Academy Success accepts guest posts, sponsored posts, and has several forms of advertising available. Check out our guidelines below. Feel free to email cody@academysuccess.com to get started.
Paid Sponsored Post Guidelines
Sponsored post positions are available on Academy Success on “per post” or “per month” basis. Additional timeframes can be arranged on a custom basis if these do not meet your needs.
- Sponsored Content Package – $50 gets you a permanent native content placement on our blog, with a link on the homepage for a minimum of six weeks. We’ll also send your post to our 2,000+ member opt-in email list. Lastly, we’ll publish it across all of our social media profiles, with several thousand followers. All links are followed.
- Monthly Recurring Sponsored Post – $69 per month (minimum of 3 month commitment)
- Additional frequency options are available upon request
Sponsored posts must meet these conditions.
- No affiliate links at all. Your article can feature up to 8 links to websites that you own or promote.
- Content must be in the Productivity, Personal Finance, or Self Improvement space
- Article must be at least 500 words. There is no upper limit.
- Article will be categorized as “Sponsored”.
- Article cannot be a blatant pitch. It must provide value to the community. A pitch is allowed at the end.
- A short bio is allowed for sponsored posts, but not required
- We reserve the right to reject or modify content to fit the views of Academy Success as well as optimize for SEO.
- Content must be unique. If anything is found in any article databases, the author will be banned for life.
To get started, first send a few ideas to cody@academysuccess.com. If we approve your ideas, you can then send your article in a Google Doc or Word Doc.
Please do not include images. We will choose an image to go along with your post.
Free Guest Posts
From time to time, Academy Success accepts non-sponsored guest posts under a few conditions (sponsored posts will always get priority).
- No affiliate links at all. Your article can feature two links to websites that you own or promote.
- Article must link to at least two Academy Success articles.
- Content must be in the Productivity, Personal Finance, or Self Improvement space.
- Article can include short bio and one bio link (again, not an affiliate link)
- Article must be at least 1,500 words. There is no upper limit.
- All non-sponsored (free) guest post authors must agree to promote the post on their social media channels and email list and must send proof of follower counts.
- We reserve the right to reject or modify content to fit the views of Academy Success.
To get started, first send a few ideas to cody@academysuccess.com. If we approve your ideas, you can then send your article in a Google Doc or Word Doc. Please include any images you with to publish along with your article.
Advertising on Academy Success
In additional to sponsored content, Academy Success offers a few forms of static advertising. Advertisers are free to create their own ads which can be submitted to us for approval. These can be text links or images. For exact dimensions and details, email cody@academysuccess.com
Details of what is currently available is as follows:
- One full homepage slot with up to 3 links – $25 per month
- Top sidebar slot viewable on every blog post – $35 per month
- Leaderboard slot at the top of every blog post – $50 per month
- Leaderboard slot following every blog post – $35 per month
- In-article link in an existing post – $100 per link
- Sponsored posts on a per post basis (see above)
All packages are payable via secure PayPal subscription agreement. To get set up for advertising, email cody@academysuccess.com