Solutions Review Contributor Guidelines: SR Expert Network

Solutions Review publishes expert insights from enterprise technology executives, technical practitioners, product leaders, educators, and other subject-matter experts in the categories and markets we cover. Our standard for contributing goes beyond relevance, subject-matter expertise, and the ability to add business value; We look for information gain via unique perspectives.

Expert insights should ultimately help technology practitioners, business leaders, educators, and buyers do one or more of the following:

• Understand where their market, technology category, or discipline is going
• Implement, deploy, govern, or operationalize technology more effectively
• Make better-informed product, vendor, architecture, or strategy decisions
• Understand how emerging technologies are changing organizations, work, education, and professional practice

The guidelines below outline the topics we cover, how Solutions Review evaluates information gain, what we look for in contributed content, our submission requirements, and what contributors can expect from our editorial process.

Solutions Review Contributor Guidelines: Coverage Areas & Thought Leadership

Solutions Review publishes expert-driven thought leadership across enterprise technology, education, and the evolving relationship between technology, business, and human capability. Our coverage includes original analysis and research, practical expertise, and the aforementioned information gain that helps readers better understand emerging trends, evaluate technologies, and make informed technology buying decisions.

Contributing to Solutions Review

There are currently two tracks to getting published on Solutions Review:

1. For enterprise technology thought leadership, prospective contributors must be part of the Solutions Review Expert Network (apply here). The network connects qualified industry experts with editorial opportunities across our enterprise technology coverage areas.
2. For Human Impact of AI on Education thought leadership on Solutions Review EdTech, prospective contributors should review the guidelines on this page and pitch their proposed article directly to Solutions Review editors.

All contributed content, regardless of coverage area, must meet our editorial standards for information gain, subject-matter expertise, originality, and non-promotional analysis.

Solutions Review Editorial Standards

All contributions submitted to Solutions Review for consideration must satisfy the following requirements:

• Author qualifications: Content must be written by a qualified industry expert, such as a C-level executive, technical leader, product leader, educator, researcher, or experienced practitioner. Marketing personnel are not eligible as primary contributors.
• Information gain: Every article must demonstrate meaningful information gain through original expertise, analysis, structure, evidence, practical application, or articulation.
• Vendor neutrality: Content must remain vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and non-promotional. Articles may not attempt to sell a specific software tool or service.
• Minimum length: Articles must contain at least 750 words.
• Originality and exclusivity: Solutions Review must be the exclusive publisher of accepted contributions.
• Author information: Articles must be accompanied by an author biography and professional headshot. Contributor biographies must also adhere to our non-promotional standards.
• Insight Jam participation: Contributors must register for a free account on Insight Jam. Once the final draft is approved by an SR editor, contributors must post their article to Insight Jam. SR editors will then publish the approved content on Solutions Review thereafter.

Solutions Review Contributor Guidelines: Style

Contributors should follow the editorial conventions below when preparing their submissions.

• Do not double-space after periods.
• Include relevant, authoritative, and resourceful hyperlinks where appropriate. Support factual claims, statistics, and research findings with appropriate sources. Editors reserve the right to add, modify, or remove links.
• The Oxford comma is acceptable.
• Spell out acronyms on first reference, followed by the acronym in parentheses. The acronym may be used independently thereafter.
• Use descriptive subheadings to organize longer articles and improve readability.
• Prioritize clear, direct language over jargon, buzzwords, and promotional phrasing.

*Solutions Review reserves the right to make stylistic edits or decline submissions that do not meet its editorial standards, regardless of author credentials, topic relevance, or formatting compliance.

On Information Gain

Solutions Review assesses information gain when determining whether contributed content provides enough original value to warrant publication. Information gain is the useful, incremental value an article contributes beyond what is already widely available on a topic. Our approach to information gain reflects a broader shift in how expert knowledge is now discovered, evaluated, and used during this AI moment.

Solutions Review evaluates information gain across five primary dimensions:

• Conceptual Gain: Introduces an original idea, framework, category, argument, or way of thinking about a topic.
• Structural Gain: Organizes existing knowledge in a clearer or more useful way through frameworks, models, processes, taxonomies, or other structures.
• Empirical Gain: Contributes original data, benchmarks, research, measurable outcomes, case studies, or real-world evidence.
• Contextual Gain: Connects ideas to practical application by explaining what they mean for practitioners, buyers, implementations, use cases, or business decisions.
• Linguistic Gain: Articulates an idea with greater clarity or precision through useful definitions, terminology, distinctions, or memorable language.

Not every contributed article needs to demonstrate all five forms of information gain. However, accepted submissions should provide meaningful gain in one or more dimensions and demonstrate clear subject-matter expertise.

*The use of AI-assisted writing tools does not automatically disqualify a submission. However, contributors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, sourcing, and substance of their work.

Solutions Review Contributor Guidelines: The Role of Our Editors

Solutions Review editors play an active role in preparing accepted contributions for publication, ensuring each article meets our standards for editorial quality, readability, search optimization, and reader value. Editors reserve the right to revise submitted content accordingly.

During the Pre-Publishing Process

Every accepted contribution undergoes an editorial review and optimization process before publication. Our editors evaluate submissions for editorial relevance, information gain, and compliance with contributor requirements. They refine articles for clarity, grammar, formatting, structure, and web readability while preserving the contributor’s original perspective and expertise.

As part of our search optimization process, editors identify and refine a primary SEO focus phrase, ensuring alignment across the article’s headline, meta title, meta description, relevant headings, and body copy. Editors also optimize metadata, tags, internal and external hyperlinks, and other on-page elements to improve search discoverability, GEO, and contextual relevance.

Additional responsibilities include creating dedicated author bylines, developing custom graphics when appropriate, and coordinating final approval and publication through Insight Jam and Solutions Review.

During the Post-Publishing Process

Following publication, Solutions Review editors may revisit contributions to maintain their relevance, visibility, and editorial quality. Solutions Review editors also reserve the right to incorporate contributed articles into related editorial coverage.

Published contributions are also distributed through Solutions Review‘s professional network and promotional channels, including LinkedIn, email, inside Insight Jam, or featured in additional editorial and promotional initiatives.

*Editorial acceptance does not guarantee a particular level of distribution, search visibility, or promotional activity.

Solutions Review is a collection of enterprise technology news and resource sites that aggregates, curates, and creates content connecting technology buyers, practitioners, and industry experts. Through its category-specific editorial coverage, contributor programs, and Insight Jam expert community, Solutions Review provides analysis, practical guidance, and decision support across enterprise technology and emerging areas of education and workforce innovation.

Our editorial mission is to publish information that helps readers better understand the technologies, strategies, and ideas shaping their industries, while providing a platform for qualified experts to contribute meaningful insight to those conversations.