Table of contents
- Tips and tricks for finding the right Media Database contacts
- Adding company addresses from outlets to a List
Finding the right Media Database contacts
When you have a prepared list of journalists or outlets which you would like to add to your regular contact lists or a Media Database list, here are some helpful tips and tricks:
- Reserve enough time and start in advance. Doing targeted searches and hand picking the right contacts can take quite some time. The bigger the list, the more time you should reserve for this.
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Prepare with Google or AI. If you want to create a list of contacts from a niche group but you do not know exactly which ones. Use Google, similar search engines, or even AI to help you prepare a target list. Type what you are searching for in either search engines and copy-paste your preferred results into a spreadsheet or document.
We strongly recommend to double check the outcome and to never blindly trust on the results. - Do multiple searches. When you have a target list, you may have to do different searches to get to your desired contacts. You can add journalists and outlets from different search results onto one or more media database list(s). From each search manually select the contacts and add them to your Media Database list. Repeat this process until you have found all the journalists on your target list.
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Use all filtering options. In the Media Database there are different ways of searching for journalists and outlets. We recommend using all options if you are targeting a list of journalist and outlets to get the best results:
- Under ‘Search for Persons’ you can use the filters under ‘Search for Outlet’.
- Alternatively, you can switch to ‘Search for Keywords’ or ‘Search for Specific Person’ and manually enter the search terms into the text field.
Adding company addresses from outlets to a List
If you wish to create Lists out of the Organization's company email addresses:
- Search for your desired outlet.
- The database will only give you the journalists' email addresses in the Search Result. With each Journalist you can find the column Outlet name. Click on the outlet name to go to the Outlet detail page.
- On the detail page under Outlet Information, find the company's email addresses. These addresses cannot be imported in a media database list. These company addresses cannot be downloaded into Media Database lists.
- Copy the email address and manually add a new contact. Alternatively, collect all outlets in a sheet and upload the list as CSV into Contacts.