Get Featured in talkSPORT

Publications like talkSPORT have limited space and a long line of well-known names competing for it, which leaves little room for anyone still making theirs. An athlete, trainer or brand without a title, a famous client or an existing media relationship can wait a long time to be noticed. A guaranteed placement removes that uncertainty: the piece is arranged with the publication in advance, you approve the draft, and it publishes on talksport.com inside a written window, usually one to two weeks. It is a real article on the site that you can put in a proposal, a deck or a profile.

What talkSPORT covers

talkSPORT is part of the sports, fitness and outdoor press, which connects active people with the stories and resources that matter to them. For readers in the United Kingdom, that can mean coverage of athletes, teams, training, wellness, gear, events and places to play. Outlets like this value the human side of sport, so a comeback, a coaching philosophy, a gym’s community or the reason a founder started a brand can each carry a piece.

Sports writing is strongest when it finds the story inside the performance. The pieces that hold a reader describe a turning point, a decision or a habit that made the difference. A gym owner explaining how members stay consistent, an equipment maker showing what was wrong with the old design, or an event organizer describing how a race came together each give talkSPORT readers something they can apply to their own active lives.

Who reads talkSPORT

Active readers in the United Kingdom spend real time and money on what they love. They join gyms, hire coaches, enter events, buy equipment and travel to play or watch. A publication like talkSPORT reaches those people along with the trainers, club organizers, retailers and brand teams who read sports and fitness coverage to see what their own field is doing.

For an athlete, a coach or a sports business, that makes a talkSPORT feature useful well past the day it appears. It is something to show scouts, brand partners, prospective clients and event organizers, and to share with the supporters who have followed you from the start. It also gives anyone who looks up your name a clear account of what you have done.

Coverage that speaks to buyers in the United Kingdom

Readers in the United Kingdom tend to place more confidence in a business that has appeared in a publication they know. Coverage in talkSPORT puts your company in front of British customers, suppliers and potential partners in a setting that feels familiar to them. It also means that when someone in the United Kingdom looks up your name, they find a source from their own market.

Typical clients include growing British companies preparing for investment, professional practices competing for clients, and consumer brands seeking stockists. Authors, consultants and charity leaders ask for coverage too. Businesses headquartered abroad use it when they open an office in the United Kingdom or begin selling to customers there.

A sports or fitness feature earns attention when it answers what an active reader would ask. What did you achieve, build or change? What did it take? Why should it matter to someone who trains or competes? The strongest stories name the event, the client or the product, and describe the turning point in plain detail.

The first job is to find which of the angles below is strongest for you. Athletes and coaches often lead with a list of achievements when the better story is the one setback that changed how they work.

What weakens a pitch

• Motivational slogans. “Hard work, dedication and passion” is true of nearly everyone in sport, so it tells a talkSPORT reader nothing about you.
• Results that cannot be confirmed. Sports readers check records and rankings, and everything we write about your achievements has to be true.
• A résumé with no story. A list of teams, titles or certifications matters less than one moment that shows who you are.
• Trying to cover everything. One season, one method or one product, told well, stays with readers longer than a complete history.