- 1 of the reasons I can tell you actually “know” what you are talking about is because you know what/who GAMEPRESS(GP) is. If someone does not, then they are not rly in the industry

anyway
you do make some valid points

however i do not think that your stages applied to me (i am NOT saying that i was better than anyone else)

- the main thing i think with PR is that IT TAKES TIME, it will not happen overnight

i can safely say it takes months, if not years to get stuff (it took that long to get halo reach, gears of war 3)

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normally “new” sites would do 1 thing first whenever they get/find a company email
they say

I WANT YOUR GAME, PLEASE SENT ME A COPY

after finding it GP

- this is TOTALLY wrong…..but the new ppl do not know that

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i did things differently

i started sending out tons of emails to companies (big and small) – i got the info from GP
asking to get onto their PR lists
once on their lists
i posted ALL OF THEIR STUFF
once i posted their stuff

i replied to their PR email saying

- thanks for the news, i have posted it (doing this over and over allowed me to get into the back of their heads “i have seen this site before, they always post our stuff” )

after months/years of doing this
that was when i was able to ask for game copies

- of course, at the start, they required your site traffic info

after you start getting stuff
you must write good reviews ect

once i post a review
i send them the link for them to check it out (to prove that i actually reviewed their product)

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now that i have built up a pretty good relationship with various PRs and companies
i do get a good amount of games (given that they have enough copies)

most of the time, i get what i ask for, games or interviews

- of course, i am not at the lvl of IGN or GT but i am in a very good position

i currently have 250+ interviews for Video Games – Movie / Series – Book / Comic / Graphic Novel – Companies – Specific Individual