Do Press release sites drives traffic to website?

[Nimit.Suri]

I was a little edgy to promote a software related blog related to joomla.So i thought would rather gain some knowledge and insight on how to go about it . Is press release site an ideal choice to promote your content on software's? or is there any other alternative you can suggest to promote it?

Any Help would be appreciated
Thanks in Advance

[TomClarke]

here are some tips how to drive your traffic to your website:
-   think content;
-  visualize your audience - personify the reader;
-  optimize your presss release for SEO - think about the keywords your target audience uses to mke up that search query;
-  try new circuits;
- be quotable - say something thta is not part of the daily drone;
-   get help - before hiring someone  to write a press release for you, look carefully at previous campaigns they have conducted;
- be tough on yourself - after it is finished, read it as if you never laid eyes upon it;
- create news - creating an event that you can repeat annually, such as competition or review of something interesting  to your target audience, can generate traffic for your site;
- track your results - see what works best by tracking your results for days and even weeks after your press release has gone out;
- when you finish your press release, have a very tough-minded editor go over it.

[RH-Calvin]

Submitting press release to various submission websites help to build backlinks for your website and at the same time drive traffic from them. Press release are generally news or announcement made for your website services and hence they help to generate good traffic from various submission websites.