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Business and Finance

1) 5 Things You Need To Know To Create A Highly Successful E-Commerce Business (Authority Magazine)

2) Women living off emergency fund due to pandemic (Glamour)

3) Seeking commentary on DeFi taking over CeFi/DeFi asset drop (Finance Magnates)

4) Looking For Best Tools for Managing Your Sales Pipeline (Databox Blog)

5) SEO vs. PPC––How to Decide Which Strategy is Right (Databox Blog)

6) What's the best way to generate leads from your blog? (Databox Blog)

7) Would you peep Marpipe on Product Hunt? (www.marpipe.com/marpipe-blog?utm=haro)

8) Landlords-Residential (The Associated Press)

9) Needed: Companies Supplying Composites Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (Composites Weekly )

10) VCs: What if a company downsized its products (Inc.)

11) e-mail or social media for ads? (E-Commerce Times)

12) Seeking ethical decision making expert (Workology Podcast )

13) Cold outreach for Social Media Consultants (Thirteen Thoughts )

14) Looking for young professionals for comments about investing (Axos Bank)

15) Seeking biz travel analysts/experts to discuss post-Covid travel (TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine)

16) How COVID-19 is changing credit card offers (CreditCards.com)

17) What does the department of labor (DOL) do, and how does it affect small businesses? (Business.com)

18) How to successfully negotiate a higher salary during the hiring process (CareerAddict)

19) Seeking expert on certified organic marketing (The Counter)

20) Best practices for marketing and regulatory compliance in financial services? (PerformLine)

21) Work from home perks (New York Post)

22) UK businesses who have pivoted to online format (Anonymous)

23) Your Startup Experience & Small Business (Anonymous)

24) How has COVID affected mortgages? (Forbes Advisor)

25) Companies that use Lightspeed POS (Tech.co)

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Business and Finance

1) Summary: 5 Things You Need To Know To Create A Highly Successful E-Commerce Business

Name: Yitzi Weiner Authority Magazine

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bafq@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Authority Magazine

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 15 October

Query:

Dear Friends Authority Magazine is starting a new interview
series called

5 Things You Need To Know To Create A Highly Successful
E-Commerce Business . Full description here
https://bit.ly/2FZzFkw

The future of retail will likely turn to E-Commerce. As many
retailers begin to move towards selling exclusively online, what
do they have to know in order to create a successful
E-Commerce business? What can we learn from existing successful
E-Commerce business models to inform emerging companies?

We would like to interview successful CEOs, founders, and
business leaders from ecommerce companies who can share advice
from their experience about the "5 Things You Need To Know To
Create A Highly Successful E-Commerce Business"

The interview series will have two stages.

All of the full interviews will be published in Arianna
Huffington's Thrive Global and Authority Magazine, and they will
look like the following:

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/how-holly-oneill-of-bank-of-america-tackles-the-extreme-work-life-balance-of-being-a-woman-a3c4503bd5d4?source=friends_link&sk=8dfa9d3e55384c6cb1d00661fdfabf33

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/pepsico-vp-emily-silver-as-you-get-more-senior-people-are-less-likely-to-push-back-on-you-find-f54e4be88af7?source=friends_link&sk=d064557a27057b0d9582b88531763d55

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/social-impact-heroes-how-amber-zenith-emily-nelson-have-helped-to-reignite-a-love-for-aerobic-workouts-across-north-america/

In addition, after the all interviews are completed, an article
featuring the best ideas will be submitted to Buzzfeed and
Entrepreneur.com, like these we have done:

https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/345415
https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/340907
https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/339554

The Buzzfeed article will look similar to this:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/heres-what-the-best-athletes-of-the-90s-look-lik

Individuals who are accepted for this series will be featured in
at least 2 - 4 articles.

