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by frostmatthew 3946 days ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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Bingo.

Article pitches aren't all inherently bad ideas for articles either. A good example from my industry that I'm pretty sure was from a pitch is this one from the WSJ [1]. The basic concept of regaining focus at work is a strong one that resonates with people right now, but all the blog post ends up being is an ad for the product.

[1] http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2015/04/19/the-office-chair-desi...