Publishing with HOMEiA: Trusted Since 2017

No, we only offer sponsored posts where our team researches, writes and prepares the graphic for each sponsored article before publishing it on HOMEiA.com (without the sponsored tag). If your good-standing website features relevant, high-quality content and meets our overall quality standards, we will link it from your sponsored article on our website to your target page. We reserve the right to decline backlinks to irrelevant or “spammy” websites.

No thanks! HOMEiA.com does things differently.

A. Team-Written Content

At HOMEiA, we don’t accept free guest post articles. Most of the content published on our site is produced by our internal team in our effort to maintain high content quality on HOMEiA.com.

B. Topic Experts

We only allow topic experts who we think will best fit our content niches.

We don’t respond to email blasts; we prefer to connect directly with real professionals.

HOMEiA is on a mission to create and promote The BEST content in our vertical while attracting talents to our team.

As of May, 2021, HOMEiA.com no longer accepts incoming guest posts from general writers.

Why? Here are a few key reasons:

1. We want our audience to benefit from educational content produced by real professionals who practice day-in and day-out what they share on HOMEiA.com. At HOMEiA, we strive every day to improve our content and presentation for the audience.
2. We want to build a strong relationship with professionals in and around the real estate industry who can stand behind their content on HOMEiA.com, making us more confident in presenting their expertise to our audience.
3. As content-spinning software becomes more advanced, we will see more spun articles that are indistinguishable from those that general writers produce. Meanwhile, as Google gives increasing weight to E-E-A-T content (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness), especially with YMYL content — its artificial intelligence (AI) software will quickly catch up and devalue sites that appear to use automated content to manipulate rankings.

These are three factors we consider carefully before publishing new content on HOMEiA.com. We hope you now understand why we can’t accept articles from general writers, even though many are willing to pay for the exposure that HOMEiA.com provides.

At HOMEiA, our team is committed to forgoing any short-term gain that may harm our long-term success.

A topic expert writer is someone who has several years of experience researching and/or working on one or two specific topics.

For example, Jenna S. worked for a furniture company for three years as their content copywriter. Over those years she learned a lot about furniture, and a year ago she quit that job to start her furniture review blog. Now she wants to write for HOMEiA.com about how to choose good furniture for your home.

Another example is Jared, who started his lawn care business eight years ago in high school and managed it through college before selling it to work full-time for one of the largest lawncare product companies as their content manager. Now he wants to write educational articles for HOMEiA.com.

On the other hand, people whom we don’t consider to be topic expert writers are those who write on any topic at their client’s request. They search for a few articles online to read and, based on that information, produce an article for guest blogging. We consider these writers to be general writers and not topic experts.

Since May 1, 2021, our company policies don’t allow us to publish guest post content written by general writers. Number three (#3) above explains why.

If you haven’t heard back from us, it could be for one (or more) of these reasons:

1. You didn’t fill out your sponsored post application completely.
2. The URL you want to backlink to from our site doesn’t feature content related to real estate.
3. The website you want to gain a backlink from HOMEiA.com doesn’t meet our quality standards.

Sometime we may impose a waiting period when an applicant does not comply with our sponsored post requirements.

At HOMEiA, we stand firm in our commitment to provide engaging, useful content from professional topic experts and influencers. To ensure that our sponsored posts meet these standards, we require:

1. A completed application.
2. A timely reply from your end to your open ticket.
3. A LinkedIn profile so we can verify expertise.

We won’t waive these requirements for a fee. Repeated requests that we do so may lead us to block the applicant.

Link builders often mistake HOMEiA.com for an average blog site. They fill our inbox with attempts to bargain on guest post prices, wasting their time and ours.

Let’s take this opportunity to clarify once and for all how HOMEiA’s guest post program works. We’ll explain where we stand and who we prefer to work with. Let’s get started.

1. a. Most of HOMEiA’s content is produced in-house.

   We don’t rely on incoming sponsored posts to grow our website. We do, however, allocate a limited number of sponsored post slots each month, and there are two reasons why.

   First, it helps us bring some diverse perspectives to our content. And second, it helps us select a small number of topic experts we would like to work with in the long term.

   Once our topic expert seats for a given category are filled, we no longer accept sponsored posts for that category from new authors.

2. b. We invest in our guest content.

   Unlike average blog sites, which tend to publish guest posts “as-is” as soon as the site owner gets paid, HOMEiA does not. We thoroughly reviews and edits each sponsored article to make sure it meets our quality standards for publishing.

   We also spend resources to add great graphics to each article, making the content more attractive to our audience.

   Overall, our approach to content presentation makes our articles stand out among other websites. Here are a few examples of our sponsored posts.

3. c. We don’t bargain on price.

