Writing Guidelines

Once you've reviewed these guidelines and the editorial calendar, send your pitch to info@futureofsourcing.com. You can submit articles on a regular cadence or whenever you feel inspired. Contributors are encouraged to subscribe to Future of Sourcing's email newsletter, which is delivered to readers twice a month. 

Future of Sourcing also has an engaged and active community of readers and contributors on LinkedIn and Twitter

Who reads Future of Sourcing?

Future of Sourcing readers are professionals in sourcing, procurement, risk, supply chain, outsourcing and related industries from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. As a B2B resource for this community, our content is aimed toward professionals seeking insights into how to maximize their efforts in the business world, rather than consumers. Our core audience trends toward mid- to high-level managers and executive decision-makers who are looking for new ways to positively impact the business with ideas and strategies that go above and beyond what their peers might already be doing.

Our readers generally possess more than a basic understanding of sourcing and procurement. They want innovative ideas, strategic thinking and tested approaches (both the good and the bad) with demonstrated success metrics, when possible.

Types of Content to Submit

Future of Sourcing accepts thought leadership bylines from industry experts and practitioners, as well as interviews with executive thought leaders. 

Important Tips

If your article has been submitted to or has run on other sites or publications, please let us know — we will need the original URL to avoid duplicate content issues.

Content must be non-promotional and vendor neutral in nature.

The ideal article length is between 700 and 1,200 words.

Minimize the use of questions and only include bulleted lists in the context of a composed article. Pieces formatted in the style of a list, such as “10 Reasons Why …” or “5 Things to Know About…” are acceptable, but each item must be detailed in sentence form.

Avoid the use of footnotes - all links must be embedded in the text.

All submissions must include a high-resolution image of the author’s headshot as well as a short bio that is 200 words or less.

Future of Sourcing uses the AP Style Guide (for the most part) and American/U.S. English. If you have any questions about style, please feel free to ask. 

Your post should have a succinct, clearly worded title that does not include various forms of punctuation.

Use section headers to break up large chunks of text and be mindful of using more than three to four sentences in a paragraph. 

Links and Attribution

Posts may not link to an outbound lead generating webpage unless there is a paid sponsored content agreement in place. If you’d like the Future of Sourcing community to access your company’s research, we can add it to our SIG Resource Center or you can provide an un-gated link.

External links are required when citing research, but the research must not be gated or promotional content. If it is gated, then it must be cited with the year the research was published (e.g., Deloitte CPO Survey, 2018). Linking to external content is allowed when contextually appropriate (e.g., linking to a news article).

Images

Graphics or charts must contribute to the content of the article to faciliate better understanding - we will not incorporate stock images within an article that do not enhance the content.

Images must be royalty free and all images must be properly sourced.

Future of Sourcing reserves the right to final approval of any images.   

Charts and graphs that include blurred text or images will not be accepted. 

How to Contribute

All articles and pitches should be sent to the Future of Sourcing editorial team by emailing info@futureofsourcing.com or filling out our the form on our Contact Us page.

Before submitting, take a look at our content, which highlights some of the topics we are currently most interested in. If you have an idea that does not appear on our site, feel free to reach out to our team to discuss it. Reviewing our articles will help you to get a sense of our tone and structure, and to see what issues we have recently covered. 

We work well in advance of any given publication date, so a general rule of thumb is you should query us about a story three to four weeks prior to the date you wish it to appear.