Comments on: Five Tips For Pitching Me http://davefleet.com/2008/11/five-tips-pitching-me/ Exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: laurent http://davefleet.com/2008/11/five-tips-pitching-me/comment-page-1/#comment-16051 laurent Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:40:37 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/11/how-to-pitch-me/#comment-16051 May be it's because I'm in San Francisco ;-) that I felt I would comment. Many years ago I was in an organization who used to send letter with 'dear xyz customer' -> so impersonal. One smart guy decided to revamp our comm and, amongst many things, decided the name of the person should be in the letter. May be another (optional tip) - Find a particular post you wrote that is very relevant to the pitch. It's even more personal, it really shows one has read your blog and, equipped with deep knowledge about what you write, decided to go ahead and contact you -> you already have a relationship (through content) before having one (though personal, well virtual, contact). May be it’s because I’m in San Francisco ;-) that I felt I would comment. Many years ago I was in an organization who used to send letter with ‘dear xyz customer’ -> so impersonal. One smart guy decided to revamp our comm and, amongst many things, decided the name of the person should be in the letter.
May be another (optional tip) – Find a particular post you wrote that is very relevant to the pitch. It’s even more personal, it really shows one has read your blog and, equipped with deep knowledge about what you write, decided to go ahead and contact you -> you already have a relationship (through content) before having one (though personal, well virtual, contact).

]]> By: Zoey Castelino http://davefleet.com/2008/11/five-tips-pitching-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15907 Zoey Castelino Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:41:21 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/11/how-to-pitch-me/#comment-15907 Great post! As a freelancer, blogger and journalist I get tons of emails just like the ones you mentioned. Nothing gets under my skin more than people who don't do their 'homework'. Thanks so much for that post. The same rules can, should be and most always are applied to those pitching writers as well! Great post! As a freelancer, blogger and journalist I get tons of emails just like the ones you mentioned. Nothing gets under my skin more than people who don’t do their ‘homework’.

Thanks so much for that post. The same rules can, should be and most always are applied to those pitching writers as well!

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