Business News
Forbes Magazine – one of the most trusted resources for the world’s business and investment leaders, providing them the uncompromising commentary, concise analysis, relevant tools and real-time reporting they need to succeed at work, profit from investing and have fun with the rewards of winning. Forbes.com includes real-time original reporting on business, technology, investing and lifestyle; stock and mutual fund quotes; comprehensive company profiles; people profiles; and so on.
BusinessWeek – global source of essential business insight that inspires leaders to turn ideas into action. Through content, context, and collaboration, BusinessWeek moderates global conversations and moves business professionals forward.
AdAge – a magazine, delivering news, analysis and data on marketing and media.
AdWeek – print to online advertising trends, advertising professionals can read all about the latest advertising news at Adweek.
MediaPost – media, marketing and advertising professionals’ leading resource for complete news coverage, engaging events, a focused social network, and comprehensive industry jobs, directories and research.
PRWeek – a vital part of the PR and communications industries in the US, providing timely news, reviews, profiles, techniques, and timely research for in-house and agency professionals.
News Distribution Outlets
PRWeb – Online news and press release distribution service for small and medium-sized businesses and corporate communications.
PR Newswire – news and information distribution services for professional communicators.
Business Wire – commercial news distribution. Thousands of member companies and organizations depend on Business Wire to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide. A professional service, highly recommended.
MarketWire – newswire service offering press release distribution, media contact management, multimedia, media monitoring services and other workflow solutions for public relations, investor relations, journalists and other communications professionals.
PR.com – A cross between a public relations and advertising entity, PR.com is a directory of businesses, products and services, a press release distribution service, job search website, and online publication of articles, reviews and celebrity interviews.
24-7pressrelease – an effective press release distribution service offering an affordable alternative to expensive PR and press release promotion services. Submitting press releases with 24-7 Press Release is always free but they also offer enhanced distribution packages.
Public Relations Software
Vocus On-Demand Software for Public Relations addresses the critical functions of PR including media relations, news distribution and news monitoring.
Sysomos – brings business intelligence to social media, providing instant and unlimited access to all social media conversations to quickly see what’s happening, why it’s happening, and who’s driving the conversations.
DNA13 – on-demand software for real-time reputation management.
PIER Systems – Web-based software for managing crisis communications, business continuity, press release distribution and public relations.
Nielsen BuzzMetrics services and solutions uncover and integrate data-driven insights culled from nearly 100 million blogs, social networks, groups, boards and other CGM platforms.
Reputation Defender – particularly MyEdge, a solution for owning your Google results.
Radian6 – listen, measure and engage in social media. Scan over 100 million sites and sources, from blogs and comments to photos, videos, forums, public Facebook groups, and Twitter.
WordStream – is a Keyword Management solution for continuously optimizing & expanding PPC and SEO efforts involving large numbers of keywords.
Email Marketing
SendBlaster – a free (desktop) bulk email software, a mass email marketing program and a bulk emailing sender.
VerticalResponse is an easy-to-use, web-based marketing tool that helps you grow your business through email marketing, online surveys, and direct mail postcards.
Lyris – create, send and track email marketing campaigns and email newsletters (they also have a web analytics solution – LyrisHQ).
We will follow up with more PR resources, including publishing solutions, CMS, CRM and PR software, and more.