Build a B2B SaaS press list of 40–50 journalists with Manus

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Oct 21, 2025 by Mark R. Hinkle (The AIE Network)

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Last checked

Oct 16, 2026

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Method:

How we verify

Evidence: Article or interviewA newsletter, journalist or interview account of what happened.

Beginner-friendlyNo logins, payments or coding needed. Low risk: paste the prompt and you should get something useful.

Outcome

Manus produced a Notion-ready press list of journalists covering mid-market SaaS/enterprise software with contacts, recent articles and pitch angles; the author says work that used to take ~6 hours took about 25 minutes, with some contact verification still needed.

Agent

Manus

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Create a comprehensive press list for a B2B SaaS product launch targeting mid-market companies (100-500 employees). Find journalists and publications that cover enterprise software and SaaS, business technology for mid-market companies, digital transformation and automation, and industry trade publications for manufacturing, healthcare and professional services. For each contact provide name and title, publication, email if available, recent articles (last 6 months), suggested pitch angle and social handles. Export to Google Docs or Notion organized by publication type. Include 40-50 relevant contacts total.

Goal: Build a press list of 40–50 journalists for a B2B SaaS launch aimed at mid-market companies.

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Product one-liner and launch date
- Beats (enterprise SaaS, mid-market tech, automation, trade press for target industries)
- Regions
- Pitch angle

Rules:
- Include only journalists with a relevant byline in the last six months; link it.
- Record outlet, beat, recent article, public contact route and a tailored pitch angle.
- Use public professional contacts only; mark guessed emails as unverified or leave blank.
- Balance tier-1, trade and newsletter writers.
- Use only publicly listed contact details; never guess emails.
- Group by beat and region.
- Add a one-line angle per journalist for my pitch.
- Deduplicate people listed under several outlets.

If you get stuck: If a contact can't be verified, list the outlet's tips page instead. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords.

Verify before you finish: Spot-check ten entries by opening their recent articles.

Output: Notion-ready table plus a short note on coverage gaps.

Done when: every journalist has a recent relevant byline and a pitch angle.

Source

https://www.theaienterprise.io/p/ai-agents-research