Writing for LinkPress

Authors submit articles through the LinkPress platform — there is no direct access to the site’s codebase or content repository. The process has three stages: write, submit, review.

Stage 1 — Write Your Article

Write your article in any Markdown editor on your own machine (see Markdown Editing Tools for recommendations). The platform accepts standard .md files.

Your article needs a frontmatter block at the top — a YAML header that tells the platform your article’s title, description, and tags. Copy this template as your starting point:

---
title: 'Your Article Title'
description: 'A one- or two-sentence summary. Max 200 characters.'
tags:
  - Tag One
  - Tag Two
---

Your article body begins here. Use `##` for your first heading — the title
above renders as the page heading automatically.

Frontmatter rules:

See Articles for the complete frontmatter reference.

Stage 2 — Submit and Pay

When your article is ready, go to /publish on the LinkPress website. The submission form collects:

• Your article text (paste your Markdown directly into the form)
• Include your author details — name, short bio, and optional social links in the article text as a separate section

After filling in the form you are directed to a PayPal checkout for the submission fee. The fee covers editorial review and publication infrastructure. Payment is required to proceed — it filters out incomplete or low-effort submissions so our editorial team can focus on work that is ready for review.

Once payment is confirmed you receive an email acknowledgement and your submission is queued for review.

Stage 3 — Editorial Review

The editorial team reads every paid submission. You will hear back within two business days with one of three outcomes:

Accepted — Your article is published. You receive a link to the live page. Your author profile is created automatically from the details you submitted, and appears at /people/your-name. Future articles submitted under the same email address will reference that profile automatically.

Accepted with revisions — The editorial team will send specific feedback. You revise and resubmit via a link in the review email — no additional payment required for a revision cycle.

Not accepted — You receive a brief explanation. Common reasons include: article does not meet the minimum length or depth standard, topic is outside our editorial scope, or the content is primarily promotional. The submission fee is not refunded, but you are welcome to submit a different article.

Images

Featured image — You do not need to supply one. LinkPress generates a branded featured image for every article automatically, ensuring a consistent visual identity across the platform.

In-article images — If your article benefits from diagrams, charts, or illustrations you have created yourself, you can include them. Package all image files together with your article as a single .zip archive and upload that archive via the submission form.

Use .webp format with a lowercase, hyphenated filename (e.g. strategy-execution-gap.webp). Reference images in your Markdown by bare filename only — no path:

![Chart showing the execution gap](strategy-execution-gap.webp)

The platform resolves the path automatically once your submission is processed.

A note on third-party images — We strongly discourage sourcing images from free stock libraries (Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, and similar). Licensing terms on these platforms vary, attribution requirements are inconsistently honoured across the web, and images from these libraries carry meaningful IP and copyright risk for both the author and LinkPress. If your article requires an illustration, create it — a clear diagram you made in Figma, Miro, or even a spreadsheet chart is more valuable to readers than a stock photo anyway.

After Publication

Once live, your article appears in the main article listings, is included in the sitemap and RSS feed, and carries structured data (Article schema) for search engines and AI citation. You can share the URL immediately — it is permanent.

If you need to correct a factual error after publication, email [email protected] with the article URL and the correction. Material corrections are noted with an editor’s note on the article page.