PR Companies Who Spam Bloggers

  

Matt Haughey is right--the only way bloggers can stop constant press releases is to simply filter messages based on a company's domain name.  (Coincidentally, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, filters PR spam as well, though he blocks individual senders instead of whole domains.  Here's his blacklist.)

 

In the spirit of sharing, here's a current list of PR companies who have sent me unsolicited (and almost always irrelevant) product pitches.  Please add your own.

 

accesspr.com

antennagroup.com

ar-edelman.com

atomicpr.com

bateman-group.com

bigmouthpr.com

bitepr.com

blabbermouthpr.com

blastmedia.com

blodgettcomm.com

bpins@5wpr.com

breakawaycom.com

buzzbuilders.net

carabinercommunications.com

carabinerpr.com

civiliapr.com

conceptpr.com

connors.com

consortpartners.com

contosdunne.com

cpcomm.com

cx-pr.com

dadascope.com

double-forte.com

etelos.com

figaro-systems.com

fortythreepr.com

future-works.com

gablepr.com

gena_mazzeo@usr.com

ggodden@riptown.com

globalresultspr.com

gregoryfca.com

groundfloormedia.com

habermaninc.com

hwhpr.com

incendiopr.com

kearnswest.com

keylightgroup.com

kristadthomas@aol.com

lewispr.com

libbycommunications.com

market2world.com

mayocommunications.com

mnprinc.com

mprm.com

mrb-pr.com

ogilvypr.com

orcacommunications.com

outcastpr.com

peppercom.com

PGPR@aol.com

popculturepr.com

porternovelli.com

racepointgroup.com

reichertcom.com

reneeblodgett@gmail.com

rlmpr.com

rosengrouppr.com

schwartz-pr.com

shiftcomm.com

sparkpr.com

sspr.com

sutherlandgold.com

technologypr.com

theinkstudio.com

therosegrp.com

thorntonpr.com

totalmarketingconcepts.com

walt.com

 

 

To filter any mail from anyone in these companies in Gmail, create a new Filter.  In the From: field, enter the domain names separated by the OR operator, or |, like this:

 

From: *@bigmouthpr.com | *@consortpartners.com

 

Here's the (initial) list above in Gmail filter format. Copy and paste this into your From: field in your new PR-killing filter.

 

*@bigmouthpr.com | *@consortpartners.com | *@double-forte.com | *@groundfloormedia.com | *@sspr.com | *@fortythreepr.com | *@conceptpr.* | *@connors.com | *@lewispr.com | kristadthomas@aol.com | *@orcacommunications.com | gena_mazzeo@usr.com | *@future-works.com | ggodden@riptown.com | *@outcastpr.com | *@habermaninc.com | *@sutherlandgold.com | bpins@5wpr.com | *@cpcomm.com | reneeblodgett@gmail.com | *@accesspr.com | *@thorntonpr.com | *@technologypr.com | *@cx-pr.com | *@porternovelli.com | *@blodgettcomm.com | *@hwhpr.com | *@mnprinc.com | *@sparkpr.com | *@blabbermouthpr.com | *@contosdunne.com | *@rlmpr.com | *@figaro-systems.com | *@dadascope.com | *@shiftcomm.com | *@totalmarketingconcepts.com | *@market2world.com | *@etelos.com | *@libbycommunications.com | *@popculturepr.com | *@blastmedia.com | *@mayocommunications.com | *@rosengrouppr.com | *@schwartz-pr.com | *@kearnswest.com | *@reichertcom.com | PGPR@aol.com | *@walt.com | *@ar-edelman.com | *@incendiopr.com | *@breakawaycom.com | *@mrb-pr.com | *@ogilvypr.com | *@carabinercommunications.com | *@gablepr.com | *@peppercom.com | *@bitepr.com | *@bateman-group.com | *@carabinerpr.com | *@buzzbuilders.net | *@atomicpr.com | *@theinkstudio.com | *@globalresultspr.com | *@racepointgroup.com | *@therosegrp.com | *@civiliapr.com | *@gregoryfca.com  | *@mprm.com | *@keylightgroup.com | *@antennagroup.com

 

 

NOTE: This wiki was put together by Gina Trapani, editor of Lifehacker.com, who welcomes blog pitches to the tips at lifehacker.com email address, which exists for that purpose.  She has always respectfully requested that no press releases get sent to her personal email address in the one place where it is published online.  Her direct email address at Lifehacker is not published anywhere online. The press releases, however, keep arriving.  At her personal and/or direct email address. Which is why she filters these companies.

 

FOLLOW UP:  Matt writes some great advice, from the perspective of a heavily-pitched blogger, on how to do it right.

 

FOLLOW UP #2:  Someone with access to it points out that my name and personal email address is in the Cision database, "the industry's premier source of media contact info,"  even though I NEVER opted into such a thing, and never will.  Takeaway: Cision uses shady data-gathering methods to populate their contact list.