Comments on: How Much Should You Chase Potential Writing Clients?

By: Kivi Miller

Kivi Miller — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:33:38 +0000

I agree — a few contacts and that’s it. Sometimes I’ll follow-up much later with a link to an article that might be of interest to the client, but only if I’m really excited about the potential to work with them.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:56:08 +0000

;)

By: alicia

alicia — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:48:52 +0000

Hmm, good topic here. I’ve gone through this myself a couple of times. Usually I’ll send an email, then another 4 or 5 days later. After that, I pretty much let it go. Like you said, I don’t do a lot of chasing, either. If it’s one of the reasons Tom gave above, I figure they’ll get up with me when they’re ready.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:34:14 +0000

When I was editing magazines and newspapers I had a short list of writers I’d almost always take calls from… they could get right through. Others had to wait, sometimes forever.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:51:18 +0000

After an e-mail or two, I schedule another e-mail or call in 2-4 weeks (this is why a contact manager is essential).

Sometimes, clients go on vacation or have some other reason for disappearing, and you can pull a job back into the land of the living.

I don’t know how editorial writers deal with this since editors are so damned hard to reach in the first place.