How to Get Articles Written About You [+19 Easy-Access Publications]

4 Ways to Get Articles Written About You and Your Business

Getting articles written about you can be especially beneficial if you’re a business owner. Alternatively, you can get articles written specifically about your business. 

Some benefits of getting featured in a news story, blog post, or another type of article include: 

• More visibility 
• Credibility boost
• Potential SEO and link building benefits

Let’s dive right in. 

Here are four main ways to get articles written about you or your business:

1. Pay for Articles

Paying for features on news sites and magazines is the easiest way to get them to write about you. Alternatively, you can also pay bloggers for coverage. 

• Getting featured on news sites works great for quickly reaching a large, general audience.
• Getting featured in magazines works great for reaching targeted, interest-based audiences with high engagement.
• Getting featured on blogs works great for attracting niche audiences and connecting with highly engaged, community-driven readers.

However, scoring even paid features can be extremely difficult and laborious — even more so if you’re looking to get articles at scale.

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2. Author Articles

Alternatively, you can write stories about your personal brand or your business yourself and submit them to your chosen websites. 

In that case, you can be credited as the bylined author, or you can ghostwrite your articles and publish them under someone else’s name.

Note, however, that writing articles that are strictly about you or your business limits your publishing opportunities unless you pay to play. 

Free features — especially promotional ones — are rare. If you find them, they’ll likely be offered by less popular sites with small traffic. 

So, with this tactic, focus more on writing non-promotional content, like high-quality how-to guides.

3. Become an Expert Source

Becoming an expert source for other articles usually has a better success rate than the previous method. 

This tactic implies providing expert commentary and opinions about topics being covered by another writer or reporter. 

With it, you can expect only brief mentions of you and your business, with limited descriptions of what you do, specialize in, or sell. 

The pros of this tactic are:

• ✅ You don’t have to write entire articles yourself. You’ll likely just need to write your own quotes. 
• ✅ Most sites won’t charge you for submitting expert quotes. Your contributions help them build credibility, so some will even pay you for your submissions. 

The cons, however, are that:

• ❌ You won’t get to talk about yourself or your business but rather focus on the core topic of the article.
• ❌ Finding opportunities to provide expert commentary is difficult and laborious. 
• ❌ You’ll be a supporting voice rather than the main character in the story, so your business may only receive limited visibility.

4. Pitch a Newsworthy Story

Finally, you can pitch journalists and editors with a newsworthy story, and either:

• Report on it yourself and get bylined
• Put a spin on it that highlights, connects, or otherwise promotes your business 

This tactic works best if your goal is to get featured on news sites or in magazines. 

It also works better than authoring non-biased articles, like in tactic #2, since it allows you to promote yourself or your business.

You can write the article yourself, or ask for it to be written by official staff or freelancers. 

For best results, try to offer a unique newsworthy story that specifically pertains to you or your business. Such a story is: 

• more likely to get accepted due to a unique angle
• better in terms of your marketing goals

The Prerequisites

In order to get an article written about you or your business without paying, we recommend following these guidelines:

Be Easy to Find

First things first: if you count on others reaching out to you, you must be easy to find and discoverable. 

1. The first prerequisite is to build a strong social media presence. 

This is especially true for platforms where journalists and bloggers frequently look for subjects and interesting stories to cover — like X and LinkedIn. 

• Work on growing your following.
• Post frequently and regularly.
• Complete your profiles.
• Employ social media SEO.
• Send connection requests or follow others on a daily basis. 
• Engage with others daily through comments and DMs.

Again, building a strong social media presence is hard work. Consider hiring a VA to delegate at least some of your tasks.

2. Work on becoming recognized in your industry. 

Growing your social media presence will also help you become more prominent in your industry — but that’s only a piece of the puzzle.

If you want others to contact you for interviews or other features, you’ll need to build a strong professional reputation as well. For example:

• Consider becoming a contributor to popular publications, like Forbes.
• Showcase your expertise by answering questions on forums like Quora or Reddit. 
• Attend and speak at industry events, like conferences.
• Collaborate with other experts or influencers. Co-author articles, participate in panel discussions, or host joint webinars to increase your credibility.

The more visible and credible you are within your industry, the likelier it is that journalists and writers will notice and reach out to you.

Be Easy to Contact 

Besides being easy to find, you should also be easy to contact. Otherwise, journalists and writers may give up on writing an article about you, even if you’d make for a great subject.

If they can’t find a way to contact you — and do so quickly — they could give up on the idea.

So, make sure to:

• Add accurate contact information to all your social media platforms
• Add contact information to several places on your website: the footer, contact page, Impressum page… 
• Sign up for media inquiry sites like SourceBottle, so journalists can contact you there, too. This is an especially good strategy if you want to provide expert commentary.
• Set up an automated email response. If someone reaches out via email, an automated response can confirm that you received the message and provide a timeline for your reply.

Be Concise and Own Your Message

Whether you’re sending a pitch or providing expert quotes, the key to success is being concise and owning your message.

This means presenting your expertise clearly and directly, without overloading your message with unnecessary details. Journalists and readers should immediately understand what you do and why it matters.

If you keep adding more details and information, you can appear as less confident about what you’re saying. 

Less is more.

Build Relationships

Don’t treat media opportunities as one-time transactions.

