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Alicia MarksPro Member
Fort Worth, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votesLove writing about real estate? Become a Blog contributor!
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Investor · Pasadena, CA · Member since 2017 · 613 posts · 523 votes
4yIs there pay involved?
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- Lender · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes4y
Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks. There are a lot of avenues to get publicity and BP is one of the many. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, a blog on your own website, authoring a book, and any of the various trade magazines come to mind. As you know, everyone always seems to want content.
With research and editing, writing a blog can take many hours and the outcome is uncertain. BP used to display the number of views for each thread and each blog, but not any more that I can find. How does one measure interest for a blog topic on your site and ensure they’re not wasting their time writing a post, or a series of posts, that either few read or that could be submitted elsewhere? I’m sure you keep metrics. How can they be accessed please, so we can make an informed decision?
Adding to @Brad S.’s question (Hi Brad!!), who owns the content, BP or the author?
- Fort Worth, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes4y
@Matt Myre can you assist?
- Raleigh, NC · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 4 votes4y
Quote from @Jeff S.:
Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks. There are a lot of avenues to get publicity and BP is one of the many. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, a blog on your own website, authoring a book, and any of the various trade magazines come to mind. As you know, everyone always seems to want content.
With research and editing, writing a blog can take many hours and the outcome is uncertain. BP used to display the number of views for each thread and each blog, but not any more that I can find. How does one measure interest for a blog topic on your site and ensure they’re not wasting their time writing a post, or a series of posts, that either few read or that could be submitted elsewhere? I’m sure you keep metrics. How can they be accessed please, so we can make an informed decision?
Adding to @Brad S.’s question (Hi Brad!!), who owns the content, BP or the author?
Hi @Jeff S.! I'm Matt and manage the blog.
To clarify a couple of your questions and concerns:
1. There are only a few employees who write for the blog, Dave Meyer and myself being the main two. The rest are yes, authors, or volunteer contributors. The vast majority of articles written on BiggerPockets were actually written by volunteer contributors who wanted to share their real estate experiences/knowledge.
2. It is true that we've taken away some of the metrics. There are various reasons for why we've made this decision, but we understand how that can lead to some hesitancy from volunteer writers. Typically, if an author were to ask me what type of numbers they scored on an article, I'll happily share those statistics with them.
3. Before an article is submitted, the content topic/idea is pitched directly to me and we work through how we can best angle the content. Authors cannot openly post to the blog like they were once able to. This cuts down on irrelevant content and drives better numbers. It also helps us engage with different subsections of our audience. Yes, private lending content will get lower numbers than general news content, but we still serve the niche extremely well, and that's a win-win for us and the author since the author can drive traffic to their businesses/website in their author bio and build thought leadership in an already established audience. In essence, I work closely with most of our authors.
4. BiggerPockets owns the content once it's final version is submitted.
I hope that answers your questions! Let me know if you're curious about anything else.
- Real Estate Consultant · Ann Arbor, MI · Member since 2022 · 466 posts · 257 votes4y
Quote from @Matt Myre:
Quote from @Jeff S.:
Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks. There are a lot of avenues to get publicity and BP is one of the many. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, a blog on your own website, authoring a book, and any of the various trade magazines come to mind. As you know, everyone always seems to want content.
With research and editing, writing a blog can take many hours and the outcome is uncertain. BP used to display the number of views for each thread and each blog, but not any more that I can find. How does one measure interest for a blog topic on your site and ensure they’re not wasting their time writing a post, or a series of posts, that either few read or that could be submitted elsewhere? I’m sure you keep metrics. How can they be accessed please, so we can make an informed decision?
Adding to @Brad S.’s question (Hi Brad!!), who owns the content, BP or the author?
Hi @Jeff S.! I'm Matt and manage the blog.
To clarify a couple of your questions and concerns:
1. There are only a few employees who write for the blog, Dave Meyer and myself being the main two. The rest are yes, authors, or volunteer contributors. The vast majority of articles written on BiggerPockets were actually written by volunteer contributors who wanted to share their real estate experiences/knowledge.
2. It is true that we've taken away some of the metrics. There are various reasons for why we've made this decision, but we understand how that can lead to some hesitancy from volunteer writers. Typically, if an author were to ask me what type of numbers they scored on an article, I'll happily share those statistics with them.
3. Before an article is submitted, the content topic/idea is pitched directly to me and we work through how we can best angle the content. Authors cannot openly post to the blog like they were once able to. This cuts down on irrelevant content and drives better numbers. It also helps us engage with different subsections of our audience. Yes, private lending content will get lower numbers than general news content, but we still serve the niche extremely well, and that's a win-win for us and the author since the author can drive traffic to their businesses/website in their author bio and build thought leadership in an already established audience. In essence, I work closely with most of our authors.
4. BiggerPockets owns the content once it's final version is submitted.
I hope that answers your questions! Let me know if you're curious about anything else.
