Planned to get this out a bit earlier, but all my kids are home today because we had a few inches of snow in New York so I got held up a bit. The good news? Hot cocoa is in-hand and my hens are playing in the fluff. Today’s newsletter is a quick one, promise.
What’s on my plate right now:
All done with the RD.com flower bouquets story! Please, no more pitches. It’s filed and in formatting already. I appreciate all the emails though :)
Taste of Home: All the best cutting boards for every type of kitchen and cook. Pitch me affiliate-ready links with specs. Wayfair, Nordstrom, Walmart, Target, Overstock, Etsy, etc all work for me! Keep in mind we love somewhat-affordable items, so a $600 cutting board? Meh. A $60 cutting board? Supah-dupah! Pitch by early next week. bryce@theluxuryspot.com
Recently published:
Tens of thousands of people are obsessed with this cheap coffee grinder.
Designer-approved floor lamps to brighten your space.
50 really great Valentine’s Day gifts for men you should probably consider for dudes in your life.
Jobs:
Dow Jones is hiring a crypto editor (shoot, I’m jealous even if the market plunged like whoa this week)
GQ is hiring a commerce editor if you’re into talking about manly products.
Some other important things to note:
The publishing world is still VERY much playing catch-up over the break, and even though the vast majority of us have been working from home for two years+ now, there have been oodles of delays and setbacks from omicron infections. If you’re not getting speedy replies, be patient. Everyone is human and doing their best.
Remember I told you my friend Kaila is running a PR masterclass on how to use affiliate work to up your revenues dramatically? She took her retainer clients from $3,500/month to over $10k a month thanks to affiliate rev shares. Her next class is starting in a few days. Several of you signed up, and she’s still letting me offer the $50 off when you tell her I sent you. If you own your PR company or are responsible for client management and retention, her skills are beyond worth every penny. Details: Affiliate PR Masterclass 2.0 is a four-week Zoom training intensive hosted by Kaila O'Connor of KMO Consulting and Emma Moon of Moonbeam Consulting. More training info here! Email hgerber@kmoconsulting.org to secure your spot!
Super excited to report that I’m not the only one obsessed with the Sam’s Club vegan corndogs. A lot of you confirmed what I already knew: they’re so damn good. Also, on the same-ish note, if any of you work in communications at Trader’s Joes I genuinely demand to know why you haven’t opened one ANYWHERE NEAR ME. I live in the granola-iest part of New York and you’d think we’d be first in line? Trader Joe’s, if you can hear me, please come to Woodstock and take all my money.
But also, thanks for spreading the word about the free portion of my weekday newsletter. The more friends we have here, the more jobs and media queries I get to fill and that makes me mega happy. <3
That’s it! Happy Friday, and may your boots be slush-free! :)
That's such a beautiful picture Bryce! Meanwhile, poor CA girl... I'm over here in my puffy jacket and it's 57 degress lol.
I want to be there with granola and have hot cocoa :)