Using Controversial Press Releases To Get More Backlinks And Traffic

[powerpress] I recently started a classified ad submission service. I was looking for a way to get the word out (other than just classified ads LOL!) I remembered that I had had some good luck in the search engines with press release marketing. However, I wanted an edge to my press release. I did not just want to submit the typical “internet marketing” self serving obvious seo only type press release. I wanted a shot of actual real journalists picking up my press release and re-publishing it on real sites that humans actually view.

Hmmm? What to do? I decided to write about how online classified ads are dominating the black market for such controversial subjects as escorts, massages and pain medication. I included appropriate links back to my Squidoo page (Does Online Classified Advertising Really Work?), a popular post I have with over 170 comments with a list of classified ads sites, and of course a link back to my classified ad submission service. I distributed the press release to 25 different press release sites. The title is “From Sex Slaves To Oxycoton Online Classified Advertising Dominates The American Grey Market.”
They range from PR 1-7. Here they are:

http://www.proskore.com/pressrelease.cfm?PRID=80280

http://www.seenation.com/view_full_news_details.php?newsid=543206&

http://zonebot.com/contentspecific.asp?ID=208497

http://www.upvery.com/392724-from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market.html

http://www.africanewswire.net/story.php?title=from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market

http://newsreleaser.com/0000016283.html

http://www.exactrelease.com/from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-on-link-336356.html

http://prsync.com/online-classified-advertising-works-classified-ad-/from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market-422582/

http://www.freepressrelease.com.au/ShowFull.asp?date=57461

http://www.press-release.in/en/sex-slaves-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-american-grey-market-619082

http://www.pressmap.de/from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market/167193

http://www.yourfreepressrelease.net/ShowFull.asp?date=61100

http://www.submitfreepr.com/ShowFull.asp?date=80033

http://webpublicists.com/2012/03/12/from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market/

http://www.forpressrelease.com/forpressrelease-34975-from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market.html

http://www.communique-presse.mooteur.net/en/2012/03/12/from-sex-slaves-to-oxycoton-online-classified-advertising-dominates-the-american-grey-market/

What are some controversial angles about your business? Go ahead and write a controversial press release about your business, submit it to the top press release sites and let us know how it goes here. Remember, try to write a press release which actually contains real news not a press release which is just pure promotion. You have to be more subtle with your self-promotion with press release marketing. Your comments are appreciated. Please share this article if you find it interesting.