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Can sell my weight loss story?

If you have lost a lot of weight, you might be thinking, ‘how do I sell my weight loss story to a magazine and how much will I get?’ Well you’re in the right place!

We’ll pay you generously for your great weight loss stories, especially if you have good before and after photos.

SWNS is the largest press agency in the UK and we help hundreds of people share their weight loss and slimming stories every year.
We supply an estimated 20% of all daily print news to the national magazines and newspapers.  We cannot be beaten in terms of payments or reach, and our service is absolutely free to you.

Weight loss stories are an inspiration to millions of people and they’re always a firm favourite with editors of the national newspapers and magazines.  You can inspire others in a similar situation and it’s your chance to show off your amazing achievement – and why not! You’ve no doubt been on an amazing journey, so enjoy your moment, show yourself off to the world, and help inspire people to start their own journey.

Why should I sell my weight loss story?

Our clients tell us these are the main reasons they wanted to sell a weight loss story:

  • To share your story and help those in a similar situation.
  • To inspire thousands of people to lose weight themselves.
  • To make money for yourself (or a charity of your choice).
  • To get back at all the people who doubted you or bullied you (we’ve done several great stories about girls who look fabulous after their shallow partners dumped them for being overweight!).
  • To show off a bit (and why the hell not – you deserve it after all the hard work).

Will I get paid if I sell my weight loss story?

As the largest press agency in the UK, we have direct access to every magazine and newspaper editor in the country.

SellUsYourStory.com will get you the best deals for your story and 100% of your payment will be sent to your bank account upon publication.  Our service will not cost you a penny – we are paid directly by the publications for finding, supplying and writing the vast amount of content we give them each week.

We can even arrange television appearances deals if that’s something you would be interested in.  It’s totally up to you.

We’ll discuss each magazine, newspaper or television offer with you, and you decide.  Just remember that we can’t be beaten in terms of getting you the most cash possible.

In addition, you’ll stay in complete control of your story. Your story will be told your way and we’ll read everything back to you before we send it to the publication.

Claire Coles before and after she dropped 9 dress sizes following an incident where her airline seatbelt wouldn't fit. See SWNS story SWFAT; A woman was shamed into losing 11 stone after she couldn’t fit into her airplane seat. It was looking at holiday pictures when Claire returned home that she realised over time just how out of hand her weight had got. She knew that she needed to do something about her weight before it was too late. II couldn’t fit into the seat, and after the embarrassment of asking for a seat belt extender, it was still a very tight fit, my legs were pinched and I couldn't even lower the tray, it was very uncomfortable.

How much weight must I have lost in order to sell my weight loss story?

We will consider any weight loss story. Most weight loss stories are picture-led so it helps if you have clear, full-length shots of you before and after your weight loss.  The better the photos, the more money you will be able to achieve for your story.

Even if you don’t have great photos, give us a try.  Sometimes it’s the story behind the weight loss that is of interest to our readers.  We’re also interested in crazy new ways that you’ve found to lose weight.  Whatever your weight loss story, give us a try.

If you’re thinking of going on a weight loss journey, no matter how much you don’t want to, make sure you take a few good full-length ‘before’ photos.  We know it’s uncomfortable if you don’t like your body, but you can file them away and never have to look at them until you’ve completed your journey.

Trust us, you’ll be glad you took before photos to document your success.

90% of people wishing to sell a weigh loss story to the press don’t have ‘before’ photos because they simply avoided having their picture taken at any cost.  We get it, but think about how proud you’ll feel comparing the two images, and being able to make money out of your amazing results!

Claire Coles before and after she dropped 9 dress sizes following an incident where her airline seatbelt wouldn't fit. See SWNS story SWFAT; A woman was shamed into losing 11 stone after she couldn’t fit into her airplane seat. It was looking at holiday pictures when Claire returned home that she realised over time just how out of hand her weight had got. She knew that she needed to do something about her weight before it was too late. II couldn’t fit into the seat, and after the embarrassment of asking for a seat belt extender, it was still a very tight fit, my legs were pinched and I couldn't even lower the tray, it was very uncomfortable.

How do I sell my weight loss story?

Selling your weight loss story is simple.  All you need to do is fill in the form on this page and tell us about your story.  At this stage, brief bullet points will suffice.  You can send accompanying photos to [email protected].

Once you make contact, one of our friendly team will give you a call to find out more and let you know what the story is likely to be worth based on recent sales of similar stories.

Bigger than the PyramidsThe moment you’re happy we’ll send a short ‘story teaser’ (like a written movie trailer) to the national editors.  They’ll come back with offers for your story and we’ll let you know who has made the highest bid.

You decide if you’re happy with the offer and the publication.  Then, your story is printed and you get paid!

You keep 100% of the fee offer as we’re paid separately for writing and sourcing stories for the press.  In addition, please note that you will earn more from selling your story through SWNS than going direct to a magazine.

Can I sell other stories to the press?

Too fat to fit into a plane seat!SWNS provides daily content to every newspaper and magazine in the country.  We are on the hunt for new stories every single day of the year.

Please send us any of your real life/true stories and we’ll let you know if they would work for us, and how much they are worth.

You can simply complete the story valuation form on this page.  There is no obligation and nothing will ever be printed until you give us the go ahead.

For more information, see our Sell My Story page, which gives you more information about how to sell a story to the press.

Free PR for your gym, health business, personal training organisation, or diet & weight loss company

If you run a gym, a diet, exercise or weight loss company and you’ve seen amazing results amongst your clients, get in touch and we’ll help you get a mention in the national press.

All you need is a strong case study of one of your clients has lost a lot of weight, who is up for appearing in the press and showing off their results.

Take a look at some of our recent weight loss stories…

You can see a selection of weight loss and slimming stories that we’ve helped share with the press here (or on the Sell Us Your Story homepage): https://www.sellusyourstory.com/news/category/weight-loss-slimming/

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