DZone Most Valuable Blogger (MVB) Program

The DZone Most Valuable Blogger (MVB) Program

"Blogging is easy, but we know that getting heard is really, really hard when you don't even exist if you're not on the first two pages of a Google search.  There's an ocean of developer and IT-related content out there, and people only want to go to one or two curated sites to find the most interesting content.  Thousands of people come to DZone every month because our community and our professional curators go out and find the best content. 

While linking to that content is great, there is an ocean of links on many portals as well.  Most of the links on these aggregators don't get promoted enough to be seen and fade quickly into obscurity.  With our Zones, we have a feed that features all of the postings more prominently.  Our curators only choose the most interesting and relevant content to post in these portals.  In these zones, you're almost guaranteed that hundreds of people will look at any given post. Often, it's thousands. That is the kind of speech-amplifying power that we offer to our MVBs."

--Mitch Pronschinske, Editor-in-Chief, DZone

What Is The MVB Program?

The MVB program builds mutually beneficial partnerships between DZone and community bloggers whose articles are of interest to the developer community. The program simplifies the process of publishing selected blog articles by MVB members onto DZone's network of development-focused editorial websites.  Through this process, our MVBs enjoy substantially increased visibility and our audience enjoys great content.

The Process

MVBs give DZone permission in advance to publish tutorials and articles from their blog onto our editorial sites.  DZone will most likely not use every article that you post to your blog; but the more quality blogs you write about topics relevant to our audience, the more likely you are to get reposted frequently. Every MVB article on DZone provides a link to the original post on the MVB's personal blog and is posted under the MVB's profile with their picture prominently displayed on DZone to fully credit their work.

MVB Benefits

• Recognition: The opportunity to develop a following and gain recognition for being a leader in your field of expertise.  This gives you a chance to be a leader in the conversations and ideas that emerge on DZone and it also gives you a greater chance of getting noticed by others for opportunities in your field.
  
  
• Status: MVB status on DZone with a featured picture and bio on our Meet the DZone MVBs page.  Profile pictures of recently reposted MVBs are also shown on a small section that exists in all of our Zones.  You can also put the MVB Badge below on your blog as a symbol of your elevated status in our community.
  
  
• Visibility: Substantial visibility across DZone's network of editorial websites that have over 3.2 million visits every month.
  
  
• SEO: Increased traffic back to your blog and an increase in your Google page rank because we link back to your original blog (Basically, we build your SEO links for free).
  
  
• More Opportunities: You become one of the topical experts that DZone will turn to first when we look for Refcard and sponsored content authors.  
  
  
• Swag: The more you get reposted, the more swag and toys you'll earn.
  
  
• We do the Work: Our curators will post your best content for you.  You'll start getting recognized without having to post anything yourself.

Join Today!

Joining our MVB program is simple and easy. To be considered, just send an email to our Content Curator, Mitch Pronschinske, with your quick bio and a link to your blog.

Don't Forget... THE BADGE!

Already an MVB? Save this MVB badge and put it on your blog to show off your MVB status! 

Still have questions? Check out our MVB FAQ's page.