Submitting well-written articles to online publications gets your website valuable coverage and some quality links from authoritive websites. Here is a selection of five sites, all of which publish articles from external writers.
I have included links to editorial guidelines for each website. If you decide to submit, make sure that you:
- understand the guidelines and follow the guidelines. If you are unsure of anything, email the editors and ask
- spend some time reading articles that are already published on the site
- spend time making sure your articles are well-written and targeted at specific publications.
Here are the opportunities for this issue:
1. http://www.travelandleisure.com
Travel + Leisure is published monthly and has a ratebase of 950,000-including subscribers & newsstand buyers. The readers are “sophisticated, active travelers who look to us for planning both pleasure and business trips”.
About 95 percent of the magazine is written by freelance writers on assignment . Every assignment is confirmed by a contract. We buy only the first-time world rights, and request that the work not be published elsewhere until 90 days after it appears in T+L. We pay upon acceptance of the article. Neither editors nor contributors may accept free travel.
You can see a sample article and link in A Skeptic’s Spa Retreat.
GreenBiz is the leading information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success. The ezine provides news and resources to large and small businesses through a combination of Web sites, workshops, daily news feeds, electronic newsletters, and briefing papers. Resources are free to all users.
The mission is to provide clear, concise, accurate, and balanced information, resources, and learning opportunities to help companies of all sizes and sectors integrate environmental responsibility into their operations in a manner that supports profitable business practices. You can read the editorial guidelines here.
50plus.com is the leading Canadian website providing unique content, community and commerce for people over the age of 50. 50Plus.com, along with its affiliate website www.carp.ca is the on-line home of CARP, Canada’s largest 50 Plus advocacy group with more than 400,000 members and 50Plus magazine, Canada’s largest 50 Plus publication. The magazine’s readership is aged 50-plus, equally balanced between male and female, with an average household income of $55,500. The content of the magazine generally falls into the following departments:
- Health - medical issues, food and nutrition, fitness
- Family/Lifestyle - relationships, careers, issues affecting the 50-plus
- Money - investments, real estate, insurance, budgets
- Travel - weekend getaways, Canadian destinations, winter holidays, world travel
- Leisure - gardening, hiking, birdwatching, technology, sports
The tone is “positive, energetic and confident with an emphasis on solutions. The use of Canadian content, experts and resources is, of course, important and relevant.”
4. http://www.emarketingassociation.com
The eMarketing Association (eMA) is the world’s largest international association of emarketing professionals. Members include governments, companies, professionals and students involved with the emarketing arena.
The eMA has members in over 40 countries around the world, and sponsors or manages over 30 events a year. Over 3,000 marketers have enrolled in eMA online courses and thousands of eMarketing professionals and students have achieved certification status.
If you have a really good case study or marketing, this would be a great resource to consider. You can find submission details at http://www.emarketingassociation.com/article_submit.htm
5. http://www.expertmagazine.com/
EXPERT Magazine is a training & development and meeting planning publication. It provides decision makers in corporations, associations and government agencies with information and resources to make their people and their organization more effective.
The magazine welcomes contributions from professionals with expertise related to training and business development. This is a good target for professional speakers, trainers, consultants, and websites supplying services to this market. You can review editorial guidelines here.
