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I confess this is advice I have gathered from others, rather than something that has worked for me (I haven't tried it for a paid product site like yours). It w
by nudge 16y ago
I confess this is advice I have gathered from others, rather than something that has worked for me (I haven't tried it for a paid product site like yours). It will always be a lottery emailing busy bloggers, but you could get lucky!
Something I have had success with is emailing smaller blogs that I know often feed stories to the larger ones, and also blogs that have insatiable appetites for new stories. Regarding smaller blogs, something that worked very well for me is to contact first the international spinoffs of highly popular blogs, rather than the standard US one - often they get far fewer emails daily, and stories they write get picked up by the main site.
edit: One way to get bloggers' attention would be to just give them a copy of your app. Don't write as if you're just asking for a write-up. Write to tell them you think they could probably benefit from your product, and you'd like to give them a free copy. And that if they like it, here's your phone number / email for more information.
- iag 16y agoThat's great to hear nudge. Can you recommend me a few small blogs that you had great experiences with?
- nudge 16y agoIn my case I submitted my simple online timer to Lifehacker Australia, on a hunch that it would feed through to the US site. It worked, but I wouldn't know if it would work again, and I don't know if they write about iphone apps. I didn't submit it to unaffiliated smaller blogs simply because it wasn't really a business and after the lifehacker article I was happy enough. You should read the blog of the Balsamiq mockup software creator. He has a great post - I forget where, I'm afraid - about exactly how and what he wrote to bloggers when he was launching.
- iag 16y agoNudge, I found it. FYI for those interested, this is a very good read. http://balsamiq.com/blog/2008/08/05/startup-marketing-advice-from-balsamiq-studios/ http://balsamiq.com/blog/2008/08/05/startup-marketing-advice...