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Content marketing write for us
Pitch a content marketing guest post and get a decision within 3 business days, then publication within 10 business days of acceptance. This content marketing write for us page is for people who plan, commission, write or edit content for a living and can show what their process produced.
Content marketing write for us: send your pitch
Send a working title and one paragraph on the argument. The strongest content marketing pitches describe a decision: a brief format you replaced, a calendar you cut in half, a piece you rewrote after it underperformed, and what the change did to the work that followed.
The rules every contributor works to are on the full contributor guidelines, and the standard a piece is edited to is in the editing standard for content pieces. This content marketing write for us page covers the content writing specifics only. Paid placement is a separate route, set out on paid placement for content tools.
Pitch a guest post
Purely 100% AI generated does not work.
Why this matters
Content writing contributor terms
| Show it | The real brief, template or edit, not a description. |
|---|---|
| Cost | What the change took, as well as what it gained. |
| Disclosure | Say so if you sell the template elsewhere. |
Content marketing angles we commission
Short answer
Our content marketing write for us brief gets a decision within 3 business days and asks for 1,500 words or more documenting a working decision: a brief format that changed the output, an editorial call with its trade-offs, a program measured against its cost, or an editing method shown through real edits. Generic principles are the most common decline.
The brief that changed the output
Show the brief before and after, and what happened to revision rounds, turnaround or quality. The template itself belongs in the piece, trimmed of client detail.
An editorial decision explained
Why you stopped publishing on a schedule, merged a series into one guide, or retired a format. The reasoning is the valuable part, including what you gave up.
Content that did or did not pay back
A piece or program measured against what it cost to produce. Failures are as welcome as wins when the analysis is honest about the cause.
The working editor’s method
How you edit a draft from an expert who cannot write, or from a writer who is not an expert. Show the edits, not just the principles behind them.
What gets a content writing pitch declined
Short answer
A content marketing submission is declined when a reader could have written it from the first page of results on this search. The test is whether a working editor finishes it with a template, a rule or a decision they can use next week. Principles without a worked example rarely clear that test.
What a strong content marketing submission carries
- A decision or result, not a topic
- The actual template, brief or edit, shown
- What the change cost as well as what it gained
- Sources for any industry figure, linked and dated
- A clear note of what you could not measure
What we turn down
- Definitions of content marketing and why it matters
- Lists of content types with a paragraph each
- Frameworks named with letters and no worked example
- Pieces that exist mainly to promote a content tool
The failure pattern in this subject area is structural rather than factual. Pieces open with a definition, list the benefits, name a framework and close with a summary. Each paragraph is defensible and the whole is useless to someone who already does the job.
Which content writing pitch to send
What most people pitch
- You rebuilt a process
- Best practices for the process
- A piece underperformed
- Tips to avoid underperformance
- You have an editing method
- Principles of good editing
- You have a content type in mind
- An overview of the type
What to pitch instead
- You rebuilt a process
- Pitch the rebuild. Show the old and new versions.
- A piece underperformed
- Pitch the post-mortem, with the numbers.
- You have an editing method
- Pitch the method, shown through real edits.
- You have a content type in mind
- Hold off. Find the decision inside it first.
From content writing pitch to published
Short answer
Pitch through the form on this page with a working title and one paragraph. You hear back within 3 business days with a yes, a no or a specific revision. An accepted content marketing piece is published within 10 business days of the finished draft landing, with headline and formatting edits only.
Questions content writing contributors ask
The turnaround, as a commitment
What content marketing topics do you accept?
Briefing, editing, planning, distribution, repurposing, and measuring whether content paid for itself. We look for a working decision or result in each. Definitions of content marketing and broad overviews of its benefits are outside what we publish.
Is content marketing the same as your content writing topic area?
On this blog they share one subject area. Pitches about the writing itself and pitches about the program around it are both welcome. The same editor reads both, against the same five checks.
Can I include my own templates and briefs?
Please do. A real template, trimmed of client detail, is often the most useful part of the piece. Tell us if you also offer it elsewhere so the piece can say so plainly.
How long should a content marketing guest post be?
At least 1,500 words, our floor for every contributed piece. Longer is fine when a worked example needs the room. Padding reads as padding, and it is the first thing an editor cuts.
Do you accept pieces about content tools?
A tool can appear as part of your method. A piece written to recommend a tool you sell or earn commission from is advertising, and that route is separate and clearly labelled.
Do you accept AI-assisted content marketing articles?
A drafting tool is fine. Unread model output is not, and you are accountable for every claim under your byline.
How quickly will I hear back on my pitch?
Within 3 business days. If that window passes, email editorial and say so.
Will you change my argument during editing?
No. Headlines, subheads and formatting change without asking; your argument and conclusion never do.
Can I republish the piece on my own blog?
Ask first. The canonical stays here, so a straight copy on your domain competes with ours.
Can I pitch again after a decline?
A different angle, any time. The same angle only after a rewrite that answers the decline.
Beyond content writing: other subject areas
Sources
| Google on creating helpful, reliable content | Google Search Central, read 2026-09-13 |
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| FTC endorsement guides: what people are asking | US Federal Trade Commission, read 2026-09-13 |
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