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The US Community for Press-Ready Businesses

Direct access to journalists.
No middleman.

Headline Access is the only US community where journalists post exactly what they need — and small business owners respond directly. In real time. No agencies. No cold pitching. No AI-generated spam.

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60 days free  ·  $29/month after  ·  Cancel anytime  ·  No PR agency required

Journalists from these outlets join to find sources

The Problem

Getting press
as a small business
is broken.

PR agencies are priced out of reach

They charge $3,000–$10,000 a month. For most small businesses that is more than the entire marketing budget. The access they sell — introductions to journalists — is not something they own. You are paying for a door they hold open.

HARO collapsed under its own weight

AI-generated spam and PR agency dominance destroyed it. Journalists stopped reading the responses. The platform built to help small businesses ended up working against both sides. It is effectively dead.

Cold pitching goes nowhere

Journalists receive hundreds of unsolicited messages every week. Without a warm introduction or an existing relationship, there is no way through the door. Most pitches are never read.

"One media mention delivered more revenue than three months of paid ads. The problem was never the story — it was getting it in front of the right journalist."
— Ian Turner, Founder of Headline Access

Simple by design.

How It Works
Journalist

Post what you need

Journalists join free and post a source request directly into the community. The topic, the deadline, what they need. No forms, no waiting rooms, no PR agencies to route through.

Business Owner

Respond in real time

Business owners see the request and respond directly. A real conversation with the journalist writing the story — not a pitch into a void, not a form submission that disappears.

Both

Stories get made

Business owners get featured. Journalists get sources they trust. The community grows. Every new member makes it more valuable for everyone already in it.

Journalists join completely free. Business owners: 60 days free, then $29/month. The community is a private Facebook Group — approved members only.

A note from the founder
Hey there,

A few years ago, my ecommerce business was featured in the Daily Mail. I didn't hire a PR agency. When it happened, we did a month's worth of sales in a single day.

I spent months after that trying to repeat it. HARO had become unusable. PR agencies wanted thousands a month. Cold pitching went nowhere.

What I needed — what I think most small business owners need — was a community. Somewhere journalists could post what they were looking for and business owners could respond directly. Human to human. No middlemen. No noise.

I looked for that community in the US market. It didn't exist.

So I built it.

Ian Turner

Ian Turner

Founder, Headline Access

Why It Works

Not everyone
gets in.
That's the point.

Every platform in this space has the same problem: they let anyone in. PR agencies masquerade as business owners. AI pitches flood journalist inboxes. Quality collapses. Journalists stop showing up.


Headline Access reviews every single member manually. That promise is only possible because of how strictly we curate.

Journalists

Verified by outlet, beat, and active status before approval. No exceptions.

Business Owners

Real owners only. No agencies, no representatives, no third parties.

No AI Pitches

Templated or AI-generated responses are removed on sight. Always.

Ongoing Review

Members who break the rules are removed. Curation is continuous, not a one-time check.

We built the curation into the product. It is not a feature we added. It is the reason Headline Access works.

Inside the Community

This is what
journalists post.

A real example of the kind of
request you'll see inside the group.

Headline Access — US Business & Media
Private group · 1,204 members
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Sarah Chen Verified Journalist
Staff Writer · Entrepreneur Magazine
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Source Request

Hey everyone 👋 Working on a piece for Entrepreneur and looking for the right person to feature.

I need to speak with a US small business owner who successfully pivoted their business model in the last 18 months — ideally someone who shifted from service-based to product-based revenue (or vice versa) and has real numbers to back it up.

You're a great fit if:

✅  US-based, under 30 employees
✅  The pivot happened in 2023 or 2024
✅  Comfortable being quoted by name
✅  Available for a 20-min call this week

DM me directly or drop a comment below. 🙏

Deadline: Friday, 5pm ET.

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Marcus Rodriguez DM sent! We went service → product in 2023, tripled revenue. Happy to share the messy middle of it 🙌
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Jamie Liu Messaged you — consulting to SaaS pivot, 14 months, have P&L to back it up if useful.
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Every request is posted directly by the journalist. You see their name, their outlet, exactly what they need, and their deadline. You respond in the comments or by DM. No middlemen. No pitch queue.

For Business Owners

Get in front of the journalists already looking for you.

  • Access to journalists posting live source requests
  • Respond directly — no pitch required, no agency needed
  • Forbes, NBC, Entrepreneur, major podcasts — one community
  • Real conversations. Real relationships. Real coverage.
  • No PR agency. No cold outreach. No wasted hours.
  • 60 days free, then $29/month. Cancel anytime.
Claim Your Founding Seat 60 days free. Card required. Cancel anytime during trial.
For Journalists

Find great small business sources. Fast.

  • Post a source request in seconds — journalists, TV producers, podcast hosts all welcome
  • Direct responses from real, verified US business owners
  • No PR pitches. No AI-generated responses. No agencies.
  • Build ongoing relationships — not one-off contacts
  • TV, radio, print, digital, and podcast all welcome
  • Free forever. No card required.
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Why Headline Access

Every other platform
is a tool. This is
a community.


