Writing Contest
Informational Guidelines

Name: Daniella Young
Email: svc@bhmfinancial.com
Contact No: 450-485-2500

Thank you for your interest in the nationwide copywriting contest. I hope that you will be our lucky winner for $5000 writing Contest !

In today’s fast paced, digital marketing climate, entrepreneurs are looking for copywriters that will boost their website’s visibility and ranking.

This contest aims to encourage copy writers to create industry-relevant blog articles on searchable topics.

Writing has changed dramatically. Established newspaper writers that did not adapt to current writing trends have become obsolete today What was considered important, interesting reading 2 years ago, is considered irrelevant today. With the explosion of available news outlets, consumers are looking to digest the maximum amount of information in the shortest time possible.

For this contest, contestants should seek to find unique topics and titles and should employ less aggressively competitive topics and titles as Google and other search engines will rather promote famous corporations and government entities to small businesses. For SEO purposes, contestants should also seek to write articles on topics that are associated with BHM Financial Group’s market.

There are 3 types of articles for this contest:

• 1500 words
• 2500 words
• 3500 words.

You will get paid for your submission according to the word count.


1500 words pays you $5.
2500 words pays you $10.
3500 words pays you $20.

For some background, BHM Financial Group is a finance company that provides loans to consumers across Canada that have no credit, have a hard time paying bills, or are in bankruptcy or post-bankruptcy. We secure loans against cars, trucks, homes (including second mortgages), land, RVs, boats, and invoice-factoring for the duration of the loan.

BHM Financial Group was founded on the principle of fair lending practice and reasonable payment options for people in challenging financial situations. We have thousands of grateful, satisfied clients all over Canada that credit us with getting them back on their feet. Instead of being forced to resort to Pay Day loans in desperate times; loans that have never ending, rollover fees and astronomical interest rates, BHM Financial Group provides installment loans with dignity, reasonableness, and ease. A borrower has the peace of mind that the loan will be paid in full, via affordable payments of interest and capital at the end of the designated term.

Your article will be posted to our website and should be relevant to finances, mortgages, insurance, lending, credit, budgeting, cars, trucks, land, and property themes. (Please see Article Topics document for further topics. You may also visit our website’s blog for ideas and to ensure that you do not cover repeat information. https://www.bhmfinancial.com/blog/) Each of these themes can be written in hundreds of creative and informational ways. Your article will help the little guy find our company and in turn find financial relief. Writing this article will give you an opportunity to create content for web traffic improvement.

For examples, regarding collaterals, you may choose to write about vehicles, about the best car for a family of 2 or 4 or 6, or a single person. You may write which car is most popular in each province taking into consideration climate, insurance prices, parking options etc. You may write about credit building, credit repair, credit monitoring and the benefits of having good credit.

The winning article needs a min of 5000 votes. Winner will be announced once we receive 2000 submissions. The winner announcement is projected to take place in June of 2021 All votes must be Canadian IP addresses. We are a Canadian company, and all articles should be applicable to Canadians.

To boost your chances of winning and to get the most votes possible, we recommend that your article should be promoted on social media platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc.).

Once an article is submitted, BHM Financial Group will review it. If you followed all the guidelines and your article is accepted, we will pay you. We will then post your article on our websites and the article will become available for voting.

For your writing to be effective and successful, we’ve posted videos from Income School and from Top Web Influencer, Neil Patel. You may access them on your portal under “educational videos”. Please take the time to review them. They will be extremely helpful to you. Copywriters may submit multiple articles. You will get paid for each article and each article will get posted for winning votes.

All accepted articles will become the property of BHM, and we may use it at our discretion.

The purpose of corporate blogs is to drive site traffic, answer relevant questions, and provide useful information. Below you will find additional good writing practices for copy writing.

Google cares to see how long a person will staying on any given page. Keep user engaged and interested.
Below please find some tips on what Google finds good writing practice.

