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Trade press editors know what they want, so follow these 10 tips

If you’re pitching the trade press, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is telling an editor that you just bought an ad.

Most reputable trade press editors don’t care, and like their brothers and sisters at consumer magazines and newspapers, they will be insulted that you mentioned it. 

That’s one of 10 tips offered by Bob Milroy, the president of Alexander Marketing Services, at The Navigator blog.

by Joan Stewart on May 21, 2006

Filed Under: Print Media Tagged With: Pitching

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