Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued vs. PRgloo

Overview
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Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
Score 5.0 out of 10
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Help a Reporter Out (HARO) was a service owned by Cision (via the merger with Vocus) for reaching out to journalists. It is discontinued.N/A
PRgloo
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
A media relations platform that aims to combine easy to use tools with exceptional analysis. The Response Desk provides a centralized set of tools for managing conversations and building lasting relationships. Keep track of who said what to whom so the entire team is coordinated in responding to the ever changing media landscape. Senior management are able to see the work involved in managing those efforts. Its Content Hub is a described by the vendor as a simple, powerful content management…N/A
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$2,500 Per platform per annual renewal
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Considered Both Products
Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
Chose Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
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. …
Chose Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
I honestly can't think of any other service similar to HARO that can compare to its excellent structure and success rate.
Chose Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
Goes hand in hand with this product. Easy cross-reference for users.
Chose Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinued
These products I mentioned are a little different because they are used by more mainstream journalists which is a huge advantage. PR newswire is email-based product similarly to HARO but Cision is a huge database of media contact information which is great if you want to take …
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
Help a Reporter Out (HARO), discontinuedPRgloo
Likelihood to Recommend
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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We highly recommend PRgloo to all kinds of teams that require SEO results in a short amount of time, as many of the application-oriented features such as data filtering serve to streamline the work as much as possible. PRgloo is ideal for working in conjunction with online data Analytics management services, integrating with platforms such as Google Analytics.
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Pros
  • 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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  • PRgloo is a software optimized for the development of correct multimedia communication in groups, which is constantly maintained by highlighting its analysis mechanics at a visual level, which helps not only with error correction processes but also in the improvement of the team's organization facilities.
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Cons
  • 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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  • The templates for working with newsletters are very poor and problematic at a technical level, leaving behind things like the application of attributes that help to filter them properly, and therefore making it difficult to see those of some operations in areas that require quick attention, especially when performing analysis manually.
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Usability
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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Alternatives Considered
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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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • We recommend PRgloo to quickly achieve a guaranteed increase in profits, usually shortly after starting to implement the use of the service, because through it is not only easier to carry out time-saving analysis, but also to obtain more possibilities when interacting with audiences.
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