1. Response post (1500 words)

   • 1500 words
   • Answer to a specific question.
   • Give the answer right away.
   • Do not start your answer paragraph with yes or no.
   • Answers should be bolded.
   • Answers should be in 200-300 characters.
   • Answers should be clear, standalone, and directly answer the question with as much detail as possible.
   • First paragraph should be 1-2 lines.
   • Subheading should be descriptive.
   • First paragraph is your article’s introduction.
   • Second paragraph is the direct answer to your question.
   • Third paragraph gives a more in-depth answer and spreads them into multiple subheadings.
   • If possible, include interesting facts about the post.
   • Include bullet points, Google docs link (if possible), graphs/tables.
   • Include internal links in the post.
   • A paragraph should typically not be more than 6 lines.
   • if possible, include an important tip in a grey box to make it noticeable.
   • Your article should have a conclusion.
   • At the end, include 4-5 FAQs most-interesting questions.
   • Research information about your title.
   • Include 3-5 subheadings.

Here is the video link for the response post.
Writing a Response Post Following the Post Recipe on Vimeo

2. Staple post (2500 words)

   • 2500 words.
   • Cool and shareable content.
   • The purpose of these posts is to speed up traffic flow into websites.
     Article Type: how-to article, tutorial posts
   • Example of title: 10 ways to save money, 21 ways to make quick cash, 10 facts about bankruptcy, etc.
   • Break sub headers into sections and make it clear what each section is all about.
   • Give subheadings that will provide more in-dept answers. Develop each subheading.
   • Research information about your title.
   • Include 3-5 subheadings.
   • First paragraph is your article’s introduction.
   • Second paragraph is the direct answer to your question.
   • Third paragraph gives a more in-depth answer and spreads them into multiple subheadings.
   • Article should have a conclusion.

3. Pillar post

   • 3500 words.
   • Comprehensive resource of your article’s topic.
   • High competition pages.
   • This article must be excellent, everything must be well thought out and developed.
   • Must be well formatted.
   • Helpful information throughout the post.
   • Thorough research.
   • You might also want to discuss more questions that weren’t directly asked, but which may be the next questions they’d want to know.
   • You want the article to be easy for people to scan through and find exactly what they are really looking for.
   • Provide answers to the reader’s next question.
   • Include 3-5 subheadings.
   • First paragraph is your article’s introduction.
   • Second paragraph is the direct answer to your question.
   • Third paragraph gives a more in-depth answer and spreads them into multiple subheadings.
   • Must include subheadings.
   • Article must include a conclusion.
   • At the end, include 4-5 FAQ most-interesting questions.

Article Topics

Name: Daniella Young
Email: svc@bhmfinancial.com
Contact No: 450-485-2500

This page shares some article Topics related to finances, mortgages, insurance, Lending, Credit, budgeting, cars, trucks, land and property themes. You can choose your own topic as well but it should be relevant to our website.

After selecting your topic send us the Titles and subheadings for approval and you will get your title’s approval as soon as possible.

Here is the list of some suggested topics 

Loans

• Car title loans
• Mortgages
• Second Mortgages
• Loan consolidation loans
• Loans on land
• Loans for RVS
• Loans for mobile homes
• Loans for cosmetic procedures
• Loans for home renovation
• Business Loans
• Payday Loans
• Secured Loans
• Unsecured loans
• Liens
• Garage lien
• Construction loans/lien

Insurance

• Home insurance
• Car insurance
• Health insurance
• Life Insurance
• RESPs
• RRSPs

Credit

• Credit scores
• Understating your credit scores
• Credit monitoring
• How to build your credit
• How to negotiate with your credit bureau
• Best credit cards
• Good credit habits
• Bad credit habits
• Credit card perks
• How to get out of a negative credit cycle
• Which steps to take to prepare to apply for a loan
• How to save money

Real Estate

• Invest in real estate.
• Cheapest place to buy a house.
• Where the best place to live (province, city)
• Understanding the real estate market
• How to invest in real estate
• Building material; foundation types, different building material, heating systems, pools, (advantage/disadvantages).
• How to build a home in the most cost effective way possible
• Increase of construction price due to COVID and why.
• What to be aware when investing in land
• What to be aware of when developing land

COVID-19

• Tax Returns and COVID-19
• COVID-19 Tax Benefits
• Access all COVID-19 Financial Relief in Canada
• Price increase/decrease due to COVID (by industry).
• The effect of COVID on real estate and other markets(increase/decrease)
• Used cars, new cars price changes.
• Salary changes due to COVID.
• Which industries will boom post COVID (brick and mortar stores vs online etc.)?

