Free Media Outreach Opportunities from Business Insider, Women.com, etc

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Ada at Sellify
December 27, 2024

Hey, hope you’re having a good holiday season and getting some much-needed downtime.

Your media/press opportunity roundup is coming in today because of the Christmas celebrations. While things are understandably slow this week, there are a couple of urgent deadlines from big publications you might want to pay attention to.

Here’s your roundup, and as usual, please reply directly to the journalists.

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Home/Interior decoration

Business Insider is urgently looking for quick statements/suggestions from current practicing interior designers (or your blog contributor) on how to improve a small apartment space with luxurious space-saving tips! Think using vertical space, storage tips, etc. Needing something ASAP before the weekend!

USNews is looking for U.S based baby furniture vendors and experts for a piece on “Making Room for a Baby”. Share your insights directly with Robyn with a link to your best-seller.

QUERY: This will be a story on making room for a baby. What factors go into creating the perfect nursery? I'll be covering considerations such as the perfect paint color and lighting, what furniture is needed, which decorations are good for a baby's development, how to carve out space if you don't have a spare room, etc.

She’ll like to hear from U.S.-based interior designers and other experts who personally have experience designing baby nurseries, as well as U.S. homeowners who can talk about recent nurseries they have created.

CTW Features (published in newspapers and various websites) is looking for experts on eco-friendly homes. Share your insights directly with Erik, with a link to the blog section of your store.

QUERY: I’m writing an article this week for CTW Features and a nationally syndicated special section called “Homebuyers Guide 2025” that will be published in the next few weeks in newspapers and websites across the country. For one of the articles running in this section, I’m looking to interview real estate agents, mortgage lenders, housing industry real estate attorneys, analysts, and other related subject matter experts for the following story:

What buyers should know about eco-friendly homes. Below is a list of questions I’m seeking answers to. I can only conduct email interviews (please email me back full-sentence written responses that I can use as quotes). My deadline to receive written responses is noon central Thursday, January 2, 2025. Please let me know if you can participate via written responses and meet this deadline.

QUESTIONS:

1. Please define and explain what an “eco-friendly” home is in 2025. Is this the common term nowadays for this type of green home?

2. How are “eco-friendly” homes marketed today? What are some common descriptions and features found in home listings that indicate the home is “eco-friendly”?

3. What should home shoppers know about eco-friendly homes? What kinds of eco-friendly features/amenities should they be looking for, at minimum, in your opinion?

4. How much more can eco-friendly features increase the price of a home versus a comparable home without eco-friendly features? Do these homes also tend to sell more quickly?

5. What are some questions that shoppers should ask of sellers about their eco-friendly homes to prevent buyer’s regret and provide greater peace of mind?

6. Any other thoughts, tips, or suggestions on this topic?

7. What is your full name, title, company, city/state location, and email address?

Interior Collective is looking for experts on the future of interior design. Please share your insights directly with Abhishak.

QUERY: Looking to hear from Interior designers about future of interior design. We will give full credit to the speaker on our website.

Pets

Beck on Tech is looking for experts on pet technology. Please share your insights directly with Molly. What's the coolest technology you've bought for your pet?

  • CATEGORY: Lifestyle and Entertainment

  • NAME: Molly Beck

  • EMAIL: [email protected]

  • MUCK RACK URL:

  • MEDIA OUTLET: Beck on Tech

  • MEDIA WEBSITE: https://www.readbeckontech.com

  • DEADLINE DATE: 2025-12-28

  • DEADLINE TIME: 12:00 pm

  • TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time

QUERY: Please share the coolest tech-related gizmo you've bought for your pet. Include 1-2 sentences about the type of pet, how you use it, a link to the product, your name, and up to two links for credit (LinkedIn, company website, or both).

Fashion

Women.com is looking for professional stylists/trend forecasters to share their predictions for shoe trends for women in 2025.

Here are our questions:

1. What are 3 to 4 shoe trends you predict will be everywhere in 2025? For each trend, can you share 1-2 sentences explaining why you anticipate it will be a big trend?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Family

New York Family to speak with experts/parents about the new parenting trend,nesting parties.If you know about these kinds of parties or have had one yourself, I'd love to hear from you!Please email [email protected]!

Health/Wellness

New York Family is looking for wellness products to feature for the best wellness products for 2025! Email [email protected]!

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That’s it, Sellify Club.

Till next week,

Ada