   Due to the amount of time and effort we put in to prepare each article, we never discount our price. And since we only publish a few sponsored posts per month, we have no interest in allowing bulk sponsored post articles for a lower price.

   In our experience, anyone who keeps bargaining down on prices will surely disappoint.

4. d. We don’t allow permanent outgoing backlinks.

   The longest backlink lifespan on our site is usually 24 months.

   We periodically monitor the content on every web page we are linked to in order to make sure it still provides helpful content to our audience. If a page has changed and become misleading or too promotional, we reserve the right to remove the backlink from our site immediately.

   This is how we maintain a good reputation and protect our audience in this time of ever-increasing misleading content.

In short, our website is not here to sell backlinks in bulk. Allowing a limited number of sponsored posts is our way of selecting a small group of topic experts whose articles add diversity to our content. Now we only allow Gold and Diamond sponsored posts, for which the content is produced in-house.

Overall, we prefer to work with a very small group of topic experts (ideally influencers) who can consistently provide insightful posts for our growing audience, while our internal team helps to present and promote that content intelligently.

By now you should know whether you belong to that small group of topic experts. If you do, you can apply here; otherwise, we would thank you to stop sending us your price bargaining emails. Take care!

Some blog sites bluff on price — they start high, then spend a lot of time haggling back and forth. HOMEiA is different. We offer a real price upfront, so we can spend our time producing high-quality content.

If you continue to ask for a discount after we’ve clearly stated our policy, we will stop responding.

Why do we stick to our price?

Because we value quality over quantity. We limit the number of guest posts each month — even though guests are willing to pay — so we can give each post the attention it deserves.

Here’s what we do:

• We make sure that each backlink takes readers to a helpful content.
• Our content team reviews and edits the post for quality.
• Our graphics team prepares graphics to go with the article.
• Our SEO team optimizes each article.

We bet you won’t find another website out there that presents incoming guest posts at the level we do. Here are some examples: https://homeia.com/guest-post-examples.

If you want your guest post to be presented nicely, along with a high-quality backlink that doesn’t dilute the site’s “link juice,” we hope you’ll agree that our marked price is a bargain.

For more information, check out our guest-post options.

Multiple factors contribute to this policy:

1. We want to maintain the quality of our backlinks by allowing only a limited number of backlinks to go out each month.
2. We want to have a larger and more diverse group of topics experts sharing their knowledge on HOMEiA.com.

We do keep a list of authors whose articles perform well on HOMEiA.com, and periodically we invite a few into our Contributor PRO program.

No — HOMEiA has a firm-price policy. We stand by the value of our high-quality content presentation and backlinks.

If we charge more than other sites, it’s because of our hands-on approach. Our team proofreads, prepares images, and optimizes on-page before we publish an article on HOMEiA.com.

Why don’t we publish everything we receive? Because we believe our high standards will protect your investment even as search algorithms change.

We also limit the number of guest posts each month to ensure the quality of our backlinks.

HOMEiA.com is not just a blog website, but also a real estate platform for professionals to promote their HOMEiA profiles. We strive to surround these profiles with helpful, well-written and attractively presented content that elevates the site.

Give it a try! Once your topic-expert-content is published on HOMEiA.com, you’ll see the difference first-hand. Here’re examples of clients who paid the full prices to guest post on our site.

Yes — once you have published 10 topic-expert articles or more on HOMEiA.com, you’ll become a HOMEiA-certified author. Once you’re certified you’ll also be able to log into your profile, where you’ll get a permanent do-follow backlink.

No, for new authors. But Yes, for our VIP members — if the web page we link to meets our quality standards (at our sole discretion). These standards include but are not limited to the following:

• The website is trustworthy and a good resource (not “spammy”).
• The content is of high quality and relevant to the anchor text link on our page.
• The content we link to is not overly promotional.

No — most of the time we will provide the images or graphics if we choose to publish your article. Only when your article covers unique products or services will we need your images and graphics to complement your content.

The duration of your active link depends on the package.

A. Silver package

Your do-follow backlink remains active for 365 days once your article is published on HOMEiA.com.

There are several ways to extend the link:

• Renew the do-follow backlink for another year at 80% of the current rate.
• Redirect your do-follow backlink to a different website with helpful/related content at 90% of the current rate. (The new site must meet our quality standards.)
• Convert to a no-follow backlink for an additional 365 days by submitting improved/refreshed content prior to the expiration date.

(NOTE: By updating your content every 365 days, you can keep your no-follow backlink for many years. All updates must meet our quality standards.)

B. Gold and Diamond packages

Your do-follow backlink usually remains active for 12 months (for Gold) and 18 months (for Diamond) respectively unless you purchase for multiple years for a small discount on the current low prices. At HOMEiA, our mission is to continually evolve to make our platform and content better for our members and audience.

