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Raleigh Local Directory publishes practical, local guides for people in Raleigh, Wake County and the Triangle who are hiring, buying or planning. We publish paid guest posts from local businesses, marketers and experts who can teach our readers something useful.

What we publish

• Home services: plumbing, HVAC, roofing, electrical, remodeling, painting, flooring, fencing and more
• Beauty and wellness: hair, barbering, nails, massage, skincare
• Running a local business: Google Business Profile, reviews, local SEO, customer service, hiring
• Raleigh and Triangle guides: neighborhoods, local rules, seasons, planning projects
• Buying and hiring decisions: how to compare, what to ask, how to avoid common mistakes

Sponsored guest posts

All guest posts on this site are paid placements. Each one is clearly labelled “Sponsored”, and every link in it is marked rel="sponsored", so readers and search engines can see it is a paid post. We hold sponsored posts to the same quality standards as the rest of our blog.

Payment secures a review of your post, not an automatic yes: we may ask for changes or decline a post that does not meet our standards. Payment does not buy an endorsement or a particular ranking, and we make no promise about traffic or search results. Email us for current rates.

Guidelines

• Original and unpublished: it has not appeared anywhere else, and you hold the rights.
• About 850 to 1,400 words, in plain language, with a clear structure and at least one list, table or checklist.
• A real local angle where it fits: Raleigh, Wake County or the Triangle, not a generic article with the city name swapped in.
• Accurate and supportable: no invented statistics, prices or promises. Cite a source for any number, or leave it out.
• Useful first: it should help a reader decide or do something. No hype, no sales pitch, no claims that you are the best.
• One or two relevant links at most, to pages that help the reader. We may remove or change links.
• Images only if you own them or have permission. We may add our own artwork.

What we do not accept

• Gambling, adult, payday loans, crypto, supplements, or miracle-cure health claims.
• Mass-produced, spun or auto-generated text, or posts written mainly to place a link.
• Anything that disparages a named business or makes legal, medical or financial promises.

How to pitch

1. Email us with the subject “Guest post pitch”.
2. Include a working title, a three- to five-sentence outline, and who the post is for.
3. Add a two-line author bio and a link to one or two published samples.
4. Ask for current rates, and tell us your preferred timing.

We reply to pitches that fit. Posts are edited for accuracy, clarity and style, and we keep editorial control over the final text, title and links. We may update or remove a post that becomes inaccurate.

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