What we publish
Every guest post gets filed under one of the three categories readers already use to browse the blog. Picking the right one before you pitch makes review faster — and shows us you’ve actually looked at what’s already published.
- News — Product launches, funding rounds, and platform updates relevant to teams choosing AI tools. Timely and factual, not opinion.
- Comparisons — Head-to-head or roundup posts that help readers choose between similar tools — for example, “Nova AI vs [competitor]” or “5 best AI writing assistants for teams.”
- Guides — Practical, how-to content: workflows, setup walkthroughs, and best practices for getting more out of AI tools.
If your pitch is really about your own product — why you built it, what you learned — that’s a different flow. Submit a Founder’s Vision article instead; it’s built specifically for that story, and your tool gets linked back to its listing automatically.
Format & length
Aim for 1,300–1,500 words — long enough to say something real, short enough that we don’t have to cut it in half during edit.
- One clear headline, not a keyword-stuffed title.
- Skip the throat-clearing intro paragraph. Open with the point.
- Original content only — not published elsewhere first, not repurposed from your own blog.
- No gambling, casino, adult content, weapons, or other restricted topics — even with an AI angle.
Linking guidelines
Two rules, and we check both before publishing:
- One do-follow link — you may include a single link back to your own website or portfolio, placed naturally in your author bio or once within the body. That’s our thank-you for writing something worth publishing.
- Two external links — cite at least two credible outside sources (data, studies, original reporting) for any factual claim the piece leans on. Undocumented claims get sent back for revision, not published as-is.
Anything beyond that — extra self-links, affiliate links, links to unrelated sites — gets stripped during edit.
Send us your headline and a 3-bullet outline before you write the full draft. We’ll tell you within a day whether it’s a fit — saves you from finishing 1,000 words we’d have to reject on topic alone.
Style & tone
Direct and confident, not hypey. Short sentences over long ones. Skip “revolutionize,” “game-changing,” and anything else that reads like a press release. If a sentence could appear in any AI company’s marketing copy, cut it and say the specific thing instead.
How to pitch
No upload form here — just email us. Send your draft (or a headline and outline first, see the pro tip above) to info@aidust.io, with the subject line formatted as “Guest Post — [Category] Your headline” — for example, “Guest Post — [Guides] Getting more out of AI code review tools.”
Include the do-follow link and anchor text you’d like in the email.
Frequently asked questions
No — that’s the Founders’ Vision flow. It’s built for exactly that story, and your tool gets linked automatically. This flow is for third-party contributors writing general AI industry content.
No cash payment. Compensation is the one do-follow link plus exposure to readers actively evaluating AI tools.
Yes. We only publish original content that hasn’t run anywhere else first, including your own blog.
We’ll tell you the real reason, not a form rejection. Usually it’s one of: too promotional, already covered too recently, or outside the three categories we publish. If we think there’s a version that would work, we’ll say so.