Note: The following post was written by Vocus CEO Rick Rudman (Twitter | bio). At Vocus, we’ve always strived to deliver an online news distribution service that is unique and valuable to our customers, while also providing a reliable source of company-generated news for millions of readers. Earlier this week we distributed what turned out [...]
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The following is a statement by Vocus CMO Jason Jue: Yesterday, PRWeb learned a press release live on its site was fraudulent. PRWeb has turned over information regarding this release to the appropriate federal authorities. PRWeb has levels of safeguards and redundancies to ensure that only verifiable, corporate-issued press releases ever make it to our news release [...]
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PRWeb transmitted a press release for ICOA that we have since learned was fraudulent. The release was not issued or authorized by ICOA. Vocus reviews all press releases and follows an internal process designed to maintain the integrity of the releases we send out every day. Even with reasonable safeguards identity theft occurs, on occasion, [...]
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Free! It’s a word that can universally grab the attention of an audience, and for good reason. How many times have you heard someone say “I couldn’t afford that free service” ? For example, soda companies often offer a free sample when launching or revamping a product line. Of course what really matters is whether [...]
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These customer-made videos about PRWeb are helpful in figuring out how and why to use PRWeb. Best of all, they’re made by PRWeb users, just like you. Thanks to all who took the time to show the world through these YouTube videos how to use our press release distribution service and the real-world results anyone [...]
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Each time I watch a movie where the storyline includes a Grandma (or Grandpa) stashing money all over the house, I giggle to myself. Whether it’s the coffee can, mattress or shoeboxes, my Grandma is still – to this day – making sure her resources aren’t all in one place. We’ve even convinced her to [...]
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Does this time of year make you stop and reflect on long summer breaks, popsicles, beach balls and days at the pool? On especially warm days, we might think back to the packed water of the local pool and reflect on the games that captured our competitive spirit. At the time, games seemed like nothing [...]
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Note: Today’s post is a guest post by Francesca StaAna, a very active member in the PRWeb community. * * * So you’ve just written the perfect press release: Catchy headline, newsworthy, interesting, and it has the ideal text to link ratio that’s bound to make the search engines smile. Nothing left to do but hit the [...]
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We’re got some cool news to share (just one of many awesome developments for PRWeb in 2012): We’ve just partnered with Hearst’s LocalEdge to increase the visibility and distribution of your news releases! We’ve added over 40 Hearst online properties to our syndication network, which comes on the heels of our partnership with the San [...]
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Ready for some great news? Digital Journal is the newest edition to PRWeb’s distribution network as of February this year. With almost a quarter million unique monthly visitors, Digital Journal is an alternative news network for people who want to read news, contribute to reporting, debate and discuss news and events from around the world. [...]
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