how the long awaited article in national newspaper made me cry!
Today started fantastically, went for an amazing cycle, just did about 30 miles around st andrews. there is a rather large hill if you are coming towards st andrews from pitscottie and i used to find it so tough to cycle up! really tough! but yesterday matt and i cycled up really quickly chattin all the way, i hardly noticed the hill was there!
i was so happy at this i couldn't resist cycling the same route this morning so i could pedel up this hill again. >:-)
so, i was really happy with the world early this morning...till i was informed about the Daily Mail article...they didn't include any contact details for us at all! made me feel so disheartened...and used. i really dislike newspapers!
i was so upset that i wasted so much time last week tying to get media attention and it all amounted to nothing at all that i was convinced i was no longer spend time trying to raise money. convinced that so few people actually care or think about people on this planet who are not as privileged as us that desperately trying to raise money was pointless.
lucky for me matt met me outside after my lectures with a flower gave me a hug and reminded me why we are puting ourselves through this.
so anyway, i am going to continue to try and convince people that supporting us to give to wateraid is a fantastic worth while idea.
so...tired but still determined (and not gonna buy a newspaper for a while). Claire.
2 comments:
Maybe you should try one of the local papers? The citizen, herald or even the saint. I'm sure they'll put something in and actually get things right as opposed to the big corporate stupid newspapers!
Well done on getting some national exposure. Don't worry too much about the lack of contact details - some things are more important.
* You're now mentioned in the national press - you can use this fact when talking to other sponsors, it can add gravitas to your claims/statements to them
* If anyone reads the article and wants to get in touch with you they can do it through the newspaper or journalist
* You could always ask them to publish this blog's URL in the online version of the story, if there is one
On a brighter note about Google searches: 'wateraid morocco' gets you hit no 11 via my blog; 'wateraid morocco cycle' gets you hit no 2 (again via my blog); 'wateraid morocco cycle claire' gets you hit no 1, as does 'claire's epic wateraid cycle' :)
Just something you can tell people over the phone.
G.
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