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We Accept Guest Articles on Fintech, Investing, and Personal Finance
We publish guides that help intermediate investors understand financial technology, markets, and money. If you know one of those areas well and can explain it clearly, we are open to hearing from you.
This page covers what we publish, what we do not publish, what we pay, and exactly how to pitch us. Read it before sending anything.
What SmartWealthIQ Publishes
We cover four areas: financial technology, investing and markets, crypto and digital assets, and personal finance. Within those, we want articles that go past the surface level.
Our readers already know what a stock is. They know Bitcoin exists. They are not looking for a definition of compound interest. They want to understand things in more depth how open banking actually works in practice, what the data really shows about passive investing, why some dividend stocks hold up in downturns and others do not.
If your article teaches something specific and backs it up with real information, it fits here. If it is a general overview of a topic anyone could write in an afternoon, it does not.
Topics We Want
These are the kinds of articles we are actively looking for:
Financial Technology How specific fintech tools work. Open banking explained through a real use case. A comparison of robot-advisors based on actual features and fees, not vague descriptions. What AI is doing inside financial apps right now not what it might do someday.
Investing and Markets ETF strategy beyond “diversification is good.” How to read a company’s dividend history and what actually predicts a dividend cut. The mechanics of portfolio rebalancing. What active fund managers get wrong consistently and why?
Crypto and Digital Assets How a specific blockchain application works. A clear explanation of what smart contracts actually do. An honest look at crypto portfolio risk that does not read like either a sales pitch or a warning label.
Personal Finance Budgeting methods that work for irregular income. How credit scoring actually works under the hood. The real difference between a high-yield savings account and an investment account for someone sitting on cash right now.
Topics We Do Not Want
We get a lot of pitches that are not a good fit. To save us both time:
No general introductions to broad topics. “What is blockchain?” or “Why should you invest?” these exist already, written better, everywhere.
No articles that are thinly disguised product promotions. If your piece requires mentioning a specific platform five times and ends with a sign-up link, it is an advertisement, not an article.
No investment tips or stock picks. We do not publish content that tells readers to buy or sell specific assets. We are an education site, not an advisory service.
No recycled content. Everything submitted must be original and written specifically for SmartWealthIQ. We run searches.
What We Expect From Guest Contributors
You Need to Know the Subject
We are not looking for generalist writers who research a topic for a day and write about it. We want people who work in finance, fintech, or investing or who have covered these areas seriously for a long time. Your pitch should make it clear which one applies to you.
Your Writing Needs to Be Clear
Jargon is fine when it is necessary. But if your draft is full of terms that need explaining every time they appear, it needs more work before you send it. Our readers are smart. They are not specialists. Write for that gap.
Your Claims Need to Be Supported
Every specific claim in your article needs a source. Published research, regulatory documents, company filings, verified data. “Experts say” or “studies show” without a citation is not good enough. We check.
Length and Format
Most of our articles run between 1,200 and 2,000 words. Some go longer when the topic needs it. Do not pad to hit a word count shorter and useful beats longer and vague every time.
Use subheadings. Break up long sections. Write in short paragraphs. If your draft arrives as one long block of text, we will ask you to reformat it before we read it properly.
Our Editorial Process
We read every pitch. If it fits, we will respond within five to seven business days. If it does not, we may not respond individually we receive more pitches than we can reply to one by one.
If we accept your pitch, here is what happens:
You send us a full draft. We review it for accuracy, clarity, and fit. We may ask for revisions sometimes minor, sometimes significant. We do not publish first drafts without any changes; that is just not how editing works.
Once the draft is in good shape, we schedule it, add formatting and internal links, and publish it. You will receive a link when it goes live.
We do not make changes to published articles without telling you first.
What We Offer Contributors
Do We Pay?
Honestly not currently. We are a free resource site and we do not charge readers, which means our budget for freelance content is limited. What we offer instead:
A by-line with a short author bio. One link back to your own website or a relevant profile. Access to an audience of investors actively looking for the kind of content you write. If that trade does not work for you, we completely understand.
We are working toward paid contributions as the site grows. If that changes, existing contributors will be the first to hear about it.
Do You Keep the Rights?
You keep the copyright to your work. We ask for a non-exclusive licence to publish and keep the article on SmartWealthIQ indefinitely. You are free to republish your work elsewhere after 30 days, with a note that it originally appeared on SmartWealthIQ.
How to Pitch Us
Send an email to our contact form with the subject line: Guest Pitch [Your Topic]
Include:
A one-paragraph summary of your article. What is the specific angle? What will readers learn that they could not easily find elsewhere? Do not send a title and a vague idea we need enough detail to know if it is worth pursuing.
A working title. Not final, but it helps us understand the scope quickly.
Two or three links to articles you have written before. Ideally on finance topics, but any strong writing samples help. If you have not published online before, tell us that upfront and explain your background instead.
A short note about who you are. Your relevant experience, not a full CV. Two or three sentences is enough.
We do not accept full unsolicited drafts as a first contact. Pitch first. If we are interested, we will ask for the draft.
A Few Things Worth Knowing Before You Pitch
We edit for clarity, not just grammar. If a section of your article is confusing, we will rewrite it and we will tell you we did.
We add internal links. Your article will link to other relevant guides on SmartWealthIQ. We do not add external affiliate links to guest content.
There are instances where we may reject an article despite its being very well written. Perhaps the idea has been done before or there is a similar story brewing somewhere else. It’s not all about the quality of the pitch.
We do not guarantee a publication timeline. If your article is time-sensitive, tell us in your pitch. We cannot always accommodate it, but we will try.