Writer Onboarding

Thanks for joining the Contentellect writing team. We're excited to have you onboard!

At Contentellect we specialise in writing search engine optimised blog content for online businesses.

Our clients are SaaS companies, content website owners, eCommerce brands, and other small online businesses.

Our vision at Contentellect is simple: To help make the web a better place by populating it with search optimised, authoritative, and valuable content.

We can only do this by working with great writers. As you've made it this far we're confident that you have the makings of a skilled wordsmith.

To help sharpen your writing toolset and to get you up to speed on our writing standards and processes, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Watch our onboarding video and read our writer guidelines

It's critical you follow our writer guidelines.

Our clients have specific requirements, which if not met will mean lots of edits, or in the worse case, we won't be able to give you more work.

Please watch the video below and download and  read our writer guidelines .



Step 2: Watch our video on writer briefs

Every article we assign to you will be accompanied by a writer brief.

Watch this video to learn more about our briefing process and what to expect when you get assigned an article.



Step 3: Watch our video on writing good introductions

A good introduction can make or break an article.

Watch the two videos below on how to write great article introductions, and avoid common mistakes.


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Step 4: Download and install the Grammarly extension for Chrome

We require all writers to use the Grammarly app to ensure there are no spelling or grammatical errors in submitted articles.

Please download the  free chrome extension for Grammarly , which will help with spelling, punctuation and language.

Ensure it is set to US or UK English according to the article brief.

Step 5: Watch the video below and review our Content Tracker

We assign all articles using our  Content Tracker . Here's a quick video below to show you our process. We've also documented the process for you  here .


Step 6: How to use Surfer SEO

Occasionally we will ask you to optimise your article using Surfer SEO. Here's a short video on how to use Surfer.

Step 7: How to invoice and get paid

Please read our  invoicing guidelines  for detailed information.

Payment is made through PayPal. If you don't have a PayPal account, there is information on how to set one up in the invoicing guidelines document.

Step 8: Help us get to know you

We like to find out more about our writers and get to know their interests and strengths. This way we can assign articles based on what you know and love to write about Red Heart

Please  complete our form  so we can learn about you.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact us at  info@contentellect.com . We'd be happy to run through any of the above if it's unclear.