How to Apply for Your Interview

Joining the What It Takes to Succeed as a Contributor

What It Takes to Succeed is a community of business leaders, coaches, creatives, and entrepreneurs motivated to share their stories to inspire others in their journey through life and business.

We regularly publish approved interviews on our website, ranging from famous names to others who will make future headlines. The questions remain similar, but the answers differ. If you have a story to share, we want to hear it.

If that sounds like you, please follow these steps to get featured as a contributor:

Ask Yourself the Tough Questions

  1. Is your story unique and worth reading?
  2. Would you be inspired by your insights and journey?
  3. Are you willing to contribute an original, non-AI submission that is thoughtful?

Review the Questions and Prepare your Answers

Please have a look at the Application Page to review the current list of questions. Prepare thoughtful responses for each that are original. Take your time, and please make sure to edit your work.

Please make sure to also prepare a professional photo to be used for your feature. Make sure that the image is well-lit and is under the 10MB upload limit.

Submit Your Interview

Once ready, visit the Application Page, complete the form with your responses, add payment details, and submit. Once reviewed, proofed, and approved. Our posting team will publish it to the website, and you will be alerted that the feature is live.

Have a Question?

We thought you may so the What It Takes to Succeed team put together a list of FAQs on process and specifics about interviews. If you have a question, it’s likely answered on your FAQs page here.