44: Get Featured in The Daily Telegraph: Top Tips to get your pitch email opened and get a response!
Media MagnetShow Notes
My guest on the podcast today was so good inside the most recent round of the Media Masters Academy that I just had to get her on the podcast too!
Adella Beaini is a journalist and writer with the Daily Telegraph in Sydney and has covered everything from breaking news, politics, small business, celebrity news, mental health and every topic in between.
Like every journo I know, she has tens of thousands of unread emails in her inbox at any one time and is reporting for a daily newspaper that also has a 24/7 online presence, so she's an extremely busy woman...however if you're looking for a journalist who's going to give you, even as a complete stranger sending your first pitch to her inbox - the time of day - Adella is THE journalist you should reach out to.
Inside this episode we cover trending news topics, why the media constantly need good news sources like you, how to infuse your business into the current media and news headlines of the moment, the best times to pitch, the one time of year when you're most likely to get featured and more!
Listen to the very end of this episode for Adella's incredible offer to all my Media Magnet listeners!! And be the first to take her up on it! You'd be absolutely crazy not to!
Don't miss this incredible opportunity to listen to one of Australia's rising reporting stars share her inside tips and behind the scenes secrets of how to get featured in one of Australia's top daily newspapers that's syndicated around the country and boasts millions of readers every day.
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