Tech Pro Essentials

formation technology community. In this spirit, we welcome contributed content from industry practitioners. Our approval process is selective, however, and all content is subject to editing. This applies to headlines, style and substance, links and artwork. Vendor Agnosticism:

Aberdeen Group is a vendor-agnostic research publishing firm. Any mention of brands on any of our properties including TechPro Essentials, including contributed content, does not constitute endorsement. How to Submit Contributed Content:

Articles submitted for consideration should seek to inform and inspire TechPro Essentials readership community, comprised of IT professionals. We appreciate use of relevant Aberdeen Group research to bolster ideas and trends, with appropriate citation to the original source report at Aberdeen.com. We also look for real-world case studies and views from practitioners on the front lines, and fresh ideas and perspectives on the challenges plaguing IT professionals in their day to day lives. Nuts and Bolts:

Please keep length between 300 – 1,000 words. Please include a short bio and headshot along with your content in a Microsoft Word document (we do not accept PDFs). Our editorial staff will also proofread every submission for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Please be aware that substantial mistakes can trigger your submission to be sent back to you for re-working or rejected outright. We follow the AP Style Guide. Images:

Screenshots need to be attributed. For example: Screenshot taken xx/xx/###x of www.domain.com. We include images with every post on TechPro Essentials, and require that your guest post include at least one image. Link Policy:

Links in your post should be relevant to the story you’re telling and provide context to your audience. When referring to another article or piece of research, please use proper citation or link to the source material. Please include links in parenthesis next to the word you’d like hyperlinked (do not embed the links yourself). You may link to your own content, but please be clear about this in your article, as well as if you have a relationship to the content creator or host, whether it’s your own or a client’s. For example: “My case study features Microsoft, a client of mine.”
Please do not include promotional call to actions in your post. “Like my content? Download my whitepaper on [unrelated topic]!”
The TechPro Essentials editorial staff will review all links, and reserve the right to eliminate any links that we deem inappropriate. We reserve the right to include internal links in the post to TechPro Essentials or Aberdeen Group content that we feel enriches the narrative of your post. Syndication:

We ask that original articles remain exclusive to our site. To discuss syndication of your content on TechPro Essentials, please contact Jim Rapoza with any questions, [email protected]. Where to Submit:

Be sure you’ve read everything on this page, then email the appropriate items to Jim Rapoza, [email protected]. Once your submission has been reviewed you will be notified if and /or when it will be published.