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Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Money & Life website.
About
Powered by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), Money & Life is an online destination dedicated to helping improve the financial wellbeing of Australians. Our purpose is to provide practical tips to help consumers achieve their lifestyle goals and view their financial future with confidence. The Money & Life website also acts as a gateway to the Find a Planner tool, helping consumers begin their financial advice journey with the help of a trusted FAAA Member.
Preparing your article
When drafting topic ideas for articles, authors should consider how these will relate to at least one of the site’s topic areas and at least one of the site’s life stages.
Topic areas; Investment, Debt, Retirement, Insurance, Superannuation, Financial Literacy and Financial Wellbeing.
Life stages; Early Adulthood, Mid-Career and Pre & Post Retirement.
Before starting your article reach out at [email protected] to discuss topic ideas.
Sending your article for review
When your article is complete, please send it to [email protected] for an internal review, please also include your:
- Full name
- Job title
- Business name
- Bio (100-150 words)
- High-res colour headshot
- Suggested Life Stage category/s
- Suggested Topic Area category/s
You could be featured...
Share your expertise and knowledge with consumers to improve their financial wellbeing. Being listed as a contributor on a reputable platform such as Money & Life enables you to showcase your professionalism and commitment to good financial advice. Contributed articles may also be featured in the monthly Money & Life newsletter reaching potential clients Australia-wide, as well as FAAA Weekly reaching the majority of financial advice professionals across the country.
Check out our contributor page here.
Writing your article
Articles are most effective when written in an informative but friendly tone consisting of between 600-1000 words.
When developing your content please consider the consumer audience, avoid the use of acronyms and professional references that readers may not be aware of. At no point should you reference financial products by name.
Consider the use of subheadings, bullet points and numbered lists for easy digestion.
If referencing data, a study, or research, please include a URL in the footnote.
If quoting another person within the article, it is the author’s responsibility to obtain written consent for the quote(s) to be included prior to submission.
If you are an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee, or a representative of an AFS licensee, please abide by any compliance requirements of the licensee.
If you are not an AFS licensee or a representative of an AFS licensee, – for example, you are not providing services that require an AFS license.
Do not include content in your article (or the resharing of the published article) that would suggest to readers that you act on behalf of the FAAA.
Understand that the FAAA will:
- not be providing, endorsing or assuming responsibility for any financial product advice contained in the article (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001);
- instead attribute that provision, endorsement and responsibility to you (if applicable); and
- add a disclaimer to the post to make this clear to readers, as follows: ‘The Money & Life website is operated by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not those of the FAAA. The FAAA does not endorse or otherwise assume responsibility for any financial product advice which may be contained in the article. Nor does it endorse or assume responsibility for the information accessible via any links provided in the article. Please consider seeking advice from a qualified professional to ascertain how the information in this article and the links provided may relate to you.’
- you remain responsible for selecting the content of your article, making any modifications to it and retaining control over it, even if we make requests in relation to these things; and
- our service in relation to the article will consist only of passing on, publishing or otherwise disseminating the article.
Terms and conditions
The contributor acknowledges that;
- The FAAA may share the article at its discretion without the need for written explanation.
- No fees are payable for the creation of content unless discussed prior.
- Subject to the below, they grant the FAAA a world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty free license to use and publish the contributed content.
- In the event of a contributor wishing to remove their article/s from the public domain, requests can be made to [email protected] – the FAAA will adhere to the request within 30 days upon receipt.