![]() ![]() Īfter doing the tour, I think it would really resonate with your readers and would love to write it for you.Īnd you know what? I got an email 5 minutes later commissioning me. The tour was this morning and it was amazing. I just wanted to touch base with you about my pitch (in the thread below) about in. If I don’t hear back, I tend to wait until after I’ve done the trip (or had the experience that I pitched) before I follow up.īecause in my follow up email I can give additional information about the experience and why I think the publication’s readers would be interested. Recently I’ve been trying a new follow up technique with some of my editors.īefore I go away I pitch a story idea about the trip. I’ve been travelling a lot for work lately and while I’ve always managed to get at least one commission before I go on the trip, I’m often waiting to hear back on some pitches. She totally understood that I had pitched it elsewhere. She asked if the story was still available. I remember that once an editor replied to me 3 months after I’d sent her a pitch (and two follow ups). If a miracle happens and the editor gets back to you and says they do want it after all (but after when you’ve said you’ll pitch it elsewhere), you can easily reply with “As I didn’t hear back from you after I followed up so I thought you weren’t interested and have placed this story elsewhere.” I’m also not a fan of sending a ‘withdrawal’ email (and I’d never call it a withdrawal email – sounds kind of like you’re crabby). Personally, if an editor has not replied after a pitch and two follows up, I’m letting it slide and pitching elsewhere. ![]() Some people will send more than two follow ups and may also send an email to let the editor know that they’re taking their pitch elsewhere. If you’re not interested, please don’t feel you have to reply – if I don’t hear from you by Friday, I’ll look to pitch it elsewhere. I’m keen to write this story for, but I know you are incredibly busy. I’m emailing to see whether you have had a chance to consider my pitch below. Pitch:The surprising truth about eating organic foodįollow up to pitch: The surprising truth about eating organic food ![]() TIP: I find that if I get more responses if I change the original subject line from: I’m just checking in to see if my pitch below about XXX is of interest? I always make sure my original pitch or query is in the body of my follow up email. It can be tricky to know how to word your follow up emails to editors, so below is a guide of what I say. What to say in your follow up email to an editor And I also know that many editors know from a pitch’s subject line whether they’re interested or not. I’ve met editors who have inboxes that reach 200 emails before lunch, so I understand that for some, my expectations are unreasonable.īut I also know that most editors I’ve worked with don’t mind a polite follow up email. I used to wait 10 days – 2 weeks before I would follow up, but recently I’ve started getting impatient and following up after just seven.īecause I think a week is long enough for an editor (unless they are away) to see, read and respond to an email. If the pitch is time sensitive I follow up within 24-48 hours, but if it’s not I tend to follow up after a week. In terms of the time you wait before you follow up – there are different opinions on that. Well, hopefully you’ve got some kind of pitch tracking system in place that quickly tells you when you’ve sent off a pitch and when you should follow up. And it doesn’t take long for their inboxes to fill up and for your carefully crafted email to be pushed off their screen.īut a simple follow up email, sent at the right time can be just the thing to get you a commission. Yes, editors and content managers are incredibly busy people. It is so important to follow up with editors and clients. And there’s one new technique I use that is having such a big impact on my commission rate. Here’s my guide to following up with editors. But you know what? Around 20% of my stories get commissioned after a follow up email. I might send one email follow up if I didn’t get a reply, but more often than not, I would take the initial silence as a big, fat ‘no’. When I first started freelance writing I would put lots of energy into my pitches and then sit back and wait. You pitch, you wait to hear back, you follow up. My attitude to following up has changed over the past few years. There are certain things that happen time and again when you’re freelancing. ![]()
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