We updated the PR Leap Help Center and moved it from the blog to the main site. It’s divided into the following five sections:
As announced on November 26, 2007, PR Leap has discontinued its free service after four and one half years. The decision was not easy, but after much consideration we decided a change in course was the best thing for PR Leap.
When we launched PR Leap in June of 2003, there was only PR Newswire, Business Wire, Market Wire, PRWeb and a few other players. After PRWeb discontinued there free service a year ago, we experienced a boom in new members seeking free distribution. In addition, a slew of new sites offering free distribution opened shop overnight. So for all of 2007, we found ourselves working hard at filtering out all the spam from quality press releases, which left little time for developing new features and distribution channels for PR Leap.
After much debate, we realized the only way we can compete overtime is by discontinuing our free service and focusing on developing new features and distribution channels.
Although we no longer provide a free service, PR Leap still offers some of the most affordable press release distribution services among the leading wires. Our distributions packages are the following:
Premium $149 (Our Best Plan)
Plus $99
Basic $49
We would like to thank all our members support through out the years. PR LEAP still offers a free account, which allows you to make changes to any press release in the system prior to January 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
Mario and Merrick Lozano
co-founders of
PR LEAP
1. Press release text is sent to AP and UPI via email with no media attachments. We do not guarantee the AP or UPI will include your news in their system.
2. We will place your news in our Google News feed, however we do guarantee inclusion into Google News.
3. We will place your news in our Moreover feed making it eligible for inclusion in Ask.com News, however we do not guarantee inclusion in Ask News.
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The system update was completed by 5a.m. this morning. Some system bugs have been reported already, including the “pay hold” bug after you edit a press release. By no means do we expect you to pay us to review a release already in the system. We appreciate your patience. All the bugs will be fixed by the end of the day.
We apologize for any inconvenience. If you find a bug, please let us know via the help desk: http://www.prleap.com/contact_us
Sincerely,
Mario and Merrick Lozano
co-founders
PR LEAP
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PR LEAP will be offline for a few hours tonight so we can roll out the new system. We will be offline starting at 11:45 p.m. P.S.T and be online again around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2007.
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We finally did it. Starting tomorrow, PR LEAP will now allow you to send out a social media release for just $99. We have been working overtime this past year to upgrade PR LEAP into the easiest and most affordable social media wire.
Later today, prleap.com will be offline for a few hours for a major service update. The service update includes a new and improved user interface and checkout process. We have also revamped our press release distribution packages into the following three:
Premium $149 (Our Best Plan)
Plus $99
Basic $49
1. Press release text is sent to AP and UPI via email with no media attachments. We do not guarantee the AP or UPI will include your news in their system.
2. We will place your news in our Google News feed, however we do guarantee inclusion into Google News.
3. We will place your news in our Moreover feed making it eligible for inclusion in Ask.com News, however we do not guarantee inclusion in Ask News.
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Starting January 1, 2008, PR LEAP will no longer offer a free press release distribution.
After four years we have decided to phase out the free service, so we can re-purpose our time and energy on building more features and tools for prleap.com. This will also allow us to spend more time verifying all accounts and vetting all press releases, which will help safeguard the service in the future from evildoers.
As announced last week, PR LEAP soon will allow you to send out a social media release with video, news photos, audio, documents, and logos. These new features are part of a major service update that will rolled out in December. The service update includes a new and improved user interface and checkout process. We have also revamped our press release distribution packages into the following three:
Premium $149 (Our Best Plan)
Plus $99
Basic $49
The decision was not easy, but after much consideration we strongly believe it’s for the better. All press releases in the archive before Jan. 1, 2008 will stay online at no cost. Any edits and changes made to any press release are always subject for review.
Sincerely,
Mario and Merrick Lozano
co-founders
PRLEAP
1. Press release text is sent to AP and UPI via email with no media attachments. We do not guarantee the AP or UPI will include your news in their system.
2. We will place your news in our Google News feed, however we do guarantee inclusion into Google News.
3. We will place your news in our Moreover feed making it eligible for inclusion in Ask.com News, however we do not guarantee inclusion in Ask News.
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Last week we announced a major update to PR LEAP. Starting next week you can send out a social media release with video, news photos, audio, documents, and logos via prleap.com. The user interface has been updated to simply the submit news, upload media, and checkout process. Upgrade packages have been revamped into the following three: Premium $149 (our best), Plus $99 and Basic $49.
Premium $149 (Our Best Plan)
Plus $99
Basic $49
*Inclusion into PRLEAP’s Google News feed only. There are no guarantees Google News will actually include your news into their search results.
**There are no guarantees Ask.com News will actually include your news into their search results. However, placement on our Moreover feed increases your chances of getting included.
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Soon you will be able to send out a press release with video, news photos, mp3s, documents, etc. via PRLEAP. This new feature is part of a major update to prleap.com, which will be rolled out soon. As part of the update, the PRLEAP user interface has been revamped, making it easier to submit a news release, upload media and checkout.
Screenshots
Below are two screen captures of the new PRLEAP. As you can tell, our new user interface was inspired by two services we really like: Apple’s .Mac and 37 Signals’ Basecamp.
Screenshot of user interface:
Screenshot of a press release with media on prleap.com, which includes a photo of the San Diego cityscape:
On Friday, we will unveil the new upgrade packages and pricing.
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