Welcome to 9 Cork
9Cork is a home and lifestyle brand built entirely around one remarkable, renewable material: cork. From cork wall panels and wall coverings to yoga mats, rollers, coasters, our signature Huraka range, gifting combos, and trophies — we help people bring natural, sustainable materials into everyday life.
We’re now inviting writers, designers, sustainability advocates, yoga practitioners, interior stylists, and gifting experts to contribute guest articles to the 9Cork blog. If you have real knowledge, a fresh angle, or genuine enthusiasm for natural materials, wellness, home design, or thoughtful gifting — we want to hear from you.
This isn’t a link farm. We publish a limited number of well-researched, genuinely useful articles each month, and we read every submission ourselves.
We have a particular focus on our Horeca range, and on cork’s growing use in the hospitality sector — hotels, restaurants, cafés, and commercial interiors — alongside our core home decor and natural materials content. So beyond the categories below, we’re also very open to pitches on hospitality design, sustainable materials in hotels/restaurants, and commercial interior applications of cork.
Why Write for 9 Cork?
- Reach a targeted, engaged audience of homeowners, interior designers, architects, hospitality professionals (hotels & restaurants), yoga practitioners, corporate gifting buyers, and sustainability-minded shoppers.
- Earn a byline and backlink — a do-follow link in your author bio, pointing to your site, portfolio, or social profile.
- Build topical authority in the home decor, natural materials, wellness, or gifting space.
- Get social promotion — published articles are shared across our social channels and newsletter.
- Be part of a sustainability-first brand — every piece you write helps more people discover cork as a renewable alternative to plastic, synthetic foam, and non-biodegradable materials.
Topics We Accept
We organize our content around the categories we work in every day. Please pitch or write within one (or more) of the following:
1. Cork Wall Panels & Wall Coverings
- How to choose cork wall panels for acoustic, insulation, or decorative purposes
- Cork vs. traditional wallpaper / paint / PVC panels — comparisons and trade-offs
- Installation guides, maintenance, and cleaning tips
- Design inspiration: using cork panels in living rooms, offices, home studios, cafés
- Acoustic and soundproofing benefits of cork wall coverings
2. Cork Yoga Mats & Cork Rollers
- Cork vs. rubber vs. PVC/TPE yoga mats — grip, durability, sustainability comparisons
- How cork’s natural antimicrobial properties benefit yoga practice
- Choosing mat thickness and texture for different yoga styles
- Cork rollers for muscle recovery, myofascial release, and physiotherapy use
- Building an eco-friendly home yoga/wellness studio
3. Cork Coasters & Everyday Cork Products
- Styling tips: pairing cork coasters and accessories with different home décor themes
- Durability, heat resistance, and care instructions
- Small sustainable swaps for the home (cork vs. plastic/synthetic alternatives)
4. The Huraka Range
- Feature stories or reviews highlighting the Huraka collection’s design philosophy
- How Huraka products fit into modern, minimalist, or eco-conscious interiors
5. Hospitality — Hotels, Restaurants & Commercial Interiors
- Why hotels and restaurants are switching to cork for walls, flooring, and acoustic treatment
- Cork in commercial interior design: durability, hygiene, and noise-reduction benefits
- Case-study style pieces on sustainable hospitality design
- Cork accessories (coasters, trays, serving accents) for restaurants and cafés
- Trends in eco-conscious hospitality fit-outs for 2026 and beyond
6. Gifting Combos & Corporate Gifting
- Curated gift guides for occasions (festive, corporate, housewarming, employee appreciation)
- Why sustainable/natural-material gifts are gaining popularity in corporate gifting
- Unboxing-style or gift-pairing content featuring cork products
- Trends in eco-conscious corporate gifting for 2026 and beyond
7. Trophies & Recognition
- Sustainable alternatives to metal/plastic trophies and awards
- Ideas for corporate recognition programs using natural materials
- Design trends in eco-friendly awards and workplace recognition gifts
8. Product Catalogues & Buying Guides
- Comparison and buying guides across cork product categories
- “How to choose the right cork product for X use case” style content
9. Sustainability & Material Innovation (cuts across all categories)
- Why cork is harvested without cutting down the tree, and what that means for sustainability
- Cork as a renewable, biodegradable, carbon-negative material
- The environmental footprint of cork vs. plastic, foam, or synthetic materials
- Circular economy and natural materials trends in home and lifestyle products
Content Guidelines
Word count: Minimum 1,000 words. We prefer 1,200–1,500 words for most topics, since our readers are looking for genuinely useful, complete guides — not thin content.
Originality: Content must be 100% original, unpublished elsewhere (including your own blog), and not AI-generated. We run every submission through a plagiarism and AI-content check before review.
