Wednesday, October 19, 2011

2011-11-19 Wednesday - Startup Resources

A friend recently mentioned that he will be launching his own consulting practice, and I thought there might be some benefit to sharing with him and others some of the links to various resources I've collected over the years...

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Marketing Resources
Here is a list of 15 press release distribution sites, a mix of free and paid options, for you to explore.

1.1888PressRelease.com: A free and paid service that provides a number of options, including distribution outlets, visibility and tracking statistics.
2.24-7 Press Release: A free and paid service with varying formatting and distribution options.
3.Business Wire: A paid service (requires membership) that will distribute your press release to geographic, trade and industry media, and search engines.
4.Express Press Release: A paid service that includes distribution to state-based sites, industry-specific blogs and a PR forum.
5.i-Newswire: A free service that will allow you to submit one release per week to a global audience.
6.Media Syndicate: A free service that focuses on distributing press releases for small and medium sized businesses.
7.PR Leap: A paid service that distributes releases to all major search engines, newswires and websites.
8.PR Newswire: A paid service (requires membership) that will submit your release to a number of outlets, including newsrooms, bloggers, financial portals, social media networks, web sites, and search engines.
9.PR Urgent News: A free and paid service that allows up to three live links, targeted keywords and a thumbnail image with each release.
10.PR.com: A free and paid service that provides an option that includes a full company profile in addition to distributing your release.
11.PRBuzz.com: A paid service that distributes press releases to online news sites and blogs.
12.PRLog: A free service that allows you to include HTML links in the press release body, creates a PDF version of your release and allows you to submit to specific categories.
13.PRWeb: A paid service that distributes your site to numerous sites and lets you track and analyze results.
14.SBWire: A paid service that allows you to submit releases for geographical and industry targeting. They also distribute your releases via RSS to numerous third party sites.
15.The Open Press: A free and paid service that distributes press releases to numerous websites, blogs and RSS feeds.

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