WhenTheTimeComes October 12th, 2022

@SoulfullyAButterfly

I committed quite a few mistakes in my article, so I would advise others to come back regularly to this post to remind themselves of the guidelines.

1) I had not realised it was 1000 to 2000 words. I understood it as an average. 🙈

2) I wanted to make several illustrations for it, but ended up being short in time to do so, and only had one illustration for it, which isn't a main one, nor the right size.

3) I made it too academic and not enough vulgarisation, which probably also explains the length.


🚩 As a note, it can be a double-edged sword to take a subject we're passionate about, since we might want to go too much in depth about it.

yourbuddy30 November 23rd, 2022

@SoulfullyAButterfly Read and understood! Thank you


InvaderStitch January 3rd, 2023

@SoulfullyAButterfly

No questions at the moment, but I will continue to read and complete the course work being open to feedback along the way as I learn!

broadfemmelovelive January 6th, 2023

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Looking forward to this article activity.

Vivikun9 January 7th, 2023

@SoulfullyAButterfly

No Question at this time. I will start working on my course work ^^

January 30th, 2023

The guidelines here are clear, no questions for now.