Cleveland has two business publications, and almost every search about publishing here mixes them up. One is a long established print weekly. The other, the Cleveland Business Journal at bizjournals.com/cleveland, is a digital-only journal launched in 2020, and it is a different publication entirely, with a different site, a different product and a different buying route. If you are quoted a price for "Cleveland business" media without being told exactly which publication it names, you do not yet have a quote for anything. This page is about the Cleveland Business Journal only: what a paid article in it is, what decides its price, and the one email that starts it.
The short answer: yes, your company can be published in the Cleveland Business Journal
Yes. Your company can be published in the Cleveland Business Journal through a paid, labelled article placement. This is the digital-only journal at bizjournals.com/cleveland, launched on 18 May 2020. The route is not pitching a story to a journalist and hoping, and it is not buying space in the print weekly across town, because that is a different publication. It is a specific article about your company, on this journal's site, reviewed by the journal before it is published, and permanent once it is live.
We hold a placement arrangement covering this journal, so the route is open and defined. You need a company with a story worth an article, and one email to us. The sections below give you the whole picture before you decide: what the article gets you, what it looks like, how it differs from the other Cleveland publication, who it fits, how publishing works, and what it will not do.
Ready to put your company in the Cleveland Business Journal?
Send us your company name, your website, and the story the article should tell. You get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgOne email starts it. No form, no obligation.
Picture it: your company name in the journal Greater Cleveland checks
Imagine the checking moment, a month from now. The lender weighs your application and searches your company. The hospital system supplier review does the same. The client across the metro, choosing between you and a competitor, does the same. What they find is a published article about your company in the Cleveland Business Journal, the digital journal built for this region's business community. Your next proposal goes out with that link inside it, and your website carries the journal's name in its "As Featured On" row.
That is what a placement like this is bought for. Consumer coverage says people have heard of you. An article here says the owners, executives and lenders you sell to can find you on the pages their own market reads. Because this journal is digital only, the asset is exactly what a checking moment needs: a permanent, searchable page, live around the clock, that answers the question your buyers were already asking. It stays live every time that moment comes around again.
Why the Cleveland Business Journal, specifically
Greater Cleveland is a serious business region wearing a modest profile. Its economy is about 207 billion dollars across a population of 2.9 million. Health care leads it: the Cleveland Clinic is the region's largest employer, with 83,000 employees worldwide and a 28.2 billion dollar economic impact in Cleveland, University Hospitals adds a 7.7 billion dollar Ohio impact, and health care jobs have now surpassed manufacturing jobs across the region. Cleveland also offers access to the largest number of consumers within a 250 mile radius of any US metro, and NASA Glenn Research Center anchors a federal research economy beside the hospital systems, manufacturers and logistics firms.
That region's business community reads its own journal, and this one was built for it: a digital-only title on the business journals site, where a directory listing for the journal carries a Domain Authority of 91 on the shared platform domain. Stated honestly, as every figure on this page is: our outlet directory records the business journals' platform at a Domain Authority of 91 with 7.8 million monthly organic visits across the journals' site. Those are platform figures, not a claim about the Cleveland edition alone. The benefit was never raw reach. It is a named, permanent article in front of Greater Cleveland's owners, executives and decision makers, in the journal that carries this city's name.
What a sponsored article in the Cleveland Business Journal actually looks like
Precision matters here, because vague offers are where buyers of placements in this city get hurt most.
The article is a full article page inside the Cleveland Business Journal at bizjournals.com/cleveland. The publication is named and fixed before you pay anything: your article runs in this journal, on this site, not in an unspecified journal somewhere in a network and not in any print product. It is labelled as paid content, under the journal's rules. The journal reviews the article before publishing it, so nothing goes live unreviewed. Once published, the placement is permanent; it does not come down at the end of a campaign window, because there is no campaign window attached to it.
Because the journal is digital only, the placement is an online article page, never a print piece. The article links to your company, and those links follow the journal's paid content rules and carry sponsored attributes. A plain editorial dofollow link is not part of a paid placement, and a seller who promises you one, for this journal or any other, should be asked hard questions about what they are actually selling. What you are buying is one thing, stated plainly: a reviewed, labelled, permanent article about your company in the Cleveland Business Journal.
Two Cleveland business publications: make sure you are buying the right one
Cleveland has two distinct business publications, and telling them apart is the single most useful thing this page can do for you.
Crain's Cleveland Business is the long established print weekly. It has its own lists, its own programmes and its own advertising, built over decades in print. The Cleveland Business Journal is a separate, digital-only journal at bizjournals.com/cleveland, launched in 2020. They are not editions of each other, they are not the same company product in two formats, and a price for one says nothing about the other.
