Reasons Not to Pitch Your Startup to Techcrunch
medium.comRelated to #3, while your users aren't reading TC, your potential competitors most likely are... So pick your forum based on the audience.
On the flip side, TC gets syndicated widely, and is very helpful for technical hiring.
I totally agree with the point about technical hiring
Hi Davey - on your site Publiseek, it is in English but quite a lot of emphasis that is works in FRANCE too. Why is that?
It's kinda offputting if I just want to reach UK media.
Hey Major_Grooves, that's a bug, IP geolocation gone wrong :( If you select United Kingdom you'll only get publicity opportunities related to the UK. let me know if I can do anything to help.
By the way what is your startup about? :)
haha - ok, that's quite a funny bug! ;)
My startup is a place where freelancers and small business owners can anonymously exchange data about when their business customers pay them vs agreed terms. I'm in closed beta and I haven't tried the whole "Show HN" thing yet. ;)
You can take a look here: https://www.satago.co.uk
I would be wanting to reach lots of UK business press as the whole late-payment problem is something that affects companies all over the country and is often in the press.
Anyway, I'll sign up and take a look. Thanks!
Cool, I tried to signup but needed an invite code:)
I think that satago would fit nicely into a few media themes like what people can do to beat the recession, the empowerment of small businesses, and crowdsourcing data.
Yep, tis' indeed a "closed" beta. ;)
If you want a peek there should have been a sign-up page to leave your email address to get access. But then you are in Dubai so maybe not so interesting for you...?
Indeed I should be of interest for all those topics. In fact I am funded so far by crowd-funding - I have 60 investors via www.seedrs.co.uk
I'm not sure why pitching to TechCrunch and pitching to other blogs/Twitter are mutually exclusive.
Hey minimaxir, you're right that they're not. Founders are short on time and need to focus. So I'm illustrating a point that you can reliably get publicity within the time limit that you allocate for this activity. It doesn't need to be a hit or miss :)
So this piece is publicity for Publiseek?
How is Publiseek different from HARO?
Hi Egreg, I'm going to go ahead and say that yes it is. In the sense that every piece of content you share online with your name on it is publicity.
That includes that instagram photo of a great day at the beach, that blog post you wrote about reaching your 50th paid user, or a retweet of a hacker news article about lisp.
In each case you're saying look, that's me, that's what I do, and that's what I stand for.
It's called content marketing. And everyone is doing it if they're aware of it or not.
Agreed. And nothing wrong with it! (As long as you mean what you post.) So how is Publiseek different from HARO?
Hey Egreg, I've met Peter Shankman and love what he's done with HARO. However we're doing a few things differently.
First, it's global from day one. So we have a much lower volume of overall queries to start with. However we've already made connections in the UK, India, US, & Dubai (where we're based).
Second, opportunities are public and shared. This is a huge no no with HARO look at this link for example: http://www.publiseek.com/opportunity/seeking-new-stories-for...
Third: any content creator (not just reporters) can use it. That includes movie producers (product placements), event organizers (speaking opportunities), etc.
Also we're putting a bit more focus on design/branding. Hope this answers your question. Do you use HARO?
I signed up but I hardly use it. Mostly because I created a filter for the emails and rarely check them. There are great opportunities there.
But what are your thoughts on Ryan Holiday from American Apparel and what he said about media manipulation via HARO and other sources:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/07/18/how-this-g...
Tweeted you :)
tl;dr - main reason - grapes are sour.
Not really :)