Yitzi Weiner, Charlie Katz & Jerome Knyszewski will be the
primary lead for the series. Most interviews will not require
phone interviews and can be done by email. Requirements:

We would like to interview successful CEOs, founders, and
business leaders from ecommerce companies who can share advice
from their experience about the "5 Things You Need To Know To
Create A Highly Successful E-Commerce Business"

Please leave your pitch below so that we do not miss your
email. (The text of your submission will be a pitch for an
interview, and will not be used in the actual article)

Other articles that our team is actively working on (including
this one) can be seen here bit.ly/otherarticlesweareworkingon

Our complete list of story-lines can be seen here
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/ongoing-interview-series-in-authority-magazine-7d633a349753

For more about Authority Magazine and other articles created by
our team, please see here:
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/about-authority-magazine-bc4be45bdd05

Requirements:

We would like to interview successful CEOs, founders, and
business leaders from ecommerce companies who can share advice
from their experience about the "5 Things You Need To Know To
Create A Highly Successful E-Commerce Business"

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2) Summary: Women living off emergency fund due to pandemic

Name: Mekita Rivas Glamour

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbss@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Glamour

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

I'm looking to speak with women who are exclusively living off
their emergency fund due to pandemic-related job loss, career
changes, family crises, etc.

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3) Summary: Seeking commentary on DeFi taking over CeFi/DeFi asset drop

Name: Rachel McIntosh Finance Magnates

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbu4@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Finance Magnates

Deadline: 11:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

1. Today, CoinTelegraph reported that 93% of the top 250 coins
declined in price in September. Why did this happen? What's
causing the big cooldown, particuarly in DeFi markets?

2. Binance's CEO recently said that "He Fully Expects DeFi to
Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange". Is this likely to come to
pass? What's the timeline for something like this?

3. Can/will DeFi ever truly take over CeFi in the crypto finance
world? In the traditional finance world?

4. Other thoughts?

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4) Summary: Looking For Best Tools for Managing Your Sales Pipeline

Name: Spela Mlekuz Databox Blog

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbu7@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Databox Blog

Deadline: 10:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

1) What's ONE great tool you rely on for managing your sales
pipeline? (Short answer)

2) How does it help? (Please answer as thoroughly as possible).

3) What's the best tool you use for managing your sales
pipeline? (select one, delete the rest)

Pipedrive

HubSpot CRM

Bitrix24

Salesflare

Insightly

FreshSales

InsightSquared

Clari

Salesforce

Vtiger

Zendesk Sell

Pipefy

Zoho CRM

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5) Summary: SEO vs. PPC––How to Decide Which Strategy is Right

Name: Spela Mlekuz Databox Blog

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbua@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Databox Blog

Deadline: 10:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

1) What's the MOST important factor to consider when deciding
between investing in SEO or PPC as a marketing strategy?

2) Which channel provides quicker results?

SEO

PPC

3) Which channel provides more quality results/leads?

SEO

PPC

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6) Summary: What's the best way to generate leads from your blog?

Name: Spela Mlekuz Databox Blog

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbud@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Databox Blog

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

1) What's ONE effective way for generating more leads from your
blog? How does this work?

2) What's your visit-to-lead conversion rate on your blog?

less than 1%

1-2%

2-3%

3-4%

4-5%

5-6%

6-7%

7-8%

8-9%

9-10%

more than 10%

3) Has blogging become more or less effective at generating
leads?

More effective

Less effective

Not sure

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7) Summary: Would you peep Marpipe on Product Hunt?

Name: Brett Friedman www.marpipe.com/marpipe-blog?utm=haro

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbv0@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: www.marpipe.com/marpipe-blog?utm=haro

Deadline: 11:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

If you have a Product Hunt account...

Would you check us out?
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/marpipe-1-0

We finally launched today after 2 years of hard work and we're
looking for feedback and upvotes :D

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8) Summary: Landlords-Residential

Name: Anne D'Innocenzio The Associated Press

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbvp@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: The Associated Press

Deadline: 11:00 AM EST - 1 October

Query:

I am looking to talk to landlords of residential buildings. How
squeezed are you? How have you been affected by the moratoriums?