Videos form Income & Neil Patel Blog

Income School is an internet marketing company that teaches people how to create an internet business through blogging and creating YouTube Channels. It is best known for its popular internet marketing and SEO channel on YouTube.

Jim Harmer is a well-known internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Income School, and author of Work Energy. His sites and YouTube videos have been viewed tens of millions of times.

Ricky Kesler is an internet entrepreneur, influencer, and co-founder of Income School. He has helped numerous others become financially independent by helping them create online businesses.
So, we are here with videos form Income School and from Top Web Influencer, Neil Patel, which helps you get idea how you could find the right titles for the blog Post.

Blog titles are the first part of blog post which have dramatic impact to catchy headline to capture readers’ attentions. To grab user’s attention, you have only 2-3 seconds to encourage them to read the blog post.
The most effective blog titles & blog content are the ones which are captivating, SEO keyword-friendly, and capable of providing value to target audience.

So, if you have trouble coming up to find the good titles, writing style have a look on NEIL PATEL & INCOME SCHOOL Videos, which are best ideas for to how to choose titles, how to write perfect blog. So, you follow these tips, and we promise it will help you write blog posts in easy way and that will encourage user to read your blog post.

Guide to Find title Ideas.

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13 Perfect Blog Post Title Ideas

Guide to Clickbait Titles

A Guide to Response Post

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Writing a Response Post Following the Post Recipe

Tips for Blog Writing

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5 Tips for Writing an Awesome Blog Post

6 Tips to Writing an Amazing Blog Post

How to Write a Perfect Blog Post in One Hour

How to Write a Blog Post From Start to Finish

How to Write a Viral Blog Post

How to Write Blog Posts No One Else Can Compete With

Articles From NEIL PATEL Blog

Neil Patel is recognized as a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 30. He Amazon, Microsoft, Airbnb, Google, Thomson Reuters, Viacom, NBC, Intuit, Zappos, American Greetings, General Motors, and Sales Force grow through marketing.

His marketing blog generates over 4 million visitors per month (51% of them spend money on paid ads), Marketing School podcast generates over 1 million listens per month, YouTube channel about marketing has over 31 million views and 765,000 subscribers, he has 1 million Facebook fans, and 372,000 Twitter followers.

Below mentioned are Selected Topics form Neil Patel blog about writing style for blog Post.

How to Write a Blockbuster Blog Post in 45 Minutes

https://neilpatel.com/blog/how-to-write-blog-post/

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Blog Posts That Rank in Google’s Top 10

https://neilpatel.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-writing-blog-posts-that-rank-in-googles-top-10/

If I Had to Start a Blog from Scratch

https://neilpatel.com/blog/blogging-principles/

How to Write a Blog Post from Start to Finish

Article Submission and
Approval

Name: Daniella Young
Email: svc@bhmfinancial.com
Contact No: 450-485-2500

There are 3 types of articles for this contest:

• 1500 words
• 2500 words
• 3500 words.

You will get paid for your submission according to the word count.


1500 words pays you $5.
2500 words pays you $10.
3500 words pays you $20.

The first step is to get your title and subtitle approved. You may email your topic to svc@bhmfinancial.com. As soon as your article is submitted and approved you will get paid.

Some guidelines to follow to be approved.

• Articles will be checked for plagiarism.
• Articles should cover a topic comprehensively.
• Articles with greater word count should cover a topic with extensive subtopics.
• We will judge your article based on quality and interest.
• Article should be grammatically and factually accurate.
• Writers may submit as many articles as they wish.
• If the winning article carries a word count of 1500 words, the winner will get $2500. If the winning article carries a word count of 2500 words, they win $3800 and 3500 words will win a whopping $5000.