The Freelance Writer's Guide to Pitching With Confidence by Mridu Khullar Relph

Author:Mridu Khullar Relph [Relph, Mridu Khullar]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

What I Did

I tried doing a number of things differently in my pitches, one at a time.

So I played around with the salutation (no difference), I tried sending my pitches on a different time of day or week (no difference), I tried sending two ideas instead of three, putting my bio first, and a ton of other things. I got my usual number of rejections, acceptances, and silences and none of these things made any considerable difference.

Except one. And it was this:

At the end of each email, I started inviting the editor to speak with me over the phone.

I wrote lines such as:

“If you like the sound of this, I’d be happy to talk more about it over the phone.”

“Let me know if you’d like to speak over phone or Skype.”

“I’d love to explain this to you in detail. Let me know if you’re interested and I’d be happy to arrange a call.”

The difference was noticeable. Editors didn’t always take me up on my offer to talk on the phone, but it doubled my response rate to the queries. They weren’t always acceptances—in fact, I don’t think the acceptances increased in number at all—but I did start hearing back from editors and being able to move those conversations forward.

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