How to Become a Patch Contributor: Boulder

BOULDER, CO -- Who knows better about the local events and happenings around town than the people who live, work, play and attend school in town? Do you have a calendar event, classified or issue of local importance that you want to share with the community? Patch is the ideal platform to share your content on.

Patch is promoting talented writers to join a new group of contributors taking shape in communities across the country. Whether you're a member of your town's chamber of commerce, a non-profit business, a school administrator or just someone who enjoys sharing their writing, we want to hear from you.

Why? Because we believe when local voices are heard, everyone wins.

If you'd like to become a Contributor, start posting on Patch (here's how to get started) and once you've posted a few articles, send us an email along with a link to your Patch profile to be considered.

Who is a Patch Contributor?

Patch Contributors: This group is comprised of "local voices" - organizations and city government bloggers, charities, schools, non-profits, but also can be local tastemakers (restaurant owners, business owners, etc.)

A Patch Contributor writes consistently and has an audience who trusts them and relies on them for their content.

What are the perks?

As a Patch Contributor, you'll have the chance to share your community news, stories, calendar events and more with not only your neighbors, but also with members of surrounding communities in your state. Here's what you get when you post on Patch as a Patch Contributor:

• A personal Patch login so you can post directly to the site
• The ability to get your news out to your audience right away.
• The ability to promote events using our SEO-friendly calendar tool
• Promotion on local Patch homepages and in sometimes in our daily newsletters
• Shares on Patch Facebook and Twitter pages with our over 2 million fans
• More traffic to your posts than you would posting on other platforms
• Drive more traffic to your own site and social media channels
• Reach a larger, more targeted audience

Go Patch!

Patch National Staffer Rick Uldricks wrote this report.

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