Writing for High Profile Publications Information

Why I Created This Course

Writing for high profile publications can transform your business. It certainly has for mine.

In 2010, I started blogging for the Harvard Business Review. One of my first posts for them (“How to Reinvent Your Personal Brand”) became popular, and they asked if I’d be willing to expand it into a piece for the Harvard Business Review magazine.

Within a week of its publication, three different literary agents approached me and asked if I had considered turning it into a book proposal.

That became my first book, Reinventing You, which was published in 2013 by HBR Press.

I’ve written more than 190 blogs or articles for the Harvard Business Review, 250+ for Forbes, and have been a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine, among many others.

My work has also been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Business Insider, the World Economic Forum blog, and more.

And it’s not just me.

Every technique I’ve used is replicable and repeatable, and you can use them to grow your own business.

I feel passionately about helping talented professionals get their voices heard in a crowded and noisy marketplace.

With the advice I’ve shared, I’ve helped many private coaching clients and members of my Recognized Expert community break into major publications such as the Harvard Business Review, Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, and more.

Getting published in these outlets is often a complicated, opaque process.

But it’s one that I’ve spent the past decade figuring out.

In this course, I’m excited to share those secrets so talented professionals around the world can learn exactly how to break into these elite publications – and transform their business and career in the process.

Who Is This Course For?

Writing for High Profile Publications is for professionals who know that breaking into top tier publications will help their brand and their careers, and want to make this a priority. Given my own experience, the vast majority of examples cited will relate to business publications, but the same principles apply across fields. You may have always wanted to write for brand name media outlets, but weren’t sure where to start.

Or you may have tried, but been rebuffed. This course will give you the tools you need to reach out (or try again) with confidence. If you know that writing for prominent publications will help your business, your platform, and your credibility, this workshop is for you. Obviously, the course is not for you if you hate the idea of content creation and don’t think you’ll want to execute on the principles we discuss. You only get results if you “work the program”!

What You’ll Learn In Writing for High Profile Publications?

1. Introduction – Watch This First
   • Introduction and Welcome Video – Writing for High Profile Publications
   • Transcript: Introduction And Welcome
2. Chapter 1: The Strategy Behind Breaking into High Profile Publications
   • How I Came to Write for HBR and Other Well-Known Publications
   • How to Make Your Work a Fit for High Profile Publications
   • How to Match the Voice of High Profile Publications
   • HBR Sample Article
   • Transcript: How I Came to Write for HBR
   • Transcript: How to Make Your Work a Fit For High Profile Publications
3. Chapter 2: How I Got Published – Q&A with HBR Contributors
   • The Secrets of Breaking In: Q&A with HBR Contributors
   • Examples of Successful HBR Pitches
   • The Value of Writing for High Profile Publications: Anne Sugar’s Story
   • Transcript: The Secrets of Breaking In- Q & A with HBR Contributors
   • Transcript: The Value of Writing for High Profile Publications: Anne Sugar’s Story
4. Chapter 3: How to Brainstorm Great Article Ideas
   • How to Position Your Article and Brainstorm Ideas
   • HBR Articles on Networking
   • Live Critiques of Draft Articles
   • Transcript: How to Position Your Article and Brainstorm Ideas
   • Transcript: Live Critiques of Draft Articles
5. Chapter 4: How to Reverse-Engineer Great Articles, So You Can Write Your Own
   • How to Analyze the Structure of Successful Articles
   • Sample Harvard Business Review Articles to Analyze
   • Transcript: How to Analyze the Structure of Successful Articles
6. Chapter 5: How to Successfully Pitch High Profile Publications
   • How to Approach a New Publication – Interview with Professional Freelance Writer Cara Cannella
   • Getting Your Work Placed in High Profile Publications
   • How to Pitch High Profile Publications
   • Transcript: How to Approach a New Publication
   • Transcript: Getting Your Work Placed in High Profile Publications
   • Sample Media Outreach Spreadsheet
7. Bonus Material: Interview with Editors
   • Interview with Sarah Green Carmichael, Former Executive Editor of Harvard Business Review
   • Interview with Jeff Kehoe, Executive Editor, HBR Press
   • Transcript: Interview with Sarah Green Carmichael
   • Transcript: Interview with Jeff Kehoe
8. Additional Bonus Materials
   • Your Questions Answered! 90 Minute Q&A Webinar
   • Audio Version of 90 Minute Q&A Webinar
   • Dorie Clark & Ron Friedman interview – The Art of Reverse Engineering Great Ideas
   • Guest Interview – Ron Carucci on Breaking into High Profile Publications
   • BONUS: Strategies to Leverage AI in Your Writing, featuring guest experts from Dorie Clark’s Recognized Expert course
9. Miscellaneous Resources – Content Creation Tip Sheets
   • Rapid Content Creation Tip Sheet
   • Tips for Breaking into the Harvard Business Review

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