Likelihood to Recommend It is very well suited for quick distribution to +100 sites usually. It would be good if it would also distribute more internationally and to more sites as well as this helps with spreading the news. If possible, it would be nice if they also offered same day distribution. Outside of this it does what I need it to do.
Read full review PR Newswire is a terrific solution for ensuring that news is distributed in a way that is findable and searchable. It also automatically ties the news to ticker symbols. It's not a useful or meaningful solution for actually securing news coverage. It still requires picking up the phone and pitching media.
Read full review Pros Increases search engine optimization. Builds awareness. Bumps up social media engagement. Teri Thompson Maketing, Social Media, Branding, Innovations and Start-Up Strategist
Read full review User-friendly - PR Newswire has a very user-friendly website that makes it simple and easy to get a news release set up for a distribution relatively quickly. You can also save your selections from a previous distribution to make it go even faster. Since I am pretty much always sending out my releases to the same distribution list, all I have to do is check that box. Customer support - When you submit a release via the web portal, you have several options about when it will be released. I typically want my releases to go out as quickly as possible, but even then I know an account representative will take a look at my release and accompanying multimedia materials and give me a quick call to confirm and make sure everything is set before officially sending it out. It's a helpful step without making the process cumbersome. Reports - PR Newswire provides timely and comprehensive reports, so it's easy to tell the where the news release went. Cindy Arco Public Relations Manager, Florida Region
Read full review Cons Distributing to even more sites Their higher tier packages have at over a 1 day turnaround and make it inconvenient for very fresh news Read full review The pricing structure is comprehensive, depending on how far you want your release to go. Adding multi-media, such as photos, increases visibility quite a bit but PR Newswire charges extra for photos. PR Newswire also charges an annual fee for storing your logo, which I think should be free for organizations that already have an account (and pay a membership fee). Read full review Usability PR Newswire is an industry leader and gives the user the ability to send out a press release, to a wide audience, very quickly and easily. The pricing is on par with other companies (perhaps they are a bit higher) but they do send useful "visibility" reports after a release is distributed, which is helpful when trying to explain ROI to C suite leaders. You also can email or fax your own distribution list, which is helpful and reduces the need for a media monitoring service
Read full review Support Rating Honestly this is probably the absolute worst part of the company. I had maybe 5 different emails from 5 different people when attempting to use this service, and I never knew who my account manager was and who the other people were.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Affordable. Easy to use. Effective.
Teri Thompson Maketing, Social Media, Branding, Innovations and Start-Up Strategist
Read full review PR Newswire and Businesswire are familiar, similar products in terms of newswire distribution services. Many times it comes down to client familiarity with one service over the other, the cost per distribution, the reach of distribution, as well as other related fees, i.e., you have to be a member of PR Newswire to use the service and then pay fees on top of that for individual distributions.
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review We lost one of our pre paid distributions due to the expiration date We would like to see more communication between the client and the representative or account manager We have had success in getting larger publications to pick up our over the wire publication Read full review ScreenShots