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Digital Marketing Write For Us
This is the digital marketing write for us page. Pitch a guest post: 1,500 words minimum, a reply within 3 business days, and publication within 10 business days of acceptance on a DR 24 marketing blog. The topics, the terms and the reasons pieces get declined are all below.
Digital marketing write for us: send your pitch
Send a working title and one paragraph on the angle. Not a finished draft, and not a list of five topics for us to choose from. This article submission form is the only way to submit a guest post here, so nothing gets lost in an email thread.
What gets accepted, how a contributed post is edited, and when a link is and is not included are all set out on the posts already running here, and the standard they are edited to is in how a contributed post is edited.
Paid placement is a different route entirely, and it is priced on the advertising page. Writing about what we sell rather than pitching us? The catalogue and every price are on what each service costs.
Pitch a guest post
As a general rule of thumb, the most relevant links are going to be best.
Why this matters
The terms, in three numbers
Published as commitments, not estimates. Every crawled competitor on this search stops at "we will be in touch".
| Length | 1,500 words minimum. |
|---|---|
| Sourcing | Every statistic carries a link to where it was read. |
| Links | Included only where the destination fits the piece. Never sold. |
| Disclosure | Write about your own employer and say so in the piece. |
Where this blog stands
DR 24
Domain Rating, and that is the whole of it.
Where this blog actually stands
Short answer
A pitch gets an answer within 3 business days. This blog has a Domain Rating of 24 and no published traffic figure, because a pre-launch site has no audience number it can stand behind. Contributors get an edited placement on a firm date rather than reach we cannot evidence.
The blog is new and we would rather say so than dress it up. Guest posting sites usually publish a site-stats panel the moment the numbers flatter them, and go quiet when they do not.
What you get is a clean, edited placement on a specific date. What you do not get is reach we cannot prove. Every other page you have open on this search shows you a number only when the number flatters them.
Why the floor is 1,500 words
The 1,500 word floor is our house rule rather than an industry law. One marketing blog on this same search sets 3,000 words, another sets nothing at all, and neither is wrong. 1,500 is roughly where a specific argument stops being a summary.
SEO
Example: “What we changed after a Core Web Vitals regression”
Content writing
Example: “The brief format that cut our revision rounds in half”
Local SEO and GBP
Example: “What actually moved the map pack for a two-location business”
Link building
Example: “Every outreach template we retired, and why”
Web design
Example: “The four page-speed decisions made before the first mockup”
Social media
Example: “What a posting calendar looks like when one person runs it”
Paid ads
Example: “The account structure we use for a sub-$3,000 monthly budget”
AI search optimization
Example: “How we track whether an answer engine cites us”
Topics we turn down
- Crypto, gambling, adult, pharma, essay mills
- Anything published anywhere else already: original, unpublished content only
- Product announcements, press releases, and affiliate links in the article body
- Beginner definitions of terms our readers use daily
What an editor checks, in order
Every other guidelines page on this search says it wants high quality and leaves you to guess what that means. This is the actual sequence, and a piece can fail at check one and never reach check four.
Short answer
An editor reads for five things in this order: is it in scope and original, does the opening answer the title, are the claims sourced, would a working marketer learn something new, and does it read like a person wrote it.
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Check 1
Scope and originality
Is the subject one we publish, and has the piece run anywhere else, including your own blog? Both are pass or fail before anything else is read.
- 2
Check 2
Does the opening answer the title
The first two sentences should answer the question the headline asks. A piece that warms up for four paragraphs gets sent back for a new opening.
- 3
Check 3
Are the claims sourced
Every statistic carries a link and a date. A number with no source is cut, not queried.
- 4
Check 4
Would a working marketer learn something
The test is a reader who already runs campaigns. If they finish the piece knowing only what they knew before, it fails here.
- 5
Check 5
Does it read like a person wrote it
Uniform paragraph lengths, a summary under every heading, and hedged conclusions are the tell. We read for it rather than running detector software.
