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1 Pregame is a magazine-meets-portfolio; a content community of aspirational individuals who are dedicated to maximizing our potential in life and work. Our content centers on real-world success: how we define it, who s doing it, and how it s done. We are dedicated to sharing the principles, information, and resources that empower authentic success. Our tone is realistic, personal, and optimistic. We ask questions rather than give easy answers. We explore, evaluate, celebrate, encourage. We focus on the journey rather than the destination. Our contributors are professionals from all industries and levels, sharing our insight from experience. We are not writers by trade; we are creators pausing to share our collected wisdom. Site Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest pregamemag pregame@presslercollaborative.com Quick Guide 2016 Calendar Posting via Wordpress Your Author Profile Style Guidelines Promoting Your Content By submitting your content to Pregame magazine, you agree to the Contributor Terms as outlined at

2 Content types Interviews we favor interviews with interesting people creating their own success. Editorial what s on your mind and why? This is Cool summary of useful resource(s) with appropriate links. Profiles we publish profiles rather than reviews what is it, by whom, for whom, and why? Personal Essay experience you had and what you learned and how it impacted you. Or pitch us, we re open to it. Specs Any length is fine just be sure you make one central point or tell one complete story. Shorter is better. We reserve the right to edit for clarity, tone, and brevity. Do Republish content you own it s okay if it appeared elsewhere as long as you have permission to repost it. Use your best grammar and spelling. We d rather be publishing than editing. Be sure to credit properly: photos, quotes, links, etc. Don t Give definite answers. Rather, speak from your own experience what worked for you in real life? Write in a clickbait-y way. This isn t Buzzfeed. Try to do too much with one piece we d rather you publish multiple pieces, each with one central idea.

3 2017 Topic Submit By January Possibility December 28 February Diversity/Culture January 27 March Health/Wellness February 26 April Wealth March 28 May Advice to My Younger Self April 28 June Travel/Journeys May 28 July Taking a Break June 28 August Business July 28 September Mentors August 27 October Plans September 27 November Communication October 27 December Spiritual Journey November 27

4 Once you are a Pregame contributor, you will receive login info to post directly to our site via Wordpress. Log In Log in at Enter your username and password. Case-sensitive. Default username: your first name and last name, all one word, all lowercase Default password: Press2016!(ohyeah!) Please change your password after you log in for the first time. Create a Post 1. Go to Posts. 2. Add New Post. 3. Create a Title (this will auto generate the URL). 4. Paste or Type your article. 5. Add hyperlinks. 6. Add formatting. 7. Add all relevant categories. 8. Add keywords use the most-used list. 9. Add a featured image. 10. Crop thumbnails. 11. Click Preview and review your article. 12. Change the publish date to the 1st of the upcoming month (even if you want to publish sooner). 13. Click SAVE DRAFT to submit. DO NOT HIT PUBLISH. Images All posts must have a Featured Image. Add this via the link in the right side menu and upload your image to the media library. If you leave the image blank we will add one for you. You can also add images within your post.

5 ***Be sure to add the image title and alt-text to any image you upload or post. Both should be descriptive keywords. Images should be.jpg files and must either be used under a Creative Commons license or be submitted in good faith, with express permission from the proprietor of the image for it to be republished. You must list the source/credit underneath the image in the caption in the format Photo by Joe Lens. Hyperlinks Any time you reference an article or a website, you should include a hyperlink (make it clickable to the relevant page). To hyperlink text, highlight the segment of text or word you want to be clickable and then click on the link icon in the editor bar. Paste the full web address ( and everything) into that window and click OK. No affiliate links. Categories Select at least one category for your post. The default category is Strategy. The next level are the titles shown on the site s main menu currently Life, Career, Business, Culture, and People. Please do not check a Column Title as it already belongs to someone else. Keywords In the Tags field, enter relevant keywords. Keywords help us promote your writing on the site and in search engines. Add topics and ideas referenced in the post, e.g. Health, Entrepreneurism, Relationships. Think like a Google searcher what would you enter into Google if you were trying to find this article? That is usually a good tag to use. Suggested Keywords will auto-populate as you type.

