Terms and Conditions

All content submitted via saliceonline.com [ here after referred as saliceonline] must meet our guidelines and is subject to editing. Before you submit an article, you must verify that it meets these guidelines.

As a contributor, you have the unique opportunity to get exposure by sharing your insights and advice with readers online. We believe that having a great personal brand is critical to your success.

Before our editors can get to work, your content must meet the saliceonline Content Submission Guidelines as well as Contributor Terms and Blogging Guidelines outlined below. If you have any questions, email at contact@saliceonline.com.

General Overview

In a nutshell, here’s what we’re looking for:

• saliceonline predominantly serves a business, technology and academic audience. Therefore, content must have a professional angle. We’re looking for articles that include actionable tips that can help readers become better leaders, researchers, academicians, professional students,   make better professional decisions, grow their career, or increase their knowledge.
• Saliceonline is broken into sections or channels as a way to help readers more easily find content matching their interests and to ensure that content is written by trusted experts in those fields. All the contents from the contributors will be published under the Industry Expert category.
• Don’t sell or self-promote. Readers are seeking your best tactical advice and industry expertise, not a sales pitch. So don’t write about how your product, company, service or client is the best solution. (We won’t publish it.) Instead, inform and educate your audience. Useful content increases your visibility and leads to new opportunities.
• Include your own unique insights, research outcomes, and expertise. Avoid generic contents that readers have heard before. Look for specific, tactical, fresh angles on your favorite subject matter. For example, think “5 Unusual Ways to Test Your New Hire on Day 1” instead of “5 Top Interview Questions.”
• Avoid jargon, long quoted passages or academic-style writing. Readers prefer straightforward, accessible content that is easy to share and understand.
• Include a takeaway so your audience remembers your advice. The best way to stay top-of-mind is to offer value. Don’t leave readers hanging.

Requirements

In addition to the guidelines above, every article must meet a few general requirements:

• Your content must be original and previously unpublished. An article is considered published even if it only appeared on your business website, blog, LinkedIn, etc.
• Articles must be between below 2000 words. We find 1200  to 1500-word articles do best.
• Include an introduction and a conclusion.
• All sources must be attributed (with hyperlinks) and trustworthy (e.g., Wikipedia is not an ideal source). Try to stick to data from the last 2 years.
• Only links to trusted, authoritative websites are permitted. No keyword links, affiliate links, lead-gen links, company links, client links, etc. are allowed. See more in “Link” section below.
• If you excerpt material first published on a trusted source verbatim, use double quotes and hyperlink to the original source. (Interviews/quotes from third parties are not permitted. Read more in the “Attribution” and “Link” section below.)
• Fact-check everything before you submit it to us.
• No press releases, please. We are looking for advice/expert opinion.
• No self-promotion or conflicts of interest.
• Co-authors are allowed. Co-author names are published along with the content at the beginning.
• No book excerpts, though you are welcome to write about a concept from your books.
• No offensive, partisan or discriminatory content. We do not run content on religion or politics, and articles with inflammatory or obscene language will be removed.
• No puff pieces or listicles about vendors, products, public figures, or people in your network. When you do make a recommendation, be clear about why and offer several reputable alternatives. (If you have a conflict of interest, avoid any brand mention.) A puff piece is an article that benefits the article’s subject more than the reader by not acknowledging limitations or contrary viewpoints and is written with excessively glowing language.
• Avoid statements that guarantee success or results (e.g., “these 3 marketing strategies guarantee you’ll make millions”).
• Just as we do not allow puff pieces, we do not publish articles criticizing companies or people. Focus on giving balanced, tactical insight.

Content Limitations

Currently, the following topics are off-limits to write or publish.

• Cryptocurrency, specifically: coins, crypto as an investment, ICOs, and ICO marketing.
• Residential real estate
• Multilevel marketing
• Politics
• Religion

Saliceonline also reserves the right to pass on article drafts written on specific current events and subject matters that might be deemed controversial.

Posts that could be perceived as legal, financial or health advice will be closely inspected. You may not write about any currency, stock or financial instrument that your company/subsidiary sells or trades. If you personally own it, a disclosure will be required.

In general, avoid guarantees and prescriptive language—phrases like “you should do X,” or “purchase this stock.”

DON’T: “Invest in this stock and you will earn 7%.”

DO: “If you decide to invest in this stock, I can tell you from my experience that up to 7% returns are not unusual.”

Similarly, any medical, dental, health or related content must be provided by qualified medical experts in the related field and supported by research. It should not diagnose, prescribe or advise individuals on matters of health. With these topics, saliceonline may require additional sources or supplementary information to support claims. When necessary, saliceonline may also add standard disclaimers to the end of the article.

Additional Guidelines

You can find more detailed requirements (aka “fine print”) organized by topic, below:

Byline/Bio Information

It is the members’ responsibility to make sure that their Name,  Social Media Handles, and byline are all correct.  

Please note that we require your bio to be brief — 1 sentence long. Only 1 link is guaranteed to appear in your byline. The link in your byline must go to a static URL, preferably your professional profile like linkedin.

