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Rashid Khasanov

Journalist Hunt - A database of 340k+ journalists to feature your business

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Journalist Hunt: a database of 340k+ journalists to get media coverage for your business. Filter by location, industry, tags, beats, and outlets to find the right ones in no time.

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Rashid Khasanov
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Figuring out which journalists might be interested in featuring your business and how to get connected with them can be a nightmare. All this data is spread out, and searching for them manually on Muck Rack, LinkedIn, and different media outlets can be a time-consuming and draining task. We've been in your shoes and we understand how beneficial getting media coverage can be for growing your business, building brand awareness, and gaining consistent exposure. We're a team of four who've successfully launched 7 database products, with 3 of them turning profitable. We've gained some experience and knowledge in helping our users save time and effort in getting connected with the right professionals efficiently. Building Journalist Hunt took us over 6 months of hard work. We've collected and aggregated journalist data sets from different sources, and we were able to build a comprehensive database of 340,000 journalists. Our journalists are filtered by locations, journalist types, industries, tags, beats, media outlets and more. Plus, we provide their emails, phone numbers, and social media links. 🚀 Special offer: For the Product Hunt community, we've created a '50% off forever' discount. This offer ends in 1 week. Code: PHSPECIAL We'd love to hear your feedback, and thanks for your time 🙏 Rashid, Marat, Isken and Salavat.
André J
Neat! How would you recommend approaching journalist? Cold emailing?
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@sentry_co Thanks Andre! Yes, I'd recommend cold emailing only those journalists who cover your industry or topic. Personalize your emails and follow up. I would also not recommend spamming journalists by sending bulk emails of the same message.
Rami
good idea, I wonder how receptive they all are.
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@kingromstar Good point, Rami! Journalists are also on the lookout for stories that are relevant and interesting to their readers. And their goal is to consistently create valuable content. If you target the right journalists based on their beat or industry, you'll have much have higher chances of getting media coverage.
Time-saver, especially for the bloggers. Thank you!
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@dilancelik Thanks Dilan! I am really glad to hear that!
Yassine Nahid
Crucial for modern SEO practices, good luck with the lunch!
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@yassine_nahid Thank you! Yes, backlinks, referral traffic, brand credibility and many other SEO benefits would come after getting press coverage by reputable journalists and media outlets.
Alexashelby
amazing!
Never thought of trying PR stuff. Do you also provide some blogs etc. on where to target for a type of product. Some success stories etc.?
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@parul0_0 Hi Parul, Good questions! Currently we don't have that type of content, but we'll be creating how-tos and other helpful resources very soon. Stay tuned!
Aravind Parameswaran
Cool idea! Are you also thinking of a 2-sided marketplace model connecting users with journalists within your platform? And other tooling around PR? Btw, maybe consider adding the preview of the data in the website. I see that you have it in a screenshot here in PH but not in website. It might help people see what they'd get if they end up buying the membership.
Rashid Khasanov
Maker
@imaravind Thanks Aravind! We want to run it as a SaaS product by keeping our focus on helping businesses find the right journalists. Turning it into a marketplace would be a more challenging route. As for providing a preview to our database, that's a good point. Thanks for your feedback!
Andreas
Interesting, indeed. The price point might not be comfortable for everyone however.
Teimoor Alam
It's an automated process or it's just matching the journalist with given requirements. If it's manual then the data is also Scrap able and anyone can reach to them easily in today's world.