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Topic: Pitching multiple editors
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| Mal | Posted – 7/31/2007 3:29:33 PM | show profile | email poster If you have an idea that could work in multiple sections of a magazine or multiple formats (i.e. either on-line or in the actual mag), what is the appropriate etiquette for pitching the idea to editors? Should you send it to the person you think is most appropriate and then let them decide what to do with it, or send the pitch to multiple editors (either in one e-mail or with individual e-mails to each editor)? And if you pitch multiple editors, should you mention that you sent the same idea to some one else on the staff? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 7/31/2007 3:37:35 PM | show profile Only send it to one editor at a magazine at a time. |
| Mr Media | Posted – 8/4/2007 1:31:30 PM | show profile I disagree if you wait for that one editor to respond you could be waiting forever. I have been getting published for well over five years and I NEVER waited for just one editor. I do my homework and I research and find out multiple editors because I don't got TIME TO WASTE. I say pitch to as many editors you believe your work would be the best match. I never wait around for one editor because another editor always has a better offer somewhere else. Its all about making sure your work is a good fit with the publications you think would work best for you. Waiting around for one editor's response is a losing battle. I NEVER tell editors I pitch to multiple places they don't need to know. All the editor needs to know is to see your work and that's it. |
| Metro Writer | Posted – 8/4/2007 11:09:34 PM | show profile Just make sure you send individual pitches, not group e-mails. The first one who responds gets it. As for the others, well, if you snooze, you lose. |
| Stressed | Posted – 8/5/2007 1:35:04 PM | show profile It can take months to get a response to a pitch and if they turn you down you could be waiting several more months if you pitch elsewhere. In my experience, if an Ed has come back to me and it turns out I have sold the idea elsewhere in the meantime, it has in no way affected my chance of getting further assignments from the first Ed. |
| Mr Media | Posted – 8/5/2007 4:57:50 PM | show profile Its survival of the fittest its all about making sure you take all the chances and opportunities you can. You cannot wait for one editor because it could take forever. You got to do what's best for you. Just make sure you send out individual e-mails. |
