Submit Articles to the Executive Career Brand Blog
We’re looking for guest posts and infographics for our popular executive job search and career blog. In return you get a short bio with a valuable back link to your website. You also get extra exposure through regular sharing of your post on our social media channels and in our newsletter.
Article Requirements
We only accept articles related to executive job search and executive career management. We are dedicated to providing content that is helpful and relevant to job-hunting and career-conscious executives, preferably c-suite and senior-level executives.
Articles must have meaningful, coherent writing and align with the advice we provide about the various aspects of today’s executive job search and career.
Articles with content that promotes your business or any other business will not be accepted.
Most wanted topics include the following, as they relate to executive job search, but feel free to send articles on other executive job search-related topics:
- Personal Branding
- Job Interviewing
- Networking
- Social Networking
- Executive Recruitment
- Online Presence
- Online Reputation Management
- Social Media
IMPORTANT !!! Please don’t send pitches, ideas or outlines. Send the actual article (see submission form below) you would like us to consider publishing. If you send only a pitch, idea or outline, or if you merely send a comment like, “I would like to write for your blog“, we probably won’t respond to you.
Original articles only. No duplicate content that’s already been published elsewhere.
Must be good, high-quality English that doesn’t require a lot of editing.
Sponsored posts won’t be accepted. We don’t charge you to publish guest articles and we don’t pay you for articles.
We don’t accept articles from other job search/career coaches or content writers (resumes, LinkedIn profiles, biographies, cover letters, etc.) or any other practitioners who offer similar services to ours.
We prefer working directly with the author, not through an agency.
If we publish your article:
Published articles become the property of Executive Career Brand and can’t be published elsewhere without permission.
We reserve the right to edit your content and add or delete links, as needed.
We’ll need a 25-50 word bio, a head shot if you have one, and a link to one of your websites or a social media account where you’re active. The bio, with one do-follow back link to your website (or social media account), will appear at the end of the article.
We will promote your content on our social media channels, and expect that you will do the same.
To further increase exposure of your article, it will also be published at a later time on our sister site, the Executive Resume Branding Blog.
Article Structure
Length
Minimum of 800 words and a maximum of 3500 words
Headline
Include a 6 to 12-word headline with the main topic/keyword in it. It should compel the reader to want to read the article. Don’t get too crazy with the headline because we’ll probably edit it slightly anyway.
Opening
The opening should make the reader want to continue reading. For instance, you could open with a problem facing executives in job search or their careers, and provide solutions.
Sub-Headings
Use sub-headings to break up your article. Sub-headings also give the reader a chance to scan the article to see if they want to continue. These should also compel the reader to want to continue.
Conclusion
Finish the article with a conclusion that reiterates the main points or takeaways of your article.
Links
Aside from the one link to your website or social media account in your bio, you may include one external link in your article.
Internal links to other blog posts on Executive Career Brand are always welcome and appreciated.
We don’t accept links in articles that we deem promotional, inappropriate or irrelevant to the content. We don’t accept links in articles to businesses that provide the same or similar services as Executive Career Brand.
Any links in your article must be to content relevant to your article, and to domains like .gov, .edu, .org, or high authority .com domains. For instance, the one link within your article may be to publications like Forbes, Fortune, NY Times, Harvard Business Review, etc. No promotional links are allowed in the article itself.
We reserve the right to delete and edit links as we deem appropriate.
Formatting and Images
No special formatting is required.
Images are not required but you can submit them if you have them, as long as you have the right to use them or they are in the public domain. Otherwise, we’ll supply images for all articles.
How to Submit Your Article
Complete and submit the following form.
