A lot of bloggers, site owners, entrepreneurs and other people you've heard of are surprisingly approachable, and are happy to respond to email, phone calls or

A lot of bloggers, site owners, entrepreneurs and other people you've heard of are surprisingly approachable, and are happy to respond to email, phone calls or requests to take them to lunch. Many are quite generous with their time, especially the less-famous ones -- and there are many, many less-famous ones. Give it a try, what can it hurt?