swombat gave a talk on how to get on TechCrunch/Lifehacker/etc in one of the first HN London meetups. [1]
And I believe his first point was: follow up. I can't remember exactly what happened, but he basically emailed [TechCrunch] with a follow-up email after a period of silence, and the blogger got back to him with an "Oops, mea culpa, slipped my mind".
It's not clear from your post, but did you try just reaching out to them again? Maybe a blogger directly, instead of the tips@ mailbox which might be inundated with way too many emails...
We haven't followed up, and I agree contacting a blogger in person is indeed what we should do. In between we figured out that being on the front page of HN (even for the wrong reasons) would at least make a bit of noise, help us get some ideas and feedback on the app (it looks crap, we got this) and refine our strategy for this project (or the next one).
And I believe his first point was: follow up. I can't remember exactly what happened, but he basically emailed [TechCrunch] with a follow-up email after a period of silence, and the blogger got back to him with an "Oops, mea culpa, slipped my mind".
It's not clear from your post, but did you try just reaching out to them again? Maybe a blogger directly, instead of the tips@ mailbox which might be inundated with way too many emails...
[1] http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/how-to-get-on-techc...