PR Newswire Announcement

eReleases and PR Newswire Partner To Help Small Business Owners Gain Media Attention Through Affordable Press Release Distribution

A new alliance between eReleases (http://www.ereleases.com) and PR Newswire provides small-business owners with the ability to take advantage of affordable pr services, including press release writing and targeted press release distribution.

eReleases provides all of its clients with PR Newswire distribution as part of an overall package including wire distribution, submission to relevant trade publications and eReleases' national, general distribution, which comes standard with all press release orders. PR Newswire is the world leader in the distribution of full-text news releases helping companies and organizations reach the news media, investors and the general public.

"We are impressed with eReleases' commitment to small business owners. They are extremely skilled at crafting a newsworthy message to the press and offer the services at an affordable price," said Pamela Bartlett, PR Newswire's manager of strategic channels. "We believe PR Newswire's established success at reaching the media and financial community combined with eReleases' writing services create a powerful solution for small business owners."

Commenting on PR Newswire's comprehensive newswire distribution, reach to more than 4,000 websites, databases and online services, and nearly 60,000 registered journalists on its password-protected media only site, Mickie Kennedy, founder and principal of eReleases said, "Our alliance with PR Newswire enables us to expand our press release distribution and gives us yet another method for enabling small business owners to gain media attention within their industry. We believe PR Newswire's distribution combined with our own database of more than 30,000 subscribing journalists makes eReleases a strong resource and value for business owners."

About PR Newswire

PR Newswire, http://www.prnewswire.com, is a primary source of immediate information for journalists, investors and the general public through its world-leading distribution services and online and broadcast production capabilities. Its dedicated newswire, Internet, satellite and fax network is capable of pinpoint or mass distribution to satisfy the growing global demand for breaking news, photos, audio and video directly from 40,000 organizations worldwide. Companies, associations and governments use PR Newswire to reach their audiences in more than 135 countries in 27 languages and to measure the outcome of their communications programs. PR Newswire issues some 1,000 news releases daily to its distribution system, which encompasses more than 22,000 newsrooms, 80,000 journalists through its media web sites, 1.4 million equities terminals and 4,000 websites and online databases. In addition, the company features more than 600 RSS feeds in multiple languages.

About eReleases

eReleases was founded in 1998 with the idea that press release writing and targeted press release distribution shouldn't be out of the reach of small business owners. The company's website -- http://www.ereleases.com -- features tips and resources for visitors who want to learn more about press releases, including how to write and distribute their own press release. eReleases also publishes a free, weekly newsletter titled PR Fuel that showcases advice and articles from experts in the public relations field. Recent articles have included, "Public Relations Versus Advertising," "10 Essential Tips to Media Relations Planning," "The Seven Deadly Sins of Public Relations," and "A Crisis Communications Primer."