HARO is dead. Qwoted costs $99–$149/month and is dominated by PR agencies. Headline Access is 60 days free, then $29/month, bans agencies by design, and connects you directly — human to human — in real time.

HARO / Qwoted Headline Access
Format Email digest (HARO) / dashboard (Qwoted) Live community group
PR agencies allowed Yes — dominate responses Never. Banned by design.
AI-generated pitches Rampant on HARO; common on Qwoted Impossible — human only
Response quality Low — compete with hundreds High — direct and curated
Journalist relationship One-off, transactional Ongoing — real community
Cost to business owners Free (dead) or $99–$149/mo (Qwoted) 60 days free, then $29/month
Status HARO shut down 2023. Qwoted active. Launching now — founding trial open
Pricing

Straightforward.
No surprises.

Two options. One community. The founding trial is your chance to prove it works before you pay.

Founding Trial · First 50 Businesses

$29

/month — after 60 days free

60 days free. Card required at signup. Nothing charged until day 60. Cancel anytime during trial.

  • Direct access to journalists posting live requests
  • Respond to requests — no pitch needed
  • Forbes, NBC, Entrepreneur, major podcasts
  • No PR agency. No cold outreach.
  • Hand-curated community
  • 60 days to prove it works — no charge until then
Claim Your Founding Seat

Cancel anytime during trial · $29/month after day 60

For Journalists

Free

Free forever. No card required.

Permanently free for journalists, TV producers, radio producers, and podcast hosts.

  • Post source requests directly to business owners
  • Direct responses — no agencies, no spam
  • TV, radio, print, digital, podcast welcome
  • Real-time community access
  • Verified, hand-curated members only
Join Free →
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Our Guarantee

We are asking you to take a chance on something new. That is not nothing.

Your founding trial gives you 60 days inside the community at no cost. Card goes down at signup — nothing is charged until day 60. Cancel anytime before then and you pay nothing.

After your trial converts, paying members are covered by a 7-day money-back guarantee. Email hello@headlineaccess.com within 7 days of your first payment and you get every penny back. No forms. No questions.

We can offer this because we believe in what we have built.

Founding members: cancel anytime during 60-day trial. Paying members: 7-day money-back guarantee from first payment date.
Why Join Now

Early members
take the risk.
The price reflects that.

Headline Access is launching. There is no long track record yet. What there is: a proven model. Lightbulb has run an identical community in the UK for years. Journalists there regularly source stories for the BBC, ITV, and national newspapers through it. The US has no equivalent. We are building it.

The Model Is Proven

Lightbulb has operated an identical community in the UK for years with documented results in major outlets. This is not a new idea. It is a proven model in a new market.

60 Days to Prove It

Your founding trial gives you 60 days inside the community at no cost. If it works, you stay at $29/month. If it does not, cancel before day 60 and you are never charged.

The Risk Is Zero

Card goes down at signup. Nothing is charged until day 60. Cancel anytime before then. Your financial exposure during the trial is nothing.

Common Questions

Everything you
need to know.

For Business Owners
Headline Access is fundamentally different. HARO was an email blast where your response competed against hundreds of PR agency pitches and AI-generated submissions. Most journalists stopped reading them. Headline Access is a live community — you have a direct, real-time conversation with the journalist. No agencies. No queue. No competition.
That is exactly why Headline Access works for people new to PR. Journalists post exactly what they need — the topic, the type of business, the deadline. You do not pitch cold. You respond to what they have already asked for. It is a conversation, not a performance.
The model is not new. Lightbulb has run an identical community in the UK for years. Journalists there regularly source stories for the BBC, ITV, and national newspapers through it. We are building the US version of something already proven. What is new is the community itself — and the 60-day founding trial exists because of that.
Some members hear from journalists within days of joining. Others take a few weeks to find the right request. Your founding trial gives you 60 days at no cost to experience the community. One media mention can deliver more value than a year of membership fees.
Your founding trial is 60 days free. Nothing is charged until day 60. If it is not working for you, cancel anytime before then and you pay nothing. After your trial converts, paying members are covered by a 7-day money-back guarantee.
Journalists specifically seek out niche, authentic small business stories. Generic brands are boring to them. The more specific your story, your niche, and your customers — the more interesting you are as a source. Small and specific is often exactly right.
Responding to a journalist request takes 5–10 minutes. You check the community when it suits you. No calls, no commitments, no meetings. Most members spend under 30 minutes a week.
For Journalists
Real US small business owners — verified and manually approved before joining. No PR agencies. No brand managers. No representatives. Every member is reviewed before approval.
No. Headline Access is permanently free for journalists, TV producers, radio producers, and podcast hosts. No trial. No credit card. No catch.
E-commerce, health and wellness, food and beverage, coaches and consultants, tech founders, service businesses, authors, speakers, sustainability brands, female-founded and minority-owned businesses across the US.
Once approved, you post directly into the private Facebook Group. Include your outlet, your deadline, and what you need. Business owners respond in the comments or by direct message. The whole process takes minutes.

Your next press
opportunity
is already
in the group.

Journalists post what they need. You respond. Coverage happens. 60 days free to prove it works.

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