This placement is in the Cleveland Business Journal, and the publication is confirmed in writing before you pay anything. If a seller quotes you "Cleveland business" coverage without naming the exact publication and the exact site, that quote is not for this journal, whatever it turns out to be for. The wider platform context sits in The Business Journals guide, which covers how the city journals work as a family of choices. For a Greater Cleveland company, though, the decision on this page is a single one: this journal, this city, confirmed before payment.
Who this is built for, and who should skip it
This placement is built for Greater Cleveland companies whose next big yes comes from another business: health care suppliers selling into the Clinic and University Hospitals orbit, manufacturing services, logistics firms working the region's consumer reach, and professional practices of every kind. It also fits companies outside Ohio that sell into this region and need Cleveland's own business journal in their proof set.
It does not fit a purely consumer business chasing foot traffic, which needs its customers' eyes rather than the business community's. And it does not fit a buyer who specifically wants the print weekly: that is the other publication, with its own products, and no page should pretend otherwise. If you are comparing outlet types before deciding, our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content walks through the fit honestly.
How publishing works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your company name, your website, and what the article should say. That email is the entire application.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm your company and topic fit the journal, and you receive your individual quote for the Cleveland Business Journal, with the publication named. The factors behind it are in the next section.
Step 3: The article. You supply the article, or we arrange the writing for you. Either way it is prepared for the journal's review.
Step 4: Journal review. The journal reviews the article before publishing. Nothing about your company goes live in its pages unreviewed.
Step 5: Your live link. The article publishes in the Cleveland Business Journal, and the live link is yours: for proposals, for your site's press row, and for every checking moment from then on.
Your protection, in full, before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing.
What decides the price of a Cleveland Business Journal article
There is no printed price for this placement, and the reason is structural, not tactical. The price is decided by the market edition chosen, by the article's scope and whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, and by the placement specifics of your article. One caution matters more in this city than anywhere: rates quoted anywhere for the print weekly belong to a different publication, and they say nothing at all about this journal. Do not let anyone anchor your expectations with another publication's numbers.
So every placement is quoted individually, by email, with no obligation attached to asking. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model behind business journal quotes in full. What matters at this step is simple: the figure you receive is the figure for your company, your article, and the Cleveland Business Journal by name, and the refund protection above stands behind it.
The honest limits, and how to start
The limits, in a few lines. The article is labelled paid content; it is not editorial coverage and it is not the journal's newsroom endorsing your company. It guarantees no search ranking, no traffic figure and no clients. And stated plainly, because honesty is this page's whole method: this journal is digital only and younger than the print weekly across town. That is precisely why its name is available to a buyer today, in full, permanent article form, while the region it covers is anything but small.
If that is the asset your company is missing, the next step is one email. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your company name, your website, and the story the article should tell. You will receive a fit confirmation and your individual quote. Our services page covers the wider picture of what we arrange; this placement begins with that email.
Start your Cleveland Business Journal article
One email with your company name, your website, and the story to tell. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to publish an article in the Cleveland Business Journal?
No printed price exists. The edition, the article's scope and its production decide it, and one email returns your individual quote with no obligation.
Is the Cleveland Business Journal the same publication as Crain's Cleveland Business?
No. Crain's is a separate, long established print weekly with its own lists and programmes. The Cleveland Business Journal is a distinct digital-only journal at bizjournals.com/cleveland, launched in 2020.
Who reads the Cleveland Business Journal?
Greater Cleveland owners, executives and decision makers, across health care, manufacturing, logistics and professional services.
How do I submit an article to the Cleveland Business Journal?
For a paid placement you email us; the journal reviews the finished article before it is published.
Is the Cleveland Business Journal online only?
Yes. It is a digital-only journal, so a placement is an online article page, permanent once live.
Is a paid article in the Cleveland Business Journal labelled as sponsored?
Yes. Paid placements run labelled as sponsored content under the journal's paid content rules.
How is buying an article in the Cleveland Business Journal different from advertising in Crain's Cleveland Business?
They are different publications. An ad in the print weekly rents space in that paper; a sponsored article here is a full, permanent article page in the digital Cleveland Business Journal.
Does a sponsored article in the Cleveland Business Journal include a link to my website?
Yes, a link to your company, carrying sponsored attributes under the journal's paid content rules.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements in the Cleveland Business Journal, and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Platform figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published November 2026. Last reviewed: November 2026.