If you've recruited, coached, hired, or led talent, you know what actually moves a job search. Publish bylined articles on the Marqee blog, get an author profile with a dofollow backlink to your own site, and earn a recurring 25% for six months on every member your articles convert. No base fee, performance only.
Contributor is the writing track of the Marqee partner program. Credentialed career experts publish original, editorially-reviewed articles on the Marqee blog. You build your personal brand and authority, and you earn recurring commission whenever your writing converts a reader into a paying member. There is no per-article fee; the model is attribution, and it's open to apply but gated on quality.
Every piece carries your byline and links to your author profile — real published work you can point to.
Your author page carries a dofollow link to your own website or practice — authority that compounds.
Performance-only commission for six months on every member your articles bring in. No base, no cap.
Mandatory human review before publish keeps the bar high — which is exactly why the byline is worth having.
If you've evaluated candidates, coached job seekers, or run talent for a living, you have lived expertise readers want, and the credibility our editorial gate looks for.
You've read thousands of résumés and run real searches. Write what actually gets a candidate shortlisted.
You guide job seekers daily. Turn your frameworks into articles that bring new readers — and clients — to you.
You've built hiring processes from the inside. Demystify how decisions really get made for an audience that needs it.
You're the person on the other side of the table. Share what makes a candidate an obvious yes in your function.
Open to apply, gated on quality. The editorial process is the spine; it's what keeps the Marqee byline worth earning.
Anyone may apply. You submit a short application, a writing sample, and your credential history. There's no cost to apply and no per-article fee at any point.
An editor reviews your sample and credentials. We're looking for genuine expertise and clear, honest writing — not volume. If it's a fit, you're invited in as a Contributor.
Take an open topic from our editorial calendar or pitch an idea. Every assignment comes with a brief: the angle, the audience, the key points, and the bar to clear.
You write the draft. Original work only, within a per-contributor velocity cap of two to four pieces a month at the entry tier, so quality always comes before quantity.
Every draft goes through a real editor before it can publish. We run originality, plagiarism, and AI screening, check the facts, and confirm the FTC disclosure and editorial-independence note are in place.
Your article goes live with your byline, an author profile page carrying a dofollow link to your site, your contributor badge, and your tracking. From here, every reader it converts can earn you commission.
You're not paid per article. You're paid when your writing does its job: when a reader of your article becomes a paying Marqee member. Here's exactly how that works, and the non-cash value you get from day one.
On every paying member your articles convert, every week they stay — not a one-time bounty. Marqee bills weekly, so it keeps paying while they keep going.
If a reader of your article starts a trial and pays within 60 days, that member is credited to you. Commission triggers on their first paid week — never on the free trial.
Earnings settle on a 30-day window. If a member cancels or refunds within it — a chargeback — that commission is clawed back. Honest in, honest out.
There is no draw, retainer, or per-piece payment. The cash upside is entirely the recurring commission your articles earn.
Even before a single conversion, contributing pays. This is the non-cash value you carry from your very first published piece.
A permanent author page with your bio, headshot, and a dofollow link to your own site, for real, lasting SEO authority.
Published, edited work under your name on a brand readers trust, a portfolio piece that says more than a self-published post.
A verified contributor badge and a place on the leaderboard that ranks the experts whose work performs.
We amplify your pieces across our channels, and contributors get free or discounted access to the Marqee managed search.
Because the track is open and performance-only, an editorial gate is what protects the reader and the brand. These rules are non-negotiable — they're why a Marqee byline carries weight.
Every contributor is vetted on real expertise and a writing sample before they're invited in. Access is tied to quality and performance, not just signing up.
You claim a topic from the editorial calendar or pitch one, then write to a brief — so every piece has a clear angle, audience, and bar to clear.
No article publishes without a human editor signing off. Nothing goes live unread.
Submissions are screened for originality and run through plagiarism and AI detection. Original, human-led work only.
You may republish your piece elsewhere after it runs on Marqee, as long as the copy uses a canonical tag pointing to the Marqee original.
A per-contributor velocity cap (two to four pieces a month at entry tier) plus a rolling quality score keep the bar high and the feed clean.
Every article carries a clear FTC disclosure and an editorial-independence note. Contributors never promise jobs, incomes, or outcomes.
Continued access — and advancement — depends on staying within the standards and producing work that holds the bar. Read the full editorial standards.
You start as a Contributor and earn your way up with a track record of well-reviewed, well-performing work. Same recurring economics at every tier — Senior just unlocks more room and more reach.
Promotion is editorial, not automatic; it reflects sustained quality scores and the performance of your published work. Marqee makes no income or earnings guarantees.
The Contributor track is performance-only. There's no base fee and no per-article payment. You earn a recurring 25% commission for the first six months of the subscription of every paying member your articles convert, tracked by a 60-day attribution window. Because Marqee bills weekly, you keep earning each week that member stays.
Each of your published articles carries your tracking. When a reader of your article starts a free trial and becomes a paying member within a 60-day attribution window, that member is credited to you. Commission triggers on their first paid week — never on the free trial — and is subject to a 30-day payout window with clawback if they cancel or refund.
The upfront value is non-cash and built to grow your name: a published byline, an author profile page with a dofollow backlink to your own site, a contributor badge, a place on the contributor leaderboard, co-marketing across our channels, and free or discounted Marqee. On top of that, you earn recurring commission whenever your writing converts a reader to a member.
The track is for credentialed career experts — ex-recruiters, career coaches, HR and talent leaders, and hiring managers. Anyone may apply through our open application, and an editorial review of your credentials and a writing sample decides who's invited in.
Every article goes through a mandatory human editorial review before it publishes. You apply with a writing sample and credential check, claim a topic from our editorial calendar or pitch your own, and write to a brief. We run originality, plagiarism, and AI screening, require an FTC disclosure and editorial-independence note, and maintain a per-contributor velocity cap and quality score.
Yes, after it publishes on Marqee, as long as any republished copy uses a canonical tag pointing back to the Marqee original. That protects the search ranking of the canonical version and keeps your byline and backlink intact.
Entry-tier contributors have a velocity cap of two to four articles per month so quality stays high. As you build a track record of well-reviewed, well-performing pieces, you can earn promotion from Contributor to Senior Contributor: a higher velocity cap, priority topics, featured placement, and more co-marketing.
No. Marqee makes no income, earnings, traffic, or ranking guarantees. Earnings depend on what you publish, how it performs, how many readers convert, and how long those members stay. We never permit outcome or income guarantees in any published content.
Contributor is for experts who want to write and build authority. If you'd rather just share a tracked link, the Affiliate track is faster and fully self-serve. Coaches running co-branded search should see Coach Partner, and recruiters the Recruiter Partner track. Compare them all on the partner program hub.
The fastest, most self-serve way to earn. Share one tracked link with a 30-day cookie and earn recurring commission.
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Apply in minutes with a writing sample. Pass editorial review, claim a topic, and publish a bylined piece with an author page and a dofollow backlink to your site.
No cost to apply · No per-article fee · Editorially reviewed · Member-first, always