For the 31 emails I sent out to the bloggers, 4 replies and only 2 really spent time looking into it. Only 1 blogged about it.
So how did you get hold of them in the first place? Why won't they simply ignore you?
So how did you get hold of them in the first place? Why won't they simply ignore you?
I've had lot of success after sending intelligent comments to articles in mainstream media. Journalists respond back, more often than not.
Form letters get ignored - personal emails less so.
Choose your words carefully when approaching these guys. It might take a extra time, but the end result is worth it.
Just work harder.
> "Choose your words carefully when approaching these guys." That's the hard part. Any examples? Or reference to articles that I could read and improve?
The best advice I can give is make sure you know who you're writing too, what their blog is about. Perhaps include a link to a relevant article in their blog (always use it in plain text form, bloggers love having their ego's stroked)
If you need an example, I guess a very rough one is something like.
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Hi there .....
My name is ..... and I'm from ......
I've been reading your blog for ..... months and an article of yours that caught my attention was the one about .....
(link to article in plain text form)
My company does ..... and this is along the same lines as ......
I thought this might be of interest to your readership.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this email. If you would like to get back to me my contact details are in the footer.
Thanks!
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Also, what would you suggest to do with the bloggers I've already contacted? Maybe I could use the "new version launched" as an opportunity to contact them again?
As for emails - really, just look for journalists who've written on your subject in the past. They usually have contact details up there.