EPR Network,part of which is Express-Press-Release.Net, is one of the nation's largest press release distribution networks on Web. The EPR's nationwide network includes 12 State based PR sites, 37 industry-specific PR blogs and a major PR forum and what started as a hobby on Internet years ago turned out to be a rapidly growing business today. EPR Network is also known as one of the most trusted (human optimized, published, edited and monitored, spam/scam/low quality PR content free) PR sites on the web with more than 10,000* company and individual press releases distributed per month. EPR Network is distributing over, releasing via, and submitting your press releases to the Web, the News, the Blogosphere and the social media sites and is reaching thousands of individuals, companies, PR specialists, media professionals, bloggers and journalists every day.
EPR Network has thousands of clients around the world including global 500 corporations like Hilton Hotels, Barclays Bank, AXA Insurance, BP (Castrol), Tesco UK, eBay/Skype, Lloyds TSB Group, Prudential, Marks & Spencer, Emirates, just to name a few. The network's PR web sites are currently reaching from 150,000 to sometimes 500,000 unique visitors per month while our viral reach could possibly go to as much as 1M people per month through our presence across various social media sites. EPR Network was established in 2004 and as of May 2008 it had more than 800,000 press releases (pages) published on its network. EPR Network is owned by EPR Network LLC, a California company.
*included standard (free) PR distribution discontinued as of Nov 2008 and resumed in Nov 2010
Next day distribution - Press release goes live within 24 hours upon submission (excluding weekends and official US holidays). Embargoed press releases are honored as well.
*Due to the huge demand for the free press release distribution service the current backlog is approx. 2-3 weeks. Approved trusted free PR publishers/submitters may have their free press releases appear online almost in real time.
EPR Network's main site - Press release appears on the EPR Network's main site *
Industries, markets - Press release will be published under all industry sectors / markets found relevant by the editor. EPR Network's industry pages are among the most popular and highest ranked on Google for any industry specific queries when combined with 'press release/s'.
Standard release - 1 relevant industry; Featured release - up to 5 relevant industries; *
* subject to relevancy and availability as determined by the editor
1 relevant industry
up to 5 relevant industries
EPR Network's main PR blog - Press release appears on the EPR Network's main PR blog. Launched in 2007 the EPR Network's main blog is currently having more than 7000 selected press release entries published on.
EPR Network's press release forum - Press release appears on the EPR Network's press release forum. EPR Network's PR forum has been launched in 2005 and is currently having more than 50,000 press releases published on and thousands of active users out of more than 100,000 registered. Since 2009 the forum is no longer accepting new registrations.
Relevant Blog Coverage - Depending on the industry your PR targets, it will be covered by one or more of the industry-specific PR blogs part of EPR Blog Network:
Launched back in 2008 EPR Network's blogs have grown to the point to instantly reach out to industry specific audiences and concentrate extremely targeted traffic for the various industries EPR Network has blogs for. Helpful when you target a specific industry and the in-context back links on relevant to your industry blog weight more for SE ranking and SEO purposes.
Standard release - 1 relevant blog coverage; Featured release - story covered by up to 3 relevant blogs; *
* subject to relevancy and availability as determined by the editor
1 relevant blog
up to 3 relevant blogs
Social Media, Recommendation, Bookmarking, Networking, RSS, and News Aggregator Sites Submission - Press release will be submitted over to all popular Social Media, Recommendation, Bookmarking, Networking and News Aggregator Sites*
*Social media submissions may not be guaranteed equally for all press releases that appear on EPR Network due to the different submission policies of those sites
RealTimePressRelease.com distribution - Press release will also be distributed via RealTimePressRelease.com and will appear in their real time press releases stream
PR distribution packages / features
Free As requested!
Standard
Featured
Home Page Placement - Press release appears on the home page of all PR sites, industry categories, archives, PR blogs and everywhere else applicable
Home Page Display Duration - Your press release will stay visible on the home page for a period of about 30 days on average
PR Ranking / PR Position - New press releases appear above the older press releases on the home page of all PR sites part of EPR Network, on top of all industry categories, on the archives and everywhere else applicable.
Featured press releases appear above the standard press releases for the particular release day wherever applicable. *
* EPR Network does not offer bidding for ranking and what is included in the $59 release is guaranteed position above all standard press releases distributed for that particular day while ranking among all featured releases for the same day is determined by the editor at his sole discretion
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Permanent PR Ranking / PR Position - No, the press release goes down as new press releases are released
Permanent hosting for your press release on EPR Network - Once published your press releases remains permanently hosted on EPR Network, unless otherwise requested. This way your press release will gain permanent exposure on the Web
Press release archives on EPR Network - Once published your press releases will also be archived and will never be taken down unless otherwise required. This way your press release will gain permanent exposure on the Web.
