The World Open Water Swimming Association is a global community dedicated to the organization, promotion and recognition of open water swimmers, events, records, trends, publications, films, podcasts and achievements in the world of marathon swimming, including solo and relay channel crossings, competitive races of all distances, especially the Olympic 10k Marathon Swim, extreme swimming (including ice swimming, winter swimming, stage swimming, and high-altitude swimming), coaching, officiating, and piloting.
We are currently accepting publication-ready articles (guest posts) and sponsored posts.
Guest Posts
An open guest post is a post your brand writes. It will be published and promoted on WOWSA as a post on the site, your brand will have full writer credit. The post can include an introduction by WOWSA, will include links back to your site, and your information in an author box at the bottom of the post giving all writing credit to you. The post will be published and promoted as any post on WOWSA.
Guest posts can be combined with a giveaway if you provide a product with a value of $25 or more to our readers, and you ship to the winner once drawn.
Price: $250
Availability: 1-2 weeks after receipt of finalized post/approval
Featured: Blog, Newsletter, Instagram, Facebook (2 pages, 1 group) and Twitter
Guest Post Guidelines
All guest posts on WOWSA must adhere to the guest post guidelines, which are as follows:
- Minimum of 500 words.
- High-quality large images (at least 900px wide)
- Well-written (good grammar, proper spelling, SEO friendly)
- 1-3 quality links (no spam or questionable sites linked)
- Topic & finalized post approved by WOWSA prior to approval
- Image for featured image and correct sizes for social sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Sponsored Posts
A sponsored post is a great way to promote your product. It is less invasive than an advertisements and gives your brand a natural fit.
Marketing your product with quality content gets three times more leads than paid search advertising.
With a sponsored article, WOWSA will post up related to or specifically about you/your product, and post it to our blog as any other post. These posts will be FTC compliant, will include high-quality images (taken from you or your site), and a minimum of 500 words. They will also include links to your website/product/blog, and any other relevant links that enhance the article and SEO. Sponsored posts will be shared across our various social media accounts and promoted.
The Sponsored post can also be combined with a giveaway if you provide our readers with a prize valued at $25 or more, and you will send the prize out after the winner has been drawn.
Price: $300 (for basic promotion) or $375 (for promotion including paid ads on Facebook and Instagram*)
Availability: 1-2 weeks turn-around time
Featured: Blog, Newsletter, Instagram, Facebook (2 pages, 1 group) and Twitter
*Specify targeting
