December 18th, 2007

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Pink, Perfumed Letters = We Want Your Attention

Over on the blog for our ebook site, I’ve written a post describing our slightly unusual strategy for pitching some top echelon bloggers:

We wrote each of them a hand-written letter on pink note cards and decorated them with stickers. We used one of those silver pens that were really popular with girls when I was in elementary school. When you shake the pens, they rattle like a can of spray paint. This, obviously, was to make the letters stand out, and it jibed with the whole ‘dates and relationships’ theme of the book.

Unusual pitching strategies are a topic we cover in some depth in our book. Part of the strategy is linking to these folks, so that I can get 117 seconds of their attention. I do that on SocialMediaReady.com, and I’ll replicate that list here:

Steve Rubel
Andy Beard
Lee Odden
Toby Bloomberg
Andy Beal
Robert Scoble
Jeremiah Owyang

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Jeremiah Waves back!

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Now that, I must say, is a pretty creative way to get someone’s attention!

Best of luck with the sale of your ebook.

Mark

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Darren - you got me at “pink notes” .. so very diva-ish. Happy to give you 120 seconds! Seriously what is more important than a fun approach is the cred of the person and his (or her) understanding of this space. Needless to say you have both in spades.

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Drop me an email Darren. You did get my attention with the previous link, and also a vote on Sphinn.
Strange as it may seem my subscribers might not be your target audience.

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