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The Secret I Use To Know Exactly What Publications Want
Submitting to Medium publications & beyond.
If you’ve ever thought about submitting your writing to a publication, contest, or magazine, you may have wondered exactly how it works. When I first started sending that first freelance pitch was the scariest thing I had to overcome.
Perhaps you’ve done some research, read some previous blog posts or back issues, and took a look at the publication website. It can be very overwhelming. In fact, there’s tons of advice out there about how to pitch a magazine or publication. But if you’re like I was, you’re still not sure exactly what you’re supposed to do.
I’m here to let you know that the best way to pitch a publication or magazine or even a company is to do exactly what they tell you.
And trust me, they tell you if you know where to look.
Most magazines and publications and even small companies will tell you exactly what they want or at least give you a head start on it. All you have to do is give them what they ask for and you’ll be miles ahead of others who are copying and pasting the same email to hundreds of places a month.
The way magazines and publications tell you what they want is simple. Find their submission guidelines, write for us page, or…
