Sponsored articles are one of the strongest ways for you to promote your business or services to an audience that cares. A sponsored article is an informational piece written by your company or myself (additional fees likely) that is not overly promotional and is credited to you.
If your business is interested in a sponsored post please inquire as to rates and procedures by messaging me at brian@latg.org
Sponsored posts will add value to both my readers and your potential customers. They are also a great way to build your company’s visibility and boost SEO.
A note on links: Obviously, LATG will link back to your site, but following stricter guidelines tightening down on sponsored or paid links attempting to manipulate SEO, I can’t offer dofollow links in exchange for money. You will still receive one of Google’s new “Sponsored” links, which indicate transparently that this is a promotional link. These measures are safer for ensuring that both your site and my own are kept safe.
Pricing
*Rates are in USD.
- Base fee – $200. (For tier III Patreon sponsors, this base fee is waived).
- If I am authoring the article, my standard fee is $40 per hour. (Average of about 8-10 hrs for a mid sized 2,000 – 2,500 word article). If you are providing the article, this fee is not relevant.
- Editing of your article – Depends on extent of work. This can also include arrangement of graphic elements/videos, SEO optimization, etc, if not done in advance. Between $0 – $40 per hour.
- Targeted newsletter inclusion (optional)- $50 (Automatically included for all tier III sponsors).
- Social media promotion. Your content will be pushed on LATG’s largest social media platforms by default at no additional cost upon initial publication. – $0 (This does not count as one of your social media posts if additional posts are purchased or part of a tier agreement. This is a freebie).
My terms and conditions:
- First, contact me about what you want to do. We’ll discuss the scope, your company, and hopefully work out a price quote based on things like time, desired services, etc.
- I do not design infographics. I love to work with them, but you’ll have to provide those yourself. I can provide some stylistic input.
- Sponsored posts are not overly promotional pieces. They are not advertisements for your product. They are informational, entertaining, and useful articles my readers would enjoy and benefit from. They can, of course, certainly mention the product or service in a subtle way, but we still have to keep it classy, right? Nobody wants to read an infomercial.
- This material is new and unique to LATG, written specifically for LATG’s audience.
- You may have the article edited or updated at any time if you so desire. In fact, if there is research involved that changes as studies progress or programs evolve, I may require it. In most cases this should incur no additional fees unless it requires extensive rewrites. The article can also be removed at any time upon request.
- My own bio will not appear at the bottom of the article. If I write the article, the “author box” will be a short description of your company. If it is provided by you, it can be a company description or a bio of your own writer – your call.
- All content must be relevant in some way to LATG. We’ll work together to make this work.
- If your article is low quality, awkward, lacks sources, has lots of mistakes, is boring, overdone, factually incorrect, too short or otherwise not up to snuff, I will ask you to rewrite it or offer to write it myself (for which my standard fee is still $40 per hour). I am happy to work together with you to create an exemplary piece.
- I can only accept sponsored content from companies I respect. If I don’t like you, trust you or support your product, I can’t in good conscience promote it or be affiliated with it.
- I must disclose to my readership that the article is sponsored. This is just a line of text at the top or bottom of the article that simply says something like “this article is sponsored by _______”.
Sample sponsored post for full service:
Base fee – $200
Written by me – $400 (10 hrs)
Editing (N/A incl. above)
Newsletter – $50
= $650 total.
Sample sponsored post bare-bones
Base fee – $200
Written by you – (N/A)
(Impressively), no editing required – (N/A)
No newsletter – $0
= $200 total.
If I am authoring the article I am paid the authorship fee up front based on a a time estimate. This ensures that any work I do is paid for in the event that the sponsor’s end of the deal is not upheld. Articles authored by you are to be paid for prior to the time of publication. If you change your mind prior to publication, no base fee charges will be made and if you are the writer, no charges occur at all.
All content must be written in English at a native level. All articles are highly scrutinized for exceptional quality.
If your business is interested in a sponsored post please inquire as to rates and procedures by messaging me at brian@latg.org
