{"id":13994,"date":"2017-12-29T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=13994"},"modified":"2017-12-26T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T19:39:36","slug":"how-to-pitch-a-brand-5-things-you-must-include-in-your-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/blogging-tips\/how-to-pitch-a-brand-5-things-you-must-include-in-your-email.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Pitch A Brand: 5 Things You Must Include In Your Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One question that I get asked so many times is how to pitch a brand. It makes sense that people want to know how to pitch brands because <strong>(1)<\/strong> There is a lot of money to be made in content creation, and <strong>(2)<\/strong> You can see other people doing it, so why not you?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that for some bloggers, they are big and known (and connected) enough to not need to pitch brands. The brands come to them. 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Happy pitching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One question that I get asked so many times is how to pitch a brand. It makes sense that people want to know how to pitch brands because (1) There is a lot of money to be made in content creation, and (2) You can see other people doing it, so why not you? 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