4 ms·
> My name is Austen from Underwater Audio. We developed a technology that makes iPods completely waterproof — it’s some pretty cool technology you (and your rea
by philipodonnell 11y ago
> My name is Austen from Underwater Audio. We developed a technology that makes iPods completely waterproof — it’s some pretty cool technology you (and your readers might be interested in. We’re at underwateraudio.com, and I have a [press kit/sample/demo] I’d like to send your way to [review/check out] if you’d be interested. Let me know!
> Thanks,
> Austen Allred
> [contact info]
> Once it finds the right contact info it will automatically plug that information in, so you could be pretty close to simply hitting “send” for every email you write and moving on to the next site.
> If you’re copying and pasting or just hitting “send” you’re doing it wrong.
I thought the example email was good and the article also says its good, but it has no real personalization, that email could work for any reporter. Then at the end you call that "pretty close" and say that you'd be doing it wrong by sending the same email over and over.
What level of personalization is recommended for cold emails like this? And if that email works when sent en-mass, why not set up a script that sends an email through gmail once a minute instead of spending a day sending 500?
- sharkweek 11y agoPersonal tip - the first sentence should almost always address that you've read a recent article of the journalist that's relevant to your pitch. Hey X! Loved your recent coverage of [relevant topic to your startup], raised some interesting points about A, B and C. [Begin pitch about startup] Be intentional about this stuff. I run a news site that gets pitched a lot of topics, some relevant and some completely off base, and a lot in the middle. The ones that have proven they have at least spent 5 minutes on the site understanding what we cover are always way more likely to get a response from me.
- austenallred 11y agoyup
- booruguru 11y agoYet, the author specific said, in his experience, that level of personalization made little difference.
- austenallred 11y agoTheoretically it should make a big difference. The difference in the numbers were negligible for me, but YMMV.