Bring data, skip the pitch war

Bring data, skip the pitch war

Every editor gets 50 "can I write for you" emails. They get almost zero "I have original data nobody else has."

I run one tiny survey or pull one dataset from my own tools, then pitch the STAT, not the article: "We tracked 800 outreach emails — open rates by send-day. Want the breakdown as a post?"

Data makes you the source, not the supplicant. Editors chase that.

One dataset got me into 3 sites I'd been ignored by for months.

Make something only you have. Go do it. 📊