10 Personal Finance Sites that Pay Writers in 2020

One of the best ways to make money writing — and to break free of the content mill cycle — is to find publications that pay for articles and features. A Writer’s Market comes in handy, but since this essential is only updated once a year, guidelines may be out of date by the time you’re ready to submit.

I write full time, and pitch every day; this approach ensures I always have something to work on, new published clips to share and revenue flowing in. Pitching a topic to a site that is not accepting freelance work or that is no longer operational is a waste of your time, so it is important to get the most up to date information and guidelines.

Here are 10 of the top places I’d pitch personal finance, budgeting or solopreneur/side hustle topics if I had an amazing idea today. (I don’t, I’m all focused on travel this month).

Posting on one of the blogs or sites listed below can help you broaden your audience, boost your earnings and provide you with a clip on a high ranking site — that you can leverage for other work.

How to Submit a Pitch to a Personal Finance Site

If you’re already an experienced freelancer, skip this part. If not, here’s the quick and dirty version:

1. Choose one of your most amazing ideas, concepts or tips that others will really want to know about or could learn from.
2. Choose a magazine or site with readership that would benefit from your topic and that publishes related content regularly. This is the most important part — laser focus your pitch so that it only goes to a site or magazine that it will truly resonate with. Relevancy is one of the leading reasons pitches don’t get accepted.
3. Read some recent posts or issues, and check contributor guidelines.
4. Prepare an irresistible pitch that follows those guidelines.
5. Wait for response. Repeat as needed.

Having a lot of pitches out at one time (without simultaneously submitting) ensures you increase your odds of getting accepted, and keep the writing dollars flowing in.

Make sure you’re familiar with the publication and read any guidelines that are available. Submitting in the right way, to the right editor and on a relevant area of interest will increase your chances of success. Here are 10 places that publish guests posts on personal finance and business. All details are accurate as of February 2020.

10 Personal Finance Blogs that Accept Freelance Submissions from Writers in 2020

Money Saving Mom

This is not a paid opportunity, but if you write about budgeting, saving money or family finance, a guest post on this site would be your perfect match.

Each month, Money Saving Mom offers content that helps parents and families save. Full guidelines are available here, and you can add a link back to your own blog in your submission.

Inc.

If your expertise is deep in one particular area, or if you lean more towards the business side of finance, including self employment and entrepreneurship, consider pitching a guest post to Inc.

With huge readership, instant brand recognition and the chance for ongoing contributorships, Inc. offers amazing opportunities for freelance business and finance writers. Get the details here.

Wise Bread

If you know about living frugally, saving money and making the most of a household budget, then WiseBread could be your perfect match. Pay close attention to submission guidelines as they are different from the other publications and be prepared to pitch a few topic ideas. Get the details on submitting your personal finance guest post here.

Smart Money Chicks

Like the name implies, this site is packed full of useful money and finance advice for women. The section on side hustles is particularly appealing, and money topics are active and engaging.

Consider submitting here if you write content for moms and families and if you want to showcase your work to a wider audience. Their style is relaxed, conversational and helpful, so if informal is your thing, you’ll fit right in. Get complete 2020 writers’ guidelines here.

Get Rich Slowly

GetRichSlowly.org covers a wide range of personal finance topics for savvy readers. Topics include both evergreen (getting out of debt) and timely (IRS changes for 2020).
You can find guest posting guidelines here, and get in touch directly through the site.

Bigger Pockets

Designed for those who want to learn to make money investing in real estate and to make the most of the properties they already own.

Bigger Pockets has advice for both beginning investors and experienced landlords and home flippers. They accept guest posts and have paid opportunities. Get contributors guidelines here.

Money Crashers

Research, research, research if you want to make a splash with this successful publication. Contributors are experts in their field and readers are financially savvy.

Aimed at families and individuals learning how to save money, build credit and understand the basics of personal finance, this site accepts guests posts and has paid opportunities as well. Get contributors guidelines here.

The Finance Wand

This one is unpaid, but if you want to break into personal finance writing, it has a nice following and makes an ideal portfolio clip. Showcase your talents and expertise with a piece on budgeting, debt, bankruptcy and credit; submit using the writers’ guidelines shown here.

Beating Broke

Innovative topics on personal finance are welcome here, but you’ll need to have a dedicated personal finance blog (or be a recognized expert) to score a spot. This site covers money management in general, tackling not just dollars and cents, but why we handle money the way we do.

Get the scoop on submitting here, and have fun flexing your creative skills. Recent topics include how watching television impacts your finances and the ideal spacing of kids when it comes to money.

Pitch, Pitch, Pitch

The best way to get accepted to one of these publications is to properly target with relevant clips. You should also show off your best clips (preferably in personal finance) and give some insight into *why* you’re the right person to write about this topic. Once you press send, that pitch is all the editor will have to base a decision on, so send your best work.