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Why do you care about TC/GigaOm? Neither of those sites will drive significant traffic. Concentrate on SEO, real/traditional press, and smaller blogs. If your site handles free calls internationally, hit the blogs that target large groups of overseas callers. If you're trying to compete with Jajah, you may wish to study their marketing.

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Traffic is not everything. It's much easier to pitch to investors once you are covered by TC or some other "press that matters".

The exact opposite of that statement is true. It's easier to pitch investors with an innovative service with a solid business plan that looks like 100x growth in 5 years. It's much easier to raise your valuation with real user/subscriber/customer growth and a well defined sales cycle. The A tier investors see the good deals long before they ever break on TC/Om/Cnet/etc.

Getting a meeting on Sand Hill Road isn't hard. If you're relying on a blog to get your investment, you're doing it wrong.

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