18 opportunities for freelancers, creatives and small business owners.
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Hiya,
I create bimonthly directories, as I believe in sending the lift back down.
If I’ve secured an opportunity for myself, I’m going to be telling you how I’ve done it and share with you.
This month, we are focusing on series commissions. Paid readers can watch this live with freelancer journalist Ellen Scott who shares best practice on how to pitch for these.
I’ve scraped some of the series opportunities I’ve secured for myself (without any prior relationship to these folks!) and others I’ve spotted that I love.
However, for those of you who want more proactive press opportunities let me introduce you to a new journo request scraping tool called newshook.io.
You can start a free trial to test out, you just pop in the sectors you are interested in (and don’t worry you don’t have to hand over card information).
The AI tool scrapes live opportunities from 12+ platforms across social media and professional PR/journalist services and it’s way more efficient than google alerts, notifications on your contacts on different social channel. Each hour you are then emailed relevant opportunities which are smarter than keyword alerts as the AI gets the context of your work.
It has requests from the major publications along with some of the more bespoke b2b titles that might be relevant for you.
For those of you who are geeks in a very specific niche, I’d definitely try it out to see if can throw any relevant opps your way.
I know that time and not knowing what to say are two major blockers when it comes to hyping ourselves so I hope todays post will help you with lots of ways to negate that.
The first 3 opportunities today are for free readers. The rest is behind the upgrade and reserved for my paid hype crew.
Keep on hyping
Lucy x
✍️ Recurring Editorial Series You Can Pitch Yourself Into
✈️ The i Paper — Expat Files
Who it’s for: People who’ve moved abroad or radically changed lifestyle.
👉 Why this might be worth pitching: Editors love stories around burnout, parenting, money and slower living.
Pitch details: Contact Maybelle Morgan with subject line: Pitch for Expat Diaries
I secured this for myself earlier this year from a cold pitch.
🏡The Daily Telegraph — Move Abroad with Families
Who it’s for: People who’ve moved abroad or have a property story
👉 Why this might be worth pitching: Editors love stories around alternative ways to live or unusual house moves, such as boomerang backs.
Pitch details: Contact for the news series on moving abroad. Or have you given up on expat life and moved back to Britain? Get in touch at money@telegraph.co.uk*.
I secured this for myself and also was able to include readers Dominique and Amanda, again through the generic email not a contact.
🧳 Business Insider — As Told To
Who it’s for: Founders, freelancers and people with strong lifestyle or career pivots.
👉 Why this might be worth pitching: Huge visibility and strong SEO reach.
Pitch via:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-write-for-insider-life-division
