Editorial Guidelines & Partner Features

Welcome to Arizona Coffea’s Editorial Guidelines — your guide to how we tell stories, spotlight local businesses, and collaborate with partners in a way that elevates Arizona’s culture, cafés, and community gems with authenticity and heart.

At Arizona Coffea, we celebrate the people, places, and experiences that make Arizona vibrant. Our editorial standards reflect quality, integrity, and local relevance. These guidelines help ensure that every story we share is meaningful, respectful, and beneficial to both the featured business and our audience

Our Mission

Arizona Coffea exists to:

• Amplify local voices — from cafés and eateries to boutiques, makers, and cultural spaces.
• Highlight community experiences — stories that reveal the soul of Arizona’s towns and neighborhoods.
• Connect readers with things worth exploring — places they want to support, visit, and remember.
• Serve businesses with integrity — helping them tell their story well without compromising authenticity.

We do this through feature articles, social promotion, newsletters, and collaborative content designed to drive visibility and engagement.

What We Publish

Arizona Coffea publishes:

Feature Stories
Narrative-rich profiles of Arizona businesses, people, and cultural hubs.

Spotlight Features
Condensed stories designed to introduce brands to our audience with visuals and voice.

Event Highlights
Curated announcements and recaps for noteworthy local happenings.

Guides & Roundups
Collections that group places, experiences, or events under helpful themes (e.g., best cafés for remote work, local pumpkin patches, best brunch spots).

Content we do not publish:
• Political or divisive opinion pieces
• Content that promotes hate, exclusion, or discrimination
• Harmful or defamatory statements
• Paid endorsements without editorial integrity

Editorial Standards

To ensure quality and consistency, content we publish must be:

Accurate - Factual, verified, and complete.

Authentic - True to the voice and character of the business or subject.

Engaging - Readable, visual, and culturally relevant.

Useful - Offering readers information they can act on — visit, contact, engage.

Respectful - Culturally aware and community-centered.

We reserve editorial control to edit for clarity, length, voice, and accuracy.

How Features Work

Feature content at Arizona Coffea is a collaboration between the platform and the business being spotlighted. Features include:

• A professionally written story — based on interviews, research, and visuals.
• High-quality photos — supplied by Arizona Coffea or the business.
• Social media promotion — Reels, posts, and stories on our platforms.
• Newsletter inclusion — your story delivered directly to our subscribers.
• Website presence — a permanent listing on Arizona Coffea’s editorial archive.

Features are designed to benefit your brand with:
• Increased local visibility
• Digital storytelling that resonates
• Organic engagement from a community audience

Submission & Feature Requests

Businesses interested in being featured can submit a Feature Interest Form (linked below) or contact us at info@azcoffea.com with:

• Business name & location
• A short description of your story
• Website & social profiles
• Images (if available)
• Preferred feature timeline

Once we receive your interest, our team will follow up with the next steps, timing, and package options.

Feature Interest Form

Partnership Opportunities

Arizona Coffea also offers partnership packages that extend beyond features, including:

• Spotlight Partner Packages
Enhanced visibility across site and newsletter with recurring recognition.

• Event Collaboration
Cross-promotion of community events that align with our audience values.

• Sponsored Content & Brand Integrations
Custom content collaborations that align with your goals and our editorial standards.

All partnerships maintain editorial integrity and are clearly labeled as sponsored or collaborative.

For partnership inquiries, contact info@azcoffea.com.

Visual & Style Notes

When contributing images or visuals, please consider:

Quality
• High resolution (minimum 1500px wide)
• Clear, well-lit photos
• No heavy filters

Focus
• Show the space, product, people, or experience
• Avoid stock imagery

Brand Integrity
• Photos should reflect the authentic character of the business or event

Audience Snapshot

Arizona Coffea reaches a growing audience across:

• Website readership across Arizona and beyond
• Social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Reels)
• Email newsletter subscribers
• Local partners and community networks

We share data with partners upon request after publication.

Ethical Standards

Arizona Coffea adheres to ethical content practices:

• Transparency in sponsored features
• Clear attribution for all visuals and quotes
• Respect for cultural and personal dignity
• No content that harms individuals or communities

Let’s Build Something Great

If you value local culture and want to connect with an engaged Arizona audience, we’d love to tell your story.

Contact us:
✉️ info@azcoffea.com
🌐 www.azcoffea.com