The editorial subject matter experts behind Classy Business Women are always looking to connect with accomplished marketers, organization leaders and company representatives. Our authority and expertise come from our endless curiosity for marketing and marketing technology, and our conversations with knowledgeable sources make us better at meeting the needs of marketers in the field.<\/p>\n
If you are looking to connect with a member of the content team our first suggestion is to make sure you are familiar with our publications and conferences to see the types of subjects we cover and to acquaint yourself with our editorial points of view.<\/p>\n
At Classy Business Women our aim is to produce the best journalism on technology-powered marketing around. So, we hold our sources to a high bar.<\/p>\n
Generally, we are looking for\u00a0independent<\/strong>\u00a0sources that don\u2019t stand to gain financially from the subjects in our reporting.\u00a0That\u2019s especially important in our reporting on specific marketing technologies or solutions.\u00a0We are far more likely to engage with a knowledgeable 3rd-party source than company representatives or evangelists.<\/p>\n We also favor sources who offer\u00a0evidence<\/strong>\u00a0to back up their statements.\u00a0If you are pitching a story that highlights campaign achievements, for example, please be prepared to show our editorial team any data or materials in support.<\/p>\n And lastly, we are looking for sources who offer something\u00a0unique<\/strong>\u00a0and often serendipitous to our audience.\u00a0While reviewing established and foundational marketing approaches is important for any professional in our field, our focus is on more sophisticated and evolving topics that do more than give marketers a baseline competence.\u00a0Most of our audience are experienced marketers.<\/p>\n Generally, we are more apt to react to pitches that offer one of the following:<\/p>\n If you are interested in pitching a feature or volunteering your expertise as a source, please email\u00a0editors@classybusinesswomen.com.<\/p>\n Given the volume of pitches we receive, we will only respond to those inquiries that we are interested in pursuing.<\/p>\n Classy Business Women covers important news related to technology-powered marketing. However, given the number of announcements, product releases, platform updates, personnel changes and studies that are generated daily in this space, we are very selective when it comes to what news pieces we cover.<\/p>\n If you are interested in pitching a news piece to us, please familiarize yourself with the format with which we write our news briefs.\u00a0Our news briefs are templated to highlight the most important details and to call out why we, and the marketing community at large, should care about that specific news.<\/p>\n Highlighting the relevance, importance and uniqueness of your news item is truly key to getting the attention of our editors.<\/p>\n Overall, we are more apt to pick up news pitches that:<\/p>\n If you are interested in pitching a news item, please email\u00a0editors@classybusinesswomen.com.<\/p>\n Given the volume of pitches we receive, we will only respond to those inquiries that we are interested in pursuing.<\/p>\n In addition to creating actionable and insightful editorial, Classy Business Women also seeks to elevate notable subject-matter experts by offering them opportunities to write for Classy Business Women or to speak at Classy Business Women events. Those opportunities are offered on an invite-only basis.<\/p>\n We do not accept unsolicited pitches at any time and we will not respond to any that we may receive. We will occasionally solicit pitches for speaking proposals or for specific contributions to editorial projects, and we publicize those opportunities on our websites when they occur. Visit our Classy Business Women Conference site for more info on when speaking proposals are open.<\/p>\n We generally invite subject-matter experts who are either highly recognized as leading experts in marketing, leadership and digital transformation or who have developed relationships with our content team as trusted sources.<\/p>\n The best way to build a relationship with editors is by pitching news that meets the above criteria or by routinely sharing story tips.\u00a0Most subject-matter experts invited to write or speak start out as being quoted in our editorial content.<\/p>\n The best sources are authoritative on marketing and technology, are candid in their discussions and understand when they may be too self-interested to be quoted on certain topics.<\/p>\n If you have a feature or news tip or want to be a source in our reporting, email\u00a0editors@classybusinesswomen.com.<\/p>\n Our sales team also offers\u00a0sponsored article opportunities\u00a0for those that want to share insights and amplify their content to our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The editorial subject matter experts behind Classy Business Women are always looking to connect with accomplished marketers, organization leaders and company representatives. Our authority and expertise come from our endless curiosity for marketing and marketing technology, and our conversations with knowledgeable sources make us better at meeting the needs of marketers in the field. If<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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