How good is prweb?

smeagher · #1 (**permalink**) 05-01-2006, 02:50 PM

I have just spend practically my whole life savings on a press release with prweb. So far I don't seem to have had much of a response. Does anybody know how long it takes to see the result of a press release ... it went out on Saturday and the stats show that it was picked up by 900 media outlets ..

weslinda · #2 (**permalink**) 05-04-2006, 01:53 PM

Okay, let me get this straight? You sent out a Press Release for teens? To a standard news site, hoping Teens that would register for your site, might find it and login?

If you are looking for exposure, it's a great idea. If you think you're going to drive thousands of teens to your site with a Press Release. I think you've overestimated the power of PRWeb or any othe PR related site.

If I was you, I would have spent my money on ads for "myspace" as a keyword in Google and the such. I think you might have garnered a little more tuned traffic that way.

Or, buy keywords that are the hot searches for teens right now.

Or, figure out how to optimize your site for that type of information.

You are going to find it quite difficult to compete with MySpace unless you set yourself apart in some way.

Perhaps focusing on a certain group of teens. With similar interests and the such. Then I think the site will make you more of a success.

smeagher · #3 (**permalink**) 05-06-2006, 04:43 AM

Thanks for the comments. No I didn't really think that the prweb release would get my site to teens but I figured it might be picked up by media outlets who focus on teens or culture or entertainment and they would get the word out!

At the moment, I have a really small budget and I'm experimenting to see what works best. So I will be trying google ads to see how that goes.. eventually I will know what works best and what doesn't.

And almost two weeks after the press release to prweb I 'm beginning to get contacted about my site so maybe it just takes time to work!

101homebiz · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006, 06:56 PM

I have created some PRWEB Press Releases with good results. You will get also some valuable backlinks to your website that will stay for a long time online driving some traffic. I think there is not a huge investment for the results.

mktgbiz · #5 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006, 11:26 PM

One of the hidden benefits of using prweb for press releases is that you should show up in the search engines rather quicly, especially if your press release has your key search words strategically placed throught the press rlease.

I still see my press release come up quite high in the search engines for my keywords.

Last month I was contacted for a podcast interview from a press release I sent out through prweb a number of months ago. I was glad to have some more free publicity.

But yes.....it does take time.

mktgbiz

kilfer · #6 (**permalink**) 05-16-2006, 12:04 PM

There are plenty of PR websites which can help you to promote your webby for free. Do search around.

Besides, many of the success web stories spread by word of mouth, so do focus on your marketing strategies. :)

greeneagle · #7 (**permalink**) 05-18-2006, 03:26 PM

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"I have just spend practically my whole life savings on a press release with prweb."

That statement sounds a bit misleading. PRWeb is a great Press Release agency. They are the only one we recommend for our clients. The $200 contribution mark is the optimum point of entry as far as we are concerned, and that I hope isn't a "life's savings"...

900 right away isn't bad after all. It takes time for the journalists to pick up the story and carry it forward.

What was your journalism ranking for the release?

Ken