Promote Yourself Using Parenting Magazines

Do you have a book published or one that is coming out?  If you do, then think about contacting your local parenting magazines.  They might be interested in your story or in your journey to get published.  Is there a lesson that parent would like their children to learn?  You might be able to use that angle to get them interested in doing an article about you and your book.   Even if you don’t have a published book, you might have an interesting idea for an article that parents would find interesting and they could use.  This would help build your name recognition with parents, while  building a relationship with a magazine who might be interested in doing an article about you when you do have a book hit the market.  Remember, you still have to do your homework before submitting to them.  It wastes everyones time if you don’t look at the magazine to see what they like to print before submitting.  Here are some parenting magazines to get you started.  Alabama Birmingham – Birmingham Parent Arkansas Little Rock – Little Rock Family California Bakersfield/Central Valley – Kern County Family Los Angeles – LA Parent Los Angeles – Los Angeles Family Orange County – OC Family Orange County – Parenting OC Riverside – Inland Empire Family Sacramento – Sacramento Parent San Diego – San Diego Family Magazine San Francisco and the Bay Area Bay Area Parent – San Francisco Bay Area Parent – East Bay Bay Area Parent – Silicon Valley Colorado Denver Metro area – Colorado Parent Connecticut Connecticut Parent Magazine Delaware Delaware & the Delaware Valley  – MetroKids District of Columbia Washington Parent Florida Boca Raton & Broward County – Broward Family Life Collier County – Neapolitan Family Miami-Dade & Palm Beach counties  South Florida Parenting Southwest Florida – Naples, Fort Myers SW Florida Parent & Child Georgia Atlanta Metro area – Atlanta Parent Augusta – Augusta Family Magazine Macon – Georgia Family Magazine Idaho Boise – Treasure Valley Family Magazine Illinois Chicago – Chicago Parent Family Time Magazine Indiana Indianapolis – Indy’s Child Elkhart, St. Joseph Counties – Michiana Family Magazine Iowa Northern Iowa – Coulee Parenting Connection Kansas Metro Kansas City – Kansas City Parent Kentucky Central Kentucky/Lexington – Lexington Family Louisiana Baton Rouge – Baton Rouge Parents Greater New Orleans – nola baby magazine Maryland Baltimore & Howard County – Maryland Family Magazine Bethesda, Potomac, Rockville – Washington Parent Chesapeake Bay Area, Annapolis – Chesapeake Family Western Maryland/Frederick, Hagerstown – Child Guide Magazine Massachusetts Greater Boston – The Boston Parents’ Paper Parents and Kids Eastern and Central Massachusetts including Boston – Bay State Parent Michigan Detroit Metro Area – Metro Parent Michiana region/Cass County – Michiana Family Magazine Minnesota Minneapolis Metro Area – Minnesota Parent Southeastern Minnesota – Coulee Parenting Connection Mississippi Jackson – Parents & Kids Missouri Kansas City – Kansas City Parent New Hampshire Parenting New Hampshire New Jersey North & Central New Jersey – Family Magazine Northern New Jersey – The Parent Paper South New Jersey – MetroKids New York Central New York/Syracuse – Family Times Hudson Valley – Hudson Valley Parent New York City – Including Brooklyn, Queens & the Bronx Family Publications New York City – Including Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland, & Westchester New York Metro Parents Rochester & the Genesee Valley – Genesee Valley Parent Magazine Westchester County – Westchester Family Western New York – Western New York Family

North Carolina Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill – Carolina Parent Greensboro, Winston-Salem & High Point – Piedmont Parent Carteret, Craven & Onslow counties – Crystal Coast Parent Charlotte – Charlotte Parent Southeastern North Carolina – Wilmington Parent Ohio Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky – Cincinnati Parent Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky – Cincinnati Family Magazine Cleveland, Akron, & Lake/Geauga – Cleveland Family, Akron Family & Lake/Geauga FamilyColumbus – Columbus Parent Oklahoma Tulsa – Tulsa Kids Central Oklahoma – Metro Family Magazine Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas – Red River Family Oregon Portland – Metro Parent Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster – Central Penn Parent Northeast Pennsylvania: Willes-Barre, Scranton – Northeast Pennsylvania Family Philadelphia Metro – MetroKids Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Parent South Carolina Columbia – Palmetto Parent Upstate South Carolina – Upstate Parent Tennessee Memphis – Memphis Parent Nashville Metro area including Rutherford and Williamson Counties – Nashville Parent Texas Austin – Austin Family Magazine Parent:Wise Austin Magazine Dallas – Dallas Child Fort Worth – Fort Worth Child San Antonio – Our Kids San Antonio Vermont Kids Vermont Virginia Central Virginia/Charlottesville – Albemarle Family Fredericksburg and Rappahannock region – Fredericksburg Parent Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton – Tidewater Parent Richmond Metro area – Richmond Parents Monthly Winchester – Child Guide   Washington Seattle Metro area – ParentMap Vancouver/Clark County – Vancouver Family Magazine West Virginia Charles Town & surrounging areas – Child Guide North Central West Virginia/Morgantown – West Virginia Family Magazine Washington D.C. Washington Parent Wisconsin Southwestern Wisconsin – Coulee Parenting Connection Australia Melbourne – Melbourne’s Child Sydney – Sydney’s Child Canada Montreal – Montreal Families

Good luck!  I hope this spurs some marketing ideas for you.

Kathy