Word limit - No limitations imposed on the number of words to be used with a release via EPR Network, either free or paid
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No
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Hyper-links, in-text links, linked words, keywords, tags, anchor texts - For the free press release distribution the hyperlinks are embedded on the do-it-yourself basis and their number for a standard size of press release should be kept reasonably low for better overall results. 1 link per 100 words is considered acceptable within the PR and SEO industries. For the standard and featured releases experienced editors are taking care of all hyperlinks, keywords, tags and beyond. No limitations imposed on the number of keywords/tags to be used with a release either free or paid **
Company logo, photos, pictures etc. - Unless provided to us the logo and all relevant pictures, as they fit, are taken by our editors from the company's web site associated with the press release so that you don't have to bother with this. Alternatively any picture, logo or photo submitted over to us along with your PR material will be honored and included with the release. For the free press release distribution the logo and photos should be included with the release on the do-it-yourself basis by its submitter. No limitations imposed on the number of pictures/photos to be used with a release either free or paid **
Video / Audio Embedding etc. - Video and audio file sources can be sent over to us along with your PR title/order# for embedding by our editors. No limitations imposed on the number of audio/vidio files to be used with a release either free or paid**
** Specific requirements for links, logos, images, audio and video to be embedded can all be attached and sent to info[at]express-press-release.net along with your order number after you submit your /standard/featured press release
File attachments etc. - You can attach/enclose PDFs, WORD DOCs, PPT, Excel files yourself (goes with the free release) or request such files be enclosed/attached by an editor for you with your standard and featured releases. No limitations imposed on the number of files to be attached with a release either free or paid **
Professional formatting, layout, design etc. - Experienced press release editors are taking care of the professional formatting, layout and the overall look and feel of your press releases when they are released under the standard and featured distribution packages. When released under the free press release distribution package, the formatting and the layout, while offered as options, has to be carried out on do-it-yourself basis by their respective PR submitters/authors **
Search Engine Optimized (SEO) - Standard and featured press releases are manually search engine optimized by our editors. In-text static HTML links on strategic words and phrases, better layout, images, photos, alt texts, semantic URLs, tags, keywords, meta elements, more inbound hyperlinks from 3rd party sites to the press release page on EPR network and more. SEO for the press releases going out with the free distribution should be carried out by their submitters. **
** Specific requirements for links, logos, images, audio and video to be embedded can all be attached and sent to info[at]express-press-release.net along with your order number after you submit your standard/featured press release
Search Engine Inclusion / Placement - Yes, all major search engines are included - Google, Bing, Yahoo! and more *
* Regardless that SE inclusion is heavily relied upon and is offered in all of our release packages, inclusion in and appearance on major search engines are based on their specific algorithms, terms & conditions as well as sole discretions and no specific position or inclusion at all can be guaranteed and your press release may or may not appear on Google, Yahoo! or Bing depending on many factors as, including but not limited to, PR quality, newsworthiness, timing, duplicate content / entries on other PR sites and more...
PR distribution packages / features
Free As requested!
Standard
Featured
Google news - Inclusion in Google News is offered for the standard and featured distribution packages ***
*** Regardless that Google(tm) News(tm) inclusion is heavily relied upon and is offered in our standard and featured release packages, inclusion in and appearance on Google News are based on Google News's specific algorithms, terms & conditions as well as sole discretion and no specific position or inclusion at all can be guaranteed and your press release may or may not appear on Google News, depending on many factors as, including but not limited to, PR quality, newsworthiness, timing, duplicate content / entries on other PR and News sites and more...
EPR Network's Google News sitemap inclusion - All press releases distributed under both the standard and featured packages are also included in EPR Network's Google News sitemap Inclusion in Google News is offered for the standard and featured distribution packages ***
*** Regardless that all press releases distributed under our standard and featured release packages are included in our Google News news sitemap, inclusion in and appearance on Google News are based on Google News's specific algorithms, terms & conditions as well as sole discretion and no specific position or inclusion at all can be guaranteed and your press release may or may not appear on Google News, depending on many factors as, including but not limited to, PR quality, newsworthiness, timing, duplicate content / entries on other PR and News sites and more...
RSS/XML feed inclusion
Inclusion and appearance into the Blogosphere
Twitter - All press releases will be sent over to Twitter simultaneously
PDF, MS Word Doc, Printer friendly formats - Your press release will also be made in a downloadable PDF and DOC formats as well as made available in a printer friendly version
Free editorial review - Free editorial review means an editor at EPR Network will conduct a quick check of your press release for general press release formatting mistakes, typos, misspellings, wrong grammar, and general PR and Internet/Web based wrongdoings and does not include professional PR advise, consultation and optimization *
* While our editors are experienced in dealing with press releases online EPR Network takes no responsibility
and assumes no liability
if one or more errors are omitted to be corrected in our free editorial review of your press release prior to the distribution.
Reporting - The distribution report is normally made available to you within 24-48 hours upon the PR distribution. The time is needed for the editors to pick up all the places and sites your PR has been published on, released via, and submitted to. You can access your reports over here. In order to access your reporting section you have to use the exact email address as used in PayPal or 2Co to pay for the PR distribution.
Registration required
Yes
No, we value your time and privacy
No, we value your time and privacy
Updates, Changes, Removals etc. - Expressly done by our editors within hours for all standard and featured releases (drop us a note at info[at]express-press-release.net). Changes, removals, and updates, whenever needed, for the press releases distributed under our free package have to be made by their respective submitters/authors themselves within their accounts
Questions? Customer Service? - Questions, concerns and customer services inquiries for all standard and featured press releases can be directed to the following email address: info[at] express-press-release.net. No customer services is offered to the free press release distribution users.
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