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Once you become a Forbes Contributor how do you leverage your position there? What are some of the opportunities that come with being a contributor to a big name publication like Forbes? This is the Influencer Inc Contributor Series. Power Publishing: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Writing For Top Publications: https://influencerinc.co/courses/powe... Learn from 60+ Influencers: https://influencesummit.co/all-access How To Become A Forbes Writer: https://www.joshsteimle.com/writing/b... PITCHING TO FORBES Get an introduction. Unless you truly have no other option, don’t pitch an editor you’ve never met through LinkedIn or with a cold call or email. Get an introduction from another contributor with whom you have a relationship. This last part is key–if you and I have never met, never talked, and you email me and ask “Josh, can you introduce me to an editor at Forbes?” I’m going to tell you no. I’m going to reject you because if I gave you an introduction the first thing the editor would ask is “How do you know this writer?” and then I would have to tell him, “I don’t, he just emailed me, I don’t know him at all.” This would hurt your chances, rather than helping. It’s also not going to work if you email me and say “I’d like to develop a relationship with you so that you will introduce me to an editor at Forbes.” If I have to explain to you why this isn’t a good approach, then you don’t have the self awareness to be a good writer. Real relationships take time. They require that you give value first. They require that you don’t do it just to get something in return. Pitch the posts you’ve written just for Forbes. Don’t copy and paste the full text into an email. Attach Word docs or link to Google docs. I prefer Google docs myself, but if you send a Google doc to an editor make sure the doc has sharing settings so that anyone who has the link can view it, otherwise the editor will have to request access and you don’t want that friction in your pitch. Show your best past work. Include a link to your own blog or posts you’ve written on other publications. Tell the editor “This is some of my writing that I think best represents what I can produce for Forbes,” and then link directly to 3-4 of your most compelling pieces. Bonus tip: Don’t just paste a URL, put the title of the article in your email and link the title. There’s nothing compelling about a link by itself, but one of your titles may catch the editor’s attention and make him click. Show your best, relevant work. Your best work may not be appropriate for Forbes. Don’t pitch that. You want the editor to read what you’ve sent and think “Wow, I wish this were on Forbes. This would be perfect!” That will only happen if your writing is something the editor could see copying and pasting onto Forbes. Follow up, wisely. Send in your pitch, and then wait a week. Don’t be a pest. Don’t be annoying. Don’t hound. The editor doesn’t owe you anything. He doesn’t owe you a position as a contributor. He doesn’t even owe you a response. You’re not doing him a favor, he’s doing you a favor by even opening your email. If you don’t receive a response after a week, check the editor’s Twitter to see if he’s posted within the past week. Maybe he’s on vacation or a business trip. If he seems active and in the office, send a polite follow up by responding to your own email, “Hey, just wanted to make my email didn’t end up in your spam filter, thanks!” is enough. LINKS Influencer Inc: https://influencerinc.co/ Facebook:   / influencerinc   Twitter:   / influencer_inc   Instagram:   / influencer.inc   LinkedIn:   / influencerinc