The 2007 Media Kit is available by calling 480-237-7100 and speaking to your area representative, per the information below:
Zach Alter, x106
Account Executive
Sales Manager
West Coast Sales
Midwest Sales
Phil Bohn, x104
Account Executive
East Coast Sales
Philip Belanger, x114
Account Executive
Southeast Sales
In our media kit, you can find out more about our family of web sites, see some site statistics, view our editorial calendar and get our contact information. You will also find details about our content and tool partners, third party service providers (for statistical reporting, ad serving, demographic data collection, newsletter routing, etc.) and some current advertisers.
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In addition to what is listed in this post, we’re looking for some other freelancers to write short pieces/fillers for our existing blogs. (See the list of blogs and their URLs below.)
This would be a great way to make use of reprints, spectacular personal blog entries, unsold spec pieces and other unpublished material — like that great stuff you had to cut from an article because there was just too much to cover!
Length: 100-200 words on average (longer is fine)
Payment: Flat fee of $5 each, plus byline
If you have something that would be perfect, please send it on to feedback at the sheknowsllc dotcom domain with the subject line BLOG FILLER.
And, without further ado, here are our current blogs!
Entertainment News: All the latest celebrity gossip and entertainment news
Scrapbooking & Crafts: Projects, tips, new products and places, expert spotlights and more
Television: What to watch, show updates and recaps, celeb spotlights and the latest TV news
Sex: Tips for understanding and improving your sex life
Recipes, Food & Cooking: Recipes, new products, food information, cooking tips and more good stuff
Beauty, Fashion & Style: Beauty tips, fashion advice, new products and information on the latest style trends
SheKnows Gift Guide: Cool gifts, goodies and other fab stuff we like
Showing Pregnancy Fashion: Maternity style tips, fashion advice, new products and information on the latest trends for mom and baby
Pregnancy & Baby: Pregnancy information, baby care advice, fun tips, new products and lots more for the new family
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Scottsdale, AZ / June 5, 2007 — Everyone loves to win, but the chances are typically pretty slim … until now. Winning prizes is super easy at SheKnows.com and its partner websites. SheKnows announces the launch of Points & Prizes (www.pointsandprizes.com) where web surfers can earn gifts simply by clicking through SheKnows.com and SheKnows’ partner web sites: ChildFun.com, ColoringBookFun.com, FamilyCorner.com, MomsMenu.com, MakingFriends.com, MainStreetMom.com, iChef.com, ChefMom.com, PregnancyandBaby.com and PregnancyFashion.com.
Here’s how it works: Visitors go to pointsandprizes.com and register. Once they’re signed up, they start visiting SheKnows.com and the SheKnows’ partner sites. Point codes are nestled into Points & Prizes banners on these sites. There are other ways to rack up points too: signing up for free e-mail newsletters on both SheKnows.com and the partner sites, and looking for point codes within the newsletters; telling a friend about the site; joining in on a message board discussion to discover more points; signing up for a contest; and searching the comments on SheKnows Photo Zone for hidden point words.
Members will start accumulating tons of free points to use to raid the prize box for things like DVDs, CDs, clothes, gift cards, books, calendars, planners, beauty products and much more. There is no limit on the number of prizes one can win.
The PointsandPrizes.com recent redesign is inviting, has improved site navigation and features new flash technology that highlights prizes on the home page. The site also has new features such as the ability to search for specific prizes and exclusive contests just for site members.
Points and Prizes has also realized recent success with the distribution of a newsletter to more than 8,000 double opt-in subscribers.
http://sheknows.com is currently the number 8 women’s community on the web, according to comScore MediaMetrix’s April 2007 report, and attracts more than 4 million unique visitors each month.
SheKnows is composed of a network of websites that include PregnancyandBaby.com, an online resource for prospective, expectant and new parents; PointsandPrizes.com, a loyalty program where readers can collect points and pick their own prizes; FamilyCorner.com, full of ideas and fun for the whole family; ChefMom.com, a recipe exchange site chock full of cooking advice; Hairboutique.com, the best and most complete resources for hair; FabulousFoods.com, a comprehensive food and cooking site; Coloringbookfun.com, the largest free source of coloring pages on the Internet; and iChef.com, one of the top ten cooking websites.
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These are the content sites currently open to freelancers:
SheKnows.com
If she wants to know it, we want to cover it! Originality, creativity and interactive twists on more usual topics are encouraged. We really encourage a “how-to, can-do” angle for our articles, by including step-by-step guides, bulleted or numbered lists, related links, checklists, etc. [Visit this site]
Here are some recent articles we especially liked, so you can get a sense of content and feel:
At the moment, we’re most interested buying material on the following topics:
* entertainment/celebrities
* food and cooking, recipes
* beauty and style
* shopping, budgeting, etc.
