Dear publicists, gallerists, artists, musicians, fashionistas, promoters, and other hustlers,
For starters, I've got 100% email spam protection. Which means that if I do not know you and your email address is not in my addy book, you are going straight to the Junk Folder. Sorry. That's just the way it is. Peeps I know in real life, get my attention first. It's only fair; they knew me first! I'll eventually make it to the junk folder and fish you out of email purgatory (if I didn't dump you with all the male genitalia enhancement ads by accident) but you gotta be patient. After a few simple steps, you'll be added to my address book and get bumped up in the mail maelstrom that is my life.
If you've got some event to pimp, please make sure that all the deets are in the email. You can't imagine how many people send me invitations to things and leave out important information like:
1) Event name
2) Location
3) Date
4) Cost *
* If you actually read this blog, you know that approximately 99% of the events I post are free to the public. I am a firm believer that culture should be equally available to all. If you see a paid event post, it's probably for one of the following reasons: 1) non-profit/charity event I am vested in, 2) personal friend's event I'm fully supporting or 3) generous promoters donate free tickets to my readers.
If I choose to share your party with my readers, I publish posts four days before the actual date. This is so the information stays fresh on my front page. If you send me something too far in advance (like, months), unless I immediately write you up as a draft post, chances are I'm totally going to forget about your gig and my readers will never know about it. I prefer that invitations arrive about two weeks before the event happens. Most of you send me your info last minute because you couldn't get it together before then and that's okay too, but don't expect me to jump and post your event the day before it's happening. Chances are, I'm busy... out supporting an event another HOC reader is hosting!
If you write to me, please let me know how you stumbled upon Hustler of Culture. I like to find out how you found me. If I write you back, I'm going to ask you this anyway, so might as well save me the step. I don't mind form emails. But try to add a note. Do let me know who you are. It only takes a minute and I'm more likely to respond to you.
Please do not sign me up for your mailing lists without asking my permission first. This is one of my biggest pet peeves. My email is used mainly for personal correspondence. I have a gmail account I use for mailing lists (souris *at* gmail.com). So when you just add my personal email address to your list and I don't know you, you are presuming, I love having my inbox stuffed with whatever you're peddling. Do you like it when it happens to you? Didn't think so.
If you're sending me something, try to actually read my blog. Too busy? Well, so am I! See if whatever you're hustling is a match. Then you're not wasting both our time.
Have the courtesy to know my name. It's Souris. It's in the About Me section. Don't write me emails addressed to Hey (You). That's just fucking rude.
Don't expect a response from me in a timely manner -- that's reserved for peeps I actually do know and if you're patient enough, I will respond to you. In fact, I eventually respond to every single email that hits my overcrowded inbox. Please don't get too upset if I don't respond quickly enough for you. I'm trying. Really. Nobody wants to see my inbox more empty than me! If you don't hear back from me in two months time, chances are I missed your email. So please resend and accept my apologies. Hey, I'm only human.
And thanks again for all the information. I really do appreciate it. But most of all, I appreciate my readers. So if you want to get to them, just follow my simple requests and you'll be engaging with them in no time. Thanks for the ear.
Love,
Souris
