Comments on: Dear PR Firms: Please Have An Angle When Pitching To Bloggers http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/07/22/dear-pr-firms-please-have-an-angle-when-pitching-to-bloggers/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tony Hung http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/07/22/dear-pr-firms-please-have-an-angle-when-pitching-to-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-164409 Tony Hung Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:45:21 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/?p=1363#comment-164409 Yeah -- I figured something like that existed. Irrespective of how I ended up on someone's list, however, the fact that its an unsolicited email makes it (you guessed it) spam. Yeah — I figured something like that existed.

Irrespective of how I ended up on someone’s list, however, the fact that its an unsolicited email makes it (you guessed it) spam.

]]> By: brent http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/07/22/dear-pr-firms-please-have-an-angle-when-pitching-to-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-164347 brent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:46:02 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/?p=1363#comment-164347 There is a simple explanation. PR professionals have tools that allow them to search for blogs of any subject (or media members that cover a topic), get a giant list and send out with a click of the mouse. Going through each blog on a particular subject would take weeks upon weeks to do, which is nowhere near feasible they are already on to the next story in the next hour. The alternative is to send something out in the general area and see what sticks, and they get return. There is a simple explanation. PR professionals have tools that allow them to search for blogs of any subject (or media members that cover a topic), get a giant list and send out with a click of the mouse.

Going through each blog on a particular subject would take weeks upon weeks to do, which is nowhere near feasible they are already on to the next story in the next hour. The alternative is to send something out in the general area and see what sticks, and they get return.

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