Am I Getting More Popular?

by Garrett Smith

Thanks for returning. You're a very smart person.

Or is the industry (or this medium) just maturing to a point where PR folks are finally starting to invade this bloggers in inbox?

In the past I would receive on average 5 pitches (if you even call them that) per week.

For the last month or so, I have been receiving 5 to 10 pitches per day from a variety of PR agencies and companies.

While I do not respond nor write about most of the releases sent to me, it is very interesting to see the increased level of activity.

  • Is competition increasing such that folks are working harder than before?
  • Is the market getting more saturated?
  • Have I reached some sort of “new level” as it relates to my perceived importance within the industry?
  • Is anyone else noticing this trend?

What makes this all even more strange is that fact that I haven’t even been blogging very much as I am working on a new direction for the site…is that the key to getting pitched, blog less?

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Bo Gowan 04.22.08 at 2:53 pm

Garrett - I’m sure you are getting more popular. The “why” is the question. One possible reason is that vendors can no longer ignore bloggers. I know here at Nortel we are engaging with bloggers that we haven’t in the past.

2 Garrett Smith 04.22.08 at 5:31 pm

@ Bo

Sounds reasonable and could very well be the case. I am simply amazed by the length of time it has taken for them to find some of the bloggers. After all, it has been three years…

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