I filled out the form Matt to be a blog contributor and sent in a writing sample. Happy to help!
Thanks for your help.
- Real Estate Consultant · Ann Arbor, MI · Member since 2022 · 466 posts · 257 votes4y
Quote from @Alicia Marks:
Calling all BiggerPockets thought leaders!
We’re holding an open call for writers to become contributors to the BiggerPockets Blog. If you’re interested in submitting your name, email address, real estate specialty, and a 300-word writing sample on the topic of your choice, we’d love to review your work!
Submit here
Thanks for asking for contributors Alicia. Submitted material. Happy to help!
- Investor · Pasadena, CA · Member since 2017 · 613 posts · 523 votes4y
Quote from @Jeff S.:
Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks. There are a lot of avenues to get publicity and BP is one of the many. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, a blog on your own website, authoring a book, and any of the various trade magazines come to mind. As you know, everyone always seems to want content.
With research and editing, writing a blog can take many hours and the outcome is uncertain. BP used to display the number of views for each thread and each blog, but not any more that I can find. How does one measure interest for a blog topic on your site and ensure they’re not wasting their time writing a post, or a series of posts, that either few read or that could be submitted elsewhere? I’m sure you keep metrics. How can they be accessed please, so we can make an informed decision?
Adding to ’s question (Hi Brad!!), who owns the content, BP or the author?
Hey Jeff! Been a while! Thanks for the shout out! Hope all is well with you!
...and thanks for the more detailed inquiry here.
@Matt Myre Thanks for the clarification Matt. Although, I am happy to contribute some of my vast useless knowledge, my concern is with the BP ownership rights. Does that mean I would be unable to post my writings anywhere else, including my website, or otherwise capitalize on utilizing my writings in the future? I assume BP rights are not that vast, but just would like more clarification. Thank You.
- Rental Property Investor · Russellville, AR · Member since 2014 · 688 posts · 509 votes4y
Submitted! Thanks @Alicia Marks!
- 4yDan DiFilippoBusiness MemberReal Estate Broker · Fayetteville, NC · Member since 2020 · 251 posts · 244 votes
@Matt Myre I submitted mine! I keep thinking about what I wrote and I will mention, it took a number of drafts to get down to 300 words. More than that, I keep thinking of ideas for articles I would write. Would you want either a longer version of the sample I wrote? Any interest in seeing any other sample content?
- Raleigh, NC · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 4 votes4y
Quote from @Brad S.:
Quote from @Jeff S.:
Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks. There are a lot of avenues to get publicity and BP is one of the many. Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, a blog on your own website, authoring a book, and any of the various trade magazines come to mind. As you know, everyone always seems to want content.
With research and editing, writing a blog can take many hours and the outcome is uncertain. BP used to display the number of views for each thread and each blog, but not any more that I can find. How does one measure interest for a blog topic on your site and ensure they’re not wasting their time writing a post, or a series of posts, that either few read or that could be submitted elsewhere? I’m sure you keep metrics. How can they be accessed please, so we can make an informed decision?
Adding to ’s question (Hi Brad!!), who owns the content, BP or the author?
Hey Jeff! Been a while! Thanks for the shout out! Hope all is well with you!
...and thanks for the more detailed inquiry here.
@Matt Myre Thanks for the clarification Matt. Although, I am happy to contribute some of my vast useless knowledge, my concern is with the BP ownership rights. Does that mean I would be unable to post my writings anywhere else, including my website, or otherwise capitalize on utilizing my writings in the future? I assume BP rights are not that vast, but just would like more clarification. Thank You.
Hey Brad,
BiggerPockets owns the article once you submit it. You can use it as a portfolio piece, but credit has to go back to BiggerPockets if you were to post it on your website, and for your own sake, I would add a "nofollow" indexing tag to the article so that Google doesn't penalize you for duplicate content. But we ultimately own the article once you submit.
- Raleigh, NC · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 4 votes4y
Quote from @Dan DiFilippo:
@Matt Myre I submitted mine! I keep thinking about what I wrote and I will mention, it took a number of drafts to get down to 300 words. More than that, I keep thinking of ideas for articles I would write. Would you want either a longer version of the sample I wrote? Any interest in seeing any other sample content?
Hey Dan!
I'll take a look at the work you submitted and go from there. We've gotten a lot of submissions, which is awesome! But it also means I have a lot to read if that makes sense. Thanks!
- Property Manager · Charlotte, NC · Member since 2022 · 269 posts · 135 votes3y
Quote from @Alicia Marks:
Calling all BiggerPockets thought leaders!
We’re holding an open call for writers to become contributors to the BiggerPockets Blog. If you’re interested in submitting your name, email address, real estate specialty, and a 300-word writing sample on the topic of your choice, we’d love to review your work!
Submit here
Hey! I was wondering if this opportunity is still open?
- Fort Worth, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes3y
@Tommy ParkerIt is!
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