If you’re looking for trend stories to pitch and you’re coming up dry, find the Jan. 31, 2005 edition of the Wall Street Journal. It included a special section called “The Top 10 Trends in 10 Industries.” The industries are consumer electronics, video games, credit cards, higher education, architecture, music, accounting, agriculture, furniture and defense.<\/p>\n
\nIf you provide a product or service in those categories, the section is important because it will tip you off to what journalists will be covering in the months ahead. Tie your pitch to a trend and you’re as good as in.<\/p>\n
You can piggyback a contest, poll, survey, White Paper or your own holiday onto a trend. So if you missed the section, a trip to the local library would be well worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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