The Guest Posting System (GPS) is one of the simplest and most powerful tools you’ll ever find for building search engine friendly one-way text links to your website. And not only that – it’s a great way to build out your sites’ content with original 300 word articles created by the TKA Pro community. With nearly 400 sites accepting articles, there’s no easier or faster way to distribute your quality content. Read on for some guidelines on how to use the system.

Submitting articles through GPS:

• articles must be at least 300 words long
• articles must be completely unique, written by a human without the help of an article spinner
• articles may contain up to two in-content links

Receiving articles through GPS:

• GPS owners may have more than one site in the system, but no two directories should be on the same hosting account (this doesn’t mean each GPS site must have its own hosting account, just that GPS sites should not share hosting accounts).
• GPS sites must be Wordpress blogs, running at least Wordpress version 2.8. The GPS Wordpress plugin will work on Wordpress 2.9.1 (site owners can upgrade to new versions of Wordpress without worrying about breaking the plugin).
• GPS site owners must approve or decline articles submitted to their sites within 7 days of submission. If 7 days pass without any action taken on an article the system will automatically delete it from the site, giving the person who submitted the article the opportunity to post somewhere else.
• GPS site owners reserve the right to decline any post for any reason. We encourage site owners to accept and publish any article they reasonably can, but they shouldn’t feel guilty for refusing to publish an article that doesn’t meet their editorial standards.
• GPS site owners take ownership of the content when it’s published on their site, which means they’re free to add to it or make small changes to the content, with the following exceptions: they must leave the links in the article intact, and they must leave the title of the article substantially the same, and they must not delete any portion of the article. If a GPS site owner is found to break any of these rules they’ll be removed from the system without exception.

It’s crucial that everyone who participates in GPS understand that this is a system for allowing the distribution of original, relevant, high-quality articles to quality websites. Abuse of the system is nearly impossible, because every participating site has a well-qualified editor – the owner. With an army of invested editors, spam doesn’t have a chance of succeeding inside GPS, so please don’t waste your time submitting junk. It won’t work.

Start using the system now! The two biggest keys to success in internet marketing are content and links, and GPS makes them both a breeze.

How to Submit Articles through GPS

• Go to http://thekeywordacademy.com/coaching/guest-post/ and log in with your TKA Pro username and password.
• From the GPS dashboard, click ‘New Post’ – you’ll find it in the upper right of your screen.
• Create your original, 300 word article in the post box. Add links to your website(s) as well as appropriate tags for your post.
• Choose a category for your post, then choose one of the GPS sites in that category as your article’s destination.
• Click ‘Check and Save Draft’ so GPS can make sure your article meets our criteria for length and originality.
• Once it has passed our criteria, click ‘Submit to Directory’ – your article will be published within 7 days, or returned to you so you can publish it elsewhere.

Watch the video below to see an example of an article being submitted through GPS:

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How to Hook Your Website into GPS (and start receiving free content)

• Go to http://thekeywordacademy.com/coaching/guest-post-plugin/ and download the ‘Receive Guest Posts’ Wordpress plugin. Upload the plugin to the wp-content/plugins folder on your server (your web hosting account).
• Inside your Wordpress dashboard, click on ‘Plugins’ and then click on the ‘Activate’ link for the Receive Guest Posts plugin.
• The system will then require you to complete a short registration process before clicking ‘Submit.’
• Once you’ve clicked ‘Submit’ your post will be live in the system within one hour, and you’ll be ready to receive free content from the TKA Pro community!

Watch the video for a short demonstration on activating and configuring the Receive Guest Posts plugin.

Note: the screencast shows version 1.22 of the plugin. You’ll be downloading whichever version is current.

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How to Publish or Reject Articles You Receive through GPS

• When an article is submitted to your site you’ll receive an email notification.
• Log into your Wordpress dashboard.
• Click on ‘Posts.’
• Click on ‘Pending.’
• Click on the post title to open it.
• Review the article to make sure it meets your standards. If it does, put the article in the appropriate category on your site, and click ‘Publish.’ That’s it!
• If the article doesn’t meet your standards, use the ‘Decline Post’ field beneath the post to explain why you’re declining the post and then click ‘Decline.’ The author will find the article and your message in their GPS dashboard the next time they log in.

Watch the video for a demonstration of how to accept or reject articles sent to you through GPS:

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If you have other questions about getting maximum benefit from GPS, get quick answers in the TKA Pro Forums.