Hacking PR And Building A Press Kit

Blogger and press sites are typically always on the look out for stories and love hearing from startups like yours - as long as you aren't writing to the top tier publications and their busy managing editors.

A great way to easily identify a bunch of high profile blogs in a your niche industry is:

  • Go to Alltop.com
  • Search for a generic term related to your taget audience or product (I put in 'photo')
  • Pick the right category
  • Visit each and every one of those sites and make note of the reporter's names, the founder's name and the name of the blog/site
  • Add this information to the spreadsheet attached to the last task
  • Email everyone with a personalized email at the same time with your press kit
  • Be ready to follow up