Campfire Weekly Submission Guidelines

Thanks in advance for submitting your piece for inclusion in Campfire. These guidelines have been written to streamline the editorial process and make it easier to have your content featured in this publication.

Marketing is all about telling stories…

What I hope to do with Campfire is collect all of the best marketing-related content on Medium. These are the after action reviews of viral marketing campaigns, the deep dives into engagement and interaction analytics, the late night jam sessions that help to flesh out your customer avatar. From the perspective of this publication, being a great marketer means being a great storyteller — and we can’t wait to hear yours.

To be more specific, I am generally looking for one of two things: a first person account of a marketing campaign in action, or a longform discussion/overview of a particular marketing strategy.

DISCLAIMER: Campfire is a new publication that will undoubtedly go through some growing pains. Therefore, these guidelines are subject to change and/or expand as time passes and lessons are learned.

What’s The Process?

Get approved to submit to Campfire Weekly.

First, you need to be added as an approved writer in order to submit content to the publication.

I spend a fair amount of time reading related content on Medium and around the web. Most of the time I will reach out to the author and invite them to become a Campfire contributor. If I haven’t found you yet, you can always submit pitches to campfireweekly@gmail.com or send a tweet to @jrsowers_.

Submit content to the Editor.

You can do this by navigating to an existing piece of Medium content and selecting ‘Edit.’ From this screen, you should see a dropdown menu in the top left corner that reads ‘Add to Publication.’ Click that dropdown menu and select ‘Campfire Weekly’ to submit your content for consideration.

When you submit a piece for inclusion, it goes into a queue. I will review the piece and respond with any suggestions, recommendations, or notes that I feel might be helpful. If I don’t feel that a piece is a good fit for the Campfire audience, I will suggest that we approach the topic from another angle or consider other content.

Profit.

Well, not really, but you get the reference. If a piece is fine as-is or only requires minor edits, I will probably accept it into the publication on the spot. If there are some tweaks to be made, you will have plenty of time to consider those changes and resubmit.

Depending on the volume of requests and my personal availability, it may take as long as 48 hours to publish your content after the final approval is given. Please bear with me during this time.

Do’s and Don’ts

• Do write in English.
• Do use proper spelling, grammar, and formatting.
• Do write a complete piece. (Read: Include all images, notes, etc.)
• Do focus the piece on marketing.
• Do write evergreen content or provide a reference of time.
• Don’t advertise or link to outside properties for the full text. Links to personal websites, projects, or products are okay.