{"id":6392,"date":"2010-05-25T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T11:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2010-05-25T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T11:07:55","slug":"how-freelancers-can-use-twitter-to-find-journalists-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/twitter\/how-freelancers-can-use-twitter-to-find-journalists-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"How freelancers can use Twitter to find journalists, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/05\/keyboard2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6439 aligncenter\" title=\"keyboard2\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/05\/keyboard2.jpg\" alt=\"Fingers typing on a keyboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Freelance writer Angie Gambino, one of myLinkedIn connections, invited me to respond to her question on how freelancers can use Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>I came up with several ideas and added more to the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow journalists in your target market.\u00a0 Regardless of whether they follow you, pay attention to what they&#8217;re tweeting. Retweet some of their content that&#8217;s of interest to people who follow you.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>You probably have a &#8220;dream list&#8221; of magazines, newspapers, etc. you&#8217;d like to buy your articles.\u00a0Find out if the editors of those publications are on Twitter. \u00a0If so, follow them. \u00a0They may follow you back. Do your research at JournalistTweets.com, JustTweetIt.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MediaonTwitter.com\" target=\"_blank\">MediaonTwitter.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitteringjournalists.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/22555131\/FrontPage\" target=\"_blank\">TwitteringJournalists.pbworks.com<\/a>. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Search for journalists at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search-home\" target=\"_blank\">Search.Twitter.com<\/a>. Search by job title.\u00a0For example, if you&#8217;re looking for assignment editors, search for &#8220;assignment editor&#8221; and &#8220;#assignmenteditor&#8221; and variations.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Also use Search.Twitter.com to find sources.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Do you review books? If so, discuss the types of books you review and some of your favorites.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Offer advice on how the media can work with freelancers.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Offer tips for people who want to make money freelancing. Is the market saturated?<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Link to your blog posts. (You ARE blogging, aren&#8217;t you? If not, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Time-saving Tips for Smart Business Blogging.&#8221;<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Which writers do you admire? <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Cast your net on Twitter for specific types of sources you&#8217;re seeking.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How about it freelancers? What have I missed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freelance writer Angie Gambino, one of myLinkedIn connections, invited me to respond to her question on how freelancers can use Twitter. I came up with several ideas and added more to the list: Follow journalists in your target market.\u00a0 Regardless of whether they follow you, pay attention to what they&#8217;re tweeting. Retweet some of their\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/twitter\/how-freelancers-can-use-twitter-to-find-journalists-sources\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[29,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-6392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-twitter","7":"tag-media-relations","8":"tag-writing-articles","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}