24-7 Press Release vs. Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued

Well suited for increasing digital presence for traditional and online businesses or brands. Can't think of any situation where smart use of 24-7 Press Release isn't relevant.

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Help a Reporter Out (HARO) was (and today, HERO is) an incredibly valuable tool that effectively bridges the gap between journalists and PR practitioners, and it filled a need on both ends. A perfect solution to an ongoing industry problem. When I have a client that needs media coverage, and a lead is shared in the daily email that fits the client's expertise, it creates an opportunity that we may never have otherwise been able to identify.

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• Increases search engine optimization.
• Builds awareness.
• Bumps up social media engagement.

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• Pushes PR opportunities right to your desktop several times a day
• Provides media opportunities for just about every industry and if you monitor it regularly, on just about every topic you can think of
• Provides an easy way to contact reporters with relevant information
• Media outlets are verified for you

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• Distributing to even more sites
• Their higher tier packages have at over a 1 day turnaround and make it inconvenient for very fresh news

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• I've noticed that some queries are incredibly vague to the point where they could or could not apply to me. I feel like they should implement more strict parameters on what the query has to include.
• Sometimes the outlet is marked anonymous which is not beneficial at all to those who are browsing queries. I think the outlet should be required as that is a pretty essential piece of information to consider.
• I think they email slightly too often. My inbox gets flooded with HARO emails and I'm not able to go through all of them because they get buried. Maybe explore a new strategy to organize the huge amount of queries that get submitted every day.

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It takes only a few minutes to set up your account. Then, the rest is just checking the push emails, and responding to relevant queries.

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24_7 Press Release is far cheaper than Newswire. However Newswire has stellar customer service. Press 24_7 has decent customer service. I also appreciate that they do not discriminate organizations seeking to send out news as I did not receive permission from Newswire to promote without any explanation. I appreciate the feedback 24_7 Press Release gives to PRs when they are not approved and that your credit is not used up when they reject a PR.

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They are different tools. While HARO pretty much gives you feedback on media opportunities you can pitch for and allows you to get in touch with the reporter, so you can get exposure and they can find people for their news. Cision allows you to syndicate your press releases. You need to have a written press release in order to use it.

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• Some PRs have appeared on some first searches of Google. This is good
• Distribution can sometimes be stagnant (i.e - the same sites only) thus results don't look like they're growing.

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• A hard thing to measure in terms of actual sales dollars, however, being able to provide fresh content is essential to any brand. When someone mentions they saw the published piece or it grows organically from social media, that is a win.

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