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Press Releases and Article Submission sites are excellent ways to disseminate great contect to the public.  A side effect of these is that they lead to traffic back to your company and website.  We regularly send out press releases online whenever we participate in a community event and submit articles to article sites when we have a health-topic-of-the-month.  These alone have really reached our public - but they do take time as search engines don't find them right away. Start now and send them out - you do not need to write a novel, just be sure it is good relevant information that can build community. Best, Dr Shane Boulder Chiropractor

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I like the article, the writer does not beat around the bush and lays down firm rules that one must follow to do it successfully. Thanks, Jim.

Does anybody have a list with good PR sites? We are thinking about spending some money but we are not sure which company to choose. I manage a small Chicago car service company and we reached the point where we have to invest more in viral marketing. Do you know how much would cost to have an article published? Thanks! ---This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices.

Regarding this topic, I consulted with a PR buddy of mine and told him what we're doing. His response was to wait until I had the time to really work with an agency. He said with all the releases going all over the web, it's better to do it the right way and go through a PR firm or the chances of it getting picked up by a really good source becomes less and less. I'm not sure, the consensus here seems to be different. Though, I appreciate all the input as nobody is 100% right when it comes to calling these things.

PR or Press Release was one of the roots that helps your businesss to stay open to the public, giving them the future plan, the present excisting  promtions that have been going on. With that it can drive more leads or traffic to your site.

A press release is one of the logical places to start in creating awareness about your company. Sending to traditional news media is of course a good tactic. BUt there are many press release distribution sites on the internet, many of which will let you submit your PR for free. One of the ones that we've found works best for our clients is PRlog.com. Not only can you submit as many as you want as often as you want (some of the free sites only allow you to post one per day, week, etc.), but it also give you some analytics so you can see how many hits to each PR, when they read it and the visitor source (how they found it). Like I said, this one has worked really well for us and all of our clients. Good luck! ---This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices.

A Press Release is a basic building block for business promotion. The elements required to do a good press release will in themselves cause you to take an inventory of the value of your service or offers. The distribution channel is wary especially of Online marketers so you must show real value and a sense of real excitement when putting together your Press Release. I suggest you do a google searcha nd you will find some good basics of doing one. Always start your release with something of good news value to a reporter and eventually get to your business or offer. Hope this helps. George Edmonson Jr ---This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices.

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