* love & sex
And then, secondary topics include:
* dating, coupletime and romance
* home decor, improvement & moving
* money, finances & budgeting
* weddings
* travel or destinations
* crafts/hobbies
* womens’ and family health
* diet and fitness
We also want to find people to create fun, interactive quizzes (10 questions, each with 4 possible answers, and five levels of scoring).
For all sites
When it comes to new articles for our sites, generally, we are looking for information from experts in a variety of fields as well as features written by journalists and others with appropriate writing skills and style. Our content is primarily freelance written.
We like articles that are based on research and interviews, presented with a friendly, accessible approach, and — of course — written for our audience. We are particularly interested in including bullet-pointed five or more item “action lists” to summarize/augment the piece.
Our features run anywhere from 500-1500 words (750 on average), depending on the subject and on a case-by-case basis, and may be serialized.
We are not seeking any fiction, personal essays or opinion pieces at this time.
The best guides for writers are the sites themselves — not just for style and tone, but also because we have have covered a lot of topics over the years (and currently have more than 9000 articles online). So please check them out, and let us know what you think we don’t yet have but should!
We do work with some previously unpublished writers.
The SheKnows.com site includes these specialized content areas:
* Parenting/Toddler to Teen: Parenting ideas, advice, interactive features and information
* Real Moms’ Guide: Lifestyle and living for women who are also mothers — though not always focusing on parenting
Other network sites…
Pregnancy & Baby
Topics related to preconception, pregnancy and postpartum is the focus here. Again, originality and creativity — even a unique twist on a more typical topic — are encouraged, as we have covered a lot of ground over the years. We are not seeking any additional personal essays or opinion pieces at this time. [Visit this site]
Showing @ PregnancyFashion.com
All about pregnancy style, beauty, wellness — all presented with flair and fun. Think of it as a guide to all the good stuff in pregnancy, and the go-to spot for some real girlfriend-to-girlfriend advice. [Visit this site]
For ChefMom.com
This site offers recipe features, cooking tips and information, nutrition advice and other helpful ideas for the family chef. Various features will be considered, including those including recipes, however, we do not pay for individual recipe submissions. [Visit this site]
GeoParent.com
See “Parenting/Toddler to Teen” under SheKnows.com and also PregnancyAndBaby.com. [Visit this site]
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Use of symbols
Please, please, please do not use any special formatting or symbol characters — or search and replace them before submitting your work.
What to look for: We specifically do not want “curly” quotation marks and apostrophes (automatically inserted by some word processing programs, although you can disable this replacement feature), fraction symbols (instead use 1/2, 1/4, etc.) ampersands (& to and), ellipses and both en and em dashes. (Please use — for a dash.)
Why? HTML is somewhat limited and displays differently on various systems and browsers, so we like to use only standard ASCII characters that don’t display only as blanks or little black-bordered boxes.
Other formatting issues
Doublespacing: Only one space is needed before a new sentence. Please avoid doublespacing after periods.
Paragraph breaks: Please do not indent any text in your submitted work, and separate paragraphs with a single blank line.
Bullet points: Please use * to signify bulleting.
Emphasis: If italics or bold are needed for emphasis, please use asterisks: “She said that *usually* pregnant women…” We will properly code it before publication.
Lists and commas: We do not use serial commas.
Usage: Some of our punctuation is somewhat European in style. We do not use the period after Dr, Mrs, Mr, etc., or in names (Michael J Fox, Christine S Thompson), or in other abbreviations, preferring MD, CNM, RN, LC, ACOG, etc. Please spell out numbers under 10, except for weights and measures. Please spell out most abbreviations, including pounds, ounces, centimeters. Please spell out all states — we don’t use postal abbreviations (CA, NY, FL) nor do we want AP-style state abbreviations (Calif., Mass.).
One last note: We prefer the word “websites” to the early-Internet “Web sites.” (Even Google agrees with us, suggesting “website” as the corrected spelling of “web site.”)
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SheKnows was listed as one of the “Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors” for the period November 2006 vs October 2006, per comScore Media Metrix.
SheKnows was up from 2,597,000 unique visitors to 4,343,000 — a jump of 67% — which positioned the brand squarely between ToysRUs.com and Napster.
See SheKnows in Table 1 in the report here.
