Write for SolisPLC

Details

Why Write for SolisPLC?

Our goal at SolisPLC is to help industrial automation engineers around the world improve their skills, their job, and ultimately their life.

In an effort to make learning accessible to all, we're excited to embark on a journey to build the world’s most comprehensive library of free technical tutorials related to PLC programming, HMI programming, and industrial automation.

By writing for SolisPLC, your articles will reach thousands of people around the globe and help you become both a better writer and engineers through the feedback you'll receive from our team along the journey.

Learning: You'll be always learning something new and you'll become a better engineer, witter, and communicator. We believe you'll have a lot of fun doing it and you'll make a lot of new friends along the way.
Career Opportunities: Your picture and bio will be featured on your articles and other places on our website. Our tutorials are read by engineers and managers at some of the world's top companies. This can lead to many new opportunities for you including full-time job offers and contracting opportunities.
You'll make an impact: Our tutorials help thousands of engineers get their first jobs, solve a technical challenge at work, and make better career decisions on their journey. Since our tutorials & articles are completely free, you'll be helping people from all walks of life.
$$$ Money: You will get paid to learn and build your personal brand.

The Process

What's the Publication Process?

Apply. Write. Review. Publish.

Apply: Apply with a topic you would like to write about, an rough outline, and most importantly, a writing sample that showcases your ability to write clear and concise technical tutorials. IMPORTANT, we only publish original, first-run content.
Write: If you're application is accepted, our editorial team will reach out to help refine your topic and outline, and provide you with a few tools to help get you started.
Review: Once you complete your first draft, submit it, and work with one of our editors to revise your work and get it ready for publishing.
Publish: Once the article is ready to go, it will be published on our website, promoted to our social media following and featured in our newsletter (reaching a total of 30 000+ engineers). You can then submit the next topic you would like to write about.

Topics

What Can I Write About?

We are looking for the highest quality tutorials and articles to help industrial engineers improve their skills and careers. Our tutorials are clear, concise, and practical. Here are a few categories we're looking for:

Technical step-by-step PLC programming, HMI development, electrical engineering tutorial – These should include detailed instruction, explanations, and screenshots on how to accomplish a certain task with a specific technology, platform, framework, etc. An example could be How to wire a photoelectric sensor in a CompactLogix Allen Bradley PLC.
Technical Guides: These articles should be at least 1500 words long and include detailed in-depth explanations, instructions and how-to's to getting started with a new technology, platform, framework or overall topic. An example of such article is The ultimate PLC programming starter guide.
Career & industry: These articles should discuss topics that would appeal to industrial automation engineers, managers, and students to help them improve their learning, work, and overall career. An example of such is Top 5 Non-PLC based Certifications for PLC Programmers

Requirements

What are the Requirements to Apply?

In order to be able to offer our community high quality tutorials, we are looking for writers with following requirements:

Knowledge in automation systems (preferably with Allen Bradley PLCs)
You should have fluent English writing skills

Apply to Write for SolisPLC

Full name

Email address

Have you written automation or PLC programming tutorials/articles before?

How did you hear about the Write for SolisPLC program?

What is the title of your tutorial/article?

Why is this topic important?

Why is the tutorial a good fit for the SolisPLC community? You can use metrics like popularity trends, or point to a real-world applications, or show us that your article fills a gap in our existing library of tutorials.

Tutorial/article outline

Please create a rough outline for your tutorial or article.

Writing sample

Please include a link to a single technical writing sample that represents your best work (1000 words or more). If you don't have a writing sample, use this space to write the first two sections of your proposed tutorial/article.

What is your area(s) of expertise?

Tell us about your areas of expertise, and why you're the right person to write this tutorial.

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