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23 Useful Free Press Release Distribution Websites

CVOS — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:27:38 +0000

Resources to submit press releases have been around since the age of the internet, but they are no less important. News sites and industry publications still rely on press releases to acquire new information and maintain corporate communications.

Some of these PR distributors are free, many require a payment.

Good PR distribution sites

PRweb.com –PR Web is not free but it is the largest and best press release distribution outlet available. PRweb coupon packages start at $40 and are definitely worth it. If you take the time to write an interesting and helpful press release, your 40 bucks will go a long way.

1888PressRelease.com – Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.

24-7PressRelease.com – Free release distribution with ad-support

ClickPress.com – Distributs to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.

EcommWire.com – Focuses on ecommerece and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.

Express-Press-Release.com – Free distribution company with offices in 12 states.

Free-Press-Release.com – Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.

Free-Press-Release-Center.info – Distributes your release, offers a web page with one keyword link to your site. Pro upgrade will give you three links, permanent archiving and more.

I-Newswire.com – Allows for free distribution to sites and search engines, premium membership differs only slightly in adding in graphics.

NewswireToday.com – All the usual free distribution tools, premium service includes logo, product picture and more.

PR.com – Not only will they distribute your press releases, but you can also set up a full company profile.

PR9.net – Ad supported press distribution site.

PR-Inside.com – European-based free press release distribution site.

PRBuzz.com – Completely free distribution to search engines, news sites, and blogs.

PRCompass.com – Distribute your press release with a free or paid version, others can vote it up ala Digg style.

PRUrgent.com – Not only distributes your release, but attempts to teach you how to write one, and even offers downloadbale samples for you to work with.

Press-Base.com – Submit your release for free and get on their front page and the category of your choice.

PressAbout.com – A free press release service formatted as a blog.

PressMethod.com – Free press release distribution no matter what, but extra services based on the size of your contribution.

PRLeap.com – Free distribution to search engines, newswires, and RSS feeds. Fee based bumps get you better placement.

Pressreleasepoint.com – free press release distribution and submission to topical news aggregators.

PRLog.org – Free pr distribution to Google News and other other search engines.

TheOpenPress.com – Free distribution for plain formatted releases, fees for HTML-coded releases.

Inspired by the Mashable list of Press Release Distribution Sites

Have a good PR site that is not on this list?

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Maximize The Value of Your Online Press Release Submissions

CVOS — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:42:24 +0000

Sending out a press release has been a search engine optimization tactic since day one. Good press releases can help you gain exposure and increase your visibility online and we are big fans of syndicating content on other websites.

Your website caters to 2 specific audiences: search engines and users. Submitting press releases will get your more links from third party websites and increase your exposure to a broader set of people.

Optimize Your Press Release

Press releases help users find your content and provide excellent third party verification of your business. Press releases also help your ranking in the search engines if there are links in the PR piece back to your site. A press release optimized for search engines will be 500-1500 words, have 1 primary keyword repeated 2-5 times per paragraph, and links back to your website. When creating press releases it is good to be as specific as possible and only try to optimize for one product release or company event. If you try to introduce too many topics and force multiple keyword phrases the piece will be diluted and will likely not rank for anything, thus giving you no direct traffic boost.

Good Press Release Topics

A new product or service
Announcing a new branch/ subdivision of a business
Announcing a partnership
Announcing a restructuring of the company/organization
Announcing that an individual in your business has been named to serve in a leadership position in a community, professional or charitable organization
Announcing that you’re available to speak on particular subjects of interest
Announcing that you’ve reached a major milestone
Announcing the results of research or surveys you have conducted
Business Ownership changes
Celebrating an anniversary
Changing the company or product name
Changing the structure of a company
Contributing to charity
Earning recognition of the company, product or executives by a publication
Establishing a unique vendor agreement
Expanding or renovating your business
Forming a new strategic partnership or alliance
Helpful information (on a newsworthy topic- more about this in Part 3)
Introducing a new product
Introducing a unique strategy/approach
Introducing new employees
Issuing a statement of position regarding a local, regional or national issue
Launching and/or expansion of a website
Laws, rules, etc. taking affect on the business
Making public statements on future business trends or conditions
Management changes
Meeting some kind of unusual challenge or rising above adversity
New charitable partnership
New direction of company/business
New laws that affect the business/Industry
New management
New or free information available
New Programs
Obtaining a significant customer
Offering an article series for publishing
Opening up branch or satellite offices
Participating in a philanthropic event
Public appearance in person, on radio, television, or online
Reaction to new developments, laws, etc.
Receiving an appointment
Receiving an award
Relocation
Renaming a business
Restructuring your business or its business model
Setting up a customer advisory group
Sponsoring a seminar or workshop
Starting a new business division
Using new technology

Useful online tools to distribute press releases and article content online

Press Release Submissions – Featuring over 23 sites that will distribute your company news and syndicate your press releases.
PRweb.com – this is the largest and most respected PR firm online, we have exclusive coupons for PRweb
24-7Pressrelease.com – free press release submission with $49 upgrade
1888Pressrelease – Relatively new press release syndication site
Prnewswire.com – long standing old school press release distributor
PR.com – submit free press releases
Massmediadistribution.com – They charge $199 for Local Area Distribution, $299 for Nationwide Distribution, and $399 for Worldwide Distribution. This is significantly more expensive than the other options and I would be interested to know if anyone has found this company useful.

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How To Succeed with Public Relations

CVOS — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:06:30 +0000

I rarely link to podcasts and radio shows, but this is a particularly illuminating podcast about public relations and how to get your business and brand name mentioned in top tier publications.

Basically you need to generate relationships with editors and writers at magazines/newspapers/blogs you wish to be featured in. How do you meet these influencers? Go to events, business functions, parties and shows the writers are likely to attend.

To summarize: PRweb.com has varying degrees of success, try prleap.com instead. PRleap is cheaper and has higher signal to noise content, while prweb is spammed mercilessly. There are so many poor quality psudo press releases on prweb most writers and editors tend to ignore this as a serious source of news.

Also, help the writers do their job. If a staff writer from the New York Times contacts you with questions about a story, do some of their work for them, research the topic and let them know the results. Nothing will keep you on the top of an editors mind better than making their job easier.

Discover the importance of utilizing media kits, and press releases for better exposure with Chris Winfield from 10e20.

Listen to shoemoney talk with chris winfield about successful PR:

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	Public Relations for Websites Show: Shoemoney Show

Super bonus: get free press release submissions on the largest news distribution network online.

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