PRWeb vs. Free Press Release Sites

I did a split test. For links-in purposes, submitting to all the free sites gave me about the same effect as the $200 PRWeb option. It took a long time to do it, because I filled out all the profiles, used all available formatting, etc.

For SEO link authority purposes, PRWeb was better in that one test, probably due to the fact that submissions to get to more credible sites-though not as many as I expected from their sales page.

Thank you! Thank you! This is exactly what I needed!

I'm the behind the scenes person of my husband's business plus I'm promoting three of my own. I have three press releases being written right now through fiverr but was hoping to get around having to pay another chunk o' cash to distribute all of them.

Are you required to register the News Publisher software for $19 or can you bypass that and use it for free?

Are you required to register the News Publisher software ( Press Release Submitter-The Best Online Marketing Software) for $19 or can you bypass that and use it for free?

Couple things, as this is your own software:

- There are not 100 places this submits to, as we found out here, yet the site still says that today after we pointed that out to you & confirmed this (when we used it there were 45 and some needed manually set up,so maybe 38 or less automated).

- This is not a 1-time fee, yet the site still says that today after we pointed that out to you & confirmed this, too.




...See the points above that I've written, ksmusselman and goldcanyon. Just want to make sure people are comparing the right info. It may be different now, but want to make sure you and others in the thread who are actively seeking tools get more clear info, if possible.

Also note: during a fully paid version* test run, we didn't find the release went anywhere but 1 site and with no hyperlinks allowed at that. The report only says, "True" for all places supposedly submitted to, no links or anything.

So to date, manually still works best. You also get more control manually. You can make hyperlinks and make sure keywords are filled out, profiles, etc. as allowed by the sites.

So free and paid tools - -- depends upon what outcome you want as to which is best. PRWeb's tools may cost the most but are excellent, as others say. If your budget, or your client's budget is not that much to cover their costs, though, manually submitting to a few top sites works best. And don't be afraid to market these releases once they are published on the site. Add RSS feeds to your blogs, tweet about the release and add a link in your tweet, and post about it with a link on Facebook, add the release to your client's media page, etc. Work it! Even on PRWeb the releases run on a timed feed, like a ticker tape. In seconds it's history. Work those releases, market them - charge ahead, Warriors!!



*We do like to test run all types of tools, as time allows, to see which ones really do make the mark today, and which are not presented right or just plain don't work.