AppStorm succeeds based on a talented community of passionate writers and software users. If you’d like to contribute to the site, we would love to hear from you. We pay our authors for every article we publish, and we’ll be sure to let you know what rate is available before we accept a submission (it’s around $60, but varies depending upon the type of article you choose to write).
Here’s the process you should go through to ensure your submission meets our criteria, and neither our time nor yours is wasted!
1. Read our Writer’s Guide >> This is the absolute best place to find out everything you need to know about writing for us.
2. Submit Your Article Idea >> We’ll take a look, and get back to you with a response and payment rate if we feel it’s a good fit for the site.
3. Write Your Article! – We’ll give you WordPress details and a link to a few WordPress instructions, so you can log in and write your article!
We look for the following things in contributions:
1. Expertise – It really helps if you know what you’re talking about!
2. Web Writing – Writing on the web works best when it’s not too verbose, and makes use of lists and headings to break up the text.
3. Cover Popular Apps – It’s best if your article relates to an app that is either reasonably popular or should be reasonably popular. We generally avoid anything which is very niche.
Before You Make Contact With Us, Read This
1. It is entirely up to the editor to select articles for publication.
2. The article you submit is your original work and not published elsewhere. Please credit all sources, assets and use common sense.
3. Your article may be edited prior to publishing.
If Your Article Is Accepted
1. You grant a license to Envato / AppStorm to be the exclusive publisher of the article online. You may republish extracts online – for example on your own site – however the article in its entirety should not appear elsewhere. You may also republish the article offline in any way you wish – e.g. sell it to a magazine, submit it to a book.
2. You consent to the full article, extracts, samples or examples from it appearing in other Envato sites, products and services.
3. Payment of an agreed rate will be made at the beginning of the month after your article is accepted.
4. You must have a PayPal account for us to pay.
There are three types of article you can submit:
1. An in-depth review
2. A roundup
3. A how-to
An In-Depth Review
An in-depth review explores the ins and outs of each different aspect of an application, explains functionality in detail, and draws comparisons to competing software. An in-depth review must be at least 900 words in length, compensated at $60.
A How-To
If you know of an interesting technique, way of achieving something with a certain app, or want to share an interesting tip/trick, this falls under the How-To bracket. On the same lines as an in-depth review, these must be at least 900 words in length, and are usually compensated at $60.
A Roundup
A roundup takes a certain theme or category of applications, and offers an interesting list of all the software in this particular niche (along with descriptions, prices, requirements etc). Roundups usually include at least 20 applications, and are compensated at $60. NB. Be sure to confirm a payment rate with your editor before you start work!
Here are the steps you should go through:
1. Decide upon your article idea
2. Submit your idea to confirm that it is suitable, and find out the payment rate: http://enva.to/c0iwLU
3. We’ll send you a set of WordPress login credentials
4. If you’re not familiar with WordPress, you can watch our screencast guide at http://mac.appstorm.net/wordpress-guide/
5. Write your article, using one of our structures included in the guide. These templates are really important, and you should ensure that you follow the exact same structure when preparing your article.
6. Hit “Submit for Review” in WordPress, and send us an email to let us know!
We’ll then review the submission, and get back to you within a few days to let you know whether it has been accepted!
General Structure
Images
You should include a 200x200px thumbnail or application icon for the article. If it’s an icon, ensure that it is on a white background. Each image should include description text which will be used for the image caption. Each image should be saved as either a .jpg or .png and be optimized for the web. I usually use Photoshop and the Save for Web option, .jpg format at 80% quality. Screenshots and other images should be used regularly, wherever appropriate. Every screenshot should be a maximum of 620px wide.
Writing
Make sure all word capitalizations are correct. For example, Twitter is capitalized because it is a company name, even though the logo is not capitalized. Most company or web app names should be capitalized, unless specifically using lower case. Many buttons also use capitalization. Acronyms should also be capitalized. For example, “his Twitter ID was xxxx”. "ID" should be capitalized. When specifying something important or in comparison, use italics as appropriate.
More information here.
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