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Ask HN: Choosing paid review and pitching bloggers

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I have tried pitching bloggers and its currently not very successful. What do you think about using paid review on payperpost?

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Not at all a good idea if you can't control what blogs review you.

How exactly are you pitching them? Can you share the pitch. Usually people end up sounding too spamy.

(I am a blogger)

You have the ability to control who reviews your product and what they say about you before it is released. I am currently pitching by writing emails to them and i take time to personalize it. Here is the pitch..

Hello Dan,

Really enjoying your blog. I see you're running adsense at the moment. I'd really appreciate some comments from you on my advertising system. If you're interested I'll set you up with a free beta account. You don't have to commit to putting our ads on your blog, I really just want some feedback from quality bloggers who understand advertising. Let me know if that sounds like something you'd be interested in. Thanks, Samuel, founder of Adclays.

That's the pre-personalized version, right? Because what you definitely need is one or two sentences in between the "Really enjoying your blog" and the "I see you're running adsense" where you comment substantively on the blog/blogger in question, signalling that you're actually taken the time to read and digest something they've written.

Thanks for the advice. I would add more sentences to the pitch. What do you think about trying pay per post reviews.

I don't see the need for you to go to pay-per-post. I'd think that if you honed your pitch, and did a good job with the personalization, you ought to be able to get some feedback from some quality bloggers-- that's your goal at this phase, right?

Yes that is my goal. I would put some more effort into the pitch and try it again. thanks

Dude! This is not gonna work

90% chances - I will not write back.

First thing I wanna know - Who are you? Do you read my blog or came across? (1 Sentence

Second What is it for me? (2-3 Sentences)

Third Prove that you are not a spammer (2-3 Sentences) As in talk about blog? How did you find me? Prove that you are a person not a bot. Am I receiving this mail or is it a mass mail?

TALK to me dude. Write as if I am in front of you.

Yes say Hi! "Sup dude?" Whatever makes you human.

Thanks. Advice noted..

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