Focus on building relationships instead.

Long-term connections with journalists, writers, and other professionals increase your chances of repeatedly getting featured. So, here are a few tips for building them:

• Always follow up after features. Thank journalists or bloggers for featuring you. Share the article on your channels and tag them to show appreciation.
• Stay in touch. Engage with their content periodically by commenting, liking, or sharing it, and offer to help if they’re covering related topics.
• Offer exclusive insights or early access. If you have relevant news or product updates, reach out to previous contacts first with an exclusive angle or early access.
• Attend media networking events. Participate in online and offline networking events for media professionals, which can help you establish a network of reliable contacts.

Make a Complete Pitch

Finally, if you plan to write an article yourself, make sure your pitch contains all necessary elements. 

• For example, some publications may require you to send them raw materials — such as article outlines or a rough draft article, so they can get a better sense of what you want to cover and how.

• Also, most publications want your submissions to be original. So, don’t pitch the same article you’ve already published elsewhere.

• If you have previous writing experience, mention what you primarily write about or have expertise in.

• Lastly, consider whether you also need to submit visual content. If so, take the time to find the right stock photo or create a new, suitable graphic yourself.

19 Easy-Access Publications

We’ve compiled a list of publications that are seemingly easy to get published in. 

However, note that all publications require you to write well, create good pitches, and choose interesting topics. 

This is often easier said than done, especially if you’re not a professional writer or a PR expert. 

If you don’t feel confident in your skills, or just don’t want to spend hours working on a single article, we recommend outsourcing to a link building agency.

Also, note that every publication has unique editorial and submission guidelines. Make sure to follow them.

1. Publications on Medium

Let’s quick things off with 5 simple-entry, but well-known publications on Medium.com. 

You’ll need to become a paid Medium member to be published in most of these. The membership also allows you to get paid for your writing.

1. Better Humans 

Better Humans publishes how-to guides that help readers achieve their self-improvement goals and feature personal experiences and insider tips. 

— See their guidelines here.

2. Ascent Publication

Ascent Publication publishes stories documenting their authors’ journeys to happiness and fulfillment — which means they cover a wide range of topics, from becoming more independent to ending bad relationships.

— See their guidelines here.

3. The Startup / Start it up

The Startup has rebranded itself as Start it up, though many still know it under its former name. This publication teaches creators how to build ‘their thing’ the smart way. 

—  See their guidelines here.

4. BetterMarketing

BetterMarketing publishes pieces that cover (digital) marketing, business, and creativity. 

—  See their guidelines here.

5. Entrepreneur’s Handbook

Entrepreneur’s Handbook (formerly known as Entrepreneurship Handbook) publishes articles about entrepreneurship, from founder stories to startup deep dives. 

— See their guidelines here.

Now, let’s take a look at other publications on standalone domains:

2. Addicted2Success

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 73

Addicted2Success shares lessons and advice their contributors’ have learned about life and business. They’re especially focused on articles about motivation, personal development, and success.

— See their guidelines here. 

3. MindBodyGreen

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 86

MindBodyGreen is somewhat harder to access, as it prioritizes contributors with professional credentials, like PhDs and MDs. However, they also accept more personal stories on health and wellness, so other contributors may still have a chance of getting published.

This publication publishes articles on different aspects of well-being: mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental.

— See their guidelines here. 

4. StartupNation

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 75

StartupNation publishes articles, videos, and podcasts aimed at entrepreneurs, with a special focus on practical content and book excerpts written by authors. 

— See their guidelines here. 

5. The Muse

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 86

The Muse primarily publishes stories written by career experts that help readers advance their careers, succeed in job searches, or manage their work and work-life balance.

— See their guidelines here. 

6. AllBusiness

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 80

AllBusiness publishes content that helps its audience run small businesses. They prioritize submissions from business owners and those helping business owners with products and services.

— See their guidelines here.

7. She Owns It

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 57

She Owns It is primarily aimed at female entrepreneurs, featuring interviews with female business owners and publishing their guides and more personal stories.

— See their guidelines here. 

8. Young Upstarts

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 69

Young Upstarts covers stories that help entrepreneurs and small business owners succeed in their marketing, increase their revenue, and achieve other business goals.

— See their guidelines here. 

9. SmartBrief

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 80

SmartBrief helps business leaders stay on top of industry news. They cover a wide range of topics, including finance, making them a good choice for financial services professionals.

— See their guidelines here. 

10. Listverse

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 76

Listverse publishes offbeat and novel listicles with a minimum of 10 items. The publication even pays for published submissions. It can be a good fit if, for example, you have a niche SaaS product you want to feature in a round-up post.

— See their guidelines here. 

11. Vocal

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 80

Vocal publishes and pays for creative stories based on the engagement they receive.

— See their guidelines here. 

12. Creative Boom

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 80

Creative Boom is a publication for and by creatives, such as designers, writers, and photographers.

— See their guidelines here. 

13. Elephant Journal

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 80

Elephant Journal promotes mindful life, publishing stories on topics like yoga, spirituality, and conscious consumerism.

— See their guidelines here.

14. Tiny Buddha

• Domain Rating (DR) score: 78

Tiny Buddha shares simple wisdom about happiness, spirituality, and similar topics that can be applied to readers’ complex lives.

— See their guidelines here. 

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