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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One thing that has always amazed me about PRWeb is the passion and loyalty of its users. I’d venture to say if there’s a highly engaged community, PRWeb has earned one. Standup comedian John J. Powers is a great example and we reached out to him after he posted this YouTube video – The Hand-Off [...]

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I can’t believe this weekend marked Labor Day – this summer has flown by. What marketing or PR activities have you crossed off your to-do list this summer? For us, we had a goal of producing three, really great pieces of content a week for the PRWeb blog to inspire and educate. Looking back at [...]

Filed under: Content, Facts and Figures, PRWeb Picks by Stacey Acevero
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Humbled. Honored. Speechless. Proud. These are just a few words to describe to how we feel about PRWeb’s big announcement today: we’ve ascended to the #1 spot in terms of online press release distribution. Among news release services, we’re now the largest by volume, are highest-rated for SEO, have the most-trafficked site and our releases [...]

Filed under: Global, News Release Features, User Experience by Stacey Acevero
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We’re pulling out the big guns for our September webinar and are super-excited to bring you the amazing Rand Fishkin, founder and CEO of SEOmoz. If you don’t know about Rand, I’d suggest you visit his twitter handles here and here right away, as well as the SEOmoz blog. There’s no time better than the [...]

Filed under: SEO by Stacey Acevero
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We wanted to say thanks from the bottom of our hearts for nominating and voting for us to win a Small Business Influencer Award! It means a lot to us to know that you’re finding value for your biz when using PRWeb. There’s just a day and change left in voting, so if you haven’t [...]

Filed under: Small Business by Stacey Acevero
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Michael Brenner is our latest guest on #PRWebchat this week with tips on B2B marketing. Michael is the author of B2B Marketing Insider, co-founder of the social news site Business 2 Community and serves as Senior Director of Global Integrated Marketing for SAP, the worldwide leader in enterprise software and software-related services. Follow Michael on [...]

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Blogging PRWeb is now available for download to anyone’s Amazon Kindle reader! Here are a few screenshots of what it looks like: Blog list (displays the 10 most recent blogs)

Filed under: Updates by Stacey Acevero
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Where to start in social media?  It’s a common question for many marketers – especially those in small business – that are new to social media but want to tap into the channel to engage customers and prospects. A good rule of thumb is to start by listening.  What does that mean?  Do some searches [...]

Filed under: Social Media by Frank Strong
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