Claims need a source
Every statistic in a submission carries a link and a date, cited to the primary source rather than to a blog citing a blog. Unsourced numbers are cut at the editing stage instead of being queried with the author.
Screenshot anything you claim a tool does. A data-backed claim, or original data of your own, is what moves a piece from publishable to commissioned.
An unsourced number gets cut rather than queried, which is usually the difference between a piece running on day ten and a piece running never. It is the same standard the rest of this site holds itself to, so it would be strange to exempt contributors from it.
AI-assisted drafts
Short answer
A drafting tool is fine. An unread model output is not. You are accountable for every claim published under your byline, and the generic structure that models default to is the most common reason a submission gets declined.
We do not run detector software, because it is unreliable and it punishes the wrong people. We read instead. Google names the pattern it acts on scaled content abuse, which is a more useful description than any blanket ban on software would be.
Who reads your submission
Short answer
One editorial reviewer reads every submission, and it is the same person who commissions the posts we write ourselves. There is no queue, no assistant filter, and no automated first pass on the way in.
Every submission gets read, including the ones that get declined.
We do not publish individual names, which is a policy that applies across this site rather than something specific to contributors. Every submission gets read, including the ones we decline.
What happens after you hit submit
Short answer
You get a confirmation the same day, a decision within three business days, and publication within ten business days of acceptance. If a window is missed, that is our failure and worth chasing us over.
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Day 0
Pitch received
You get a confirmation that it arrived. If that does not land within an hour, the form failed and the pitch did not reach us.
- 2
Day 3
Yes, no, or revise
Three business days, every time. A revise comes with the specific change that would turn it into a yes.
- 3
Day 10
Live
Ten business days from acceptance to publication, counted from the day the finished draft lands, not the day you pitched.
- 4
If we miss it
That is on us
Chase [email protected] and say the window lapsed. Missing our own published deadline is our failure, not a hint that you should stop asking.
If we say no
Short answer
A rejected submission comes back with the actual reason rather than a form letter. You can pitch a different angle immediately, and re-pitch the same angle once it has been rewritten to address what was wrong.
There is no waiting period, and no limit on how many new angles you try.
A decline is about fit at least as often as it is about quality. Plenty of good pieces get turned down because we ran something close to them six weeks earlier.
What we edit without asking
- Headline and subheads
- House style, punctuation and typos
- Image sizing and formatting
After it publishes
Short answer
Published posts stay live. We do not prune archives for a tidier sitemap, facts may be refreshed with the update date-stamped, and republishing elsewhere needs a request first because the canonical tag stays here.
Content pruning is common on marketing blogs, and it is why contributors ask about permanence before they agree to write anything.
Facts may get refreshed later, with the update date-stamped so a reader can see what changed. If you want to republish elsewhere, ask first: the canonical stays here, and a straight copy on your own domain competes with the piece we published for you.
Three people this page is written for
The agency marketer
Placing a piece for reach on behalf of a client.
Common mistake: Usually pitches the client’s service as the subject rather than as an example.
The freelance writer
Building a portfolio of published, bylined work.
Common mistake: Usually pitches a topic instead of a claim, which reads as availability rather than an idea.
The in-house marketer
Has run something real and wants to write it up.
Common mistake: Usually undersells it, and buries the number that makes the piece worth reading.
If this, then pitch that
Neither column is wrong. The left is what most pitches on this subject do, and the right is the version that gets commissioned.
What most pitches do
- You have data nobody else has
- A general overview of the topic
- You have a strong opinion
- A balanced survey of both sides
- You have a repeatable process
- A list of tips
- You have only a topic
- Pitch it anyway and hope
What lands
- You have data nobody else has
- Pitch the case study. Lead with the number.
- You have a strong opinion
- Pitch the argument. Take the side and defend it.
- You have a repeatable process
- Pitch the walkthrough. Show the steps and the outputs.
