NEWS SUBMISSION TIPS, GUIDELINES, AND FAQs

Thanks for your interest in Sensors and Testing Monthly. Your editorial contributions will help to enrich our magazine content, educate our readers, diversify and amplify industry voices, and provide thought leadership in sensors, instrumentation, testing, and calibration. We’ve outlined some essential news submission tips and guidelines below to assist our valued contributors in aligning their content development efforts with our publication standards.

Please note: Our guidelines are designed to assist you, not restrict your messaging. They are a tool to help you align your content with our publication standards, increasing the likelihood of successful publication. We want to encourage you to share your unique perspectives and ideas within these guidelines.

Before you submit your content, please be sure to familiarize yourself with our website terms and conditions, privacy policy, editorial submission tips and guidelines, and FAQs. If you have any questions about these guidelines, please contact us.

HOW TO MAKE A NEWS SUBMISSION TO US:

We invite sponsored and unpaid content new submissions on a rolling basis. Editorial can be submitted through our Submit News page or by emailing us at hello@sensorsandtestingmonthly.com.

When submitting, please include supporting images (1200 x 628 pixels preferred), product pages, and datasheet links with your submission. We also request a link to the author’s LinkedIn profile.

If the editors of Sensors and Testing Monthly opt to publish your submitted news as unpaid editorial content on our site, you will receive an email notification from us when your content is shared across our social media channels.

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WHO CAN MAKE NEWS SUBMISSIONS TO US?

Sensors and Testing Monthly invites manufacturers, service providers, distributors, economic development agencies, trade associations, exhibition organizers, small business advocacy organizations, colleges, and universities to submit news to us.

Accepted content will be published following a thorough internal review and editing process. Publication timing is dependent upon content alignment with our editorial calendar and available space.

To guarantee the publication of your submitted editorial content on an expedited basis, Sensors and Testing Monthly offers several cost-effective sponsored news packages, which are valid for one (1) year from the date of purchase. When evaluating submitted editorial for publication, the team at Sensors and Testing Monthly looks for content that:

Promotes products, services, and technologies that are manufactured, promoted, and sold in strict accordance with the export control regulations of the United States and other applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
Promotes new or recently improved products, services, and technologies that tangibly exist and can currently be built, shipped, and delivered to an end customer within an industry standard lead time.
Is original, non-plagiarized, technically accurate, and grammatically correct, with preference for AP Style
Conveys the key distinguishing features of the product, service, or technology in a clear, concise manner
Explains how the product, service, or technology helps a prospective customer to solve an application or technical challenge
Discusses critical applications that the product, service, or technology supports
Maintains non-advertorial language unless part of a sponsored news submission.
Refrains from the use of superlatives or subjective language
Respects the intellectual property rights of others; properly cites any third-party content used
Is free from any form of discrimination, bias, or offensive material.
Includes images or graphics where appropriate to enhance the content
Does not, from the perspective of our 25-year industry subject matter experts, show signs of having been written by ChatGPT or other AI writing tools.

HOW OFTEN CAN I SUBMIT? HOW OFTEN IS NEWS PUBLISHED?

News submissions to Sensors and Testing Monthly that meet our editorial guidelines are always welcomed. We are always on the lookout for original, high-quality, industry-relevant content that helps our readers solve technical challenges or is otherwise informative or educational. No limitations exist on the number of industry-relevant news contributions that any single contributor can make.

HOW CAN I EXPEDITE YOUR REVIEWS OF MY NEWS?

Sensors and Testing Monthly welcomes both sponsored (paid) and unpaid content submissions on an ongoing basis. To ensure the greatest likelihood of expedited publication, we suggest the submission of content that conforms to our editorial guidelines and aligns with the focus of our e-publication, namely sensors, instrumentation, testing, and calibration. We further suggest:

Consideration of Sponsored News for guaranteed inclusion, expedited reviews, multi-channel publication, lifetime promotional value, and the capability to receive ongoing click-thru reports and leads.
Applying to Join our Editorial Board where if selected, you will become one of our pre-vetted and approved editorial content contributors.

HOW LONG ARE NEWS SUBMISSIONS STORED ON YOUR WEBSITE?

All unpaid content on Sensors and Testing Monthly is stored for a minimum of one (1) year from its original publication date. Unless you, as the author, your employer, a court order, or a third-party author or regulatory body asks us to remove it, all sponsored news will remain on our site indefinitely.

CAN I GET A CLICK-THRU REPORT FOR MY NEWS SUBMISSIONS?

Yes. All Sponsored News on Sensors and Testing Monthly is automatically eligible to receive click-thru reports and metrics data upon request.

CAN MY ADVERTISING/PR AGENCY SUBMIT NEWS?

Of course! We appreciate the role of our agency colleagues as liaisons and advocates for our publication. All advertising and PR agencies are welcome to submit content on behalf of their Clients in sensors, instrumentation, testing, and calibration. At the same time, and as Sensors and Testing Monthly respects the author byline rights of its contributor, we request that agency representatives identify the actual technical content author of any submitted content. We will always provide full transparency regarding any communications we might require with your Client.

CAN INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTORS SUBMIT NEWS?

Yes. Global industry sales representatives and distributors are encouraged to submit news to Sensors and Testing Monthly, provided that no content infringes upon the original authorship or other rights of any third parties.

HOW DO I BECOME AN APPROVED CONTENT CONTRIBUTOR?

Sensors and Testing Monthly invites industry experts to consider applying to join our editorial board. If selected, you will be able to directly submit your content as an approved contributor. Ideal candidates have technical and industry subject matter backgrounds and prior successful publication experience.