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If you want to choose a first name for your baby to celebrate Thanksgiving, you’re not alone. In fact, the holidays and seasons are very popular sources of inspiration. There’s a virtual cornucopia of fall names out there, if you know where to look.
So where to begin? The editors at Pregnancy & Baby (www.PregnancyAndBaby.com) say you might want to consider what really were some of this nation’s first names: Those of the Pilgrims who celebrated the First Thanksgiving in 1621.
“A few of those names — Joseph, Christopher and Sarah — are still on our country’s top 10 list almost 400 years later,” says Nancy J Price, co-founder and editor of Pregnancy & Baby. “Other names from that era are less common now, but they still have a traditional flair.” The site’s top five Mayflower picks for boys are Bartholomew, Elias, Jasper, Gilbert and Myles. For girls, they recommend Alice, Constance, Eleanor, Priscilla and Susanna.
Not every name back then was what parents would consider “typical” by today’s standards. For example, three girls on the ship were descriptively named Remember, Desire and Humility. There were also three boys with similarly expressive monikers, including a lad called Resolved, and two brothers named Love and Wrestling.
Based on reader feedback, Pregnancy & Baby’s editors have learned that many parents like to put last things — or at least last names — first. “A few of the Pilgrim surnames are exactly the kind of given names that really appeal to a lot of parents today, especially for boys,” says Betsy Bailey, co-founder and editor. The duo’s top five choices from the passenger list are Allerton, Chilton, Hopkins, Latham and Tilley.
When celebrating this season, the Native Americans thought to be at the First Thanksgiving can’t be forgotten. Among them were Massasoit, Quadequina, Squanto, Hobbamock and Tokamahamon.
If you want to look beyond our shores, why not consider names that mean “thankful”? For girls, there’s Jendayi (Egyptian) and Shakira (African). If baby’s a boy, you might think about Jaden (Old English) or Zikomo (African). “Harvest” is also another seasonally relevant term, and the lovely Demetria (which is Demi Moore’s real first name) is known as the Greek goddess of harvest. Not quite right? Well, that same goddess is Ceres to the Romans, Mimis to the Turks, and Annona in Latin. Along those same lines, Charmaine is French for “bountiful orchard.” Finally, there’s Autumn. “It’s pretty, it’s seasonal, and most people know how to spell it,” says Bailey.
If these names are just not “it” for your little pumpkin, the most perfect name this season may be the sweetest of all. “Just think of someone in your life, past or present, who you’re especially grateful for,” says Price. “Celebrate Thanksgiving by naming your baby in honor of someone special.”
About Pregnancy & Baby
PregnancyAndBaby.com, part of the SheKnows.com Network, is a comprehensive source of information for women from preconception through the first years of parenthood. Designed specifically for expectant parents and those with young children, the site offers a large selection of baby naming articles, interactive tools, health and wellness features, as well as an active message board community. Price and Bailey are also the former founding editors of two national print magazines, ePregnancy and Pregnancy. For more information about Pregnancy & Baby and the SheKnows Network, visit http://PregnancyAndBaby.com and http://SheKnows.com .
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Scottsdale, AZ / March 9, 2006 — Number 1 selling singer/songwriter James Blunt is the latest musician to be featured on SheKnows.com as part of their “10 Questions with…” music interview series. Exclusive conversations with other artists — including Howie Day, Rob Thomas (matchbox twenty), Lifehouse, The Secret Machines, Snow Patrol and Aqualung — have previously appeared on the site, and new interviews are added regularly.
James Blunt’s first album, “Back to Bedlam,” has been a huge success all around the globe. One of the Englishman’s first coups was keeping the venerable Rolling Stones from topping the UK charts in mid-2005, and his latest achievement includes seeing his song “You’re Beautiful” hit number 1 on Billboard’s US Hot 100 singles chart after hovering just a breath below the top spot for three weeks. His album, meanwhile, is #5 on the The Billboard 200.
In the SheKnows.com interview, Blunt discusses several topics, including how such success has been a surprise, the backup plan in case his musical career didn’t work out, and why topping the charts isn’t really the most important thing to him.
And as for how he thinks he’s been able to make it where other artists have failed? SheKnows.com got Blunt’s perspective on that topic, too. “You know, I wouldn’t actually know the answer to that. Maybe my mum just was very good at buying thousands of copies of the album,” he laughs.
The article can be found only on the web at SheKnows.com/about/look/6868.htm .
