Well, every publicist or marketing director, anyway. <\/p>\n
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\na potential Time Out NY listing without a date. He was kind enough to
\nwrite back (errr…when is this??) rather than simply ignoring me,
\nwhich would have been deserved. But I received two comments on this
\nblog today that will certainly make me think about my pitching efforts
\nand relationship with journalists going forward.<\/p>\n
\nan e mail suggesting I write about a website that I already written
\nabout, not five days ago. I’m not entirely sure how the person who
\npitched the site to me even located the “Contact” section on this blog
\nwithout noticing the relevant entry, but she managed to. We live in the
\ncustom-built-for-the-lazy Age of Google. It is…painfully…simple to
\nfind out if someone has already written about your artist (or website,
\nin this case), the fact that you’re supposedly an expert on that which
\nyou are pitching (and consequently should know its press history)
\nnotwithstanding. <\/p>\n
\nthe Leon Botstein is this?? They tried to list a concert on a
\nblog entry that used the word “motherf-ing” (2x) and referenced Snakes on a Plane<\/i>, of all things! Did they think they could just
\nsneak it in, folks would see it in the comment field – a blatant
\nadvertisement apropos of nothing – and buy tickets? Also – SPOILER
\nALERT – this is a blog about classical music publicity, so the ASO
\nclearly didn’t pay attention to where they were posting these
\nlisting-comments. Not incidentally, I asked two other ArtsJournal
\nbloggers about this, and they got the same comment on recent entries.
\nIs that…SPAM?<\/p>\n
\ndemonstrates a total lack of understanding of blog culture and
\netiquette. [insert “blog ‘etiquette’ is an oxymoron” joke __here__].<\/p>\n
\nsaid, perhaps the clever, clever American Symphony Orchestra has simply
\noutsmarted me. If they purposely marketed their concert in an absurd
\nfashion so I would post about it on this blog and consequently promote
\ntheir concert, my hat goes off to them. Well-played. Well-played indeed.
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