8 Online Publications To Grow Your Brand

As a content creator, we all know that it’s important to have multiple streams of income. It’s important to use these top online publications to grow your brand, if you want to reach new heights.

You’ve spent years perfecting your writing skills on Medium, Substack, Vocal Media, and Newsbreak. Now it’s time to play with the big boys and expand your brand to a wider audience so you can make 2025 your best year yet! However, you gotta start sending those pitches and applications in now. Check out these guest blogging guidelines and instructions for 8 of the top media publications:

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur.com is designed for business owners growing and/or starting their own businesses. Their contributors cover ‘actionable information & practical inspiration for entrepreneurs.’

To Contribute, visit here.

Contributor page here with guidelines.

In conjunction with your basic information, they will request links to your Twitter and LinkedIn profiles, story ideas or themes you would cover, why you are an expert on the subject, as well as links to work samples.

HBR

HBR.org is Harvard Business Review’s publication online, covering a broad array of subjects that include managing teams, work/life balance, finance, marketing, decision making, innovation, operations, negotiations, organizational change, leadership, and strategy.

Content is original and occasionally disruptive — if it is about a well-worn subject, they will be looking for a fresh viewpoint.

HBR publishes stories created by subject matter experts. Arguments and ideas must be backed by evidence, whether it is in the form of interesting data, relevant examples, or supporting research.

Contributor page is here

Pitches: web [email protected].

HBR prefers writers to send them pitches instead of full articles in order for them to provide early feedback. But, they do have to see a complete draft before they accept a piece, even if they have asked you to create it.

Several rounds of revisions may be required, because they have a strict editorial process.

If the publication passes on something you submitted, they usually ask that you try again with some other idea. If the editors have said no several times, it might mean that your work is not a good fit.

Length of articles may vary. HBR also publishes slide presentations, videos, podcasts, and graphics, and virtually any other type of media that may help effectively share an idea.

Op-Ed Section on New York Times

The people at The New York Times permit submissions only to their Op-Ed section. So, what does this cover? Anything may be an Op-Ed. They’re not just interested in government, politics, or policy.

They are especially interested in publishing viewpoints that are different from the ones expressed in The Times editorials that are usually very liberal. They are interested in presenting viewpoints that are to the right or left of these positions.

Contributor page is here.

Submissions: [email protected].

Articles are usually 400 to 1,200 words in length; however, they will consider submissions that are of any length.

The story should be original and exclusive to The New York Times. They will not consider pieces that were already published either online or in print.

Video submissions here.

Inc.com

Inc.com is a publication online that publishes stories with services, tools, and advice that helps small businesses grow. Their contribution guidelines are short.

Their “Contact Us” page.

Pitches: [email protected].

If interested in becoming a regular columnist, submit all requests to [email protected].

Business Insider

Business Insider is a technology news, celebrity, and American business website. The majority of their writers are experts on one or more of the broad array of subjects they cover. Writers include engineers, technologists, journalists, professional service providers, authors, consultants, attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, and professors.

To Contribute visit here.

You can send your final draft, proposed headline, short bio, and links to any additional stories you have published to: [email protected].

Business Insider’s syndication team then reviews the submission and gets back to you if it is something they want to post.

Fast Company

Fast Company is a business publication online covering subjects in design, business, and technology. Fast Company publishes leadership-associated topics such as innovation, strategy, culture, career development, creativity, and productivity.

What kind of pieces do they prefer? Ones introducing fresh ideas and advanced conversation surrounding trends and topics engaging their readership — think op-ed instead of marketing. They like polished, lively stories that balances news or research with memorable and fun examples or anecdotes that assist in illustrating your viewpoint.

To contribute visit here.

Send finished piece to Kathleen Davis, Leadership Editor, at [email protected].

If you believe your piece might be more appropriate for one of Fast Company’s sub-pubs Co.Labs, Co.Create, Co.Exist, or Co.Design, consult their masthead then send your completed article or idea to the right editor for consideration.

Usually, article length is less than 1,000 words.

They ask that guest posts should be exclusive to their website for 24 hours, during which point they may be reprinted in full or in part on other websites, with a link back to the original Fast Company article. (They will occasionally syndicate posts that already have run on another site, yet generally would rather print exclusive or original pieces.)

If they enjoy your post, they will probably get back to you within a couple of days. Fast Company reviews submissions about one time per week and do not have the ability to reply to every submission. They are okay with writers sending a follow-up email to check back, yet after that, assume it was not a good fit.

Contributed posts only run online. Their print magazine is exclusively written by professional journalists or staff contributing routinely to the publication.

Opinion Section on Forbes

Forbes publishes pieces on financial and business news, covering subjects such as lifestyle, personal finance, stock markets, technology, and business. Forbes allows guest posts to their op-section on any subject associated with culture, arts, politics, and public policy.

Submit completed articles to [email protected].

Articles may be any length.

The article has to be exclusive and original to Forbes. The publication will not consider posts that already have been published either online or in print.

They request that writers allow 5 business days for them to review the post. If you have not heard back from them after 5 business days, it’s possible to submit the post somewhere else.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Here’s one more:

Equities: Instructions here.

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