To extend the link:

• Extend the do-follow backlink for an additional 12 months by letting us know 30 days before the expiration date, and we will send you an invoice for whichever price at the time.

Better yet, once you reach 10 or more guest posts with an average score of at least 9.0, the time length of your new backlinks from our site will expand 6 more months, then to 12 more months once
you reach 20 articles.

Your messages may have been dismissed for one of the following reasons:

• HOMEiA received your email message along these lines: “I have many clients, and if you give me a bulk discount deal I will buy more backlinks from your site” or “Do you allow guest post content or backlinks on your website to Casino, Gambling, Pharma, Pay Day Loan, Adult sites?”
• HOMEiA received the same email message at multiple email addresses belong to our staff.
• HOMEiA received the same template message multiple times a day or on multiple days.

We treat these messages as spam and filter them accordingly. If a message gets through, our internal team flags it and the email address is blocked indefinitely.

HOMEiA’s goal is to publish high-quality and insightful content that benefits our growing audience and increases traffic to our site.

When a link builder purchases our Silver package but submits an article that doesn’t meet our quality standards, we either refund 100% of the money or hire a topic expert writer to research and edit or rewrite the content before it is published. This service is billed to the contributor as a $35 add-on expense.

Our Gold package avoids this problem by assigning a professional writer upfront to produce high-quality content on your behalf, but our HOMEiA team will be listed as the author of that article.

Yes — once you achieve the status as a Contributor PRO member on HOMEiA.com.

If you select the Silver package for a guest post, you must submit high-quality content. At HOMEiA, high-quality content means the content is rated by our editors and industry experts at a level of 9 or 10 (on a scale of 1-10).

For example, here is an author who is a Contributor PRO on HOMEiA, having written many articles with a quality rating of 9 and 10. If you are committed to guest posting on HOMEiA.com, this is the level of content we expect.

Once you submit your article, it goes to our content team for a review and feedback round (and, if needed, a second round).

On our 10-point scale, anything below an 8 is regarded as “spin content” and is rejected, while content rated 8-9 goes through our internal editing process.

If your guest post article does not meet our quality standards after two rounds of feedback from our team, we will refund your payment in full. If this happens, we will be unable to accept future guest post applications from you.

If your article scores well, we will move forward and prepare your content for publication.

To be the best in the industry, we can only accept content from the best contributors. We are pleased to work with those of you who share our values and want to help us build a site that will be highly regarded for years to come.

HOMEiA’s policy only allows one do-follow link per article. We do not sell additional links.

In general, we do not allow naked URLs in our articles. They tend to look spammy and unprofessional.

Yes. All Silver guest post articles must have at least 1,000 words.

No. None of our incoming guest post articles are labeled as sponsored.

We can only accept up to two incoming guest posts each month from each HOMEiA-verified topic expert.

Yes, if your writer is a proven topic expert according to our criteria. That means the writer has written and published—with a byline—at least five articles related to the topic. We will also ask to verify the writer’s LinkedIn profile.

With our Gold guest post package, we write the content, insert your backlink, and credit our HOMEiA Team as the author. We do not offer ghostwriting (where we write the article and credit you as the author).

Topics we won’t accept include CBD, adult, casino, pharma, loans (including payday), cryptos, and vaping. We make no exceptions, regardless of the offer.

Please read these two pages completely to know what you should expect from us and what we expect from you:

• Publishing on HOMEiA
• Why is Guest Blogging on HOMEiA.com Different?

We do not sell any of the following services:

• Product Reviews (reviewing a product you supply in exchange for a post and backlink)
• Editorial Links (a small amount of content and link to your site on one of our existing posts)
• Supporting Links (Internal links directed to your guest post page)
• Homepage Feature Articles
• Social Sharing

Any of the following might cause your article to move more slowly toward publication on HOMEiA.com:

