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Master HARO responses for earned media coverage
Create HARO response strategy.
**Organization:** ${{ORGANIZATION}}
**Expertise Areas:** ${{EXPERTISE}}
**Spokespeople:** ${{SPOKESPEOPLE}}
**Target Publications:** ${{PUBLICATIONS}}
**Response Capacity:** ${{CAPACITY}}
Build the strategy:
**HARO Overview:**
**What is HARO:**
- Help A Reporter Out
- Journalist source requests
- Free media opportunities
- Expert positioning
- Earned coverage
**Similar Platforms:**
- HARO (Cision)
- Qwoted
- SourceBottle
- JournoRequests
- ProfNet
**How It Works:**
- Three daily emails
- Source requests
- Deadline-driven
- Response competition
**Response Strategy:**
**Query Evaluation:**
- Relevance to expertise
- Publication quality
- Deadline feasibility
- Competitive queries
- Effort vs reward
**Priority Criteria:**
- Tier 1 publications
- Perfect expertise match
- Reasonable deadline
- Clear requirements
**Avoid:**
- Off-topic queries
- Impossible deadlines
- Unclear requests
- Low-quality outlets
**Response Best Practices:**
**Subject Line:**
- Follow query instructions
- Clear identification
- Expert name included
**Response Structure:**
1. Brief introduction
2. Direct answer to question
3. Supporting detail/example
4. Quotable soundbite
5. Credentials
6. Contact information
**Response Template:**
Hi [Journalist name],
I'm [Name], [Title] at [Company], and I'd be happy to contribute to your story about [topic].
[Direct answer to their question - 2-3 sentences]
[Supporting detail, example, or data - 2-3 sentences]
[Quotable soundbite - 1 sentence, can be used as-is]
[Brief credential establishing expertise - 1 sentence]
I'm available for follow-up questions. Best way to reach me: [phone/email]
Best,
[Name]
[Title]
[Company]
[Contact info]
**Key Tips:**
**Do:**
- Respond within hours
- Answer specifically
- Provide quotable content
- Include credentials
- Offer follow-up
**Don't:**
- Send generic pitches
- Write novel-length responses
- Miss deadlines
- Ignore query instructions
- Be overly promotional
**Time Management:**
**Process:**
- Review emails immediately
- Quick relevance scan
- Prioritize responses
- Draft quickly
- Review and send
**Efficiency Tips:**
- Template library
- Pre-written bios
- Saved credentials
- Quick approval process
- Spokesperson rotation
**Response Library:**
**Prepare in Advance:**
- Expert bios
- Credential summaries
- Topic talking points
- Stats and data
- Company boilerplate
**Topic Templates:**
- Industry trends
- How-to advice
- Expert opinion
- Data/statistics
- Predictions
**Measurement:**
**Track:**
- Queries responded to
- Responses per week
- Success rate
- Publications placed
- Traffic generated
**Coverage Log:**
- Query date
- Publication
- Topic
- Placement date
- Coverage link
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