MEDIA LISTS

We provide journalists' contacts so you can pitch to gain media coverage for your startup.

All our media lists are delivered as workable spreadsheets and contain the media outlet, title, and email contacts of editorial departments and journalists who publish their contact details for submissions.

The information was publicly provided by media outlets and journalists. We update our lists monthly and only charge for our office services.

To find out how to properly use the media lists for your PR activities, read ahead:

BE AWARE THAT DATA NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WITH CARE

We make our press mailing list available for startups and entrepreneurs in the creative industries who want to pitch journalists themselves.

With this new trend of do-it-yourself PR, however, comes the responsibility to handle this business data with good care.

Whether you are an indie maker, creator, or innovator, you have a responsibility to handle the data you receive with the same care as a corporate enterprise must handle its data flow.

KEEP YOUR DATA UP-TO-DATE

We provide you with tip box email addresses and journalists' and influencers' direct email addresses when they publicly (on the internet or in print) make these addresses available for pitches.

We are constantly updating the lists.

If you contact a journalist, influencer or blogger who has opted out of receiving content from you, immediately remove the contact from your database and never contact them again.

NEVER SEND A MASS EMAIL

Do not start a blind copy or mass email as a newsletter campaign. The contacts you received did not subscribe to your news.

Instead, start carefully researching which outlets are relevant to your topic (consider the area you want to reach out to and the topics the outlet covers). Craft a custom pitch to selected journalists who cater to readers that are your target audience. Tightly focused, interest-driven publications are your goal. Then send a plain text email with a direct pitch.

We are working hard to add publicly available Linkedin and Twitter profiles to every contact, so you can make first contacts over social platforms to limit email campaigns for the first reach-out.

FOR CUSTOMIZED PITCHES AT SCALE, USE SENDY

When you have a shortlist of relevant journalists and need to send many customized pitches — not a newsletter — we recommend our partner Sendy.co , a self-hosted email mailer for customized but bulk emails.

Emails to journalists should be plain text only. Do not send HTML newsletters or bulky attachments. Put photos, bios, and other assets in a press kit and include links so journalists can download the material themselves.

For best delivery and easy setup, connect Sendy to your own domain's email server — not Amazon SES. With your own server provider you only need your email settings, then you can start campaigns from your personalized Sendy dashboard.

IF IN DOUBT, ASK.

In case of doubt about how to use the media lists received according to data protection, please feel free to consult with us. Contact us at hi@pronthego.com and we will get back to you asap.