I turned a 'no' into 11 yeses

I turned a 'no' into 11 yeses

A site rejected my pitch: "We don't take this topic, try sites like ours." Most people delete that email. I replied:

— "Totally fair. Out of curiosity, which sites like yours DO cover it?"

The editor, being nice, listed 4. I asked one more time on the next 'no'. Built a list of 11 donor sites in a week — all hand-recommended by people IN the niche.

A rejection is a referral if you just ask the follow-up. 11 qualified targets, zero scraping tools.

Reply to your next no. Go do it.