{"id":8495,"date":"2011-05-24T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2011-05-24T04:00:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T04:00:59","slug":"12-ways-to-say-thanks-to-a-blogger-or-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/12-ways-to-say-thanks-to-a-blogger-or-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"12 ways to say &#8216;thanks&#8217; to a blogger or journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/thankyounote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8497\" style=\"float: left;margin: 4px 15px\" title=\"how to say thanks to a blogger or journalist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/thankyounote-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"thank you note for a blogger or journalist\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The blogger whose audience you&#8217;ve been dying to get in front of publishes your guest blog post, letting you strut your stuff to a new crop of potential customers and clients.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A journalist who works for your local business journal writes a flattering,\u00a0 error-free feature story on your new business, and it makes the front page of the paper, complete with a\u00a0photo and sidebar.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The editorial page editor of a national newspaper contacts you to write an opposing viewpoint to a column on a controversial topic that another expert submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of those is <strong>every Publicity Hound&#8217;s dream<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t stop there. It&#8217;s time to say thanks&#8212;not with flowers or flashy gifts, but with thoughtful gestures they will remember.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 7 ways to say thanks to bloggers and journalists:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Send a handwritten thank-you note. <strong>Almost nobody does this anymore<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Send a handwritten note of appreciation to the journalist&#8217;s or blogger&#8217;s boss, explaining how gratifying\u00a0it was to work with them, and why.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Return to the blogger&#8217;s blog periodically to comment on posts.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tweet about his blog content, and link to it.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Does he have a Facebook page? Like it, share his content, and <strong>be sure to tag him<\/strong>. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 More Ways to Avoid Missed Opportunities on the New &amp; Improved Facebook<\/a>.)<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Email the blogger and suggest ideas you&#8217;d like to see him write about. Bloggers love it when readers give them ideas for content.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Ask the journalist, &#8220;How can I help you?&#8221; This is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/blog\/10-magic-phrases-journalists-and-bloggers-love\" target=\"_blank\">10 magic phrases that bloggers and journalists love<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>To say thanks to the staff of a newspaper or magazine, or a TV or radio station, make a contribution to the media outlet&#8217;s favorite charity.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Give a journalist a scoop.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Write a recommendation\u00a0on LinkedIn.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Share flattering information about the blogger or journalist in a LinkedIn group. (See\u00a0Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Power Formula 2: Advanced Strategies for Writing a Killer Profile, Cashing in on Groups and\u00a0Creating Company Pages<\/a>.)<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Offer a story idea about someone else, or another company, that has no relation to you.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say this too many times: <strong>Do NOT send gifts<\/strong>, particularly to newspapers and magazines that might have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/blog\/gifts-for-print-journalists-dont-you-dare\" target=\"_blank\">ethics policies<\/a>\u00a0prohibiting gifts.<\/p>\n<p>What other ways have you said thanks? Bloggers, what have your readers done to show their appreciation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blogger whose audience you&#8217;ve been dying to get in front of publishes your guest blog post, letting you strut your stuff to a new crop of potential customers and clients. \u00a0\u00a0 A journalist who works for your local business journal writes a flattering,\u00a0 error-free feature story on your new business, and it makes the\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/12-ways-to-say-thanks-to-a-blogger-or-journalist\/\" 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":11,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[29],"class_list":{"0":"post-8495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-public-relations","7":"tag-media-relations","8":"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\/8495","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=8495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}