The recession has shown up on our doorstep like that uninvited guest who rings your door bell and hangout way too long. If you are a company who executes a great deal of online marketing what do you do now? Cutting back your spending could cause your business to go under. Finding low cost alternatives to your online PR might just have be a must, for now.
There are many free to almost free press release services out there it just requires filtering through which ones will work best for you. In this down economy marketing dollars will almost definitely be cut at many companies so it will be important to have alternative resources to get your press releases out. Below are some alternatives to the higher priced PR distribution services which could very well come in handy in the near future.
PRLeap.com
PR Leap is a great alternative to companies such as PRweb. PR leap allows you to include text links along with embedded video. Pricing is ranges from $49-$149 depending on what additional features you would like to ad to your distribution.
PR Log.org
PRLog.org is a free press release distribution service that allows you to include three direct links within the release along with an image and tags. Your profile within the website also uses unique URLS and they do rank for your name in the search engines so you get a few nice little features. Not too bad for a free service.
Free-Press-Release.com
Free-Press-Release is a free service that allows you to upgrade if needed. If you are not worries about have a link in the release to your website than the distribution will not cost you anything but if you are looking to include a link it will only cost you a dollar to distribute. To really spruce things up and promote it they charge 5 bucks. Not too bad if you are on a serious budget.
1888pressrelease.com
1888PressRelease offers plans from free to $50. The free service is very bare bones but for $50 dollars you can add links and photo galleries with the release.
PRZoom.com
PR Zoom offers a free service as well with the ability to upgrade for additional features. The free service gets pretty decent reach and allows for links as well attached to the release.
