Forget doomscrolling and negativity! At Local First, we're all about celebrating the good stuff happening right here on the Hibiscus Coast. We want to hear your stories of triumph, resilience, and community spirit.
What We’re Looking For:
- Inspiring Stories: Share your unique experiences that highlight personal or community growth on the Hibiscus Coast.
- Positive Focus: Showcase extraordinary events, achievements, or heartwarming moments that go beyond the ordinary.
- Helpful Takeaways: Provide valuable insights, practical advice, or thought-provoking perspectives that will benefit our readers.
- Authentic Voice: Let your personality shine through in your writing! We want to hear your unique perspective.
- Timeless Relevance: Craft content that’s meaningful today and will resonate with readers in the future.
- Minimum 400 Words: Longer posts tend to rank better on Google and provide more value to our audience.
What to Avoid:
- Self-Promotion: Focus on adding value to the community, not just promoting yourself or your business
- Plagiarism: Submit only original content. Don’t copy or paraphrase from other sources. Always give credit where it’s due.
- Typos and Errors: Proofread carefully! Clear and error-free writing makes your story more enjoyable to read.
Community Engagement:
- If your story gets published, we encourage you to actively participate in the comments section. Engage with readers, answer questions, and foster a positive discussion.
Additional Guidelines:
- Exclusivity: Please submit stories that haven’t been published elsewhere. We love sharing unique content with our audience.
- Guest Blogging: Bloggers are welcome to contribute! Feel free to include a link to your blog or website.
Our Shared Goal:
We believe in the power of storytelling to uplift and inspire. Together, let’s create a collection of content that encourages reflection, sparks joy, and helps everyone discover the beauty and positivity of the Hibiscus Coast.
The Legal Stuff (We promise it’s not too scary!)
- Eligibility: The “Bright Side” campaign is open to anyone living in the local area with an extraordinary story to share.
- Submission: Submit your story through our website or via email. It should be original, true, and showcase something remarkable about our community
- Rights: By submitting, you give us permission to use, publish, and share your story on our platforms.
- Credit: We’ll always credit you as the author, using your name or initials (unless you prefer to remain anonymous).
- No Compensation: This campaign is about sharing stories, not making money. There’s no financial compensation for submissions.
- Disclaimer: You’re responsible for your story’s content. We’re not liable for any claims arising from it
- Changes: We might tweak these guidelines or end the campaign at any time, but we’ll keep you posted.
Let’s spread the sunshine together!