Pictures created by the authors are allowed, maximum 4 pictures allowed including the title picture. If title pictures are not shared, Saliceonline will add a picture as its mandatory to have a title picture for every article.

Editorial Discretion

Saliceonline reserve the right to edit all content submitted for publication, including:

• Line edits for grammar, spelling and syntax, as well as formatting;
• Updates to headlines, subheadings and article description;
• Revisions for length, appropriateness, clarity and style. We will advise you and ask for your final review if we make substantive edits.

We also reserve the right to remove any links that lead to material considered offensive, harmful or that are an attempt to solicit commercial sales from readers (e.g. affiliate links, links for lead-generation purposes, links to company or client blogs). Read more about this in our “Link Policy” below.

Saliceonline reserve the right to not publish content until it meets all guidelines.

While we make every effort to ensure that we catch all grammar, style and link issues, mistakes do happen.

Publication Guarantees

It is always up to the discretion of saliceonline whether to accept a finished piece for publication. For various reasons, an article may require changes before it can be published.

Bylines and Authorship

Social Media & Promotion Policies

authors are encouraged to promote their publication in social media.

In no way does your content or your acceptance as a author imply endorsement of you, your company or your brand by saliceonline, and any such statement of endorsement is strictly prohibited and may result in your removal from the saliceonline.

Sharing Content with Your Network

Conflicts of Interest

You may not use our publishing opportunities to solicit or accept free or discounted goods or services under any circumstances.

We reserve the right to unpublish or delete any content that appears to be promotional, advertorial, or commercially biased in nature.

Link Policy

As a member, you will receive a byline with a link to your personal branding profile when you contribute articles. Do not include links to your company, product, services or clients within the body of the post. If you do, they will be removed.

Accuracy, Copyrights & Fact Checking

It is your responsibility as a member to do your research, check the accuracy of your facts and ensure that you have permission to post or quote any copyrighted or confidential information. Saliceonline will verify accuracy where possible and easy to do so, but it is ultimately your responsibility to ensure the material you are presenting is credible and correctly attributed.

Confidentiality

All authors are expected to respect the privacy and confidentiality (as well as the copyright and intellectual property) of the companies, people or fellow members they may write about or reference without exception.

Exclusivity

All content you submit must be previously unpublished. After it is published on saliceonline.com, you retain the copyright, but saliceonline has exclusive publishing rights for 30 days plus worldwide distribution rights. This means that you can republish it on your blog or a personal site (like Medium, LinkedIn) with a link back after 30 days, but saliceonline can use the content on their sites and properties indefinitely

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is never tolerated, in any form . The allowed plagiarism level is less than 5%. Authors must submit the plagiarism report using any tools and must be below 5%. Do not submit plagiarized work under any circumstances, or you will be subject to automatic dismissal. If you are uncertain what constitutes plagiarism, explore the resources here.

AI-Generated Content

All work submitted must be your own. saliceonline use AI detection software on submissions to gauge originality and to ensure published content features unique insights that are differentiated from other pieces found online. Content generated by AI platforms is strictly prohibited. If our editors feel with any degree of certainty that AI is being used to substitute original thought, we reserve the right to not publish.

Attribution, Credit & Sources

You may excerpt (quote), paraphrase or reference another reputable published work to support your points and/or edify the reader provided you clearly cite the original source of that information. (For more detail on what constitutes a reputable source, refer to the Link Policy section above.) Use outside sources sparingly to ensure fair use. Failure to do this may be considered plagiarism.

We do not permit members to solicit quotes or interviews from third parties. As a author, you are neither a contributor nor a reporter, but an expert invited to share your knowledge. Readers are seeking your firsthand advice and insights. For that reason, members should not approach third-party sources for quotes, mentions or insights within their articles. This includes even very brief quotes, article-length interviews, or “features” of other experts/professionals in your network or co-workers.

For more detail on properly attributing sources, read below:

• Provide links to corroborate any study, statistic, excerpt or research that is not common knowledge. (If you do not have a citation, delete the statement, or make it clear it is your opinion and not fact.) Links should point to the actual information you are citing (e.g., do not link to a news article referring to a study, but to the study itself), and all data should be recent (within the last 2 years) and from a reputable source. Just link the relevant words (e.g. “a January study from Gallup,”), not the full sentence. (Find more detail on reputable sources in the “Links” section above.)
• When you quote exact material that was published elsewhere, whether in written, audio or video form, link to the source and put the material inside double quotes. (Use these very sparingly, if at all.)
• Indirect quotes are when you paraphrase someone’s written or spoken speech. These do not require quotation marks, but they still require a citation. You can read more about the difference here.

CONTRIBUTOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.  Grant of Rights/License: You grant saliceonline the following rights/license to any and all content which you publish, post, submit or otherwise provide for consideration for publication on any websites, blogs or other digital or mobile media platforms .

a) Worldwide rights to publish in any or all editions/versions of the Publications including domestic and foreign, whether in the English language or translated into a foreign language, including any successor, similar or replacement versions thereof;

b) The right to use the Work as it appears in the Publications in advertising and promoting saliceonline, its publications and/or its products as well as the right to excerpt and create teasers and summaries of the Work;

c) Non-exclusive rights to republish, store, syndicate, distribute and/or sell reprints of all or any portion of the Work in any language and in any country;

d) The right to use your name and likeness in a fair and dignified manner and to publish information about you in connection with the advertising and promotion of the Publications;

e) All rights granted by this agreement are granted in perpetuity and applicable in all media including, but not limited to, all electronic media, internet, wireless or mobile platforms whether now known or hereafter created.

2.  Copyright/Coverage: Except for the rights granted us hereunder, you retain all rights, including copyright, in the Work. We intend that this agreement shall cover Works published in any of the Publications after the date of this agreement.

3.  Representations and Warranties; Indemnification; Conflict of Interest:

a) You represent and warrant that you will be the sole author of the Work; that the Work will be original and not previously published in any form; that the Work will not knowingly contain any untrue statements or material that is deceptive, fraudulent or intentionally misleading, that it will not knowingly invade any right of privacy or infringe upon any statutory or common law copyright or otherwise violate the rights of any third party or any applicable law or regulation and that all statements in the Work which are asserted as facts are true and are based upon reasonable research for accuracy. You agree to cooperate in the defense of any legal action brought against saliceonline arising from the publication of your Work and you agree to retain all notes, drafts and copies relating to the Work for Five (5) years from acceptance.

b) You agree and represent that you will disclose to saliceonline in writing any actual or potential conflict of interest, including but not limited to any financial interest in any product, firm, or commercial venture relating to the subject of the Work.

c) You agree and represent that You will not use your association with saliceonline to advertise or otherwise promote or identify yourself in any speaking engagements or public appearances without the prior written consent of saliceonline. In addition, You will not use your association with saliceonline to solicit or accept free or discounted gifts or services.

d) You agree and represent that you will clear, at your expense, the rights set forth in Section 2 for any third party content you include in the Work. If you do not, you shall not include such content in the Work.

e) You shall indemnify saliceonline and hold saliceonline harmless against any liability, cost or expense including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of any breach of your representations or warranties.

f) You acknowledge and agree that Community Co. will edit and review your Work in its discretion.

4.  Liability of Content Contributors: saliceonline, in its sole discretion, may publish, withdraw, postpone or alter any content you provide. You understand that you are responsible for any legal claims arising from the work you provide and that saliceonline intends to treat such Work as covered by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act’s safe harbor.

5.  Contributor Guidelines/Conditions: You agree to abide by the terms of the Contributor Guidelines provided herein below as amended from time to time, which are incorporated herein by this reference. You also agree to periodically check the guidelines for any amendments. Note: Your failure to follow the Guidelines/Conditions, particularly those pertaining to copyright infringement, will result in termination of this agreement.

7.  Term and Termination: This agreement shall remain in effect until terminated by either party upon written notice. All provisions that, by their nature should survive termination, shall survive, including any grant of rights/license.

8.  Modification/Assignment: This agreement contains our entire understanding and may not be modified, waived, assigned or discharged orally. Any modifications, waiver, assignment or discharge must be in writing and signed by you and by us.

Saliceonline Blogging Guidelines

Headlines: Please write your headlines in Title Case.

Attribution/Links: Readers like to check out your original sources themselves. When you comment on a news article or blog post published elsewhere, you should credit the source and provide a link to that source.

Conflicts of Interest: Our readers expect you will disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest concerning topics covered in your blog. (You may also be legally required to make these disclosures). This includes any financial interest in any product, firm, or commercial venture relating to your post’s subject. You should not use your association with saliceonline to solicit or accept free or discounted goods or services.

Copyright: You are responsible for obtaining the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions for saliceonline to use all content contained in your posts including any photographs, images, and/or audio or visual material contained in them.

Problematic Content: Controversial posts can be very successful, especially when they are thoroughly researched and explained well. However, some controversial posts are likely to offend or alienate your readers and, in serious cases, could expose you to potential legal liability. Posts/topics you will want to avoid:

• images or videos that contain nudity or sexual activity.
• “hate speech,” i.e., content that promotes hate or violence towards groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation/gender identity.
• threats of violence directed at specific people; encouraging readers to engage in violent activity.
• content that is unnecessarily shocking or graphic (ex: close-up images of gunshot wounds or accident scenes).
• confidential information that has not been published elsewhere (online or offline) (ex: someone else’s credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, unlisted phone numbers, and driver’s license numbers).
• impersonations of other people or organizations. Well-executed parodies or satires can work, but only when readers aren’t misled about your true identity.
• posts that encourage readers to engage in dangerous or illegal activities.
• posts designed just to drive traffic to your site or to move your site up in search listings.
• links to sites where your readers can obtain unauthorized downloads of other people’s copyrighted works.

posts that expose readers to viruses, pop-ups, unwanted software installations or malicious code.