Bylined Articles

A bylined article is a piece published under your name — your byline — in a publication you don't own. In PR it usually means contributed content: an executive or expert writes (or co-writes) an article for a trade outlet, business publication, or industry blog. Unlike being quoted in someone else's story, a byline gives you the whole argument, at article length, with your name on it.

All three are contributed content under your name. A bylined article usually means an expertise-driven piece in a trade or business outlet; an op-ed is an opinion argument, often for news publications; a guest post is the blog-world version, typically more casual. Featured finds openings for all three — ask for the format you want.

Ask Featured — “find publications accepting bylined articles about [your topic]” — and it returns outlets with active submission paths, drawn from a curated dataset of publications that take contributed content. You can narrow by audience, format, or industry in the same chat, then have Featured draft the editor pitch.

Most trade and business outlets neither pay nor charge: you contribute expertise, they supply the audience. Some sites do charge for placement — that's sponsored content, a different tool for different goals. Featured keeps the two separate; if you want guaranteed paid placement, that's Paid Backlinks.

Editors accept pieces that serve their readers, not the author. Specific beats general: one sharp lesson, real numbers, and examples from work you've actually done. Skip product mentions beyond your bio line. Featured's outlines are built around that standard — an insight per section, a data point per claim.

They're among the strongest inputs. A byline in a credible publication is exactly the kind of source AI assistants cite when answering questions in your category — and it typically carries an author bio that establishes who you are. A steady byline program builds the source layer that GEO measures.

Finding publications, drafting, and submitting through Featured is included in every plan — free to start, $39/month (Lite) or $79/month (Pro, billed annually) as usage grows. Every plan includes every feature; only usage scales.

Typically two to eight weeks from pitch to publish: editors accept, request a draft, edit, and slot you into their calendar. Op-eds tied to news can move in days. Keeping two or three pitches live at once — easy when a workflow feeds you open submission windows — smooths the pipeline.

Founders and executives building category authority, practitioners with hard-won lessons (attorneys, physicians, engineers, operators), and agencies ghost-drafting programs for clients. If your expertise is your marketing, bylines are how it gets published at length.