Submissions

Article Submission Guidelines

The mission of Differentiate Magazine is to help health and wellness practitioners succeed in branding and growing their practices. We provide the most substantive, practical, step-by-step business-management and practice-building information available for health and wellness practitioners. We are a new publication currently publishing (4) four issues a year.

PDF/Print Magazine 

We welcome contributions from practitioners and professionals who have expertise in topic areas addressed in the magazine. If you would like to share your expertise with our readers, review these editorial guidelines:

Story ideas and finished manuscripts. We consider article ideas as well as finished manuscripts. If your idea is accepted, our editors will work with you to develop the finished article. If you choose to submit a completed manuscript, please note that submission does not guarantee publication nor does acceptance of a manuscript guarantee that it will be published in a specific issue.

Exclusive use of material. Articles submitted for review and publication may not be submitted to other publications during our review process. Authors agree not to publish the same or substantially similar material with another magazine for three months (90 days) following publication in Differentiate Magazine.

Topics. We strive to provide our readers balanced information on all aspects of building a practice. To be considered for a particular issue, articles must be submitted by the due date published in our editorial planning calendar. We welcome articles that deal with the following topics:

  • Finance and Taxes – building and managing personal wealth, managing taxes, etc.;
  • Legal – minimizing liabilities, legal Q&A, malpractice issues, etc.,
  • Marketing – branding, advertising, patient recruitment, marketing;
  • Patient Relations – customer service, patient retention, patient education, etc.;
  • Personal Development – leadership, communication skills, motivation, ethics, etc.;
  • Practice Management – such as managing a staff, managing accounts, billing, collections;
  • Technology – diagnostic and rehab equipment, office technology, computers and software;
  • Wellness – nutrition, self-care, acupuncture, homeopathy

Website Articles

Story ideas and finished articles. We consider article ideas as well as finished articles. If your idea is accepted, our editor will work with you to develop the finished article. If you choose to submit a completed manuscript, please note that submission does not guarantee publication nor does acceptance of a manuscript guarantee that it will be published.

Exclusive use of material. Articles submitted for review and publication may not be submitted to other publications or websites during our review process. Authors agree not publish the same or substantially similar material with a competitive magazine or its website for three months (90 days) following publication on DifferentiateMag.com.

Selection criteria. The editors look for articles that have a “take-away” value to the reader — something readers can implement to make their practices more successful. Selection criteria include a how-to focus; timeliness of information; appropriateness; accuracy; originality; quality of writing; and value to the reader from an economic, marketing, and practice-management point of view.

Nonproprietary. Articles cannot mention nor promote specific products, services, or companies. All manuscripts must be unbiased and free from commercial or product-centered references, but in the author’s bio at the end of the article can contain company references and a link to drive readers to a company website or contact info.

Length and style of articles. The ideal length of articles for DifferentiateMag.com should be a “fast-read”—between 600-900 words, including any sidebars or breakout boxes. Longer articles, however, will be considered.

Contact information. Please include two or three sentences about yourself at the end of the submitted article. Include any experience or credentials directly related to the topic of your article, your place of employment and title, and any contact information that you would like us to publish.

Editing. All material will be edited to conform to our publication style and format. 

Contributor’s agreement. All writers must sign a contributor’s agreement prior to the publication of any article. Among other things, the agreement gives Differentiate Magazine the right to work with and direct the author to edit, revise, augment, re-title, and adapt all articles as the publisher may deem appropriate. Under the agreement, we have the right and license under all copyrights throughout the world to publish the articles in the print, pdf, filpbook, and website versions of the magazine. The writer retains the copyright to their work and provides Differentiate Magazine a non-exclusive license to offer the content in the various versions of the magazine until rescinded in writing. 

Method of submission. Email articles to submissions@diffmag.net

Article Submission Deadlines 

Issue
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Submission Due Date
December 1
March 1
June 1
September 1
Publication
January
April
July
October

LEARN FROM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

On the way to becoming the professional practitioner you are, you learned many things, but the one thing that most schools should have taught was how to run and grow your practice. That is where we want to help with education and actionable articles from industry professionals.

Branding

Strategy, Standards, Culture

Marketing

Direct Mail, Social Media

Finance

AR, AP, Taxes, Budgeting

Legal

Succession, Structure, Wills

Development

Leadership, Self-care

Patients

Retention, Acquisition

Personnel

Benefits, Hiring, Culture

Operations

SOPs, Facilities, Processes

Technology

Computers, AI, Mobile

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