{"id":109,"date":"2023-02-24T16:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bursucretleri.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:29:51","slug":"pr-people-dont-do-this-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bursucretleri.com\/blog\/pr-people-dont-do-this-5\/","title":{"rendered":"PR People: Don\u2019t Do This #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should be painfully obvious by now, but if you\u2019re pitching someone, for the love of God \u2013 make sure you\u2019re pitching the right person. For example, if the journalist you are trying to pitch has this name: Katherine Riley, make sure you\u2019re pitching the right Katherine Riley and not Katherine\u00a0E.<\/em>\u00a0Riley. It\u2019s confusing, I know, but if you could do that,\u00a0this Katherine\u00a0would really appreciate it.<\/p>\n

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To all of the PR people on Twitter right now who need to hear this: No, I do not work at E! Online.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kat(her)i(n)e Riley (@KatherineERiley)\u00a0October 23, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A little background<\/h2>\n

With the holiday season coming up, droves upon droves of PR people (including this chump) are on the hunt for journalists and bloggers on the gift guide beat. It\u2019s a yearly thing, and it\u2019s one of those things about the job that needs to get done. Unfortunately for journalists and bloggers, their inboxes get flooded with unwanted and usually irrelevant pitches.<\/p>\n

Take Katherine E. Riley, for instance. She\u2019s a data journalist over at\u00a0Flourish. Guessing from the tweet above, she\u2019s getting spammed with a ton of pitches that I hope are intended for\u00a0E! News\u2019 gift guide writer, Katherine Riley. I mean, that\u2019s the only logical answer here.<\/p>\n

I can see how people could get this confused, but cmon, this is pitching 101. Do your homework. It literally took me a couple of minutes to find the right email address for the other Katherine Riley over at E! News. It takes work, but again, we know how some PR people\u00a0can struggle with this.<\/p>\n

Either way, with the holiday gift guide season here in full swing, be sure you\u2019re pitching the right people. People like Katherine E. Riley get enough email, let\u2019s help them a bit with one less plopping in their inbox.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed this post, check out the rest of our \u201cPR People: Don\u2019t Do This\u201d series, be sure to check out some of the previous entries\u00a0here,\u00a0here, and\u00a0here. Feel free to share them on Facebook or Twitter, we\u2019ll appreciate the love.<\/p>\n

This a regular series on The Future Buzz, so if you ever come across any gems like this, feel free to drop them in\u00a0<\/em>our contact page here<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/em>Twitter<\/em>. For a quicker response,\u00a0<\/em>I\u2019m always here too<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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