6 It s important to keep your Profile info up to date. Your author page appears at pregamemagazine.com/user/yourusername. Editing your Profile Click the Profile link on the left-hand side of the Wordpress dashboard. Bio & Links Make sure you have a one-sentence bio (keep it brief!). Twitter and Website are optional but encouraged. This info will appear on your author page at Author Photo Your photo is imported via Gravatar which is a separate account. The link to set this up is in your Profile under the generic graphic. You will have to set up a separate login for that service even though it s linked to Wordpress.

7 Please follow this style guide to help get your posts published faster. For general style and grammar questions, refer to these sites: Grammar: AP Style Guide: Quick%20Reference%20Guide-New.pdf Here is Ciara s favorite writing tool: Login: ciara@presslercollaborative.com Pass: pc10013 Best Practices Short paragraphs are better for online reading even one-sentence paragraphs. Make your post evergreen - avoid mentioning a specific time of year or current event if possible so that the content stays relevant. Length The most effective posts fall in the 500 to 1000 word range; greater length may be too long to hold a reader's attention. Title Clear, descriptive titles work better than cute or punny ones. What would you enter into Google if you were trying to find this article? That's usually the best way to start your title. Capitalize the first letter of every word, except for articles and prepositions three letters or less (so "From" is capitalized, but "for" is not; "Is" always gets capitalized). Please no all-caps. Long Quotes/Excerpts

8 Blockquote or indent excerpted passages of text or dialogue in your posts this makes it easy for the reader to differentiate between others' voices and yours, and it makes reading easier on the eyes by breaking up the text. Italics vs. Quotes Please Italicize: book titles movie titles newspaper titles (after "the") magazine titles television series titles play titles Please put in quotes: book chapters newspaper articles magazine articles television episodes poems

9 We encourage you to promote your pieces and send them around most readers will arrive on Pregame via links passed on from friends and other sites. We track Most Popular posts, so promoting your work will help you get more traffic! Here are some ideas: Comments Often, the more comments a post attracts, the better it does in generating clicks and comments. Create a community around your post, and help it grow by starting with your own personal community. Encourage your friends to share it as well. Simply make sure you are logged in, then proceed to your post to write your comment. lists Send a short note with a link to your post to your personal, professional, or company lists. Encourage them to comment and subscribe! Facebook Share to Facebook make sure your post is set to public to reach a maximum audience. Tag any relevant people or organizations. Twitter Post to Twitter be sure to hashtag relevant keywords and tag any relevant people or organizations. LinkedIn Post to your connections and professional groups. Instagram We will be creating pull quote graphics based on your articles like and repost these on your account. Subscriptions Encourage your friends to subscribe we are currently sending out an e-newsletter featuring popular content twice per month.

10 Etc. How do I get featured in the homepage slideshow? We rotate these based on content relevant to our audience and theme, and the featured art selected to pair with the article. How do I get in the print magazine? Our Best of 2016 print edition was a one-off experiment if we get positive feedback we will probably do it again. Contributors were chosen from the most frequently contributing columnists and most popular articles. How do I get higher up on the Most Popular list? We ll help promote your article to our audiences, but it s much more effective if you promote it too. I submitted my post and it still hasn't been published. If it s been over 3 business days, feel free to shoot us an . Posts intended for the next month will appear after the 1st of the month. I know someone who should be contributing content to Pregame. Awesome! Please introduce us. I know some other existing content that would fit on Pregame. Awesome! Send it over and we ll see about syndicating. I wrote something a while back that seems to fit next month s issue. All good! You can republish to Pregame as long as you have the rights to that content. Anything on your own blog, website, or sites like Huffington Post are fair game. I have some other ideas. Your suggestions are most welcome this is a community effort. Definitely let us know! By submitting your content to Pregame magazine, you agree to the Contributor Terms as outlined at