69 replies to this topic

[Gatorhardware]

Has anyone wrote a press release and had it turned down by Prweb.com? We are thinking about releasing one on there as soon as we are ready for the possible traffic.

[bwelford]

I've written several, none of which have been turned down. I'm not sure that they generated much traffic, but it can't hurt.

[magellan]

Never had one turned down, had some enquiries from journalists and received free links.

[Jill]

I've only used it once. I did the free option, which really didn't seem to get it any exposure. I believe you really need to upgrade to the paid option in order for it to do anything for you.

Jill

[Scoreboard]

The $30 option always gets you listed immediately into Yahoo. For clients that are coming up short on Yahoo SERP's, it's usually worth the minimal cost.

The free option is a crapshoot. Maybe someone picks it up, maybe not. If they do, you look become a hero of a your budget conscious client. If not, well, it's at least archived somewhere in the engines.

[K.S. Katz]

I've had good experiences with PRWeb.com. I usually go with the $80 option. While I haven't got a lot of traffic from the release, I've broken even and gotten contacts from journalists/free links.

[T Bill]

I've posted about a couple of dozen press releases on PRWeb concerning new shirts we get. The idea is that I get the word out before other companies begin picking up on the shirts. Of course, it may also alert my compettition and make this happen quicker.

Many times this has netted me small articles but nothing big. It really depends upon the subject. My three biggest responses were Orange County Choppers, our political t-shirt contest and a specific winner called Bushisms. These three have pulled over twice as much as all the rest combined. Orange County Choppers was the best with five articles in small to mid-size city newspapers.

As is true with many projects, you may need to consistently post with the 80/20 rule in mind.

I have always taken the $80 option. I have no idea if this has helped or not though.

[Bernard]

We've used both the free and $80 options. We got positive exposure under both channels. The effectiveness of the effort is directly proportionate to how newsworthy or interesting your release is.

[computer books2door]

Hello

I was wondering if anyone from the UK has used PRWEB.COM ? - It would be nice to hear the feedback of the peeps here across the atlantic - If they have had any luck with this. Is there a UK alternative maybe?

[rohgan03]

I used it once...the paid options. Worked great!

[domokun]

I was about to post about this very same subject! Blimey, what a coincidence! Id also be interested to hear if anyone from the UK has had any success with the free option?!

[suthra]

I LOVE PRWEB.

You need not even submit to search engines. Just one article with links to your site is enough.

[zoltan]

Hello, I am new here.
Is the $80 option guaranteed to include your PR to yahoo news? I couldn't find info about this on prweb's website.

[deblgr]

I did a PRWeb press release for the $40 option which got pretty good pickup...but I was surprised that my backlinks/ PR/popularity didn't lift.

Appartently the link on the release aren't counted by Google??

Deb

[suthra]

The link is counted in google. Your article goes to several article publishing websites also. Its easier and cost effective way to get your site listed in teoma, altavista, ask.