List Of The Best Press Release Distribution Websites
Press Release Distribution Websites
Whether you are a small business or author, if you have a website you should be distributing press releases on a regular basis to build your online presence. Press releases provide the media with the information they need to write a news story. For authors, a press release can announce a book signing, book reading, new book release, blog tour, celebrity endorsements, sponsorships, price changes, a new blog, awards, or other newsworthy events. A search engine optimized (SEO) press release can help generate media coverage, increase traffic to your website, improve your ranking in search engines, and attract new customers. Press releases are essential in a PR campaign.
There are so many different press release distribution websites that it can be confusing trying to figure out which ones to use. After years of distributing press releases, we have come up with a list of the best free and paid press release distribution websites. In no specific order, here are our favorite press release distribution websites –
iNewswire – http://www.i-newswire.com/
PR.com – http://www.pr.com/
1888 Press Release – http://www.1888pressrelease.com/
24-7 Press Release – http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
Big News – http://bignews.biz/
Online PR News – http://www.onlineprnews.com/
Before It’s News: http://beforeitsnews.com/
PRLog – http://www.prlog.org/
PRWeb: PRWeb has the cheapest distribution option. We used the Basic package, which is only $99. However, it provided ZERO results. Seriously, not a single site picked up our press release. It was an absolute waste of money. You get what you pay for right?
eReleases: Our favorite press release distribution site is eReleases, but they keep raising their rates, which is frustrating. We used to distribute press releases through eReleases for only $149, and now it seems the price increases every month or so. The lowest package that eReleases offers right now is $249 for the Newswire Lite. With this package, they will publish your press release on PR Newswire, and it will get published on an additional 100 – 300 news sites. Having your press release published on this many news sites helps increase your online presence significantly.
PR Newswire: PR Newswire is the most expensive distribution site, and they provide similar results to eReleases.
We recommend distributing your press release through 1 major paid distribution service, like eReleases, and a handful of free press release websites, like PRLog or 24-7 Press Release, to generate more backlinks to your website. Backlinks help increase your ranking in search engines and traffic to your website. Also, be sure to post the press release on your own website or blog.
We chose the websites listed above because they are the easiest to use and provide the best results. What sites would you add to this list?