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9) Summary: Needed: Companies Supplying Composites Materials and Manufacturing Technologies

Name: Jonathan Taylor Composites Weekly

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbvv@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Composites Weekly

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

Looking for innovative companies and experts within the
composites manufacturing industry to join us on our weekly
podcast (www.compositesweekly.com) to discuss the latest
innovations in composites technology - carbon fiber, 3D
Printing, Bio Composites and FRP. We would like to interview
them for a 30 minute segment on our podcast show. Our weekly
podcast is the leading podcast for composites and advance
materials. The show has over 28K listens worldwide.

Requirements:

Looking for innovative companies and experts within the
composites manufacturing industry to join us on our weekly
podcast (www.compositesweekly.com) to discuss the latest
innovations in composites technology - carbon fiber, 3D
Printing, Bio Composites and FRP. We would like to interview
them for a 30 minute segment on our podcast show. Our weekly
podcast is the leading podcast for composites and advance
materials. The show has over 28K listens worldwide.

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10) Summary: VCs: What if a company downsized its products

Name: Coeli Carr Inc.

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbw3@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Inc.

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

Seeking VCs and angel investors - can be early, middle or late
stage funders - to comment on this scenario: what if a company
sought funding but had reduced its product and service
offerings? Is this a negative? What other factors do you
consider? VC and angel investor responders must provide mobile
and email contact. If you're a publicist, I need contact info
for your client. Will call VCs/funders directly.

Requirements:

U.S. companies only.

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11) Summary: e-mail or social media for ads?

Name: Jack Germain E-Commerce Times

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbw5@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: E-Commerce Times

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

I am looking for comments on which ad platform works best --
email or social media campaign. Comments on any of these talking
points greatly appreciated:

What makes e-mail such an effective marketing tool?

How can marketers relying on Email first overcome the glut of
spam filters?

What benefits of social media make it an effective marketing
tool?

How can marketers effectively use both email and social media
platforms for their advertising campaigns?

What are the most significant takeaways from this year's survey
results?

How has the pandemic, which strongly influenced changes in
consumer buying and shopping patterns, changed the advertising
strategies of marketers?

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12) Summary: Seeking ethical decision making expert

Name: Jessica Miller-Merrell Workology Podcast

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bams@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Workology Podcast

Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

I'm seeking a podcast guest to talk about ethical decision
making used in the workplace. I would love someone to share a
framework for business leaders on ethics and why these are
important now more than ever.

Requirements:

Familiar and comfortable with ethics who has spoken, professor,
and/or published author on the importance of ethics.

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13) Summary: Cold outreach for Social Media Consultants

Name: Missy Warener Thirteen Thoughts

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bawl@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Thirteen Thoughts

Deadline: 4:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

How can aspiring SM consultants market themselves successfully
through cold outreach? What tips can you share?

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14) Summary: Looking for young professionals for comments about investing

Name: Jess Koslow Axos Bank

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbjs@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Axos Bank

Deadline: 12:00 PM PST - 2 October

Query:

I'm looking for young professionals to share a few comments
about getting started investing. Please respond to the following
questions. When did you start to invest? What was your
motivation to invest? What was challenging or what do you wish
you knew before you started? Do you use self-directed trading or
a human or robo-advisor?

Requirements:

Can not be a current customer of Axos Bank or any of its
subsidiaries.

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15) Summary: Seeking biz travel analysts/experts to discuss post-Covid travel

Name: Carol Katarsky TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbk1@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine

Deadline: 3:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

Looking for experts who can answer a few questions about likely
biz travel trends (short and long term) for a B2B audience.

Specifically, how these changes might change biz travelers
ability/willingness to travel for events such as trade shows,
conferences, etc.

Requirements:

Looking for people with a demonstrable background in analysis of
biz travel trends.

Not interested in travel safety tips, travel cost/expenses
stories, etc.

Understanding of construction and/or electrical industry is
helpful, but not required.

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16) Summary: How COVID-19 is changing credit card offers

Name: Aaron Broverman CreditCards.com

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbkj@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: CreditCards.com

Deadline: 11:00 AM EST - 2 October

Query:

Wondering if credit card industry analysts and commentators or
issuer reps can speak on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed
credit card offers, bonuses, features and benefits

Requirements:

U.S. only please

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17) Summary: What does the department of labor (DOL) do, and how does it affect small businesses?

