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Three Quick Pro Pitching Tips

Three Quick Pro Pitching Tips

I sent out an AARP Travel pitch call and here's how I'm choosing inclusions

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Cassandra Brooklyn
May 03, 2024
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Three Quick Pro Pitching Tips
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Hi everyone,

AARP Travel just approved a pitch I sent them in February and I sent out a pitch call for inclusions. I got dozens of responses yesterday and I noticed the same mistake over and over in some pitches, and also some great examples of perfect pitches. Dear paid subscribers (and thanks to all of you that signed up during the Parkinson’s Awareness Month fundraising challenge!), here’s a few quick pro tips to help your pitches stand out amongst the rest, using my recent AARP pitch call as an example.

Cassandra

P.S. The pic above is of the first blue jay to visit one of the feeders I have set up at my mom’s house. I’m working on an AI bird feeder piece for CNN and I’ve been waiting for a jay since January.

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