Write for Us

Please review the following points. If, after doing so, you feel your work is a good fit for us, please send us an email in the stated format. We will respond to you in 4 to 5 days.

Note: If you don’t hear back from us within 5 days, that means we might have found your pitch irrelevant or not according to our guidelines.

Topics that are a big YES!

Social Media Marketing (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Google My Business, TikTok, etc.)
Marketing Tips, Tricks and Hacks
Social Media Platform Updates
Marketing Technology and Tools
Marketing Strategies
Influencer Marketing
Paid Ads Marketing (Social Media Marketing Ads, and Google Ads)
Branding
Marketing Analytics

And any other relevant topics you can come up with like Combining Social Media Marketing with SEO, etc.

Topics that are a big NO!

Any e-commerce related topics
Any topic which has already been covered on our blog
Any topic that doesn’t align with our niche – like ‘mobile marketing’, ’email marketing’ etc.

How to pitch?

Your email must include:

3 title suggestions (the headlines should be attention-grabbing)
Your bio – a short description of what you do in not more than 300 characters
At least 3 written samples (preferably on the kind of topics we cover)
Primary and secondary keywords you want to target
Your plan to promote your guest blog

Send this email with the subject line I have a guest post for you to hello@socialmediamarketing.net

Your topic has been selected. What next?

Before you start scribbling, go through the below mentioned instructions carefully.

General instructions

The piece should consist of 1600 or more words
The article must be well- researched, actionable and not paraphrased
Write in American English
Keep all the paragraphs short – 4 full sentences at the maximum
Keep the tone conversational – more of ‘I’ and ‘you’
Use bucket brigades – they ensure that the piece is easy-to-scan
Avoid using jargons
Break the points into subheadings and bullet points
Add visuals – graphs, images, screenshots, videos etc
Use data to validate your content
Ensure the statistics included are not older than 3 years
At least 3 FAQs related to the user-intent of your blog title

Deadlines

For Summary – 3 days from when the topic is approved
First draft – 5 days from when the summary is approved
Final article – If there are any revisions, then 2 days from the day the revision is suggested

Formatting

The headline and subheadings should be in bold.
Keep the font type and size consistent throughout the piece.

Visuals

We love visuals and examples! Hence, your piece must include visuals and examples

Visuals must be relevant to the point being covered
Visuals must be explained – we don’t wish to leave our readers confused
If you wish to include a video, provide us with its ‘embed’ link
All visuals must be of high quality – 830 × 460
All visuals must be sent to us in a ZIP file along with the piece

Checks

Before submitting your piece, run it for:

Grammar
Readability
Plagiarism

Author’s Bio

Send us your bio – a short description of what you do
Your headshot
Links to all your social media profiles

Note:

Please send the final article as a Google doc – which makes it easier for us to edit and give feedback.

We can reject your article if:

If you are approaching only for backlinks
If the topic or summary is too common
It’s a paraphrased version of some other article
It’s not as per our standard after the second revision
You send the summary or article after the deadline

We reserve the right to:

Remove links that we find to be promotional
Make edits for better readability

Please ensure that your piece is original and not published anywhere.

We dislike repetition.

Our readers are constantly looking for actionable content. Hence, your idea and content must be unique – one that we haven’t covered already.

You’re all set.

If you think it’s a good fit, kindly fill up the given form.

We will get in touch with you to discuss the next steps and any other requirements to take this collaboration further.