Want to Nail pitches? bag commissions? Make more money? Then keep reading!

I’m Punteha van Terheyden, a UK journalist, editor and ghostwriter. Ninety-six per cent of my pitches sell! Let me show you exactly how you can pitch articles and story ideas to editors too…

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My comprehensive journalism pitching handbook unlocks my 10-step formula to stop you guessing how to pitch great stories, and start knowing - securing you more commissions and bylines.

My methods work and I’m bringing you the inside track from the commissioning hot-seat! This book is perfect for freelance or student journalists, or for those working in PR.

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Are your pitches ignored or rejected?

My pitching handbook is for you if you:

Want to know why your pitches are ignored/rejected and how to pitch articles to editors.
Want to see real-life examples of pitches that sold, and get pitching templates that work.
Are losing hope of ever ‘making it’.
Are making the leap to freelancing, or graduating soon.
Are a PR exec whose press releases are not gaining traction.
Want practical tips for freelancing success, including understanding exclusivity, negotiating rights and usage terms, when is best to pitch and how to deal with pitching rejection.

In The 10-Point Pitching Plan you’ll learn exactly where freelancers go wrong, what commissioning editors really want and how to turn your ideas into powerful pitches that sell!

My ebook is packed with real-life examples of successful pitches to magazines, newspapers, online platforms and news websites, as well as detailed explanations about why they worked, how you can harness the same pitching prowess, as well as pitching templates for you to use, advice on how to deal with rejection and much more.

If you secure just one commission as a result of reading my 10-Point Pitching Plan, you’ll likely make back double* what you paid me. If you bag just one commission in print as a result of my techniques, you’re looking at a minimum 500%* return. And that’s just your first commission…

why should you listen to ME?

Easy!

I have 14 years’ experience writing, commissioning and editing news and features for the biggest-selling national newspapers and magazines, both on staff, and as a freelancer.
I’m a Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction ghostwriter with Penguin.

I’m founding editor of ethical digital true-life platform Lacuna Voices and have spent my career learning just about everything there is to know about finding great stories, generating ideas and getting them published.

96% of my pitches sell.
If all that doesn’t convince you, read what the editors of the biggest UK publications, journalism lecturers, freelance and student journalists have to say about me and this book.

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE EDITOR REVIEWS:

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PLUS:

My ebooks directly help support freelancers who’ve fallen on hard times. Every copy sold generates a donation to The Journalists’ Charity.

Ready to supercharge your pitching?

*Here’s exactly how I got to those numbers. In my experience, the average digital rates paid by national newspapers for an exclusive feature published online vary from £100-300. Independent digital outlets typically start at £40 and go up to £150, but usually pay around the £75-100 mark. So if you’re paying £49 for my book and get one commission at £100, you’re making more than double what you paid me.

When it comes to fees for print, I find the lowest fee for an exclusive in a women’s consumer magazine is typically £300. So, if you’re paying £49 for my book, and get just one commission in a mainstream consumer magazine, that’s a 512% return.

But your returns could easily be greater! Print fees are typically better in tabloid newspapers where a page lead will bag you about £400 as a minimum. If you get a spread, that’s around £750-1000 or more. Of course, standard rates vary from title to title and section to section but these are the minimum fees I have seen over the five years I have been freelancing.

You can judge it for yourself based on which titles you hope to work with. Take a look at reported rates across many titles in the UK and beyond at Journo Resources.

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