Name: Skye Schooley Business.com

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bblj@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Business.com

Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

1. What is the department of labor (DOL)? 2. What does the DOL
do? 3. Which federal laws does the DOL enforce? 4. Which
agencies fall under the DOL? 5. How does the DOL affect your
business? 6. How does the DOL affect employees? 7. Please
include anything else a small business owner should know about
the DOL. 8. Please list your name, company, job title, social
media handles and relevant links.

Requirements:

Legal, human resources, business consulting

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18) Summary: How to successfully negotiate a higher salary during the hiring process

Name: Stavros Triseliotis CareerAddict

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbnu@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: CareerAddict

Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

Answer the following questions:

-What tips would you give to someone who is trying to negotiate
a higher salary?

- What are some do's and don'ts when negotiating a higher
starting salary?

Requirements:

For this query, we want insight from career coaches, as well as
recruitment managers and HR leaders. Please include handles to
your social media profiles and website.

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19) Summary: Seeking expert on certified organic marketing

Name: Alexandra Jones The Counter

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbp6@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: The Counter

Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

Hi! I'm working on a piece about why farmers (all
sectors/scales) choose to undergo the organic certification
process and the benefits and challenges they have to consider.

I'd like to talk with an expert who can speak to the actual and
perceived value of certified organic products (all ag sectors,
including animal feed) to customers, both B2B and direct to
consumer, and provide market research data on this.

Requirements:

Must have and be able to share data to back up assertions
(whether from academic research or market research)

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20) Summary: Best practices for marketing and regulatory compliance in financial services?

Name: Gianna Barrere PerformLine

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbqh@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: PerformLine

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 2 October

Query:

What are your best practices, tips, or tricks for
marketing/regulatory compliance that your organization
implements? What are your "must-haves"? Please share up to
three. Your responses, name/title, and company will be featured
in the article.

Requirements:

Looking for compliance professionals working in the financial
services industry, including financial institutions,
banks,credit unions, fintechs, mortgage servicers, lenders, etc.
Please share your name, title, organization, website, and
Linkedin profile/twitter profile.

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21) Summary: Work from home perks

Name: Virginia Backaitis New York Post

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbtn@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: New York Post

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 1 October

Query:

What are employers in the NYC area doing to make up for the
perks that people aren't receiving at work?

Please be explicit with the name of the employer and what is
being provided. If you are a "perk vendor," I am only interested
if you have a NY-area client.

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22) Summary: UK businesses who have pivoted to online format

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbuk@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Anonymous

Deadline: 3:00 PM GMT - 1 October

Query:

Are you a UK-based business who didn't have an online presence
until the pandemic came along? If you were previously offline,
and now have an online presence or are solely online, I'd like
to hear from you!

Seeking people willing to be email interviewed for a case study
that will live permanently online (on the website of an
international brand), and be promoted as part of a PR campaign

Requirements:

Must be based in the UK, must have gone online as a result of
the pandemic

Types of business I can't consider are adult entertainment,
gambling, drug-related

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23) Summary: Your Startup Experience & Small Business

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbux@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Anonymous

Deadline: 10:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

If you are a small business owner or started a business, we want
to hear from you. What was the inspiration to be a business
owner? Did you get financial backing or did you start from
scratch? Anything you have experienced that could help others
build their business successfully would be appreciated.
Challenges or roadblocks that you have overcome?

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24) Summary: How has COVID affected mortgages?

Name: Nancy Mann Jackson Forbes Advisor

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbv9@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Forbes Advisor

Deadline: 8:00 PM EST - 30 September

Query:

Seeking mortgage experts to discuss how COVID has affected
mortgage loan rates, fees, and the mortgage process, as well as
the refinance process.

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25) Summary: Companies that use Lightspeed POS

Name: Tom fogden Tech.co

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-bbve@helpareporter.net

Media Outlet: Tech.co

Deadline: 5:00 PM GMT - 2 October

Query:

I'm looking to get some written testimony from preferably US
businesses that have used Lightspeed POS.

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