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The Edward Show

Help a Reporter Out: Why It Shut Down and What to Use Now

Dec 21, 2024
07:34

E535: Help a Reporter Out (HARO) was a favored tool for digital marketing professionals.

It was great for link-building. It was great for social proof and credibility building. It was great for public relations. It was great for so many things within digital marketing.

It reigned as the supreme journalist expert tool for decades. Literally decades. And just a few weeks ago, after rebranding to Connectively, it shut down for good.

No more Help a Reporter Out. No more Connectively.

This explains why it shut down and the very excellent alternatives, especially the top one, that exist now.

Here’s where to go in the wake of the Help a Reporter Out shutdown.

Source for this episode: https://edwardsturm.com/articles/pour-one-out-for-help-a-reporter-out/

00:00 Introduction 00:16 How Help A Reporter Out Worked 01:33 Reasons Behind the Shutdown 01:38 Pour One Out For Help A Reporter Out 02:55 Source of Sources 03:48 Why Source of Sources is a Great Alternative 05:44 Final Thoughts

The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

#digitalmarketing #publicrelations #seo #marketingstrategy

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