Write for us
TokyoInsights field requests to write for us from time to time. This has prompted us to publish these general guidelines to inform anyone interested in the various options for writing for TokyoInsights.
We will accept articles and columns from freelancers, professional writers, aspiring journalists, bloggers, entrepreneurs and bilingual business people. Current guest writers have varying interests in why they write with TokyoInsights, but the most common of which is exposure of their work. At TokyoInsights you have an opportunity to have your writing work be seen by thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders in Japan.
Also, bloggers guest post with TokyoInsights in order to gain exposure for their personal blog as we provide bylines with back links to your site on any post published on TokyoInsights. In fact all of the writing options will give you a byline of your choosing that includes a couple sentences describing yourself, a link to your website, and a head shot photo or logo for our readers to begin to associate with your work.
Option 1 : Guest posting: If you can’t commit to a certain frequency of posting we will run pieces on a one off basis for you. For these we are a little more picky on the quality, as well as we prefer pieces that are what we consider to be traffic generating or ‘link bait’ pieces.
Option 2 : Being added as a regular rotation writer: If you choose this option you can write for us as often as you’d like, but we will need at minimum one article/post per month to be considered for rotation writing. The topics can be anything you want provided it’s business or entrepreneur related.
Option 3 : Permanent Columnist: You must first be contributing to TokyoInsights as a ‘rotation writer’ as per Option 2 above before becoming a permanent columnist. If we see that your posts are consistently getting interest from our existing readership, and also garnering a growing traffic base, we will then create a category tab for you for our readers to find all of your articles in one place. At that point you can help us choose a name for your column. The permanent columnists also have the first priority when it comes to publishing of new articles. If there is ever an overlap in subject matter, first option will always be granted to the columnist.
With all three options, TokyoInsights always reserve the right to refuse publication of an article if we feel it is either of low quality, or if it may offend our readers in some way. We also will not run an article or post that has already been run by another website or media outlet as this keeps the content fresh. Anything that is sent to us, will become the property of TokyoInsights. This includes all written material or media that was generated by the party submitting for publication with TokyoInsights.
What should you write about? How about talking how you came to Japan, careers or the market? Why not make a list of best tips for newcomers, how you overcame the hurdles or advise on how to start a new company on a foreign market? Is there exciting news that you have a strong opinion on? The sky is the limit on what you can write about.
So, hopefully all of the above didn’t sound too cumbersome. We feel we are very approachable and easy to contact. Just send us an email telling us you are interested in writing for us, and we can take it from there. Even if you just want to reach out to chat about business and entrepreneurship, we are always up for conversation.
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