the guest desk
We're looking for pitches on the business of freelancing, writing in the AI age, search and content strategy, personal branding, time-saving workflows and client acquisition tactics.
The best pitches feel like a warm, honest story that a professional like you can relate to after a long day at work. Bring lived expertise, not a generic overview.
| format | what to cover | example working angles |
|---|---|---|
 teardowns | Break down a campaign, pitch, workflow, or decision that worked or failed. |
|
 workflows | Show the repeatable process behind your writing, marketing, research, or client work. |
|
 experiments | Bring numbers, screenshots, notes, or honest results from something you tried. |
|
 career pivots | Explain the move you made and what someone behind you should know. |
|
 client lessons | Teach a boundary, scope, pricing, or communication lesson from real work. |
|
 niche insight | Share what outsiders miss about your industry, market, audience, or role. |
|
Our readers are freelance and in-house marketers, writers, and career content professionals. They want to keep up with trends, learn from peers, automate routine processes, and upskill.
From "I have an idea" to a published byline. Total timeline: roughly six weeks.
Read our blog, spot a gap, and work on your POV to that angle.
Fill out our form with your fleshed-out idea. We review within two weeks.
If accepted, we'll give you light feedback on how to improve your piece.
Write the piece with the examples, screenshots, quotes, and proof that make it yours.
We review the draft, leave clear comments, and help the best parts land.
Your piece goes live with your byline, then we share it with our readers.
We aim for our contributors to leave with a clearer sense of their own work.
“If every editor were like the one at TheMinCave, more writers would walk away from guest posts feeling guided, better, and fired up to do more.”
“Every comment showed me how much my writing has improved over the years and the areas where I could also get better. The corrections were clear, helpful, and made me want to write an even better article.”
Please read the FAQs below and our editorial guidelines in the form, so we're on the same page.
Send us the angle, the reader it helps, and the real example behind it. We'll help shape the piece from there.
See what others have published on the Guest Desk.
Someone told me cold emailing doesn’t work anymore. Instead of arguing, I opened a spreadsheet and contacted 100 potential clients in five days. Here’s where I found them, what I sent, and what came back.
Everyone on LinkedIn was starting to sound the same, me included. I posted writing tips for months and got almost nothing back. Then I changed one thing about what I posted, and people started talking back.
Spot AI-written content at a glance and edit it into something humans actually want to read. Here’s the exact process for turning AI drafts into publishable articles.
