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News by Location Improvements
SBWire now makes it easier than ever to view press releases based on their location. For example, if you wanted to view only press releases related to companies in the Atlanta, GA area you could do so using this new option.
To view press releases by location visit: http://www.sbwire.com/news/location/
Next, select the country you would like to view press releases in.
Finally, select the location within the country that you would like to view.
In addition, you can now subscribe to location specific RSS news feeds by clicking on the ?Subscribe? button on any location specific page.
posted by Daniel Jones @ 10:11 AM
Alerts And Newsfeeds Updated - More Powerful And Easier To Use!
The development team at SBWire has been working on an update to our ?Alerts and Newsfeeds? service, which has launched today.
What are alerts and newsfeeds? Alerts are email based news alerts that are sent to your inbox whenever a press release is distributed by SBWire clients. Newsfeeds are RSS based newsfeeds that display new press releases distributed by SBWire clients.
Alerts and newsfeeds are customized to show new press releases based on the criteria you define.
Using the new alerts and newsfeeds tool, you can create a custom news feed that also sends email news alerts, thus allowing you to receive updated press releases in both RSS and email.
The criteria manager in the new alerts and newsfeeds system is much more powerful than versions past. Now, you can completely customize what news is entered in to your alert and newsfeeds. You can create as many criteria elements as you want to get the intended result.
Possible criteria include keywords (with optional advanced Boolean features), locations, industry, individual company and more.
Using this new tool, you could easily create an alert or newsfeed that includes all press releases from the Chicago metropolitan area (US), in the technology industry related to sales reports and trends in a matter of a few minutes. It truly is that easy and powerful.
We have also added easy RSS subscription links to the alerts and newsfeed manager. Now subscribing to your custom newsfeed is just a click away.
posted by Daniel Jones @ 11:47 AM
Announcing SBWire Spring '08
I am pleased to announce that SBWire Spring ?08 has been launched.
Spring ?08 represents one of the largest updates to the SBWire service we have ever done.
There are literally thousands of updates that went into this update.
Some of the important new features of SBWire Spring ?08 include:
Organization Team Management
One of the most often requested features has been the ability to allow multiple employees for an organization to manage the organizations? SBWire account. With SBWire Spring ?08, multiple users are now fully supported.
We took this concept even further. Not only can organization administrators grant access to their organization to other SBWire members, but administrators can also become members of other organizations.
Hosted Press room
One of the biggest obstacles many businesses face with their online media relations efforts is finding an effective way to make information available to journalists and editors in a consistent and easy to find manor.
Hosted Press Room solves this issue and more. Each SBWire member organization receives a free Hosted Press Room using our HostedPR Express service.
An advanced version of our HostedPR service that includes many additional features is currently in beta testing and will be available soon. HostedPR Pro will be made available as a subscription service with a seamless upgrade option from HostedPR Express.
Media Database Management
SBWire has offered the ability to upload your own media contacts for use with news distribution for some time now. With SBWire Spring ?08 we took this concept and expanded on it greatly.
Now you can manage your media contacts online in a full featured management system. As your media database grows you can segment contacts into groups and as you distribute new press releases, you can choose to send your press release to your media contacts either using your full list of an individual group.
Best of all, media databases can now be shared with other SBWire users as needed.
posted by Daniel Jones @ 7:16 PM