- You have only a topic
- Do not pitch yet. Find the claim inside the topic first.
Writing about your own employer
Short answer
Disclose the connection inside the piece, not only in the author bio. Your product can appear as an example and never as the subject, and an undisclosed conflict of interest is an automatic decline.
This is the one rule on this page whose consequences reach past our blog, which is why it is stated rather than assumed.
The FTC endorsement guides apply to contributors, not just to advertisers. An undisclosed connection is an automatic decline, and it is the one rule here where the consequence reaches past our blog.
What we cannot promise you
We promise no traffic, no ranking outcome for your brand, and no featured-in badge for your own site. What a contributor gets is an edited placement, a firm publication date, and a byline that stays where it is.
There is no traffic data to promise from, so a promise would be an invention rather than a forecast.
What you do get is an edited placement, a firm publication date, and a byline that stays where it is. Every other trust element on a page like this is usually a testimonial, and we do not have any of those either.
How this compares with the other pages you are reading
You have several of these open. The left column is what the guidelines pages ranking beside this one actually say, taken from their own copy.
A typical marketing blog
- Reply window
- Unstated. "We will be in touch."
- Publish window
- Unstated, or six weeks on a free tier
- Why pieces get declined
- "High quality only"
- AI-assisted drafts
- Not addressed
- Site authority
- Shown when flattering, omitted when not
This blog
- Reply window
- Three business days.
- Publish window
- Ten business days from acceptance.
- Why pieces get declined
- A five-check list, published in order.
- AI-assisted drafts
- Addressed, with a stated position.
- Site authority
- DR 24, stated plainly.
Questions contributors ask
The editorial turnaround, as a commitment rather than an estimate
How long until I hear back about my guest post pitch?
Three business days, every time. If that window passes without a reply, email editorial and say the window lapsed. Missing our own published deadline is our failure, not a reason for you to give up on the pitch.
What are your guest post guidelines?
The digital marketing write for us rules are short: original and unpublished, 1,500 words minimum, in one of the eight subject areas listed above, with every claim sourced. Read the five editor checks further up this page before you write anything, because that is the order a submission is actually read in.
Do you accept AI-written or AI-assisted articles?
A drafting tool is fine. An unread model output is not. Whatever the process, you are accountable for every claim published under your byline, and generic structure is the single most common reason a submission gets declined.
How long does a digital marketing guest post need to be?
At least 1,500 words. That is our house rule rather than an industry standard, since no standard exists: other marketing blogs set 3,000 and some set none at all. Longer is welcome when the subject earns it, and padding is obvious to a reader.
Will you edit my article before publishing it?
The headline, subheads, typos and house formatting get changed without asking. Your argument and your conclusion never do. If a substantive change is needed, the piece comes back to you before it goes live.
Can I republish my guest post on my own site later?
Ask first. The canonical stays here, so a straight copy on your own domain competes with the piece we published for you. Most requests to republish an extract with a link back are approved.
Can I pitch again after you say no?
A different angle, any time, with no waiting period. The same angle only after a rewrite that addresses the reason it was declined. A decline is about fit at least as often as it is about quality.
How many guest posts can one author publish here?
One at a time. Land it, and there is no cap after that. Regular contributors exist because their second and third pitches were as specific as their first.
Who actually reads my submission?
One editorial reviewer, the same person who commissions our own posts. There is no queue and no assistant filter. We do not publish individual names, by policy, but every submission is read, including the ones that get declined.
Does the post stay live permanently?
Yes. We do not prune for the sake of pruning. Facts may get refreshed and the update date-stamped, and your byline is never swapped or removed.
Here for the services, not the byline
The packages and what each one costs are on the front page.
Sources
| Google's spam policies on link schemes | Google Search Central, read 2026-09-06 |
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| Google on qualifying outbound links | Google Search Central, read 2026-09-06 |
Each link was opened on the date shown. Where a figure is illustrative rather than measured, the page says so beside it.