Want to submit a guest post to the SAP PRESS Blog? You’ve come to the right place to learn more about the process!
If you’re a strong writer in the English language and have experience with the SAP suite of business solutions, especially with SAP S/4HANA, we’d love to hear from you. Read on to see our content guidelines and other things to know before writing and submitting a post for consideration. The content below should answer any question you have about the kind of content we’re looking for and how the submission process works.
Please know that we are looking for original content from those who are active within the SAP Community, including but not limited to developers, administrators, IT managers, consultants, business users, and other active members. If you work with SAP in your daily job, read on!
If you're a content writer or mainstream freelance blogger, due to the technical nature of our blog, we may not be able to accept your post. However, if you believe you have a topic that our readers would benefit from, please check out our media kit for rates and how to contact us.
Successful guest blogs educate readers with high-quality information that help them on their journey to reach their professional goals. These posts should be accessible (easily understood), high-value (worth readers’ time), and knowledgeable and reliable (displaying expertise in your subject).
We look for a few additional things in everything we publish:
We’ve spent years compiling a list of types of blogs that work for our readers, and those that don’t. Here are some of our most successful blog post types:
These posts should include shortcuts, workarounds, and other process-specific tasks that readers can use to make their day to day lives easier. Readers should be able to have enough information to perform the task on their own after reading this post. Screenshots illustrating the process are helpful for this kind of post.
Examples of Tips and Tricks posts:
These posts should introduce the reader to a specific topic, module, or solution and explain how they provide value in a business context. Readers should be able to have a good understanding of the topic after reading this kind of post.
Examples of Informational posts:
A combination of a Tips and Tricks and Informational post, these posts provide beginner or advanced information on a specific topic. Readers should be able to learn both something about a solution and some ways to utilize the solution in their everyday life.
Examples of Fundamental posts:
We focus on the following key topic areas of SAP: Administration, Business Intelligence, CRM & Sales, FICO, Human Resources, Logistics, Programming, and SAP HANA.
While we ultimately want to provide future-leaning content based around SAP S/4HANA, we understand many businesses are still utilizing SAP ERP and will consider content based on that suite until the 2027 deadline to move to SAP S/4HANA passes.
We will consider posts from time to time that don’t fit these topics or categories, but you have the best chance of being accepted if it matches one of the formats and topics listed above.
There are some things that we cannot accept:
Please email marketing(at)rheinwerk-publishing(dot)com with the following:
If your article meets our editorial standards and aligns with our content strategy, we will respond to let you know your article will be published. That process may take up to 2 weeks due to our editorial calendar.
We may not be able to respond to all submissions, and will not respond if sent generic pitches or notes that don't meet the guidelines laid out in the "Submit" section above. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, you may assume we will be unable to publish your content and you may publish it on your own.