{"id":9724,"date":"2011-11-14T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:16:34","slug":"media-contact-lists-for-pr-people-on-a-tight-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/media-contact-lists-for-pr-people-on-a-tight-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Media contact lists for PR people on a tight budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/11\/magazine-co-vers-for-media-lists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/11\/magazine-co-vers-for-media-lists.jpg\" alt=\"magazines on media database lists\" class=\"wp-image-9725\" title=\"magazine co vers for media lists\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t love to be able afford the big, massive&nbsp;media contact database&#8212;the ones that cost thousands of dollars?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for sole proprieator PR people, or&nbsp;do-it-yourself Publicity Hounds, that&#8217;s usually out of the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An inexpensive&nbsp;alternative is the collection of smaller lists&nbsp;offered by HandleYourOwnPR.com, a real bargain if you&#8217;re looking only for media who cover a specific topic, like weddings, children&#8217;s nutrition &nbsp;or women&#8217;s acccessories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find 22 lists in four categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kids\/Parenting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Food &amp; Nutrition (13 contacts) &#8212; $90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Products (18 contacts) &#8212; $90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regional Parenting Pubs (47 contacts) &#8212; $99<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health and Family (15 contacts) &#8212; $90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parenting Blogs &amp; Websites\u00a0(53 contacts) &#8212; $90<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lifestyle:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bridal Magazines (24 contacts) &#8212; $115<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Home &amp; Interior Design (75 contacts) &#8212; $110<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Men&#8217;s Fashion Mags (16 contacts) &#8212; $89<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Men&#8217;s Mags Health, Food &amp; Nutrition (16 contacts) &#8212; $89<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Fashion Mags (61 contacts) &#8212; $135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Mags &#8211; Accessories (16 contacts) &#8212; $115<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Mags &#8211; Beauty (59 contacts) &#8212; $135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Mags &#8211; Food &amp; Nutrition (21 contacts) &#8212; $135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Mags &#8211; Health &amp; Nutrition (60 contacts) &#8212; $135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celebrity Magazines (20 contacts) &#8212; $115<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natural\/Green Living\u00a0Mags (37 contacts) &#8212; $115<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Reviewers (63 contacts) &#8212; $125<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holiday Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Men&#8217;s Mag Holiday Gift\u00a0Guide (11 contacts) &#8212; $85<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parenting Holiday Gift Guide (15 contacts) &#8212; $95<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s Mag Holiday Gift Guide 2011\u00a0(43 contacts) $125<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News\/Business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Newspaper Personal Finance Sources (36 contacts) &#8212; $150<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Newspaper Real Estate Sources (41 contacts) &#8212; $150\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I asked MA sample list for parenting publications that accept news about new products includes 21 contacts, mostly editors, from magazines like American Baby, Baby Talk,&nbsp;Fit Pregnancy, O (the Oprah Magazine), Parents and working Mother.&nbsp;Each list includes the contact name, job title, publicaiton, phone number, email address, mailing address and a comment or two about&nbsp;what kind of news is wanted, or how to pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t love to be able afford the big, massive&nbsp;media contact database&#8212;the ones that cost thousands of dollars? But for sole proprieator PR people, or&nbsp;do-it-yourself Publicity Hounds, that&#8217;s usually out of the question. An inexpensive&nbsp;alternative is the collection of smaller lists&nbsp;offered by HandleYourOwnPR.com, a real bargain if you&#8217;re looking only for media who cover a\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/media-contact-lists-for-pr-people-on-a-tight-budget\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[29,205],"class_list":{"0":"post-9724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-public-relations","7":"tag-media-relations","8":"tag-pitching","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43184,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions\/43184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}