Hey Major_Grooves, that's a bug, IP geolocation gone wrong :( If you select United Kingdom you'll only get publicity opportunities related to the UK. let me know if I can do anything to help.
My startup is a place where freelancers and small business owners can anonymously exchange data about when their business customers pay them vs agreed terms. I'm in closed beta and I haven't tried the whole "Show HN" thing yet. ;)
I would be wanting to reach lots of UK business press as the whole late-payment problem is something that affects companies all over the country and is often in the press.
Cool, I tried to signup but needed an invite code:)
I think that satago would fit nicely into a few media themes like what people can do to beat the recession, the empowerment of small businesses, and crowdsourcing data.
If you want a peek there should have been a sign-up page to leave your email address to get access. But then you are in Dubai so maybe not so interesting for you...?
Indeed I should be of interest for all those topics. In fact I am funded so far by crowd-funding - I have 60 investors via www.seedrs.co.uk
Hey minimaxir, you're right that they're not. Founders are short on time and need to focus. So I'm illustrating a point that you can reliably get publicity within the time limit that you allocate for this activity. It doesn't need to be a hit or miss :)
Hi Egreg, I'm going to go ahead and say that yes it is. In the sense that every piece of content you share online with your name on it is publicity.
That includes that instagram photo of a great day at the beach, that blog post you wrote about reaching your 50th paid user, or a retweet of a hacker news article about lisp.
In each case you're saying look, that's me, that's what I do, and that's what I stand for.
It's called content marketing. And everyone is doing it if they're aware of it or not.
Hey Egreg, I've met Peter Shankman and love what he's done with HARO. However we're doing a few things differently.
First, it's global from day one. So we have a much lower volume of overall queries to start with. However we've already made connections in the UK, India, US, & Dubai (where we're based).
Third: any content creator (not just reporters) can use it. That includes movie producers (product placements), event organizers (speaking opportunities), etc.
Also we're putting a bit more focus on design/branding. Hope this answers your question. Do you use HARO?
On the flip side, TC gets syndicated widely, and is very helpful for technical hiring.