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Press Hook: new features and launches

We confirmed 4 product launches from Press Hook since May 2022. The latest, Free AI Pitch Generator, became available March 14, 2023. We also record 1 funding round and 1 new company.

Updated . Launches from October 2020 to March 14, 2023.

Press Hook is a PR marketplace for physical product brands. Brands build a digital press kit, and journalists post source and sample requests and browse brands on the platform. Brands answer requests, buy pitch packs or pay its team to pitch, and a dashboard shows views, replies and coverage.

Site
presshook.com
Founded
2020
Category
Journalist requests and relationships
Status
Active
Price
per month in USD: Basic $49 (intro price until Dec 31, list $99; first sample-request unlock free, then $49 each; pitch packs 10 for $250 or 25 for $450), Proactive $699 (unlimited sample-request unlocks, 100 pitches a month), Premium $1,499 (Press Hook's team writes and sends the pitches; 6-month minimum on monthly billing); agency bundles Proactive 5 brands $499 and 10 brands $999; six-monthly saves 12% and annual saves 20%; free for journalists; Premium is sales-led ('Talk to us')

Every dated launch, newest first

  1. Free AI Pitch Generator

    Available March 14, 2023.

    A free tool that turns a few details about a product, service or story into an editable, media-ready pitch; built on OpenAI's GPT-3.

    Features: Pitch writing.

    Source: DestinationCRM.

  2. AI source requests with matching

    Available March 1, 2023.

    Journalists file a source request with a deadline and get instant suggestions of brands, products and experts on the platform; brands whose profile fits are notified. Built on GPT-3.

    Features: Journalist requests, Journalist research.

    Source: MarTech Cube (Press Hook release).

  3. Free AI Press Release Generator

    Available Dec. 8, 2022.

    A free tool that turns a brand name, the news, a short description and a quote into an editable press release; built on OpenAI's GPT-3.

    Features: Press release and content writing.

    Source: Press Hook blog.

  4. In-Platform Messaging

    Available May 3, 2022.

    Direct messaging between members in which only media users can start the conversation.

    Features: Sending and follow-up.

    Source: Press Hook blog.

  5. Press Hook raises $1.5 million

    Announced Oct. 19, 2021.

    Press Hook announced $1.5 million in venture funding led by Emergent Ventures, The Fund and TnT Ventures. The release calls it Brooklyn based; its 2024 terms give an Atlanta address.

    Source: PR Newswire (Press Hook release).

  6. Press Hook founded

    Announced October 2020.

    Michelle Songy founded Press Hook in October 2020, per the funding release; its own about page says a summer 2020 beta helped 50+ businesses and that it launched privately in the fall of 2020.

    Source: PR Newswire (Press Hook release).

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