Anyone know of any decent free PR agencies? I've seen a few around
(prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any
experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if
possible.
Ta
--
Paul
www.webequity.com.au
Press Release sites are good for SEO, not so much for direct traffic.
For direct traffic, it's better to contact press/sites directly with
your press release. I have a list of some tech contacts we put
together that I can send you.
On Aug 8, 9:22 am, "Paul | WebEquity" <goo...@boxed.com.au> wrote:
> Anyone know of any decent free PR agencies? I've seen a few around
> (prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any
> experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if
> possible.
> Ta
> --
> Paulwww.webequity.com.au
I'll second this, although I'm coming from a background of political style lobbying for Digital Tasmania, not promoting a commercial product. I'd offer you our contacts list, but they're probably not relevant for the most part.
I don't know how far down the PR track you've gone, but if i may indulge in some unsolicited advice based on experience I'd say:
Nothing else beats the hard graft of working through a list of press contacts in terms of getting attention. Decide what the audience you want to reach is and work out your message(s) accordingly. You need to give the journo an angle - one of the oldest tricks for product announcements is to present the results of a "survey" that proves there's a problem, that your product magically happens to solve! ;-)
Anyway, there's stacks of stuff on the web about this sort of thing, so read widely, check out some media releases from existing companies, etc. and synthesise your own plan from there.
Finally, make sure that you have a spokesperson that can be reached on the phone during biz hours, journos working to a deadline will more likely pick up the phone to get a fast answer, not wait around half a day for an email reply...
> Press Release sites are good for SEO, not so much for direct traffic. > For direct traffic, it's better to contact press/sites directly with > your press release. I have a list of some tech contacts we put > together that I can send you.
> On Aug 8, 9:22 am, "Paul | WebEquity" <goo...@boxed.com.au> wrote: >> Anyone know of any decent free PR agencies? I've seen a few around >> (prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any >> experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if >> possible. >> Ta >> -- >> Paulwww.webequity.com.au
Warren Seen wrote: > I'll second this, although I'm coming from a background of political > style lobbying for Digital Tasmania, not promoting a commercial > product. I'd offer you our contacts list, but they're probably not > relevant for the most part.
> I don't know how far down the PR track you've gone, but if i may > indulge in some unsolicited advice based on experience I'd say:
> Nothing else beats the hard graft of working through a list of press > contacts in terms of getting attention. Decide what the audience you > want to reach is and work out your message(s) accordingly. You need > to give the journo an angle - one of the oldest tricks for product > announcements is to present the results of a "survey" that proves > there's a problem, that your product magically happens to solve! ;-)
> Anyway, there's stacks of stuff on the web about this sort of thing, > so read widely, check out some media releases from existing > companies, etc. and synthesise your own plan from there.
> Finally, make sure that you have a spokesperson that can be reached > on the phone during biz hours, journos working to a deadline will > more likely pick up the phone to get a fast answer, not wait around > half a day for an email reply...
>> Press Release sites are good for SEO, not so much for direct traffic. >> For direct traffic, it's better to contact press/sites directly with >> your press release. I have a list of some tech contacts we put >> together that I can send you.
>> On Aug 8, 9:22 am, "Paul | WebEquity" <goo...@boxed.com.au> wrote:
>>> Anyone know of any decent free PR agencies? I've seen a few around >>> (prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any >>> experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if >>> possible. >>> Ta >>> -- >>> Paulwww.webequity.com.au
> I have a list of some tech contacts we put
> together that I can send you.
That would be great. Thanks. I'm working on a release around the
timing of the release of Silicon Beach and a number of other Sydney-
based initiatives for tech-startups, which I think might be the
tipping point for the local scene in terms of establishing Sydney as
the Australian startup capital ;)
like everyone else has suggested, contacting editors & bloggers direct
is the best method. AFR, BRW, The Australian, etc...
however i do also use www.prweb.com when i do a press release, mainly
for SEO and people may be monitoring certain google alerts...
On Aug 8, 7:22 am, "Paul | WebEquity" <goo...@boxed.com.au> wrote:
> Anyone know of any decent free PR agencies? I've seen a few around
> (prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any
> experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if
> possible.
> Ta
> --
> Paulwww.webequity.com.au
> like everyone else has suggested, contacting editors & bloggers direct
> is the best method. AFR, BRW, The Australian, etc...
> however i do also usewww.prweb.comwhen i do a press release, mainly
> for SEO and people may be monitoring certain google alerts...
> On Aug 8, 7:22 am, "Paul | WebEquity" <goo...@boxed.com.au> wrote:
> > Anyone know of any decentfree PR agencies? I've seen a few around
> > (prfree.com, myfreepr.com, pr-inside.com), but anyone have any
> > experience with these guys? I'd also like to focus on Australia, if
> > possible.
> > Ta
> > --
> > Paulwww.webequity.com.au- Hide quoted text -
