Get Featured in MakeUseOf

Technology publications like MakeUseOf receive far more pitches than they can ever cover, and most go unanswered. A young company without a funding round, a known name or an existing media relationship can wait a long time for a reply. With a guaranteed placement, the outlet is confirmed first, you approve every word, and the article publishes on makeuseof.com inside the window written into your scope, usually one week. It is a real article on the site that you can put in a proposal, a deck or a profile.

What MakeUseOf covers

MakeUseOf belongs to the technology press, a category that covers the tools people use and the companies that make them. For readers in the United States, that means reporting and features on software, apps, devices, startups, artificial intelligence, IT and online security. Technology outlets write about the people behind products as well as the products themselves, so a founder’s decisions, a team’s approach or a company’s origin can carry a story.

Technology writing treats products as answers to problems. The stories that hold attention describe a specific gap, the thinking behind the fix and the result for real users. A security firm explaining a threat in plain language, an app maker showing how people use the product, or an IT company describing how it keeps clients running each give MakeUseOf readers something they can use, which is the standard the category sets.

Who reads MakeUseOf

Technology readers in the United States tend to be an active audience. They try new tools, recommend them to colleagues and make purchasing decisions for teams and whole companies. A publication like MakeUseOf reaches engineers and developers, startup operators, technology buyers, investors and the enthusiasts who shape opinion among their friends and coworkers about which products are worth using.

For a startup or a technology company, that makes a MakeUseOf feature useful well beyond the day it runs. It is something to show investors during a raise, prospects during a sales cycle and candidates during hiring. It also gives customers who search your name a credible third-party source that explains what you do in plain terms.

Why national coverage in the United States matters

A publication with a national audience in the United States is read well beyond any single city, which makes coverage in MakeUseOf useful for companies that sell across state lines. Customers, investors and partners in different parts of the country can all see the same feature. When any of them looks up your name, a nationally read publication is a reference they are likely to recognize.

Typical clients are growth-stage businesses preparing for a funding round, a product launch or a move into new states. Consultants, physicians, attorneys and speakers who want to be known beyond their home market are also common. Companies headquartered abroad use coverage in the United States to establish a presence before they open an American office.

A technology feature earns attention when it answers the questions a curious reader would ask. What does the product do? What problem made it necessary? What is different about how it works? The strongest stories name the customer, describe the moment the idea took shape and show evidence that the product is doing its job.

We start by choosing one of the angles below with you. Founders tend to undervalue their own origin story, yet it is frequently the part readers of a technology publication remember longest.

What weakens a pitch

• Buzzword stacking. “AI-powered, next-generation, end-to-end platform” could describe a thousand companies, and technology readers have learned to skip past it.
• Claims nobody can check. MakeUseOf readers are skeptical by habit, and everything we write about your product has to be true.
• A feature list with no story. Readers want to know why the product exists and who it helps, not every setting in the menu.
• Trying to cover everything. One product, one customer result or one idea, explained well, will be remembered longer than a full company overview.