Write for Mind the Product

A guide to sharing what you know on mindtheproduct.com

We believe that product management isn’t an exact science. We all refine our own tools and methods and, to help share this broad range of practices with the community, we publish a wide range of content.

Here, we’ll explain how to submit a draft, how to decide what to write about in the first place, and how you can also contribute your insights to content written by us.

There are a plethora of benefits from sharing your story with our community. Your article will be shared with over 150,000 product managers on our public Slack group and on our platform which receives over 70,000 new users a month. Not only does it give you the platform to share your words of wisdom with those who require it, but it can also put your name and product story out there, opening your experiences up as a collaborative opportunity for product managers all around the globe to embrace.

Email your draft to editor@mindtheproduct.com along with your headshot and short bio (this is so we can set you up as an author on the site – you'll get your own page and everything!)
We'll review your draft, let you know if we intend to publish it, and provide you with feedback
If the article is to be published, once you've implemented your feedback and we've agreed on a final version, we'll give you an estimated publication date
Your draft will get one final review from our specialist team before it's published

It's important to us that what we publish has a high degree of quality and integrity, so we won't publish just any product-related content. If, after numerous iterations, we can't agree on a final draft – it will remain a draft. You still own your copyright so you can, of course, post it wherever you wish.

It's hard to decline such a strong initiative from a community member, but it does need to happen from time to time. If this happens to you, please don't lose confidence! We're always willing to consider alternative pieces and to help hopeful authors reach the product community – if you're willing to work with us on raising the bar, we'll put the time in to help you refine your articles.

Restrictions

We will reject articles if they have simply been written to advertise a product or service. Articles can mention products or services, however these must be passing references, and all articles must be valuable and informative in themselves.
We don't work with content marketing, SEO specialists, or freelance writers. Our guest post content process does not accept content writers, specialists, or SEO specialists, we also do not charge a fee for publishing guest posts.
As a community consisting of Product Managers, UX/UI designers, and Engineers, the content that we receive and publish on Mind the Product is important to us and must be written by previous, current, or aspiring individuals either in these roles, or around the sector itself.

Exclusivity

Articles published on Mind the Product must be original work. We take a strong anti-plagiarism stance – plagiarised work will be removed from the site and we will not work with the author again in future.

Work that is your own should also be original to Mind the Product (ie. not published elsewhere, including your own blog), and we ask that we retain that exclusivity for a minimum of 2 weeks on all articles submitted by guest authors. After the 2-week exclusivity period on Mind the Product, your content can be published elsewhere with the following reference: Originally published on www.mindtheproduct.com, [enter the publication date here]. Please note: this does not apply to commissioned articles.

If you don't yet have a draft but would like to discuss an idea or outline, that's fine. Feel free to get in touch by emailing editor@mindtheproduct.com. If you have product insights to share (and we're sure you do!) we'd love to hear from you.

Unsure what to write about?

We recommend you write about topics that you, as a practising product person, find useful or interesting because they’re likely to be interesting to other product people too. However, we will prioritise topics that are relevant to people in product management roles. Below are some of our most popular articles that have been published by guest authors over the years:

We will also prioritise articles that provide actionable insights, enabling the reader to go away with clear, concrete ideas about what they can do next and how to do it. These articles focus on what the reader gains, teach or share new methods, help to refine existing methods, or broaden the reader’s mindset.

Presenting your information

We publish different types of guest-authored content on Mind the Product, all of which you are welcome to contribute. These include:

Please read our guide to these content types

You can become a contributor too!

We are always looking for awesome product people to talk to for our in-house editorial content, so If you would like to be considered as an expert to comment on a particular topic/topics and would be happy to be contacted, let us know!

Simply complete our contributor survey and, if a relevant opportunity comes up, our editorial team will get in touch. This premium content will help product managers to discover new ways to level up their leadership skills, build better products, and grow successful product teams.

A guide to sharing what you know on mindtheproduct.com

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Presenting your information

You can become a contributor too!

Unsure what to write about?