DZone Most Valued Blogger (MVB) Program

DZone Most Valued Blogger (MVB) Program

What is DZone's MVB program?

DZone's MVB program builds mutually beneficial partnerships with community bloggers and authors whose articles would likely be of interest to our audience. The program streamlines and simplifies the process of reprinting selected articles by MVB members onto DZone Network websites. This is a win-win scenario for both the MVB member and the DZone audience, connecting them with one another in ways that otherwise might not have occurred. The MVB member enjoys substantially increased visibility, and the DZone audience enjoys great content. Best of all, the process is extremely convenient for MVB members since DZone takes care of all the work.

How does it work?

In a nutshell, MVB members give DZone permission in advance to republish selected articles that our Zone Leaders feel will succeed on the DZone Network. This does not mean that DZone will republish every article you write. We generally aim to select no more than 2-3 articles per month from any single MVB member. Every article DZone republishes links back clearly to the author's blog/website, so readers can easily find more of his/her work. By establishing permission in advance, this eliminates the tedious and time consuming process of getting permission for each individual article.

What do I have to do? 

Being a MVB member is easy. We ask nothing more from you than to continue doing what you do best, writing quality articles for readers as we continue to provide the well known DZone platform for your articles to gain tremendous exposure and recognition. With that in mind, we would like to ask for your permission to allow DZone to selectively repost full length articles that you have published on your blog, website, and any articles you provide to us. Additionally, we will always provide attribution and include a reference link back to your blog or website.

What do I get out of it?

MVB is a neat role that does not demand responsibility with nice benefits in status, visibility, privileges and cool schwag. As a token of our appreciation, we’d send you special MVB care packages, which include unique DZone goodies and cool schwag. As an MVB, you are also encouraged to join our Refcardz review committee. Refcardz review committee members will gain early access to new Refcardz as they are published, a chance to give us feedback on what you like and don’t like, as well as a chance to voice suggestions for new topics.

What does DZone need from me to get things started?

Joining our MVB program is quick and easy. Simply send your acceptance note with the URL to your blog or website to Lyndsey Clevesy at lyndsey@dzone.com or you may reach her at 919-678-0300 ext 108 and we’ll get you started!

For more information, please see our MVB FAQs page.