Write for Us Home Services: Home Services Blog Guest Post Guidelines

Search home services write for us and you'll find page after page of home improvement and renovation guidelines, mostly from DIY and decor blogs. They're written for homeowners choosing paint, not for the businesses that send a van out to fix a leak. This blog wants the other side of the door: the electrician who got more calls from a Google Business Profile, the cleaning company that stopped losing slots to no shows, the plumber who's worked out how to quote a job without guessing.

Owners of small trades firms read this blog, alongside freelancers and creators. They lean on my guides to CRM for contractors and estimate software for contractors when they're trying to get organised. A home services post here has to help a busy owner win or run work better, and it doesn't need to be long winded to do that.

60-second home services guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Do you run a trades or home service business, or market one
• Are your examples from real jobs, crews or customers
• Does your opening answer the reader's question in the first two lines
• Have you kept it about the business rather than a DIY project
• Could a two person crew put your advice to work this week

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• Getting more local jobs from a Google Business Profile
• Quoting and estimating jobs without losing margin
• Scheduling crews and cutting down no shows
• Asking for reviews once a job is finished
• Planning for seasonal busy and quiet spells
• Choosing job management software for a small crew
• Hiring and keeping good tradespeople
• Marketing a cleaning, plumbing or electrical firm to local homeowners

If your post could be published on any home services site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we look for in home services posts

Think of this as a quick filter for home services pitches before you send one.

Topic	What gets accepted	What gets declined
Local search	How a trades firm won calls from its Google Business Profile	Generic local SEO definitions
Quoting	Estimating jobs without losing margin, from real jobs	Homeowner advice on haggling
Scheduling	Running crews and reducing no shows	A software sales page in disguise
Reviews	Asking for and replying to reviews after a job	Fake or incentivised review tactics
Hiring	Finding and keeping good tradespeople	Job ads for your own company

What we don't accept

• Home decor inspiration
• DIY project tutorials for homeowners
• Real estate listing roundups
• Posts that plug one contractor with no useful advice
• Work that's previously appeared on any other site

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong home services pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write ten tips for homeowners hiring a plumber." A strong one says "I market three local cleaning firms, and I want to show the review request text that finally got customers replying, when we send it after a job, and the wording that got ignored." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• The review request that customers answer
• Estimating a job when you can't see behind the wall
• How small crews plan around the quiet winter months
• Google Business Profile habits that bring in calls
• Cutting no shows with reminder texts
• When a trades firm should switch to job management software
• Hiring an apprentice without slowing the crew
• What a cleaner learned from losing a big contract

Looking for more places to pitch? The sites that accept guest posts page helps you build a shortlist of blogs in your niche.

The traffic behind a placement here

Straight from Google Search Console, 3 to 30 October 2026: this site was shown 3.6 million times in Google results and received 23,300 clicks. That is the readership a home services post joins. Want a firmer route than a pitch? Sponsored posts and link placements in articles that already rank are available too, and here is how to partner with me.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept home services guest posts?

Yes. Home services guest posts are welcome from plumbers, electricians, cleaners and other trades business owners, plus the marketers and software specialists who serve them. We publish practical advice on winning and running local work and decline DIY, decor and single contractor promotion.

What home services topics do you accept?

Local search and Google Business Profile, quoting and estimating, crew scheduling, reviews, seasonal planning, hiring and job management software. Each one should help a small trades business win work or run it better.

Do you accept home improvement or cleaning guest posts too?

Yes, but DIY and renovation pitches suit the home improvement page, and cleaning specific pitches suit the cleaning page. Either way you're pitching the same editor, who wants practical lessons from real jobs.

How long should a guest post be?

Most accepted posts run between 1,200 and 2,000 words. Length matters less than usefulness: a tight 1,200 word post with one clear lesson beats a 3,000 word overview every time. Use short paragraphs, clear subheadings and at least one real example.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value for the reader are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn or a guest slot on another site. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before anything goes live.

Can I use AI tools to help write my guest post?

You can use AI to help with research or tidying your draft, but the experience, examples and opinions must be yours. Posts that read like generic AI output, with no first-hand detail, are declined.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long does a decision take?

We aim to come back to you within a few working days. If the pitch is specific and clearly written, with the result in the first line, the decision is much faster.

Do you edit guest posts before they go live?

Yes. Every accepted post gets an editorial pass for clarity, structure and accuracy, and you may be asked for an extra example or a missing number. The aim is to make your piece as useful as it can be, not to change your voice.

Can I pitch more than one idea?

Yes, but send them one at a time or as a short numbered list with one line each. The strongest pitch goes first, and a single clear idea with a real result almost always beats several vague ones.

How do I submit a home services guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience running or marketing a trades or home service business. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before you write the full draft.

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