Wow, happy Monday and post-Thanksgivingness. If you’re celebrating Chanukah, I wish you a chag sameach and the ability to see miracles in even the mundane. I mean, I’m trying too — my son’s bar mitzvah trip to Israel was canceled because the borders closed. Now we have two weeks to plan one here.
I know everyone is probably thinking “meh, just postpone” but for the observant, like our family, it’s a little more complicated than that because Benny has trained for literal years to read directly from the Torah on this specific portion (and it only happens once in his lifetime at the right time). It’s a major undertaking and beyond the typical bar mitzvah scenes of movies and TV, and well… I guess like most things in life, we plan and the universe laughs. But we’re all healthy in a seemingly never-ending pandemic—so we already got buckets of miracles, eh?
In the meantime, I’m here working on stories and sipping hot tea while I look out at a snow-covered yard. That’s pretty great!
Need pitches for:
Reader’s Digest: Finishing up a couple last additions to the best organic sheets story. Need final pitches TODAY and they need to be with major .com retailers or skimlinks-ready smaller retailers. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Family Handyman: Working on a story about the best small pieces of furniture that do-it-all. think coffee tables with extra storage, ottomans that expand, bedside tables that charge phones + offer extra compartments. You get the idea. Ideally major .com retailers, Amazon, Wayfair, Overstock, or skimlinks-ready smaller retailers. Need pitches today, but it’ll take a few days for the story to be formatted and us to vet each item. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Family Handyman: Small bedroom storage ideas to save space. You get the idea, and you know the drill when it comes to retailers! EOD tomorrow. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Reader’s Digest: How to clean and protect leather. I need products (amazon, walmart, target, etc!) and an expert on leather maintenace, ideally with a focus on furniture. I’d love this service-y piece to teach readers how they can best care for their leather sofas, chairs, etc so they last for decades. Need pitches by EOD tomorrow at the latest. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Recently published:
Got lots of your clients in this barrage of Walmart Black Friday stories across RD.com, Taste of Home, and Family Handyman. Three separate pieces/audiences. Mostly syndicated across MSN/AOL, etc. as well. Hopefully, if your client made it in they’re extra happy with the extra hits. Lots of these deals are still running if you’re a shopper.
This Target Black Friday piece was also extra clicky for the RD audience. Same with the still-running deals.
Christmas tree fences are a thing!
The best wreath hangers according to shopper reviews.
That’s it for now! Will circle back with job listings tomorrow. If you have your own job listings you’d like me to publish, I’m happy to! I don’t ask for anything in return except a dose of good karma and passing on a good deed or two.