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I did "cold contacts" via e-mail, fax, snail mail, and Web site contact
forms -- never via phone. The idea was to contact every company that looked
interesting to write for, hoping that they were planning to hire a tech
writer but hadn't started advertising yet. I contacted each company via each
method (one method at a time) until I either got an answer or ran out of
methods. Only a small percentage happened to be at the right stage in the
hiring cycle, but in a region with many hundreds of tech companies, that was
enough.
YMWV: Your Mileage *Will* Vary in other regions.
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bchaney -at- ccprodesign -dot- com [mailto:bchaney -at- ccprodesign -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Finding Local Tech Writing Job...
>
> >>><snip>
> >>>> I was going to write "cold-contacting" but that's an
> >>>> iffy approach.
> >>></snip>
> >>>
> >>>It may be iffy in some places, but it works great in DC.
> >>>
> >>>Dan Goldstein
>
> What are some good approaches to cold calling? Who do I ask
> for? What
> do I say to them once I get them on the phone? Thanks for all of the
> advice so far!
>
> Brian Chaney
>
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