Write For Us: Guest Blogging Opportunity at Fe/male Switch (Submission Guidelines)

Write For Us: Guest Blogging Opportunity at Fe/male Switch (Submission Guidelines)
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Version: 1.1Last updated: 2025-05-20By: Violetta Bonenkamp

Write for Us: Startups, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing, SEO, Technology

The F/MS Startup Game has been a go-to resource for startup founders and entrepreneurs for over 5 years.

We truly understand the challenges entrepreneurs face in cutting through the noise, building authority, and adapting to new discovery channels like AI search.

By publishing your guest post in our blog, you get the opportunity to:

  • Enhance your credibility
  • Access a targeted entrepreneurial audience
  • Improve Google rankings
  • Establish thought leadership
  • Increase visibility and authority signals for AI platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity

About Us

Here are some things to know before deciding if we’re a good match:

  • We’re a startup: We’ve built an automated flow for guest blogging. This makes it affordable (less manual labor = lower costs) and quick (our trained algorithms handle approvals, customer support, and publishing). Our content structure allows for quick ranking on platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok, Claude, etc.
  • Our audience: Entrepreneurs, startup founders, marketers, business owners, or students looking to build or grow their businesses.
  • Our tone: We’re authoritative and informative while being friendly and engaging. Conversational writing is our style: think approachable expert.
  • Our topic range: Startups, entrepreneurship, business, B2B, B2C, content creation, copywriting, e-commerce, MVPs, business automation, marketing strategies, SEO, AI, startup tools, and app/website development.
  • Our blog post types: We publish a variety of posts, including:
    • New or unique angles on common business/startup topics
    • First-hand accounts of business experiments/strategies/tests
    • How-to guides/cheat sheets for startups
    • Tips, tools, or strategies lists of top tools/events/startups/VCs
    • Industry trends, data, and insights useful to startups
    • Vertical-specific advice that works for startups in 2025
    • Research on female entrepreneurship
    • Creative ideas and examples/templates that startups need
    • Success stories of entrepreneurs, especially in Europe
    • Startup funding resources, VC lists, incubator reviews

Guest Post Guidelines for F/MS Startup Game

To ensure high-quality content, please follow these criteria:

  1. Word count: Minimum 1,000 words (no fluff).
  2. Intro: ~150 words to introduce the topic and what the post will cover.
  3. Tone: Friendly and conversational (no corporate or AI fluff).
  4. Content: Original, actionable, well-organized, unpublished, and not overly promotional.
  5. Presentation: Use headings, subheadings, and short paragraphs for easy reading.
  6. Author bio: Include a 1-3 sentence author bio with optional links.
  7. Format: Submit in Markdown using Google Docs with headings (H2, H3, H4).
  8. Images: Include sources and alt text for images (unique screenshots/custom graphics preferred).
  9. Backlinks: Maximum two backlinks (no affiliate links).

Submission and Review Process

  1. Check all our services and payment links on our Marketing Services page.
  2. Pre-approve your topic and linked website/product.
  3. Expect feedback within a few hours.
  4. If accepted, proceed with payment and submit your article via a form that you will see right after the payment.
  5. We reserve the right to request revisions or reject submissions not meeting guidelines.
  6. Articles published with us cannot be republished elsewhere.
  7. If not accepted, you retain ownership to publish your content elsewhere.

List of Acceptable Topics:

  • Digital Marketing
  • SEO and GEO (SEO for LLMS)
  • Startups
  • AI Automation
  • Business
  • Hiring and Teams
  • Sales and Business Development
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Content Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Growth Hacking
  • Intellectual Property and Legal for Startups
  • Entrepreneurship, Solopreneurship, and Indiehacking
  • Web Design
  • Software Development
  • AI and Technology

Topics to Avoid:

  • Adult material
  • Gambling and casinos
  • Alcohol and smoking
  • Essay writing services
  • Dating and gaming sites
  • Content misaligned with our values

Example of a Guest Blog Post

Check out one of our recent posts: Example Blog Post

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Perks for Authors

  • Reach a pool of 13k+ entrepreneurs and startup founders
  • Build your presence as a thought leader through an author profile
  • Get your content republished across multiple media channels

About the Author

Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur.

Violetta is a true multiple specialist who has built expertise in Linguistics, Education, Business Management, Blockchain, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Game Design, AI, SEO, Digital Marketing, cyber security and zero code automations. Her extensive educational journey includes a Master of Arts in Linguistics and Education, an Advanced Master in Linguistics from Belgium (2006-2007), an MBA from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden (2006-2008), and an Erasmus Mundus joint program European Master of Higher Education from universities in Norway, Finland, and Portugal (2009).

She is the founder of Fe/male Switch, a startup game that encourages women to enter STEM fields, and also leads CADChain, and multiple other projects like the Directory of 1,000 Startup Cities with a proprietary MeanCEO Index that ranks cities for female entrepreneurs. Violetta created the "gamepreneurship" methodology, which forms the scientific basis of her startup game. She also builds a lot of SEO tools for startups. Her achievements include being named one of the top 100 women in Europe by EU Startups in 2022 and being nominated for Impact Person of the year at the Dutch Blockchain Week. She is an author with Sifted and a speaker at different Universities. Recently she published a book on Startup Idea Validation the right way: from zero to first customers and beyond and launched a Directory of 1,500+ websites for startups to list themselves in order to gain traction and build backlinks.

About the Publication

Fe/male Switch is an innovative startup platform designed to empower women entrepreneurs through an immersive, game-like experience. Founded in 2020 during the pandemic "without any funding and without any code," this non-profit initiative has evolved into a comprehensive educational tool for aspiring female entrepreneurs. The platform was co-founded by Violetta Shishkina-Bonenkamp, who serves as CEO and one of the lead authors of the Startup News branch.

Mission and Purpose

Fe/male Switch Foundation was created to address the gender gap in the tech and entrepreneurship space. The platform aims to skill-up future female tech leaders and empower them to create resilient and innovative tech startups through what they call "gamepreneurship." By putting players in a virtual startup village where they must survive and thrive, the startup game allows women to test their entrepreneurial abilities without financial risk.

Key Features

The platform offers a unique blend of news, resources, learning, networking, and practical application within a supportive, female-focused environment:

  • Skill Lab: Micro-modules covering essential startup skills
  • Virtual Startup Building: Create or join startups and tackle real-world challenges
  • AI Co-founder (PlayPal): Guides users through the startup process
  • SANDBOX: A testing environment for idea validation before launch
  • Wellness Integration: Virtual activities to balance work and self-care
  • Marketplace: Buy or sell expert sessions and tutorials

Impact and Growth

Since its inception, Fe/male Switch has shown impressive growth:

  • 3,000+ female entrepreneurs in the community
  • 100+ startup tools built
  • 5,000+ pieces of articles and news written

Partnerships

Fe/male Switch has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings. In January 2022, it teamed up with global website builder Tilda and automation platform Make to provide free access to website building tools and automation services for Fe/male Switch participants to build their first MVP and take it to market.

Recognition

Fe/male Switch has received media attention for its innovative approach to closing the gender gap in tech entrepreneurship. The platform has been featured in various publications highlighting its unique "play to learn and earn" model.