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Wow I did not expect to hear from the Editor-At-Large at Mashable. Thanks so much for the comment - really valuable to stuff :) Interesting point about not pitching via Facebook. Maybe I should remove that. Do you think that it goes over the line, or is it just annoying?

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Use Facebook to figure out who our mutual connections are, but don't send the pitch in a Facebook Message. Facebook is my personal space and I like managing my pitches in one central location.

Other journalists may have different feelings, but I think most of us prefer email.

Now that I think about it I wonder if there's an opening for an app that helps journalists manage and keep track of pitches.

Does something like that exist? I feel like email isn't necessarily the most efficient system for it.

It's a potentially neat idea, but keep in mind that many people already use their email for such a purpose. Rather than a specialized app for managing and tracking pitches, consider building something that integrates into mail clients ala Rapportive?

I've thought about it -- I know one or two make Google Docs for pitches. Problem is getting the people who email me to change their behavior.

What about being able to copy paste code that would hook the submit a story form on your site into the CRM?

I've been trying this form to try to avoid email chains. It doesn't always work but at least gets some basic information.

http://tomio.wufoo.com/forms/pitch-a-story-to-tomio/

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