Help A Reporter Out
| Feb 12, 09 in Marketing |  6 Comments |
My dear friend SJ sent me a note the other day. One of the things that I learned in the note is that I ALWAYS called her SJ. I am the reason SJ became her blog persona.
While you would never know it from the content of Give Me The Booger, SJ is a pretty accomplished marketer. This is in part what her note said.
Are you familiar with HARO (Help A Reporter Out)?
I think some of your start-ups would benefit from editorial solicitations like this. It's also a secret no PR firm wants their clients to know about--because this is how they find a lot of "pitches." This goes to 12,000 emails daily, I believe, and it comes 3 times a day--so lots of free publicity opportunities out there for start-ups and established companies as well.
I think some of your start-ups would benefit from editorial solicitations like this. It's also a secret no PR firm wants their clients to know about--because this is how they find a lot of "pitches." This goes to 12,000 emails daily, I believe, and it comes 3 times a day--so lots of free publicity opportunities out there for start-ups and established companies as well.
I was not familiar with HARO. Now I am. And so are you. If you are too early stage to afford a PR firm this might be a good way to find yourself a little media coverage.
Good reminder Lance. I've been subscribed to HARO for a while and I tend to assume my entrepreneurial pals know about it. I learned at SoCon this weekend that it is not as well known as I thought.
The format of the daily emails is good too, with a quick index of queries at the top and then detail lower, so scanning the 75+ queries per day is relatively easy task.