http://www.releasewire.com/blog/ en-us http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/notice-of-termination-of-releasewire-sbwire-services-109.htm After 20 years of providing small to mid-sized businesses and organizations with affordable and effective press release distribution and related services, ReleaseWire/SBWire will be terminating its service beginning February 1st, 2024. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:04:22 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-and-coronavirus-covid-19-107.htm The team at ReleaseWire has been continuously monitoring the ever-evolving COVID-19 situation along with directions being provide by local, state and national officials. As such, we made the decision today to make several temporary adjustments to our operations. Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:02:39 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/a-major-update-to-releasewire-coming-in-2020-106.htm ReleaseWire Has begun work on a major update to its site. This update will address many usability issues, add new features and embrace new technologies. As we begun this process, we are looking for feedback from you on how we can make our service even better! Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:15:37 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-office-relocation-105.htm On October 23, 2019 ReleaseWire will begin the process of relocating our offices to our brand new, combined office located in West Allis, WI. During this relocation process, our telephone-based sales and customer support offering will be limited or at times completely unavailable. Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:46:37 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/5-tips-to-increase-engagement-and-conversions-with-press-releases-104.htm The editorial team at ReleaseWire has reviewed well over a one million press releases which has allowed our team to identify some important factors that help press releases perform better in regards to engagement thus increasing clicks and conversions. To help you get the most out of ReleaseWire's press release distribution service, we want to share with you five tips to help you optimize your press release to get more engagment and conversions. Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:54:03 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/happy-independence-day-from-releasewire-102.htm A quick remidner to our clients, ReleaseWire / SBWire will be closed Thursday, July 4th, 2019 for Independence Day. Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:07:01 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/policy-update-marijuana-cannabis-cbd-hemp-and-related-products-101.htm ReleaseWire was recently contacted by our credit card processor and informed that they have a policy in place that restricts merchants, including ReleaseWire, from linking to, or providing information about, marijuana, cannabis, CBD, hemp and related products. As such, we have been instructed by our credit card processor that we must not only stop taking press release submissions on these topics, but we must remove any existing press releases and related content from our site.  Wed, 08 May 2019 12:09:34 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/coming-soon-hostednewsroom-v3-the-next-generation-communications-center-100.htm ReleaseWire is placed to announce that HostedNewsroom v3, the latest version of our online newsroom hosting service, will launch very soon. This new version reinvents HostedNewsroom by adding many new major features along with thousands of improvements. Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:31:42 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-announces-new-subscription-add-on-services-99.htm Subscribers to ReleaseWire's press release distribution service now have the ability to utilize new subscription add-ons. These add-ons are designed to provide you with greater flexibility in managing your ReleaseWire subscriptions. Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:51:43 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/new-social-monitoring-tools-coming-soon-to-releasewire-98.htm ReleaseWire will soon launch an all new social media monitoring tools, ReleaseWire Track. ReleaseWire Track includes full monitoring of social media sites, major news sites and more. ReleaseWire Track provides unique insights for marketers such as trends, sentiment analysis and influence ratings. Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:20:47 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/top-10-newsworthy-press-release-topics-97.htm To help businesses get started thinking about all the newsworthy events they should talk about, we created a list of the top 10 newsworthy events which should be discussed in a press release. Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:08:39 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/celebrating-10-years-of-media-engagement-innovation-96.htm 10 years ago, the founders of ReleaseWire began a new journey based on a simple idea, that all small businesses should have access to effective and affordable press release distribution services. Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:15:56 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/exciting-news-for-our-small-business-clients-95.htm We have some exciting news to share today. We are pleased to announce that we are launching an all new small business press release distribution service, SBWire. Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:29:57 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/expand-your-reach-and-gain-visibility-with-new-media-outlet-features-in-releasewire-crm-94.htm To boost our clients' media engagement efforts, ReleaseWire is happy to announce cutting-edge features and functionality of our apps. These enhancements apply to ReleaseWire CRM, ReleaseWire Connect, ReleaseWire NewsWire, and our new ReleaseWire Inbox app. Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:00:24 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-working-to-protect-our-readers-from-deceptive-advertising-93.htm Out of great respect to the many thousands of viewers who trust ReleaseWire, and with the intent of protecting them from deceptive advertising, we have implemented enhanced guidelines regarding the allowable content of press releases distributed by ReleaseWire. Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:41:16 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-announces-exciting-changes-to-our-account-management-interface-92.htm ReleaseWire has made exciting changes and improvements to our account management interface to better serve our clients! From the account dashboard, clients will see an improved page layout and navigation, making it easy to find the various features of ReleaseWire and to accomplish day-to-day tasks. Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:19:01 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/releasewire-expands-online-distribution-91.htm The team at ReleaseWire is continually working to extend our online press release distribution reach, providing our clients with more visibility. We are pleased to announce today that we have added an additional 150 news sites to our Premium Syndication network. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:44:47 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/a-message-from-our-ceo-daniel-jones-90.htm As you may have heard, SBWire has changed its name to ReleaseWire. I wanted to share with you the reason for this change as well as provide you with some insight to our future plans. Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:44:14 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/press-release-updates-reissues-and-revisions-keep-your-press-releases-up-to-date-89.htm It is not uncommon to need to update the content of a press release after it has been distributed. There are different reasons such as a minor correction, major changes to the content or the press release just needs to be refreshed as it has become out-of-date. SBWire now offers three solutions, content updates, reissues and revisions. Thu, 08 May 2014 12:36:06 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/newsworthy-content-a-recipe-for-success-88.htm Having an effective media engagement process in today's fast paced news environment requires that your business distributes newsworthy press releases. It is important that business communicators know what types of press releases are newsworthy. Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:17:35 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/sbwires-new-distribution-agreement-with-the-associated-press-87.htm Today we are happy to announce that press releases submitted to SBWire using our OnDemand and Full Text Subscription based press release distribution services are now being distributed to Associated Press journalist and editors. Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:14:22 -0600 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/please-welcome-hank-warmbier-86.htm SBWire is pleased to welcome our new account Executive, Henry "Hank" Warmbier to the SBWire team. Hank will be heading up our efforts to provide our small to medium-sized businesses with effective, affordable and easy-to-use press release distribution and related public relations tools and services. Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:48:47 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/a-real-name-culture-and-your-privacy-85.htm An important element in developing trust with readers of a press releases is using an actual contact's real name and business name. Readers want to know who is issuing the press release. Journalist doing research on your business prefer having a direct contact person to reach out to. Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:28:45 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/the-nofollow-debate-84.htm Recently there has been a lot of information from many sources regarding links from press releases and if they should include the rel=nofollow HTML tag. Marking a link as rel=nofollow tells search engines, such as Google and Bing, that the link should not be considered as a factor when ranking a target web site. Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:21:25 -0500 http://www.releasewire.com/blog/article/announcing-enhanced-full-text-syndication-83.htm Today SBWire launched a new option for online press release distribution that provides full-text syndication of your press release throughout our syndication network. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:26:48 -0600