PR Expert Quote Outreach Benchmarks & Statistics (2026)
Automatically respond to journalist quote requests on Featured.com to earn editorial backlinks.
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Earn editorial backlinks while you sleep
Featured.com (formerly HARO) sends ~3 daily emails with journalist quote requests. 75,000+ journalists use it. 50,000+ experts contribute. Speed matters: replies sent within 15–60 minutes have dramatically higher conversion than later ones. distribute monitors every quote request, drafts a reply in your voice grounded in your company context, and submits within minutes — so you build authority without checking your inbox.
What the industry says
External benchmarks for PR Expert Quote Outreach
Independent studies from established providers. Every number linked to source — compare against the distribute leaderboard below.
50,000+ experts contribute across 2,500+ publications
Featured for Experts
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75,000+ journalists use HARO via 3 daily emails
Help A Reporter Out: Sources Overview
“If you're not in the first 50 responses, your chances drop fast. The highest conversion came from replies sent within 15 to 60 minutes.”Read source
63% of journalists value PR pros who connect them to relevant sources
The State of Journalism 2025
“Reporters want pitches grounded in reality — anchored by verified sources, third-party data, and credible SMEs.”Read source
AI ranks expert answers by quality + uniqueness before publishers select
How to Get Your Quote Selected For Publication
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Platform averages
Aggregated across every campaign run through PR Expert Quote Outreach — every brand, every workflow. Updated hourly.
Why distribute
Sub-hour response, every time
We watch every Featured.com request. When one matches your expertise, we draft and submit in under 30 minutes — faster than 99% of experts.
Build authority on autopilot
$2 welcome credits. Tell us your expertise — we monitor every quote request and submit on your behalf.
Start quotes — $2 credits$2 welcome credits. No subscription. No credit card to try.
Brand leaderboard
Every brand that has run PR Expert Quote Outreach through distribute. Click column headers to sort.
| Brand | % Opens | $/Open | % Clicks | $/Click | % Positive Replies | $/Positive Reply ↑ |
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 distribute | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 PressBeat | — | — | — | — | — | — |
How it works
Quotes that sound like you
The LLM is grounded in your bio, company context, and prior quotes. No generic LinkedIn-influencer voice.
Workflow leaderboard
Every workflow that runs PR Expert Quote Outreach — ranked by cost per positive reply.
| Workflow | % Opens | $/Open | % Clicks | $/Click | % Positive Replies | $/Positive Reply ↑ |
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Pr Expert Quote Outreach Quartz | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pr Expert Quote Outreach Acacia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pr Expert Quote Outreach Watchtower | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Updated 6/4/2026, 6:55:14 AM. Methodology is open source.
What you get
Published backlinks, tracked
When your quote runs, we detect the URL, log the DR of the publisher, and track the backlink to your domain.
Press without a publicist.
Clone the best quote-outreach workflow on this leaderboard. Editorial backlinks, on autopilot, from $2.
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