Does Press Release really work?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by teohcl, Oct 4, 2009.

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    I saw a lot of Internet marketer that using this way to promote product and I have a question on this "Does this really works?" Any Feedback? Anyone here has tried this? Please comment. Thanks
     
    teohcl, Oct 4, 2009 IP
  2. d0rhk

    d0rhk Well-Known Member

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    The only way to truly find out is to test it yourself. It might have worked great for other people, but they might not have been promoting a product, or if they did, it worked well with PRs.

    Dont ask for other peoples opinions when you can have your own. There are many people on DP who will write a press release and submit them for $10-15, not a big investment.
     
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  3. Steve Powers

    Steve Powers Peon

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    Every promoting way has its own advantage.If you can use it well,you'll benefit from it.So I think the problem is
    how much we can gain from this way and whether it's worthy or not for us to do it.Then you can determine it by
    yourself.
     
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  4. emmadean

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    The fact the you let the world know about your product/service is a big factor for a good result.
     
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  5. seosapien

    seosapien Peon

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    If your product/service is news worthy and you write a great PR release that attracts the media attention it is definitely worth the investment, it could exponentially increase your income if it is picked up by a big magazine, newspaper, etc...

    In 99% of the cases it won't happen but it will still generate a good amount of incoming links and traffic.
     
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    elenabush Peon

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    press release is very effective way for selling products or services.
     
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  7. Scotkan

    Scotkan Peon

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    I use online PR for link building. They don't really generate sales for my bricks and mortar business. Good releases get picked up by so many sites.
     
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  8. ErikJ

    ErikJ Peon

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    many things come down to who can write the best advertisements. Soe people can have allot of links and seo done well to there site and still make little money.

    try it out yourself since some people write very well and some people are just plane stupid it comes down to who can make words on a computer screen to be interesting and inspire a action that is what works copywriting
     
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    webdev007 Active Member

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    A single PR won't work unless you have a well known reputed company starting something new. PR may work for good quality of unique concepts that may attract the attention of editors.
     
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    PR is one of my methods for getting subscribers to my newsletters - which means that there are people out there reading press releases. You only have to grab their attention and offer what they need ;)
     
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    tuksdrr Active Member

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    Yes I tried it several times. It works as far as your press release is well written. It's dynamic full of energy. You can optimize it also for keywords. After, make digg, propeller... to know more about your release, your product, your site.
     
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    What services do you PR's to? I've always wondered :rolleyes:
     
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    greatme Active Member

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    Yes Press Release work. i did it many times and got good results. It can be a good source of good pr.
     
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    Hi

    Press Releases are very useful for Search engine optimization, it will help to give links to your website. It is one of the best marketing way in internet.

    paylessseo.com
     
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    they are good for a variety of reasons and will usually result in a good short-term pr.
     
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    why do you think companies still rely on expensive PR firms?

    I mean they could save all that money by just listening to the gurus and send out a 50 bucks press release - right :D

    you will get some backlinks and if you are super lucky then the release might outrank your site in the serps for a couple of days thats all there is!

    Dont make the mistake and spend 50 bucks for someone writing your release (english in not my first language) like I did!
     
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    I think it is useful, if you have submit your pr to some pr site and using google analyse, you can find there are some people come to your site from there.
     
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    stocklemon Greenhorn

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    press releases are very easy to write and distribute, but you need to have something newsworthy or interesting for it to work. considering the minimal time and effort, its worth a shot.
     
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    I think so. Many business professionals used PR to get more clients. Lots of people are doing it because of the good result.
     
    carol.prime, Oct 6, 2009 IP