1. A. Too many backlinks. Our SEO team reviewed and approved your target web page for one backlink from HOMEiA.com, and you made the payment to place your guest post order. However, once we received your guest post article, we found more than one outgoing backlink in your article’s body.
3. When that happens, we have to track down the payment receipt and review the article text to remove the unauthorized backlinks. Because we have many guest post orders to process for other clients, this step may delay the content team’s review by a day or two.
5. B. Our first-rate presentation. Unlike average blog websites, which publish any text you send their way as soon as you make the payment, HOMEiA takes content publishing very seriously. We strive to deliver high-quality and thoughtful content to our audience for years to come. To meet this standard, we require 4-5 business days to prepare each guest post article for publishing.
7. After our content team reviews and approves your article, our design team prepares the graphics for it and our SEO team optimizes it before it is published. That’s why the presentation of HOMEiA’s content is much better than most websites out there, and why the majority of our content ranks higher on the Internet.
9. C. Too many status requests. If you have submitted your article to us less than a week ago and it is under review by our content team, any request we receive for the status of your article (or attempt to hurry the process) will instead delay the process.
11. When we receive these requests, our guest post coordinator will have to reach out to the content team and review previous emails to see whether we are late on delivery (which rarely happens). This costs time we could be using to process your article.
13. On average, each follow-up email will delay your article by one day. The fastest way to get your article published is to let us focus on doing our work well for you without interruption.
15. D. Poor writing quality. When our content team determines that an article is poorly written, we have 3 options:
    • Refund your money 100% and decline any guest post orders from you in the future.
    • Ask you to hire a topic expert writer to rewrite the article before resubmitting it.
    • In some cases, if the topic is interesting enough, we may offer you the option to have HOMEiA hire a professional to research and rewrite the article, then publish it with HOMEiA listed as an author, while you still get a backlink.

We reserve the right to cancel your guest post order and refund 100% of your money if we notice any of the following:

1. a) Your submitted article is automated content, duplicate content, or poorly written.
2. b) Our team has witnessed unprofessional or disrespectful conduct from you during our pre-publication process.
3. c) Your submitted article is less than 1,000 words.
4. d) Your content is too promotional in style.

We will forego short-term revenue in an effort to maintain the highest level of content, as well as positive, professional communications for everyone involved with HOMEiA.com.

We are working hard to attract respectful, talented people to our team. We do that by emphasizing quality work and professional communication. HOMEiA is focused on serving both clients and partners with both high-quality content and excellent standards for conduct.

We are here to do meaningful work and build meaningful relationships for years to come.

At HOMEiA, when our digital content marketing team sees an article that is well written, covers its topic well, and has good potential for re-share by our audience, we may invest our resources to produce a summary video to make the article more shareable.

Besides embedding that video at the top of your article, we also upload a copy of the video onto HOMEiA’s YouTube channel and social media pages — with a backlink to your article to boost its exposure.

This program, unique to HOMEiA, helps knowledgeable authors amplify their hard-earned content without the extra marketing costs. It is our pleasure to offer this service where we feel it is worthwhile. When you succeed, we succeed!

If you submit in your article as a guest post, or if you do so on the behalf of your client, your name or your client’s name must be listed as an author of that content. Currently, we don’t label your article as a sponsored post.

We feel that if you are unwilling to put your name on the guest post content you produced, our site is not for you. We want HOMEiA.com to be a platform where authors are proud to establish their professional profiles.

Each month, our company policies only allow a limited number of backlinks going out. This helps us to retain our backlink quality.

When you request a guest post spot, and we confirm that one is available for the current month, we email you a PayPal invoice so you can prepay to hold it.

If no spots remain this month, you can prepay to reserve a spot for the next available month.

This policy keeps prices lower by ensuring that we receive payment for our team’s efforts.

If you want to reserve a spot, please contact us.

Once you’ve had 10 topic-expert articles published on HOMEiA.com, you qualify as a HOMEiA-certified author. This status gives you access to your profile dashboard — among other perks — so you can promote yourself as a professional writer.

And here is an article that will show you How to Boost Your Credibility as a Professional Writer to Gain More Clients.

Yes, we will consider it for our Silver package — as long as it meets our quality standards and hasn’t been published on another site.

For video content, please contact our video content production team. We will get in touch with you directly for further discussion.

No — we only publish unique content that has not been posted elsewhere. We strictly avoid publishing duplicate content.

No — our company policies require prepayment for Every guest post article.

No — publishing guest posts on our site, along with backlinks, is a service we provide that offers advantages to guest bloggers.

If you want to make money on our platform as a professional writer, you can attempt to get sponsored into our Contributor PRO Program.

The best way to gain exposure is through our benefit-rich Contributor PRO membership on HOMEiA.com. This VIP membership is by invitation only; an existing Contributor PRO or one of HOMEiA’s executive team leaders must personally sponsor you.

To get noticed by those people and increase your chances of being sponsored, you need to prove your expertise by producing and publishing insightful content on reputable websites related to real estate topics like those on HOMEiA.com.

At the same time, reach out to build a relationship with influencers. As you network with these influencers, ask to share the content you’ve already published on other reputable websites and invite them to review your written content.

Contributor PRO is a community of expert influencers who use this platform to add another channel of revenue and take advantage of other benefits HOMEiA provides while networking and collaborating with like-minded individuals.

No — we only link to our affiliate partners’ content or qualified guest posts.