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Re:Ninite: How we got 18,000 beta users in 4 weeks by petercooper on Monday October 26, 2009 @08:31PM (#904476)
As the owner of a blog that's #1 in its niche in the range of those described (10k-50k subscribers), I'm not against getting unsolicited messages at all if they're relevant and my readers would find it interesting. Indeed, I don't receive enough mail like that.. :)
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Re:Ninite: How we got 18,000 beta users in 4 weeks by joeythibault on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @12:00AM (#907119)
fair enough. You've just given me the confidence to contact as many bloggers as I can (as long as they specifically pertain to our market).

Thanks!!!

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Re:Ninite: How we got 18,000 beta users in 4 weeks by petercooper on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @03:25AM (#907371)
Be careful though. It's not as simple as just contacting them all. You really, really, really, really need a story that's of the sort they actually publish.

I get relevant press releases from time to time that are in my industry/field but are so "corporatey" that there's little my readers would really care about. Twist whatever you have to say into a story that fits the mold of what the blog already posts - it might take reading their entire front page to get a feel for this ;-)

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