What is SheKnows? Put simply, SheKnows is an information resource for women. According to a recent eMarketer research report, 91 million women used the Internet in 2005 — shopping and researching, playing games, socializing and working online. They are checking their horoscopes, finding out about new music and movies, browsing recipes and menu plans for dinner inspiration, reading their favorite blogs, debating politics, joining support networks, researching career opportunities — among other things. Now women can accomplish all of these tasks — and so many more — at one site: SheKnows.com, a one-stop, female-friendly portal destination for busy women.
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February 2, 2005 — When you think of the Super Bowl, for many people, the first player who comes to mind is former quarterback Joe Montana. But today, “Joe Cool” — who not only played in four Super Bowl games but was also named MVP of Super Bowls XVI, XIX and XXIV — is quarterbacking a different initiative. After learning in 2002 that he had high blood pressure, Montana had to change his way of eating and to start living a healthier lifestyle.
“I have a family history of heart disease,” says Montana, who spoke recently to SheKnows.com. “A little over two years ago, I found out that I suffered from severely high blood pressure that needed to be brought under control. I had to change my diet, exercise schedule and take medication to get it under control. I worked with my doctor to find a game plan that was good for me and would help me achieve my blood pressure goal.”
Montana shares one of his favorite delicious and healthy Super Bowl party recipes to help you gear up your own smart game plan.
Kick-Off Chicken Kabobs
Make your party a tasty success with this zingy dish!
Ingredients:
Chicken Kabobs
8 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 2 1/2 lbs)
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1 teaspoon low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons hot sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
6-inch bamboo skewers (about 40)
Veggies and Dip
1 3/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 small clove garlic, minced
3 large carrots, peeled and cut into sticks (about 40)
4 large celery stalks, cut into sticks (about 40) — store carrots and celery in a large bowl of ice water
Directions:
1. Cut each chicken breast into 5 lengthwise strips. In a large bowl mix pineapple juice, soy sauce, hot sauce, garlic, ginger and sesame oil. Add the chicken and marinate over night or at least 1 hour.
2. Preheat broiler on high.
3. Wear gloves while skewering one piece of chicken per skewer. Line a broiler pan with foil and spray with non stick cooking spray, place chicken on skewers. Broil 4 inches from heat, 3 minutes per side.
3. To make the blue cheese dip, mix yogurt, garlic and blue cheese until smooth. Serve with chicken and veggies.
Serves 8.
Serving size: 5 skewers, 1/4 cup dip and 5 carrot and 5 celery sticks
Per serving (Kabobs): Calories 191, Fat 5.16g, Carbohydrate 2.82g, Protein 31.31g, Cholesterol 85.54mg, Sodium 193mg
Per serving (Veggies and dip): Calories 62, Fat 1.41g, Carbohydrate 8.24g, Protein 4.52g, Cholesterol 4.42mg, Sodium 137mg
== Preparation tip: To cut back on chopping time, use baby carrots or pre-cut celery and carrots.
== Healthy food tip: To create a healthy dip, start with non-fat plain yogurt. It gives the tang of sour cream without all the calories.
To read the rest of the interview with Montana and for more of his recipes, visit sheknows.com/about/look/5137.htm.
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July 26, 2005 — Whether you’re looking for jet set soybean cashmere sweats to wear on the plane or the best tote of the summer (hey, if it’s good enough for Julia Roberts and Katie Couric, it’s good enough for you), there’s something for everybody in Mary Jo Matsumoto’s round up of the latest and greatest travel essentials at www.sheknows.com.
Style expert Mary Jo Matsumoto, known lately for finding the latest breaking high tech trends in fashion and life, sheds light on the newest products that will make your summer sojourns sweet and easy. If you’re looking for a crash-proof pink laptop bag, a tiny perfume scientifically proven to take six years off your age, a milk spun sleep mask that will keep your eyes from getting bloodshot on long plane rides, an mp3 player the size of a pack of gum, or a battery re-charger that will work anywhere in the world — then you need to check out this handy list of travel essentials.
For those of you less enamored with life in the fast lane, there are also loads of charming irresistible products that you may find you can’t live without. For example, Matsumoto profiles the latest old-fashioned paisley roll-on suitcase with matching travel organizers, an all-natural skin care travel kit that fits neatly into your carry-on bag, an aromatherapy spray to get rid of “hotel smell” and lovely silk pillowcases to make your room feel like home away from home.
Even if you’re not going anywhere, you can still get the feeling of exotic romance by wearing Scent of A Woman, a new fragrance Mary Jo recommends which is based on the historical meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra.
To see recent articles by fashion and lifestyle writer Mary Jo Matsumoto, go to sheknows.com/about/Beauty_and_Style/Fashion_and_Style/Reel_to_Real.
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