More than two and a half years ago I emailed the editor of a newspaper that I wanted to write for. I received no response. About six months later, I emailed him again. No response. I asked a friend who knew the editor to drop my name, which she did. No response. Months later, I emailed the editor's assistant and she confirmed that he had received my query letters and that my name had been mentioned. Still no response. A couple of weeks ago, I reached out to the editor again, and this time I received an assignment for five articles.
It would have been easy to give up. More than two and a half years had passed since my first inquiry, but I just kept going back again, trying every angle that I could think of to get my name in front of him.
You can do the same. Be polite, and persistent, and use all the avenues you can think of to connect.
It won't always pay off, but it did for me.
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