Is press release really helpful???

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by iblackhatter, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi everybody,

    I m launching my new website and thinking to have a press release. But I
    am not sure whether it will help me Please share your experience
    with press release and also tell what are the best websites to have a press release???
     
    iblackhatter, Dec 4, 2008 IP
  2. cr0cx

    cr0cx Active Member

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    If you feel like a press release would help you, you should do it. Think of it this way, would you be interested in hearing what you have to say? If not a press release would be a waste of time and money.
     
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  3. kmzeron

    kmzeron Well-Known Member

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    Writing press releases is a great strategy to promote your products, services and others and that can brings you some traffic and great increase of sales.
    Do it now.
     
    kmzeron, Dec 4, 2008 IP
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    tomerz77 Member

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    I am wondering the same thing.. Will a PR bring in a net increase in traffic?
     
    tomerz77, Dec 4, 2008 IP
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    andyj00 Active Member

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    I'm guessing a PR will give you a burst of traffic for a period of time, but then soon it will drop off?
     
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    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    Yeh, they can work if you have something really, REALLY newsworthy to tell.
     
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  7. Divisive Cottonwood

    Divisive Cottonwood Peon

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    The best way to answer your own question is to try it.

    It will bring in a small burst of traffic and then taper off into nothing.

    You'll get a backlink out of it though
     
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    Yes press release is one of the crucial part that will determine the success of the site.
    It can increase your PR and backlink.
    For starting you can try the cheaper price press release such as http://www.epressreleases.net
     
    mentos, Dec 4, 2008 IP
  9. kmzeron

    kmzeron Well-Known Member

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    It depends. Not a big traffic but that can brings to your sites more credibility and that can brings you more sales.
     
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    flatroxs Banned

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    #10
    press release is something which deal with quality content and people will review again if its sound interesting, so its helpful
     
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    If you are right good press release for your product or site than it will help you a lot. Just try ones and it will increase the traffic to words to your site.
     
    johnson999, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    mixke Prominent Member

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    If you have something unique and nice then they press releases can help a lot in spreading the word.
     
    mixke, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    S3vEn Active Member

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    I believe they increase traffic if you make a good one. lol
     
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    MTbiker Well-Known Member

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    First of all, you should know that the purpose of a press release is get word to journalists who may want to do a story on you, leading to lots of publicity. That could be articles, interviews, etc. To accomplish this you'll need a good, newsworthy story to pitch in the press release.

    "I started a neat website" is not a newsworthy story, BTW.

    It's not like submitting an article to EzineArticles.com and hoping to gain backlinks. If that is what you want to accomplish, a press release is not for you.
     
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    010081 and prospects like this.
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    carol.prime Active Member

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    Yes, it's one of the most recommended ways of getting traffic. It will help you advertise your business and services.
     
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    Press releases can be good to increase credibility. And that is important besides the traffic You are getting!
     
    Ian Seth, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    it's a good strategy to get the word out about your website and services, but I think you should be willing to spend a considerable amount of money to have a properly distributed press release.

    All the best.
     
    SEOTherapy, Dec 5, 2008 IP
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    If your starting a business you need to get the word out. A press release is a great way. If you don't think it will work then it wont.

    You need to write a interesting caption that appeals to people and not just yourself then it can have great results.

    Get yourself pumped up buddy get your energy up
     
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    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    Press releases are about far more than traffic, and if that's your only reason for wanting to do one, you probably shouldn't.

    As for whether or not they can be successful, that depends on several things including whether or not you have real news or a timely authority angle, whether the release is written well or not, and whether or not you've properly targeted your distribution (tip: posting to a bunch of free press release distribution sites is not properly targeting your distribution).

    If you're serious about using them, and you want to learn more about writing them specifically for a Web-based audience, I have a free e-book available on that subject (which you can download through the first link in my signature).
     
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  20. Mark Brown

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    Writing a press release will be good idea because it will give your site an exposure in the market. And some of the Press Release sites which have used and very effective are :

    * Free-Press-Release-Center.info
    * FreePressIndex.com
    * FreePressRelease.co.cc
    * FreePressReleases.co.uk
    * MediaSyndicate.com
    * PageRelease.com
    :)
     
    Mark Brown, Dec 8, 2008 IP