Thought I'd give an update.
Sent out about 70 emails a few days ago, to a mix of youtubers / press.
Long story short, no replies. I did get a couple in the form of;
"Thanks for contacting us! We'll look at your game later in the week. In the meantime, would you like to advertise on our site?". I assume they won't really look at my game.
Sent out promo codes to all of them and none have been used (at least Android ones haven't, not sure how to check iOS on itunes connect). In fact, no-one even clicked on my youtube video link. I know because I keep count of the views.
I was expecting maybe 1-2 replies from the smaller sites/channels. Optimistically hoping for 3-4. So all in all 0 isn't really that far off par to be honest. I knew that it was a likely scenario
This is my game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YosTGlQYxQ0&feature=youtu.beThe quality/presentation is probably just not good enough to warrant attention. Disappointing but such is life!
Anyway just thought I'd share my experiences
Peace
You did your job well contacting all the press sites, so the problem probably lies in the presentation.
If nobody watched the trailer, that's probably because the press announcement wasn't very exciting. Mind sharing it with us?
Meanwhile, take this:
http://www.theastronauts.com/2013/12/one-lethal-mistake-indie-marketing/ I think your trailer has lots of little problems that are addressed in the article. Make another one, do a little update to justify another round of mails, and try again!