Structure & formatting
- Use a clear, descriptive title (60–70 characters is ideal for SEO)
- Break content into sections using H2 and H3 subheadings
- Keep paragraphs short (3–4 sentences max)
- Use bullet points or numbered lists wherever they aid readability
- Include a brief intro that states what the reader will learn, and a short conclusion or takeaway
- Write in a clear, friendly, informative tone — avoid overly promotional or sales-heavy language
Linking policy:
- One do-follow link in your author bio (to your website, portfolio, or social profile)
- Up to 2 contextual links within the body, only to high-authority, relevant sources (studies, official guides, non-competing resources)
- We do not accept posts written primarily to promote a competing product or service
- Excessive, irrelevant, or unnatural links will be removed before publishing
What to Include With Your Submission
To help us review and publish faster, please send the following along with your article
- The article itself — as a Google Doc link or Word (.docx) file
- A featured image — high-resolution (minimum 1200×630px), relevant to the topic, along with:
- Alt text describing the image (for accessibility and SEO)
- Image title and meta description you’d suggest for the image file
- Source/credit information if the image isn’t your own original photo
- Suggested URL slug — e.g., /blog/cork-vs-rubber-yoga-mats-comparison
- Suggested meta title & meta description for the article itself (this helps us understand your SEO intent — we may adjust it, but your input is valuable)
- Target keywords — your primary keyword and 2–4 secondary/related keywords you were writing toward (see the keyword ideas below to help you brainstorm)
- A 2–3 line author bio with your name, a short credential/description, and the one link you’d like included
- Any relevant credentials — if you’re a designer, yoga instructor, sustainability professional, etc., let us know; it helps with credibility and may be mentioned in your bio
Keyword Ideas by Category
Use these as a starting point to help you pick a specific, well-scoped angle rather than a broad, generic one. Feel free to go deeper into long-tail variations.
Cork Wall Panels & Coverings: cork wall panels, acoustic cork panels, cork wall tiles, sound-absorbing wall panels, cork wallpaper alternative, 3D cork wall panels, cork panel installation guide, cork wall covering for offices, sustainable wall cladding
Cork Yoga Mats & Rollers: cork yoga mat benefits, cork vs rubber yoga mat, non-slip cork yoga mat, antimicrobial yoga mat material, best eco-friendly yoga mat, cork massage roller, cork foam roller for recovery, natural yoga mat materials
Cork Coasters & Home Accessories: cork coasters set, heat-resistant coasters, sustainable drink coasters, eco-friendly home accessories, cork tableware accessories
Huraka Range: Huraka cork collection, Huraka home décor, sustainable design collection
Hospitality — Hotels & Restaurants: cork for hotel interiors, sustainable restaurant design, cork acoustic panels for restaurants, eco-friendly hospitality materials, cork flooring for hotels, commercial cork wall panels, noise reduction in restaurants, sustainable hotel fit-out ideas
Gifting Combos & Corporate Gifting: corporate gifting ideas, sustainable corporate gifts, eco-friendly gift combos, festive gift hampers, employee appreciation gifts, natural material gift sets, unique housewarming gifts
Trophies & Recognition: sustainable trophies, eco-friendly awards, corporate recognition gifts, natural material awards, green alternatives to plastic trophies
Sustainability / Material Innovation: what is cork made from, is cork sustainable, cork harvesting process, biodegradable home materials, renewable materials for interiors, plastic-free home products, circular economy materials
You’re welcome to combine keywords across categories (for example, a “sustainable corporate gifting with cork products” piece pulls from both the gifting and sustainability lists).
How to Submit
- Read through the topics and guidelines above.
- Send us your 3–5 proposed titles or a short outline first — we’ll confirm which one fits best before you write the full piece (this saves you time if a topic has already been covered).
- Once approved, email your completed article, featured image, and all supporting details (SEO fields, keywords, bio) to:
9corkseo@gmail.com Subject line: Guest Post Submission — [Your Proposed Title]
- Our editorial team will do an initial review within 24 hours of receiving your pitch or submission.
- Our total turnaround time (TAT) — from submission to a final decision (accepted, revision requested, or declined) — is 48 hours.
- Once published, we’ll share the live link with you and promote it across our social channels.
A Few Things We Don't Accept
- Casino, gambling, betting, or CBD-related content or links — we do not publish, promote, or link out to websites in these categories under any circumstances
- Previously published, spun, or AI-generated content
- Purely promotional posts about a competing brand or product
- Generic, thin, or filler content that doesn’t add real value
- Articles unrelated to home décor, natural materials, sustainability, hospitality (hotels/restaurants), wellness, or gifting
- Excessive or unnatural link placements
Have a great idea that doesn’t fit neatly into the categories above? Pitch us anyway — if it’s genuinely useful to our readers and connects back to cork, sustainability, home design, wellness, or gifting, we’d love to hear it.
