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Topic: Is the middle/end of August bad for pitching?
| Author | Message |
| Newsy | Posted – 8/16/2007 6:32:40 PM | show profile I've sent out a bunch of queries (by email) lately and have received a lot of autoresponses back saying "I'm out of the office until August x..." So..is this a bad time for pitching? |
| UrbanMuse | Posted – 8/17/2007 9:59:34 AM | show profile Actually, I've had more luck now than I did at the beginning of the summer. Back in late June and early July I was getting a lot of autoresponses (or no responses). Maybe we're pitching different markets? ------ www.UrbanMuseWriter.com |
| JimmyG | Posted – 8/20/2007 12:11:05 PM | show profile This is like people asking if December is a bad time to be looking for a job, and the answer is usually "no." Yes, some people are caught up in vacations and such this time of year, but if there's a prevailing attitude that it's a bad time to pitch, that means there will be fewer other pitchers out there with which you'll compete. |
